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Polling Group Gives Nod to Online Surveys

The purists in the polling industry who have always insisted that only probability sampling is valid may finally be accepting that their methods are dead. This is one happy conclusion I draw from the debate over AAPOR’s recent task force report on non-probability sampling, which is nicely summarized (and debated) as the lead article of…

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The Best Statistics Software

 There was a recent online discussion among colleagues who are active in the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) about experiences with and recommendations for survey analysis and statistics software.  Many noted that traditional commercial software is getting extremely expensive, but that newer options do not always have the same capabilities that many of…