2010 Annual SAPOR Conference
Dates: October 6th-8th, 2010
Location: Raleigh, NC
Welcome to one of the greatest public opinion networking events, the 2010 Annual SAPOR Conference!
The 29th Annual SAPOR Conference offers you the opportunity to collaborate with research and public opinion professionals from academia, the government, and the private sector. Some of our past participants have included members from RTI, Avar Consulting, Marketing Systems Group, the Carl Vinson Institute of Government (CVIOG), Clemson University, and the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR).
Our past conferences covered topics ranging from health issues, to methodology, to issues with surveying in different languages.
Please consider submitting and abstract for a paper or poster for the 2010 conference!!! Please refer to the Call for Presentations to find more information about the submission process. All submissions are due by June 30, 2010.
Keynote Speaker
We are pleased to present Howard Hogan of the Census Bureau as the keynote speaker for this year's SAPOR conference.
The keynote address will be held Thursday during the evening dinner on October 7th.
2010 SAPOR Annual Conference Keynote Speaker Biography
Howard Hogan, Ph.D., U.S. Census Bureau
Dr. Hogan, Associate Director for Demographic Programs at the US Census Bureau, has over thirty years experience in the design, management and analysis of surveys, including both household and business surveys. He is also Adjunct Professor in the Program in Survey Design and Data Analysis, Department of Statistics, George Washington University. He graduated from Pomona College. He holds a Ph.D. in demography from Princeton University and an MPA from Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School. He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.
Short Course
Practical Tools for Nonresponse Bias Analysis
Presented by:
Kristen Olson, Ph.D., University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Jill Montaquila, Ph.D., Westat
This course is designed to help in addressing recent OMB guidelines for conducting nonresponse bias studies when response rates in surveys are less than 80 percent or there is reason to suspect that estimates are biased from nonresponse. Practical tools are described and examples are used to illustrate methods that can be used to conduct these studies. The advantages and disadvantages of these methods are presented, and the value of having multiple approaches is highlighted. The need to devise strategies for nonresponse and for its analysis in the planning stage, prior to completing the survey, is emphasized.
Preliminary Program
For the 2010 conference, we are planning for sessions to be 90 minutes, and include four 15-minute presentations, a discussant, and time for questions. To accommodate the extended conference sessions, we are moving the short course to Wednesday afternoon, and starting the conference on Thursday morning.
We hope that this new schedule will offer a more dynamic conference experience to the presenters and the conference attendees. The preliminary conference schedule is shown below.
| Wednesday, October 6, 2010 |
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2:30 - 6:00pm |
Short Course: Practical Tools for Nonresponse Bias |
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6:00 - 6:30pm |
Meet and Greet, Brownstone Hotel Bar |
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6:30pm - |
Dinner on your own, downtown Raleigh |
| Thursday, October 7, 2010 |
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8:15 - 9:00am |
Breakfast (Conference meal) |
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9:00 - 10:30am |
Session 1, presentations, discussant, questions |
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10:30 - 10:45am |
Break |
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10:45 - 12:15pm |
Session 2, presentations, discussant, questions |
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12:15 - 1:15pm |
Lunch (Conference meal) |
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1:15 - 1:45pm |
SAPOR Welcome and Announcements |
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1:45 - 3:15pm |
Session 3, presentations, discussant, questions |
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3:15 - 4:15pm |
Poster Session and Refreshments |
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4:15 - 5:30pm |
Session 4, Roundtable Discussion |
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5:30 - 6:30pm |
Social Hour |
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6:30 - 7:00pm |
Keynote Address: Howard Hogan, Census Bureau |
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7:00 - 8:30pm |
Dinner (Conference meal) |
| Friday, October 8, 2010 |
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8:00 - 8:30am |
Breakfast (Conference meal) |
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8:30 - 10:00am |
Session 5, presentations, discussant, questions |
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10:00 - 10:30am |
Break |
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10:30 - 12:00pm |
Session 6, presentations, discussant, questions |
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12:00pm |
Lunch on your own |
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1:30pm |
Golf Outing |
Call for Presentations
Abstract Submissions
Proceed to the Abstract Submission page.
Conference Registration
Registration for the conference will be open on August 15, 2010.
The conference registration costs are provided in the table below.
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Early Registration |
Late Registration |
| Non-SAPOR members |
| Employed |
$80 |
$95 |
| Student/Other |
$30 |
$45 |
| SAPOR members - 2010 Renewal due |
| Employed |
$60 |
$75 |
| Student/Other |
$30 |
$35 |
| SAPOR members - 2010 Renewal paid |
| Employed |
$40 |
$55 |
| Student |
$10 |
$25 |
Student Paper Competition
The Odum Institute for Research in Social Science at UNC-Chapel Hill invites submissions to the 2010 James W. Prothro Student Paper Competition. The competition, held in conjunction with the Southern Association for Public Opinion Research conference, recognizes excellence in student-authored research related to public opinion and survey research, broadly defined.
A $250 award is given to the best student paper. The competition is named in honor of the late Dr. James W. Prothro, the noted political scientist who served as director of the Odum Institute from 1967 to 1973.
Article-length papers (i.e., 20-25 pages), using survey data to address theory, methods, or
specific substantive issues of interest to public opinion researchers in the areas of
business, communication, economics, journalism, marketing, political science,
psychology, sociology, survey methods, or related fields are welcome. Any student
research, undergraduate or graduate, including that derived from work on theses or
dissertations, is eligible. Papers co-authored with faculty or other non-students, however,
are not eligible.
From the papers submitted, one winner and as many honorable mentions as appropriate
may be selected for presentation to the 2010 SAPOR Conference. Questions about the
Prothro competition should be directed to Robert Agans (see below). To submit your
paper, please indicate whether you are a graduate or undergraduate student; include your
name, academic department or program, school, postal address, email address, and
telephone number; and email or mail four copies by June 30, 2010, to:
Robert Agans, Prothro Student Paper Chair
Survey Research Unit / Department of Biostatistics
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
730 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Suite 100F
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-2400
E-mail: agans@unc.edu
Phone: 919-843-5923
Papers may be submitted electronically to: agans@unc.edu.
2010 Annual SAPOR Conference
Accommodations
Holiday Inn Brownstone:
The Holiday Inn Brownstone is adjacent to North Carolina State University. This prime location is situated only five minutes to downtown business centers, state government complexes and cultural facilities, and within walking distance to Cameron Village, Raleigh's premier boutique shopping complex. This hotel is only minutes away from many of Raleigh's finest restaurants, social clubs, and golf courses.
For more information including amenities and photos, please visit their website directly at http://www.brownstonehotel.com/
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