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    26 Mar 2020

    NEW: ’s Methods team is proud to announce the public release of version 1.0 of pewmethods, an R package containing functions that we use in our day-to-day survey data work. You can find the package on GitHub here:

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  2. 21 hours ago

    When investigating the potential effect of incorporating inbound interactive voice response with online survey panels like the American Trends Panel (ATP), we found that IVR improves recruitment of some groups traditionally underrepresented on the ATP:

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  3. Apr 6

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    Apr 5

    Our study of statehouse reporters released today inc's a 1st ever examination of coverage of tribal governments. We identified 134 reporters covering tribal governments for 44 different outlets; also conducted several interviews abt this type of coverage

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    Apr 4

    Have a wealth of communications experience, love high-quality research and looking for a new job to support work entirely in the public interest? Apply to be the new VP of Communications at . You'll get to work with me and all my colleagues!

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  6. Apr 4

    Using linear regression to analyze survey data in R? Check out this Decoded post for tips:

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  7. Apr 2

    What can social scientists do to avoid amassing technical debt while conducting research? Read on Decoded:

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    Apr 1

    Don’t miss our latest research on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter, delivered Saturday mornings.

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  9. Mar 31

    Our 2020 study found that two of the most common checks to detect low quality online interviews – flagging respondents who answer items too fast or fail an attention check (or "trap") question — are not very effective for identifying bogus respondents.

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  10. Mar 29

    NOW AVAILABLE: Access free data from 's Spring 2021 survey of 17 publics for your own analysis:

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  11. Mar 28

    2/2 Read more about how researchers collected and analyzed behavioral data of Twitter users who volunteered their usernames to study how Americans use Twitter:

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  12. Mar 28

    1/ A recent Data Labs analysis found that the top 25% of highly active Twitter users were responsible for producing 97% of all tweets by U.S. adults during the study period (June 12 to Sept. 12, 2021).

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  13. Mar 26

    We regularly field inquiries from readers about the methodology behind our polls. In this post, we address some of the most common questions we get:

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  14. Mar 24

    On Decoded: When an unexpected event happens, what's a survey researcher to do?

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    Mar 24

    NEW: our Spring 2021 survey of 17 publics is now available for download and analysis

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    Mar 24

    NEW: With new 2022 survey results just around the corner, here are five of the many insights from the newly added data available on our Global Indicators Database.

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  17. Mar 23

    One way to help readers interpret survey findings is to be as clear as possible about the group of people whose answers are being reported. Senior Writer/Editor explores why:

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  18. Mar 22

    There are two important questions to ask if your survey data doesn’t match known benchmarks: 1) Did the survey suffer from measurement errors? 2) Did the benchmark and the survey question measure two different things?

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    Mar 21

    How we built our data science infrastructure at Pew Research Center

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    Mar 21

    Our Digital team is hiring a web developer! Fantastic position for someone with a couple of years of experience in front-end (React) and some WordPress and/or data visualization chops. I cannot speak highly enough of the team. Come join us!

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    Mar 21

    Who is considered Hispanic in the United States? And how are they counted in public opinion surveys, voter exit polls and government surveys such as the 2020 census?

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