Season's Greetings from the Roper Center
The staff are looking forward to their winter break so that they might enjoy the pleasures of the season: sipping cocoa, playing in the snow, seeing…
The Roper Organization blog
Under the direction of survey pioneer Elmo Roper, the Roper Organization conducted the landmark Fortune studies: over seventy survey projects undertaken…
The People of the Roper Center at UConn: An Appreciation
In 1978, just after the Roper Center relocated to the University of Connecticut from its first home at Williams College, Donald Deluca, Director of…
Polls of Future Past: Public Expectations for the Future of Science
Science fiction sometimes barely beats out science fact, as technological advancements rapidly transform the world. But the changes that are…
Kaiser Family Foundation: HIV/AIDS at 30 blog
As the HIV/AIDS epidemic marked its thirtieth year, the Kaiser Family Foundation released a major national survey - their eighth on the topic since 1995…
Never Back Down from a Fight. A Debate Is Another Story.
There are debates, and there are debates about the debates. Though in principle Americans want to see the candidates get together to argue issues,…
Podiums, Platforms, and Polls: Public Opinion on the Election Debates
Debate season: a time for zingers, quips and occasionally serious policy conversations. These events are meant to sway public opinion, but what does the…
Bureau of Applied Social Research blog
From 1940 to 1977, the Bureau of Applied Social Research conducted surveys on a wide range of social, professional, and academic issues. BASR was founded…
Pew Forum 2010 Sub-Saharan Africa Religion Dataset blog
Tolerance and Tension: Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa Between December 2008 and April 2009, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, with…
Senior Data Archivist Job Opening
Want to be a key player in the stewardship and delivery of public opinion data? Cornell University is currently conducting a search for a Senior Data…
Associate Director of Roper@Cornell
Cornell University has launched a search for the position of Associate Director of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, which is to be newly…
KAPS: Family Planning Studies blog
In the 1960s and 70s, the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices studies surveyed women and men across the world about family planning, birth control,…
Immigration: Pew's Polls of Latinos and Asian Americans blog
With election season ramping up, immigration issues have been the topic of many candidate plans, statements, and debates. But what do people actually…
NORC: The Early Years blog
The National Opinion Research Center is a non-profit organization associated with the University of Chicago. NORC has been conducting polls since 1941.…
Black, White, and Blue: Americans' Attitudes on Race and Police
Since the events in Ferguson last summer, pollsters have exhibited a renewed interest in the relationships between race and policing. Extensive public…
A Guide to Roper's New Home, in Polls
This fall the Roper Center will relocate to Cornell University in beautiful Ithaca, New York! We're so excited about our new home that we wanted to share…
2015 ORC/CNN Survey Datasets Available blog
Seven Opinion Research Corporation/Cable News Network (CNN) national studies conducted from June to December, 2015 are now available for download. These…
Roper Center at Cornell University
The Board of Directors of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, the world's largest archive of public opinion data, is pleased to announce the…
Wages of Win: The Public and the Minimum Wage Debate blog
Hillary Clinton has suggested $12. Bernie Sanders favors $15. Donald Trump says he thinks a low one is good for the country. Jeb Bush doesn't think the…
Prescription Painkiller Abuse - HSPH/Boston Globe Poll blog
The CDC estimates that almost two million people abused painkillers in the year 2013, and everyday seven thousand people go to the emergency room for…