Newsletters
The NNSP Newsletter is a semi-annual publication for NNSP members and others interested in state polling issues. There is no fee for single subscriptions to the newsletter. To subscribe, please email your name and postal address to Ron Langley at langley@uky.edu, or call him at 859-257-4684.
The Newsletter shares highlights from recent state poll findings, provides status reports on current state poll projects, and publicizes personnel- and conference-related information from member organizations. Recent feature articles have addressed such topics as citizen evaluations, racial classification, and refusal conversion.
Issues # 25-28 featured a series of articles (listed in bold type below) on essential components of interviewer training manuals. A "Meet the NNSP" feature (listed in italic type below) was introduced in issue #34 to provide readers with more information on particular member organizations.
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Issue # |
Publication Date | Feature
Articles (italics indicates "Meet the NNSP" articles; bold indicates a series) |
| Spring 2003 | Meet the NNSP: Oregon Survey Research Laboratory | |
| Summer 2000 | Another Experience with Windows-Based CATI Systems (Christopher McCarty); Meet the NNSP: Northern Arizona Univ. Social Research Lab; NNSP Headquarters to Move; New Executive Council Elections | |
| Spring 2000 | Making the Transition to a Windows-Based CATI System (Ashley Bowers & Benjamin Vaughn); Meet the NNSP: Virginia Tech Center for Survey Research | |
| Early Experiences Developing Web Surveys (John Kennedy); Meet the NNSP: Wisconsin Survey Res. Lab at Univ. of Wisconsin; Gonzales/Arscott Research of Annapolis, MD | ||
| Fall 1999 | Use of Citizen Evaluations as Performance Indicators (Mike Link/Bob Oldendick); Meet the NNSP: Center for Survey Res. at Penn State Harrisburg | |
| Summer 1999 | Good Interviewers are Hard to Find & Keep (Bev Wiggins); How Southern Is Your State? (John Reed/Bev Wiggins); Meet the NNSP: Survey Res. Center at Univ. of Kentucky | |
| Spring 1999 | Weighting Sample Data to Population Parameters (Gwartney/Toshi. Murata); Meet the NNSP: Inst. for Public Opinion Res. at Florida Intl. Univ. | |
| Winter 1998-99 | Parents’ Race & Racial Classification of Children (Barb O’Hare); Meet the NNSP: Inst. for Behavioral Res. at Univ. of Georgia | |
| Fall 1998 | Conceptualizing Quantitative Change (Patty Gwartney); Meet the NNSP: Center for Public Policy & American Institutions at Brown Univ.; Inst. for Policy Res. at Univ. of Cincinnati | |
| Summer 1998 | Asking About Income (Kathryn Harker); AAPOR: Toward Standard Definitions (Robert Oldendick) | |
| Spring 1998 | Refusal Conversions: What Is Gained? (Cheryl Wiese) | |
| Winter 1997-98 | Comparison of Two Respondent Selection Methods (Scott Keeter); Findings from the NNSP Survey Practices Questionnaire (Bev Wiggins) | |
| Fall 1997 | Ten Tips for Evaluating Polls (Michael Link/Oldendick) | |
| Summer 1997 | Switching to a Computerized Interviewer Training System (Kevin Tharp) | |
| Spring 1997 | Interviewer Manual Series: Refusal Conversion (Alleen Barber); Clarifying Interviewer Evaluations (Nina Liou); Providing CATI Instructions (Nina Liou) | |
| Winter 1996-97 | Interviewer Manual Series: Essential Interviewing Techniques (Alleen Barber); Essential Interviewing Techniques (Alleen Barber); Four Essential Interviewing Techniques for Uniform Data Collection (Alleen Barber); Helping New Interviewers Avoid Refusals (Nina Liou); The Ins & Outs of Probing (Nina Liou) | |
| Fall 1996 | Interviewer Manual Series: General Manual Components (Nina Liou); Style Tips (Nina Liou); Setting the Survey Context for New Interviewers (Alleen Barber); Expectations of Telephone Interviewers (Alleen Barber) | |
| Summer 1996 | Improving Interviewer Policies (Nancy Bannister); Interviewer Manual Series: Contest Winners | |
| Spring 1996 | AAPOR Condemns Push Polls (Bob Groves); How shall we respond? | |
| Fall 1995 | 1995 Clinton vs. Dole: A View from the States (Thad Beyle) | |
| Summer 1995 | Sample Savings? (Scott Keeter/Kevin Fisher); Most Important Problem: A View from the States (Elizabeth K. Horst); Are Any Most Admired Officials from Your State? (Bev Wiggins) | |
| Spring 1995 | Purchasing Samples: A Comparison of Three Commercial Firms (Bev Wiggins); Most Southern State; Giving and Volunteering in the United States and North Carolina | |
| Fall 1994 | Opinions and Attitudes Toward Health Care in Georgia (James Bason); Health Care: The View from South Carolina (Bob Oldendick); An Odyssey Through RDD Sampling Procedures (John Kennedy); Feeling Rushed in Georgia (Douglas A. Kleiber/Roger Nielson); Gubernatorial Approval Ratings and Gubernatorial Elections (Thad Beyle) | |
| Spring/Summer 1994 | Perils and Pitfalls of Pre-Election Polling (Janice Ballou/Ken Dautrich);1994 Approval and Reelect Ratings of Current Governors (Thad Beyle) | |
| Winter 1994 | Health Care Policy: What's Happening in the States (Institute for Public Policy (New Mexico)); How She's Doing? Hillary Clinton, the People and the Polls (Barbara Burrell); 1993 Approval Ratings of Current Governors (Thad Beyle) | |
| Summer 1993 | Polling on Health Care Policy (Scott Keeter); Homosexuals in the Military: Consistency and Intensity (Greg Hager); Rating President Clinton's Job Performance (Thad Beyle) | |
| Spring 1993 | Early 1993 Approval Ratings of Current Governors (Thad Beyle); It's Official--Clinton Wins (Greg Hage) | |
| Spring/Summer 1992 | NNSP Election Results; NNSP State Poll Archive Continues to Grow; Publicizing State Polls Archive; Three New NNSP Members Approved; NNSP Meets at AAPOR; Fall Election Clearinghouse; Attention Southern States; SAPOR Call for Papers; Current Research; Calls for Help | |
| Winter 1994 | Best State??; State Poll Item Index - Progress Report; Directory Corrections; NNSP to Meet at AAPOR; NNSP By-Laws Drafted; Current Research; Helpful Hints; Personnel Changes; Calls for Help; Good Ideas | |
| Summer 1991 | Network Gets New Headquarters; The Poll Retrieval System Almost a Reality; IRSS Submits Union Catalog Proposal; NNSP Newsletter; NNSP Email Bulletin Board; NNSP Directory; NNSP Dues; NNSP By-Laws to Be Revised; NNSP to be Involved in State of the States Conference; Members Approved; New Members; Current Research; Helpful Hints; Calls for Help; Good Ideas; Personnel Changes; Job Announcements | |
| Spring/Summer 1989 | NNSP Business Meeting at AAPOR (Alfred Tuchfarber); AAPOR Session: 1988 Presidential Election; Executive Council Election; Information Request; Communication Outlets; Final Newsletter from Alabama (Kandis Steele); Update on Network Members | |
| Fall/Winter 1989 | NNSP Meeting in Atlanta; Executive Council Election; AAPOR Meeting; Information Request; Communication Outlets; Update on Network Members | |
| Spring 1988 | NNSP at AAPOR; New Members; NNSP Directory; Information Request; Update on Network Members | |
| Fall 1987 | Executive Council News; New Members; Primary 88; Network Proposals; AAPOR Meeting Proposal; Information Request; Update on Network Members | |
| Spring 1987 | Executive Council News; AAPOR Conference; New Members of NNSP; NNSP Journal; Information Request; Presidential Primary | |
| Fall 1986 | News from NNSP Headquarters; Executive Council News; Request for Information; Mailing List; Saying Goodbye; AAPOR Meeting; NNSP Member Activities | |
| Spring 1989 | Conference Summary; Requests for Information; New Members; Add NNSP to your Mailing List; NNSP Meeting at AAPOR; Nominations for Executive Council; Results from NNSP Questionnaire; Electronic Mail; NNSP Questionnaire Results; Attending NNSP Conference | |
| Fall 1985 | What's Been Happening at NNSP; NNSP Meeting Planned; Developments in the Archive Project; State Survey Developments; New Faces in the NNSP Office at Alabama; Membership Considerations; Add NNSP to your Mailing List; New Location for Member; Example of Topics for Survey Questions; Activities of NNSP Member Organizations; Current NNSP Members | |
| Spring 1985 | Executive Council News; New Member in Hawaii; NNSP Meeting Planned in May; NNSP Indexing Project; NORC Suggests Collaboration; Grant Proposal; Recruitment of New Members; Add Us to your Mailing List; Activities of NNSP Members | |
| Fall 1984 | Executive Council Meeting; New Members; Network at Alabama; NNSP Archive; Meeting Plans; Share your Election Data; Activities of NNSP Member Organizations | |
| Winter 1981-82 | Network Update (Cliff Zukin) | |
| Summer 1981 | Executive Council Report; Call for Topics and Questions; Call for Chatter | |
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