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Professional and voluntary associations
Listed below are some of the main professional and voluntary associations dealing with survey research and survey analysis.
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ASSESS (SPSS users)
ASSESS is an independent user group for SPSS, a computer package for analysing and presenting data. It is run by users, for users. The group is currently centred on the United Kingdom where it holds an annual conference and other events, but we have had many members from other countries over the years.
Social Research Association (UK)
The SRA plays a unique role as an organisation open to social research practitioners and trainees from all sectors, as well as others with an interest in social research. The SRA provides a forum for people working in a diverse range of settings and in different subject specialities, to form wider contacts, exchange views and information, and pursue issues of common concern. This website tells you all about the SRA, SRA Ireland, SRA Scotland and SRA in Wales (SRA Cymru). It gives details of all the SRA activities including our training days, conferences, evening seminars and other events.
European Survey Research Association
The European Survey Research Association has been established to provide coordination in the field of Survey Research in Europe. Through our activities we encourage communication between researchers. Important activities include our biannual conferences on survey research and the publication of a European journal on survey research.
Market Research Society
With members in more than 70 countries, MRS is the world’s largest association serving all those with professional equity in provision or use of market, social and opinion research, and in business intelligence, market analysis, customer insight and consultancy.
British Sociological Association
The British Sociological Association promotes sociology, supports sociologists, and is the public face of sociology in Britain.
Association for Survey Computing
The world’s leading society for the advancement of knowledge in software and technology for research surveys and statistics.
American Sociological Association
The American Sociological Association (ASA), founded in 1905, is a non-profit membership association dedicated to advancing sociology as a scientific discipline and profession serving the public good.
American Statistical Association
The American Statistical Association (ASA), a scientific and educational society founded in Boston in 1839, is the second-oldest, continuously operating professional society in the United States. For 170 years, the ASA has provided its members and the public with up-to-date, useful information about statistics. The ASA has a proud tradition of service to statisticians, quantitative scientists, and users of statistics across a wealth of academic areas and applications.
There is a specialist Survey Research Methods Section whose misson is to promote the improvement of survey practice and the understanding of survey methods by encouraging both theoretical and applied research on survey-related topics and by disseminating information on survey methods. Areas of interest for the Section include all that employ survey methodology as a focus or as a prime tool of investigation.
There is a specialist Survey Research Methods Section whose misson is to promote the improvement of survey practice and the understanding of survey methods by encouraging both theoretical and applied research on survey-related topics and by disseminating information on survey methods. Areas of interest for the Section include all that employ survey methodology as a focus or as a prime tool of investigation.
American Association for Public Opinion Research
AAPOR was founded in 1947 by a group of dedicated public opinion research pioneers. In the main, AAPOR occupies itself with professional matters: Public Opinion Quarterly, which became the official journal in 1948; professional standards; and above all, advancing research theory and methodology. Publishers of Survey Practice: Practical Information for Survey Researchers.
World Market (and Social) Research Associations
Lists (with hyperlinks) a range of national and international associations in UK, Europe and worldwide open to individual or trade membership for professionals and individuales engaged in market and/or social research.
NCPP National Council of Public Polls
The National Council on Public Polls (NCPP) is an association of polling organizations established in 1969. Its mission is to set the
highest professional standards for public opinion pollsters, and to advance
the understanding, among politicians, the media and general public, of how polls are conducted and how to interpret poll results. Since its inception, NCPP has sponsored seminars, workshops and press conferences in Washington and New York to promote better understanding and reporting of public
opinion polls.
the understanding, among politicians, the media and general public, of how polls are conducted and how to interpret poll results. Since its inception, NCPP has sponsored seminars, workshops and press conferences in Washington and New York to promote better understanding and reporting of public
opinion polls.
World Association for Public Opinion Research
WAPOR was founded in 1947 by a group of experts and scholars interested in promoting and improving public opinion research all over the world. For more than half a century, WAPOR members have worked together and with others, especially journalists who report on public opinion, to maintain high standards for the collection, analysis and dissemination of public opinion data.
International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies
International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS) is an international society whose purpose are to promote and encourage research in the field of quality-of-life (QOL) studies.
Royal Statistical Society
The Royal Statistical Society is an international membership organisation with members in over 50 countries worldwide. We promote public understanding of statistics and provide professional support to users of statistics and statisticians.
ESOMAR
ESOMAR is the world organisation for enabling better research into markets, consumers and societies.
With 5,000 members in 100 countries, ESOMAR’s aim is to promote the value of market and opinion research in illuminating real issues and bringing about effective decision-making.
With 5,000 members in 100 countries, ESOMAR’s aim is to promote the value of market and opinion research in illuminating real issues and bringing about effective decision-making.
British Psychological Society
The British Psychological Society is the representative body for psychology and psychologists in the UK. The Society has national responsibility for the development, promotion and application of psychology for the public good, and promotes the efficiency and usefulness of its members by maintaining a high standard of professional education and knowledge.
