Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
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The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at the University of Connecticut
is an international archive
of social science data, specializing in data from opinion surveys. The data held by the Roper Center ranges from the 1930s, when survey research was in its infancy, to the present. Although the majority of the Center's holdings are American, data are from over 50 nations are represented in its collections.
The Center was founded in 1947 by Elmo Roper
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University of Connecticut
The admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...
is an international archive
Archive
An archive is a collection of historical records, or the physical place they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or organization's lifetime, and are kept to show the function of an organization...
of social science data, specializing in data from opinion surveys. The data held by the Roper Center ranges from the 1930s, when survey research was in its infancy, to the present. Although the majority of the Center's holdings are American, data are from over 50 nations are represented in its collections.
The Center was founded in 1947 by Elmo Roper
Elmo Roper
Elmo Burns Roper, Jr. was a pollster known for his pioneering work in market research and opinion polling. In 1934, he cofounded Cherington, Wood, and Roper, a marketing research firm. When that partnership fell apart, he founded his own research company, Elmo Roper, Inc...
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See also
- Public opinionPublic opinionPublic opinion is the aggregate of individual attitudes or beliefs held by the adult population. Public opinion can also be defined as the complex collection of opinions of many different people and the sum of all their views....
- Polls
- American Association for Public Opinion ResearchAmerican Association for Public Opinion ResearchThe American Association for Public Opinion Research , founded in 1947, is an organization of approximately 1900 survey research professionals from academia, non-profit organizations, polling firms, and government...
- National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation ProgramNational Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation ProgramThe National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program is an archival program led by the Library of Congress to archive and provide access to digital resources. The U.S. Congress established the program in 2000...