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title: "Pew Research Center at AAPOR 2020"
description: "Pew Research Center experts will present multiple papers at the 2020 annual AAPOR conference, to be held virtually from June 11-12, 2020 Subscribe to our newsletters Follow us: @pewmethods Read our methods research Read our Decoded blog Access our datasets Access our code on Github Visit our American News Pathways interactive data tool to examine election and […]"
date: "2020-06-03"
authors:
  - name: "Travis Mitchell"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/pew-research-center-at-aapor-2020/"
---

# Pew Research Center at AAPOR 2020

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Pew Research Center experts will present multiple papers at the 2020 annual AAPOR conference, to be held virtually from June 11-12, 2020

- Subscribe to our [newsletters](https://www.pewresearch.org/follow-us/)
- Follow us: [@pewmethods](https://twitter.com/pewmethods)
- [Read our methods research](https://www.pewresearch.org/methods/)
- [Read our Decoded blog](https://medium.com/pew-research-center-decoded)
- [Access our datasets](https://www.pewresearch.org/data/download-datasets/)
- [Access our code on Github](https://github.com/pewresearch)
- Visit our American News Pathways [interactive data tool](https://www.pewresearch.org/pathways-2020/) to examine election and coronavirus related survey questions by media trait or demographic group.

Pew Research Center at AAPOR agenda:

## Thursday, June 11

**Conference Kickoff: 10:00 AM EDT**

- Vice President of Research Claudia Deane will discuss the Center’s COVID-19 research in a video as part of the [All-Attendee Kickoff Session: Public Opinion and COVID-19](https://www.aapor.org/Conference-Events/Annual-Meeting/All-Attendee-Kickoff-Session.aspx).

#### What We Can Learn About Public Opinion Using Social Media Data: 11:00 AM EDT

- Director of Data Labs Aaron Smith will lead a session titled “What We Can Learn About Public Opinion Using Social Media Data.”
- Associate Director of Research Adam Hughes will present “A Vocal Minority: Assessing the Representativeness of Tweeters and Tweets.”

- Related Reports: [*Sizing Up Twitter Users*](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2019/04/24/sizing-up-twitter-users/) and [*National Politics on Twitter: Small Share of U.S. Adults Produce Majority of Tweets*](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2019/10/23/national-politics-on-twitter-small-share-of-u-s-adults-produce-majority-of-tweets/)

#### Surveying the U.S. Hispanic Population: 11:00 AM EDT

- Senior Researcher Ana Gonzalez-Barerra will present “Surveying the U.S. Hispanic population.”
- Senior Researcher Ana Gonzalez-Barerra will present “Measuring Hispanic Racial Identity: Using alternative measures of racial identity in surveys of Latinos.”
- Senior Writer/Editor Jens Manuel Krogstad will present “Latinos and the 2020 election.”

#### Innovations in Online Probability-Based Panels - A Look at the Last 20 Years and Beyond: 1:15 PM EDT

- Panel Manager Nick Bertoni will present “Evolution of the American Trends Panel.”

- Related report: *[Growing and Improving Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel](https://www.pewresearch.org/methods/2019/02/27/growing-and-improving-pew-research-centers-american-trends-panel/)*

#### Accounting for, and Reporting on, Sources of Uncertainty in the Integration of Multiple Data Sources: 1:15 PM EDT

- Senior Research Methodologist Ashley Amaya will present “Image Upload as a Replacement for Survey Questions.”

#### Unconscious bias, Tolerance, Inequality, and Discrimination: 1:15 PM EDT

- Research Analyst Abby Budiman will present “Patterns and Trends of Discrimination Among U.S. Latinos.”

#### Telephone Frame and Address-Based Sample Frame Issues: 1:15 PM EDT

- Research Associate Alexandra Castillo will present “To Pulse or Not to Pulse? The Implications of Pulsing in European CATI Surveys.”

#### Partisanship and Polarization: 1:15 PM EDT

- Research Associate Brad Jones will present “Partisanship Across the Generations.”

#### Issues and Practice: Consent, Confidentiality, and Privacy: 3:00 PM EDT

- Research Methodologist Stacy Pancratz will present “Interview Privacy and Surveyor-Respondent Gender Matching in a Cross-National Context.”

## Friday, June 12

#### Data Quality Issues Across Multiple Sources: 11:00 AM EDT

- Director of Survey Research Courtney Kennedy will present “Assessing the Risks to Online Polls from Bogus Respondents.”

- Related report: *[Assessing the Risks to Online Polls From Bogus Respondents](https://www.pewresearch.org/methods/2020/02/18/assessing-the-risks-to-online-polls-from-bogus-respondents/)*

#### Traditional and Non-Traditional Estimation Methods for Election Surveys: 11:00 AM EDT

- Senior Survey Advisor Scott Keeter will present “Developing a National Benchmark for Party Affiliation.”

#### Inferences from Various Samples: 11:00 AM EDT

- Research Analyst Nick Hatley will present “Measuring Differences Between Panel Sources in Online Opt-in Samples from Panel Aggregators.”

#### AAPI Research & Affinity Group Meeting: 11:30am EDT

- Associate Director of Global Migration and Demography Research Neil Ruiz will host the first gathering of the newly formed AAPI Research & Affinity Group, a new AAPOR voluntary association he founded with members who are of Asian-American or Pacific Islander origin, or are interested in AAPI research topics.

#### Attitudes in the United States: Religion, Climate Change, and the 2020 Census: 1:15 PM EDT

- Research Associate Anna Brown will present “Awareness and Knowledge About the Census.”

- Related Reports: [*Most Adults Aware of 2020 Census and Ready to Respond, but Don’t Know Key Details*](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/02/20/most-adults-aware-of-2020-census-and-ready-to-respond-but-dont-know-key-details/) and [*Growing Share of Adults Have Heard Something About the 2020 Census Recently*](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/03/30/growing-share-of-adults-have-heard-something-about-the-2020-census-recently/)

#### Media Attitudes: 1:15 PM EDT

- Senior Researcher Jeffrey Gottfried will present “The Dynamics and Measurement of Americans’ Trust in the News Media Today.”

- Related Reports: [*Trusting the News Media in the Trump Era*](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2019/12/12/trusting-the-news-media-in-the-trump-era/) and *[Americans’ Views of the News Media During the COVID-19 Outbreak](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2020/05/08/americans-views-of-the-news-media-during-the-covid-19-outbreak/)*

- Research Associate Elisa Shearer will present “Studying How Media Habits and Attitudes Relate to Perceptions of the 2020 Election: A year-long survey series.”

- Related Project: [*American News Pathways*](https://www.pewresearch.org/topics/election-news-pathways/)

## Follow Pew Research Center Experts on Twitter During #AAPOR:

- Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, [@anagonzalezb_mx](https://twitter.com/anagonzalezb_mx)
- Anna Brown, [@aerbrown](https://twitter.com/aerbrown)
- Jeffrey Gottfried, [@gottfriedjeff](https://twitter.com/gottfriedjeff)
- Jens Manuel Krogstad, [@jensmanuel](https://twitter.com/jensmanuel)
- Patrick van Kessel, [@pvankessel](https://twitter.com/pvankessel)
- Dan Morrison, [@dmediaguy](https://twitter.com/dmediaguy)