--- title: "Pew Research Center at AAPOR 2021" description: "Pew Research Center at AAPOR agenda: Pew Research Center experts will present multiple papers at the 2021 annual AAPOR conference, held virtually from May 11-14. Tuesday, May 11 Wednesday, May 12 Thursday, May 13 Friday, May 14 Follow Pew Research Center Experts on Twitter During #AAPOR: Anna Brown, @aerbrown Ruth Igielnik, @RuthIgielnik Scott Keeter, @pollcat More from the […]" date: "2021-05-10" authors: - name: "Travis Mitchell" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/pew-research-center-at-aapor-2021/" --- # Pew Research Center at AAPOR 2021 ### Pew Research Center at AAPOR agenda: Pew Research Center experts will present multiple papers at the 2021 annual AAPOR conference, held virtually from May 11-14. - [Tuesday, May 11](#tuesday-may-11) - [Wednesday, May 12](#wednesday-may-12) - [Thursday, May 13](#thursday-may-13) - [Friday, May 14](#friday-may-14) ### Follow Pew Research Center Experts on Twitter During #AAPOR: - Anna Brown, [@aerbrown](https://twitter.com/aerbrown) - Ruth Igielnik, [@RuthIgielnik](https://twitter.com/ruthigielnik?lang=en) - Scott Keeter, [@pollcat](https://twitter.com/pollcat) ## More from the Center - 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) ### Tuesday, May 11 **Opening Plenary:** *10:00 AM EDT, held live* - Director of Survey Research Courtney Kennedy will moderate the opening conference session titled, “Polling the Electorate During a Pandemic,” examining what was learned about the electorate, voting, election night, and ‎polling in general from the 2020 election season. **Consuming the News:** *11:30 AM EDT, with live Q&A at 1:00 PM* - Senior Researcher Michael Barthel, Research Methodologist Dorene Asare-Marfo and Research Assistant Kirsten Worden will present “Measuring News Consumption in a Digital Era.” - *Related report:* [Measuring News Consumption in a Digital Era](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2020/12/08/measuring-news-consumption-in-a-digital-era/) **Qualitative Research Methods and Applications:** *11:30 AM EDT, with live Q&A at 1:00 PM* - Research Analyst Kelsey Starr will present “Defining Modernity in Developing India: How Peoples’ Conceptual Understanding of ‘Modernity’ and ‎‎’Modernization’ ‎Affects Survey Research.” **AAPI Research & Affinity Group Coffee Break:** *1:30 PM EDT, held live* - Associate Director of Race and Ethnicity Research Neil Ruiz will host the second gathering of the AAPI Research & Affinity Group, a voluntary AAPOR association with members who are of Asian-American or Pacific Islander origin or are interested in AAPI research topics. **Mini-Conference: ‎Response Patterns Before and During a Pandemic:** *3:00 PM EDT, held live* - Research Methodologist Martha McRoy will present “Examining Response Rates Across Time in A Multinational Telephone Survey – Before and During the Coronavirus Pandemic.” ### Wednesday, May 12 **Round Table 2: ***10:00 AM EDT, held live* - Associate Director of Race and Ethnicity Research Neil Ruiz will speak during a roundtable discussion titled, “Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Survey Participation: Challenges and Strategies.” **Question Wording Experiments:** *10:30 AM EDT, with live Q&A at 12:00 PM* - Senior Survey Research Methodologist Ashley Amaya will present “Does Adding a Third Gender Response Option Really Improve Measurement?” - *Related analysis:* [Adapting how we ask about the gender of our survey respondents](https://medium.com/pew-research-center-decoded/adapting-how-we-ask-about-the-gender-of-our-survey-respondents-77b0cb7367c0) - Research Analyst Kelsey Starr will present “How to Ask About Caste Attitudes in India: Results from a Split Form Experiment.” ### Thursday, May 13 **Topics in Probability Panel Surveys:** *9:30 AM EDT, with live Q&A at 11:00 AM* - Director of Survey Research Courtney Kennedy will present “Using a (Relatively) High Response Rate ABS Survey to Calibrate Online Panels on Attitudinal Outcomes.” - *Related analysis:* [Pew Research Center’s National Public Opinion Reference Survey (NPORS)](http://www.pewresearch.org/NPORS) - Senior Panel Manager Nick Bertoni will present “Using IVR to Increase Response Rates for Non-Internet Households in the American Trends Panel.” **Mini-Conference: ‎Data Collection in Developing and Middle-Income Countries During and After COVID-19:** *10:00 AM EDT, held live* - Senior Survey Manager Clark Letterman will moderate a panel titled, “Data Collection in Developing and Middle-Income Countries During and After COVID-19.” **Innovative Approaches in Targeting and Adapting Data Collection Efforts:** *1:00 PM EDT, with live Q&A at 2:30 PM* - Research Methodologist Alexandra Castillo will present, “The Impact of Callback Attempts on Sample Profile and Substantive Outcomes: A Cross-national, European Review.” **Mini-Conference: ‎A Meeting Place and More...: A History of the American Association for Public Opinion Research: ***1:30 PM EDT, held live* - Senior Survey Advisor Scott Keeter will discuss his contributions to a recent book on the history of AAPOR. **Mini-Conference: ‎Understanding the Electorate Through Pre-election Polls: ***1:30 PM EDT, held live* - Senior Researcher Ana Gonzalez-Barrera will present, “Latinos in the 2020 Presidential Election: Was there a Trump effect?” **Sampling, Recruiting and Frame Construction for Telephone Surveys: *** 3:00 PM EDT, held live* - Research Methodologist Alexandra Castillo will present, “The Variability in Sample Accuracy, Coverage and Efficiency of ‘Pulsing’ Sample for European CATI Over Time.” ### Friday, May 14 **Testing Response Formats: ***11:30 AM EDT, with live Q&A at 1:00 PM* - Research Associate Anna Brown will present “Origin and Identity: Analyzing a New 2020 Census Response Option.” **Strategies for Panel Management and Sample Representation:** *1:30 PM EDT, with live Q&A at 3:00 PM * - Senior Panel Manager Nick Bertoni will moderate a session titled “Strategies for Panel Management and Sample Representation.” - Senior Survey Advisor Scott Keeter will present “Gauging Nonresponse Bias in Recruitment to a Probability-Based Online Panel.” **Mini-Conference: ‎Measuring and Tracking Attitudes and Behaviors Throughout the Pandemic:** *2:00 PM EDT, held live* - Senior Researcher Ruth Igielnik will present “Longitudinal Data and Coronavirus: How Americans’ Lives and Views May Have Changed (or not) as a Result of the Pandemic.”