Methodological Research

Debates over who is Hispanic have fueled conversations about identity among Americans who trace their heritage to Latin America or Spain.

Here are some key facts for Hispanic Heritage Month about the United States' Latino population by age, geography and origin groups.

If a battleground state poll does not adjust for having too many college graduates, it is at risk of overstating support for a Democratic presidential candidate. The Current Population Survey provides high-quality data that can mitigate overrepresentation of college graduates.

Those who have not responded to the census so far are likely to be from groups the census previously has struggled to count accurately.

The U.S. Hispanic population reached a record 60.6 million in 2019, up 930,000 over the previous year and up from 50.7 million in 2010.

Associate Director for International Research Methods Patrick Moynihan explored the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on survey research globally as part of an online conference hosted by the Centre for Social Research and Methods at Australian National University.

Remittances – money sent by migrants to their home countries – are projected to fall by a record 20% this year.

Our latest Methods 101 video explains the basics of machine learning and how it allows our researchers to analyze data on a large scale.

About six-in-ten Americans believe social distancing measures are helping a lot to slow the spread of coronavirus in the nation.

Although most national officials use the platform, their posts receive only a small number of likes and retweets.