The Southern Association for Public Opinion Research (SAPOR) will hold its 31st annual conference on October 4-5, 2012 at the Hilton North Raleigh/Midtown in Raleigh, North Carolina.  This year’s conference theme – Thinking Outside of the Traditional Survey Research Toolbox – is intended to encourage development of transformative tools and techniques that can accommodate our changing survey research landscape.

The organisers are pleased to announce that this year with a single registration they will be offering two distinct short courses as part of their program on Thursday and Friday from 8:00 to 10:00 am. The title of the first course, which will be taught by Dr. Mansour Fahimi of Marketing Systems Group, is Demystifying Weighing of Survey Data: The Path from Sample to Respondents to Target Population.  The second course, Mobile, Social, Global: Applications of Emerging Technologies in Survey Research, will be taught by Dr. Robert Furberg and Adam Sage of RTI International.  In addition, the keynote speaker for this year will be Dr. Charles DiSogra of GfK who will be speaking about the emerging alternatives for sample surveys in light of the growing challenges that traditional methods are facing these days. 

This is an excellent opportunity for increasing scientific stature, interacting with practitioners from different survey research organizations, and exchanging ideas about the latest developments in survey research methods.  Of particular interest to students, all such papers will be included in the James W. Prothro student paper competition, which includes a cash prize of $250. 

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