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Abt Associates/Abt SRBI Experts Play Leading Roles at American Association for Public Opinion Research Conference

Posted on: Wednesday, 13 May 2009, 13:59 CDT

Richard Kulka, Ph.D., to Deliver President's Address; Company Experts Lead Sessions on Cell Phone Sampling, Impact of Media Polls on Democracy, and the Creation of a New Internet Survey Panel in Collaboration With Stanford University Staff

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Abt Associates and Abt SRBI survey research experts will play leading roles at this year's American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) Conference to be held May 14-17, 2009 in Hollywood, Florida. AAPOR is the leading professional association of public opinion and survey research professionals in the U.S. with close to 2000 members from academia, private industry, media, government and non-profit sectors.

Abt Associates Group Vice President and current AAPOR President, Richard (Dick) Kulka, Ph.D., will deliver the President's Address at the 64th annual conference. His remarks will focus on the critical importance of maintaining the high standards of ethics and practices that AAPOR represents for the survey and polling industry.

In addition, 12 Abt Associates/Abt SRBI experts will lead or participate in sessions covering topics critical to the change influencing the industry, including the impact of cell phone usage; the use of online survey panels; the impact of major media polls on the democratic process in the U.S.; new approaches to random digit dialing (RDD); and the use of a dual frame landline and cell phone sample for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey.

A full list of the Abt Associates presentations can be found at: Abt Associates/Abt SRBI Presentations at AAPOR 2009.

Abt Associates and Abt SRBI's work in the area of survey research spans over 40 years. Abt SRBI, a subsidiary of Abt Associates Inc., is a full-service global strategy and research organization specializing in public policy and opinion surveys. It has conducted surveys in almost every topic area including health, environment, transportation, energy, crime and victimization, substance abuse, politics, veteran's issues, and tax policy. In addition, the company works closely with corporations to conduct market research in such areas as customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, product and market assessment, image tracking and brand equity.

Abt Associates applies scientific research, technical assistance and consulting expertise to a wide range of social, economic and health policy issues; international development; clinical trials and registries; and complex business problems. Founded in 1965, the company provides services to U.S. federal, state and local governments; universities and foundations; media; and major corporations. Its staff of over 1,200 is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Atlanta, Georgia; Bethesda, Maryland; Durham, North Carolina; Lexington, Massachusetts (Abt Bio-Pharma Solutions, Inc.); New York, New York (Abt SRBI); and in Africa, Asia, Central Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.

SOURCE Abt Associates

Source: PR Newswire

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