Public Opinion Basics
Polling Questions and Opinions
iPOLL. Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. 1935-present. Daily updates.
The preeminent database of individual poll
questions, covering almost half a million questions from reported
survey results received at the Roper Center that have US national adult
samples or samples of any subpopulation that constitutes a large
segment of the national adult population. Data sets for polls
represented in iPOLL are distributed by the Roper Center, but many poll
data sets are not available.
Location: iPOLL (via Penn Library Web) - requires free registration
Location: RPOLL (via Penn Library Web) - alternate access through LexisNexis Academic, not recommended unless iPOLL is broken!
Polling the Nations. ORS Publishing. 1986-present. Monthly updates.
Half a million questions from a wide variety of
surveys, including commercial surveys and foreign surveys. Very
difficult to reconstruct questionnaires. Source data may be impossible
to obtain. Continues print/fiche set,
American Public Opinion Index and
American Public Opinion Data.
Location: Polling the Nations (via Penn Library Web)General Social Survey 1972-2002 Quick Tables (with charts).
National Opinion Research Center and Computer-assisted Survey Methods
Program, University of California, Berkeley.
Handy crosstabulation generator for the preeminent U.S. annual or biennial social survey, covering many topics.
Location: Berkeley SDA webOverviews of Opinion on the Major Issues
Public Opinion Matters.
Samples of polling data on a wide range of
topics. New articles are added monthly from the Roper Center for Public
Opinion Research's archives. Includes highlights from the magazine,
Public Perspective.
Location: Roper Center webPublic Agenda Issue Guides.
Facts, figures, and analysis of public attitudes on many U.S. social and economic issues.
Location: Public Agenda web
