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Online survey capabilities. Representative, probability-based sampling. That combination is what brings researchers throughout the government sector and the academic community to Knowledge Networks. Our ability to harness new technology without compromising methodology makes KnowledgePanel® the only online survey source that meets the standard of federal and peer review.
Our surveys are conducted on the web-enabled KnowledgePanel®, a probability-based Panel designed to be representative of the U.S. population. All KnowledgePanel households have a known probability of selection. Initially, participants are chosen scientifically by a random selection of telephone numbers or addresses (using address-based sampling). Persons in selected households are then invited by telephone and mail to participate in the web-enabled Panel. Those who agree to participate, but are not already on the Internet, are sent a laptop computer and receive an Internet service connection provided by Knowledge Networks. People who already have computers and Internet service are permitted to participate using their own equipment. Panelists then receive unique log-in information for accessing surveys online, and then are sent emails three to four times a month inviting them to participate in research.
Summary of KN panel methodology.
Both the KN staff and investigators who use KnowledgePanel® conduct methodological research on the Web panel methodology itself, as well as research important social and public policy issues with their publications. For examples and references to such work, please review our Project Descriptions and the regularly-updated KN Bibliography. In addition, the TESS program (Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences) conducts surveys using KnowledgePanel for more information on TESS, funded by the National Science Foundation, please visit: http://www.knowledgenetworks.com/ganp/tess.html.
KN has strong expertise and experience in building custom panels; our Teacher Panel and Chronic Condition Panel are examples of the kind of work that we do in this area.
Our customers – who include researchers from government, academia, and the non-profit community – share a common need: they have important questions to answer, and they need to have their work withstand scrutiny. The staff at Knowledge Networks stands ready to meet those needs. We bring a wealth of experience in all phases of research: survey design, data collection, analysis, and execution of innovative projects such as instant polls, media testing, and online discussions.
- Methodological Papers, Presentations, and Articles on KnowledgePanel®
- Bibliography
- Journals that have Published Articles based on KN Survey Data
- Key Staff
- KN/QuickView (omnibus)
- Selected Project Descriptions
- OMB-Reviewed Projects
- KN Custom Panels
- Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences
- AAPOR Presentations
- JSM Presentations
- Press Articles Citing KnowledgePanel Data – 2008-2010 - . pdf
Knowledge Networks recently was awarded a 20-year contract for survey services by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). Click the button below for more information:
KN's Chief Statistician, Charles DiSogra, has been conferred the 2010 APHA (American Public Health Association) Statistics Section Industry Award. It recognizes outstanding contributions to public health and statistics from members employed in industry, and in particular, Charles' contributions to survey methods with Knowledge Networks – in terms of improving statistical methods in public health. The Awards Luncheon will take place at the APHA Annual Meeting on Tuesday, November 9, in Denver, Colorado. |
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AP-YAHOO! NEWS ELECTION SURVEYS
In the run-up to the 2008 presidential election and afterward, Associated Press and Yahoo! News published polls about voter reactions to the presidential candidates using KnowledgePanel®, as did Associated Press in collaboration with Knowledge Networks. Widespread coverage of results ran for more than a year, from November 2007 to November 2008; it was featured in thousands of newspaper, radio, television and online reports about the 2008 election including on the CBS Evening News, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, and NPR. See more | Full poll results | Full poll methodology and data |
FEATURED INSIGHTS
- New Product Spotlight: KnowledgePanel Latino OmnibusSM
- The World Wide Web and the U.S. Political News Market
AJPS Article Summary - New Report from AAPOR about Online Surveys
J. Michael Dennis - Solutions for Reaching Hard-to-Find Respondents
KN Chronic Conditions Panel - As Millennials Begin Their Ascent
Interview with John Della Volpe, Harvard - Update: Address-based Sampling Nets Success for KnowledgePanel® Recruitment and Sample Representation
By Charles DiSogra - A Web Panel Response Rate: It's More Than You Think!
by Charles DiSogra - Results: Internet Access Conditioning among Newly Recruited "Non-Internet" KnowledgePanel® Members
by Patricia Graham - New Methodological Research on Web Panel Conditioning and Attrition
Highlights from a paper by Yelena Kruse, Mario Callegaro, J. Michael Dennis, Stefan Subias, Mike Lawrence, and Charles DiSogra (of KN) and Trevor Tompson of The Associated Press - Meeting the Challenge of Cell Phone-Only Households, Young Adults and Minorities: Introducing Address-Based Sampling to KnowledgePanel®
Charles DiSogra, J. Michael Dennis, and Patricia Graham - Online Surveys for Federal Agencies: The Future Is Now
Joe Garrett - Hispanics: A Mini-Landscape of Language, Attitudes, Values and Media Habits
- Recent Developments in Federally Sponsored Web-Based Surveys
Mike Dennis - Making Quality Real: Delivering on a Promise of the Best Service and Online Survey Sample
Mike Dennis - Stated Preference Methodology: Innovative Online Approaches to Accurate Measurement
Mike Dennis - Is the Digital Divide Still Closing? New Evidence Points to Skewed Online Results Absent Non-Internet Respondents
Mario Callegaro and Tom Wells - Web Questionnaires: Tested Approaches from Knowledge Networks for the Online World (Part 1)
Mario Callegaro
INTERVIEWS
- Discovering Attitudes and Beliefs in Healthcare
Interview with Katherine Harris, RAND - Researching Deliberation and Opinion about Complex Social Issues
Interview with Joseph Capella - The TESS Opportunity for the Social Sciences
Interview with Dr. Jeremy Freese - Connecting with Americans to Secure the Future
Interview with Dr. James N. Breckenridge - Exploring the Contours of Public Opinion
Interview with Vincent Price - Connecting Polls with Quality
Interview with Sunshine Hillygus - The New Media Effect on Political Participation
Interview with Markus Prior - Polling & Research Quality Circa 2008
Interview with Kathy Frankovic, formerly of CBS News - Of Metrics, Genomes, and Morality
Interview with Kathy Hudson - A Perspective on America's Health: Kids, Parents, and Beyond
Interview with Matthew Davis - After Sputnik – American Scientific Literacy Tested Online
Interview with Jon Miller
FEATURED PRESS RELEASES AND LINKS
- Rutgers University WORKTRENDS Report (Americans’ Attitudes about Work, Employers and Government): American Workers Assess an Economic Disaster – September 2010
- Teachers, Public Sharply Divided on Key Education Issues - Harvard/KN poll - 8/26/10
- News Alert: Poll Shows Arizonans Want Open, Nonpartisan Primaries - Arizona Indicators, a project of Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University – 8/23/10
- Climate Change in the American Mind: George Mason University and Yale University
- Full Report: Climate Change in the American Mind: Public Support for Climate & Energy Policies in June 2010 – George Mason University and Yale University, 6/1/10
- Full Report: Climate Change in the American Mind: Americans' Global Warming Beliefs and Attitudes in January 2010 – George Mason University and Yale University
- Video: KnowledgePanel® Reveals Global Warming's "Six Americas" – Yale Climate Study
- Recent Premium Increases Imposed by Insurers Averaged 20% for People Who Buy Their Own Health Insurance, Kaiser Survey Finds – Kaiser Family Foundation, 6/21/10
- U.S. Singles Happier with Sex than Married: KN study for AARP, courtesy UPI.com - 5/12/10
- KN in RAND / CDC Report on H1N1 – 04/10/10
Twice in April, a survey based on KnowledgePanel® received coverage in The New York Times. On April 8th, the article "Prevention: More Health Care Workers Got Flu Shots This Season" mentioned that roughly half of hospital workers received the H1N1 vaccine. And an April 13th Op Ed ("They Should Know Better") focused on this fact (only half of this group was inoculated). - Ask a Loaded Question, You'll Get a Loaded Answer - MPRnewswQ, 4/5/10
Author: Rob Daves - Harvard Poll on Young Adults by KN: Concern Over Economy - 3/09/10
- Knowledge Networks Awarded 20-Year Contract for Survey Services by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) - 2/23/10
- Understanding Anti-Immigrant Sentiment – MITnews. 02/19/10
Principle Investigators: Jens Hainmueller, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Michael Hiscox, Harvard University
Article Author: Peter Dizikes, MIT News Office - Friends No. 1 way to meet that Valentine, but Web is growing – USA Today
USA Today prominently cites KN's recent research for Michael Rosenfeld at Stanford—a study about how couples met (please search article title) - University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital NPCH polls by KN
- Most parents interested in at-home personal genetic tests for their kids
- Minority Kids Face More Obstacles to Health/Success
- Parents Ill-prepared to Reduce Kids’ Concussion Risks
- Parents Want e-communications with Kids’ Doctors
- Parents Expect Their Children's Doctors to be Board-certified
- More Parents Choose Reasoning Than Physical Discipline
- School Support Lacking for Emotional, Behavioral Issues, Say Parents
- Parent Concerns Hinder H1N1 Immunization
- Doctors Drive H1N1 Vaccination Rates
- CBS News State of the Union Poll Results from KnowledgePanel®
- Survey of young Americans’ attitudes toward politics and public service: 16th Edition, Tracking poll, Executive Summary - 12/03/09
John Della Volpe, Author, The Institute of Politics at Harvard University - Battleground or Common Ground? American Public Opinion on Health Care Reform Authors: William A. Galston, Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution; Steve Kull, WorldPublicOpinion.org; Clay Ramsay, Program on International Policy Attitudes
- A U.N press conference by the Inter-Parliamentary Union presented findings from World Public Opinion's study on political tolerance.
- Forbes.com covered a nationwide study about The Anguish of Unemployment, commissioned by Rutgers University. Read the article
Also seen in: Time, CBS, PBS' News Hour; The New York Times; BusinessWeek; ABCNEWS.com's The Numbers, and Fox News.
- Opinions from KnowledgePanel members about today's education issues were released in the 2009 Education Next–PEPG National Education Survey, conducted by Education Next and the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University.
- The National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) conducted their annual study – America's Civic Health Index – looking at the state of civic engagement in America; it clearly reflects the impact of the economic crisis. See the 08/27/09 New York Times article, "Volunteering Waning in Recession, Report Says."
- "Publics want more government action on climate change: Global poll" – worldpublicopinon.org (Program on International Policy Attitudes/University of Maryland), 7/30/09
- KN launches U.S. Latino panel - Daily Research News, 8/12/08
KN WEBCASTS
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