International Journal of Public Opinion Research Vol. 17 No. 4 © The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The World Association for Public Opinion Research. All rights reserved.
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DINERMAN AWARD FOR ROGER JOWELL
The annual conference is the major event in every WAPOR year, and the Dinerman Award is the major event at every conference. This year, WAPOR honors eminent British (really: international) public opinion researcher Roger Jowell. Why that is so, is spelled out in the award citation:
While Mark Abrams is generally regarded as the father of social survey research in the UK, the role of Roger Jowell has been vitally important in seeing Abrams brainchild grow up. It is surely no coincidence that Rogers first job after coming to the UK from South Africa was as a researcher at Research Services Limited, the company founded by Abrams twenty years earlier. Whether the founder and chairman recognized in the new young graduate someone who might be his successor,MORE WAPOR PRIZES. . . [Full Text of this Article]
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