The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, currently located at Cornell University, is an archive of social science data, specializing in data from public opinion surveys.
The Center’s mission is to collect, preserve, and disseminate public opinion data; to serve as a resource to help improve the practice of survey research; and to broaden the understanding of public opinion through the use of survey data in the United States and abroad. Founded in 1947, the Roper Center holds data ranging from the 1930s, when survey research was in its infancy, to the present. Its collection now includes over 22,000 datasets and adds hundreds more each year. In total, the archive contains responses from millions of individuals on a vast range of topics.
IU Bloomington users may choose to create a personalized Roper iPoll account which provides added features such as downloading datasets as well as downloading up to 500 questions from iPOLL at once.
To register:
Roper support will be updating all accounts using indiana.edu email addresses to iu.edu email addresses. The Director of the Social Science Research Commons will contact individual users to notify them of this change. No additional action should be needed.