The Duke Initiative on Survey Methodology:
Group portraits
Environmental portraits of D. Sunshine Hillygus
Staged interaction between Dr. Hillygus and associates.

Its principal goals are to provide high quality data-collection resources to scholars engaged in original survey research and to build connections among the academic, professional, and commercial research communities.

We conceive of “surveys” broadly as any setting in which research participants are asked questions about their attitudes or behaviors, whether in the traditional survey format, experiments, interviews, or focus groups. We strive to build a climate of interdisciplinary cooperation and intellectual exchange among researchers across various fields. With that goal in mind, we provide a number of resources for Duke affiliates, including advising on individual projects, funding opportunities, and training in survey research methods. The future of survey research requires fostering the interaction of the best science across academic fields and engaging the broader community of survey scholars and practitioners. Duke Initiative on Survey Methodology hopes to play a pivotal role in that future.