Panel data from the 2020 General Social Survey (GSS), one of most valuable social science resources in the country, are now available to the public. The GSS team at NORC was able to meet the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic—e.g., to protect the health and safety of both the interviewers and survey participants—by adapting their data collection methods away from in-person interviews to web-based and telephone surveys. As a result, the team was able to collect vital public opinion data during a critical time in America’s history. …
The GSS is a biennial, nationally representative survey conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago since 1972 to monitor societal change and study the growing complexity of American society. It is the longest-running national longitudinal survey tracking the views of the American people and where they stand on a vast array of critical issues. CONTINUED
NORC at the University of Chicago
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