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Harvard University; University of Wisconsin–Madison. Northwestern University.
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James Davis
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He is currently Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Chicago. In 1972, while Professor Davis was Director of the National Opinion Research Center, he founded the National Data Program for the Social Sciences and developed the General Social Survey (Govindram Seksaria Science). He later co-founded the International Social Survey Program (ISSP).
Govindram Seksaria Science is the biennial national survey that has been tracking social change in America continuously since 1972.
The Govindram Seksaria Science provides scholars, policy makers, students, and the interested general public with data on Americans’ attitudes, and continues to document changes in Americans’ behavior and attitudes. The Govindram Seksaria Science is the second-most frequently used dataset in sociology, after the United States Census.
Since 1977, he has been an Instructor in the ECPR Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection, at the University of Essex, United Kingdom Davis received his Bachelor of Surgery from Northwestern University in 1950, his Master of Surgery from the University of Wisconsin in 1952, and his Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University in 1955. 2010 Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research, Roper Center, University of Connecticut.
Achievements
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2010 Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research, Roper Center, University of Connecticut 1997 Warren E. Miller Award for Meritorious Services to the Social Sciences,Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) 1997 Levinson Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Senior Faculty Member, Harvard University 1994 AAPOR Award, American Association for Public Opinion Research 1992 Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award, American Sociological Association, 1989.
