American Life Panel

The ALP is an Internet panel of more than 5,000 respondents ages 18 and over who use either their own computer to log on to the Internet or a Web TV system that allows them to access the Internet using their television and a telephone line. Organizations may contract with ALP to include their questions in upcoming interviews at a low, fixed fee-for-service rate.

For more information about sample recruitment, panel use, or survey hosting, visit please fill out the MMIC/ALP Request form and we will contact you. Please note the American Life Panel does not accept volunteer respondents. Please use this form for research only.

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ALP Provides Election Survey Data

Since July 5, respondents to the RAND American Life Panel have been asked to answer three questions every week:

  1. What is the percent chance that you will vote in the Presidential election?
  2. What is the percent chance that you will vote for Obama, Romney, someone else?
  3. What is the percent chance that Obama, Romney, someone else will win?

ALP's survey is unique in that we always ask the same people for their opinion. In comparison to most polls, this leads to much more stable outcomes; changes that we see are true changes in people's opinions and not the result of random fluctuations in who gets asked the questions.

The RAND Continuous 2012 Presidential Election Poll

Staff

Arie Kapteyn

Arie Kapteyn is director of RAND Labor and Population and of the RAND American Life Panel. Before coming to RAND, he was a research professor at Tilburg University in The Netherlands. He also was the founder and director of CentERdata, which runs the CentERpanel. The American Life Panel is patterned after the CentERpanel. For research inquiries, he can be reached at kapteyn@rand.org.

Bas Weerman

Bas Weerman is the lead developer of the RAND American Life Panel and of MMIC™, the software on which the panel runs. Before coming to RAND, he was affiliated with CentERdata, where he built the complete technical infrastructures of the CentERpanel. Bas is also heading the programming of a Megadata site harmonizing international panel data, and is involved as a lead developer or advisor on international household surveys throughout Europe, Asia, Latin American and the United States. For programming inquiries, he can be reached at weerman@rand.org.

Tania Gutsche

Tania Gutsche is the project and panel manager for the RAND American Life Panel, and your key contact for budget estimates. She handles the day-day operations and maintenance of the panel and the needs of the respondents. Her responsibilities include coordinating correspondence, equipment set up and delivery, and ongoing incentives for panel members. Tania manages the helpdesk via email and a toll free number. If you would like additional details about the panel or if you would like to explore using the panel in your research, she can be reached at (310) 393-0411 ext. 6559, or tania@rand.org.

About ALP and MMIC

The American Life Panel (ALP) and Multi-Mode Interviewing Capability (MMIC) are proprietary capabilities of the RAND Corporation. They were developed by RAND with its own funds and with the support of numerous clients and grantors who have commissioned social-science and economics research and analysis at RAND. Use of the RAND ALP and MMIC is available to outside researchers for a fee.

The use of RAND ALP and MMIC for the continuous presidential election poll was initiated and financed by RAND in order to demonstrate their distinctive capabilities to a broader audience.

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