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George Gallup

George Horace Gallup (November 18, 1901 – July 26, 1984) was an American pioneer of survey sampling techniques and inventor of the Gallup poll, a successful statistical method of survey sampling for measuring public opinion.

For his son, see George Gallup Jr.

George Gallup

George Horace Gallup

(1901-11-18)November 18, 1901
Jefferson, Iowa, U.S.

July 26, 1984(1984-07-26) (aged 82)

Tschingel ob Gunten, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland

University of Iowa

Statistician

Gallup poll

Approval rating

The Gallup Organization

Gallup & Robinson

George H. Gallup House

Gallup International Association

Cantril, Hadley. Gauging Public Opinion (1944)

Archived July 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, massive compilation of many public opinion polls from US, UK, Canada, Australia, and elsewhere. online

Cantril, Hadley and Mildred Strunk, eds. Public Opinion, 1935–1946 (1951)

Converse, Jean M. Survey Research in the United States: Roots and Emergence 1890–1960 (1987), the standard history

Doktorov, Boris Z. "George Gallup: Biography and Destiny". Moscow: (2011)

Foley, Ryan J., Archived August 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

Gallup Papers Give Glimpse into US Polling History, Associated Press (2012)

Gallup, George. Public Opinion in a Democracy (1939)

Gallup, George, and . The Secrets of Long Life (Geis Associates/Random House, 1960).

Evan Hiill

Gallup, Alec M. ed. The Gallup Poll Cumulative Index: Public Opinion, 1935–1997 (1999) lists 10,000+ questions, but no results

Gallup, George Horace, ed. The Gallup Poll; Public Opinion, 1935–1971 3 vol (1972) summarizes results of each poll.

Hawbaker, Becky Wilson. "Taking 'the Pulse of Democracy': George Gallup, Iowa, and the Origin of the Gallup Poll". The Palimpsest 74(3) 98–118. Description of Gallup's Iowa years and their impact on his development.

Lavrakas, Paul J. et al. eds. Presidential Polls and the News Media (1995)

Moore, David W. The Superpollsters: How They Measure and Manipulate Public Opinion in America (1995)

Ohmer, Susan (2006). George Gallup in Hollywood. Columbia University Press.  978-0-231-12133-0.

ISBN

Rogers, Lindsay. The Pollsters: Public Opinion, Politics, and Democratic Leadership (1949)

3rd ed. (2004)

Traugott, Michael W. The Voter's Guide to Election Polls

Archived April 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

Young, Michael L. Dictionary of Polling: The Language of Contemporary Opinion Research (1992)

The Gallup Legacy, from Gallup & Robinson website

. Time. May 3, 1948.

"Opinion: The Black & White Beans"