D3: Designs, Data, Decisions

05/18/2022

D3’s COO Matthew Warshaw and Senior Research Analyst Sam Solomon recently presented at AAPOR’s 77th Annual Conference in Chicago. Matthew presented on our Afghan Futures research, while Sam presented on modeling COVID concern in the U.S. You can read their abstracts and see their full presentations here!

D3’s COO Matthew Warshaw and Senior Research Analyst Sam Solomon recently presented at AAPOR’s 77th Annual Conference in Chicago. Their abstracts are included below, and their full presentations have also been made available! Matthew Warshaw, Afghan Futures: Afghanistan fell to Taliban control o...

05/02/2022

Last Friday, D3 hosted students in the Executive Master of International Service degree program at American University's School of International Service, AU, which brings together professionals from diverse backgrounds and requires at least seven years of prior work experience. Matt Warshaw, CEO of D3, and Deon Woods Bell, Senior Advisor with the Gates Foundation, who are both on the Dean's Board of Advisors at SIS, discussed with the students. It was an engaging and insightful discussion, and we look forward to continued partnerships between D3 and AU!

04/27/2022

D3's very own Matthew Warshaw has been selected as American University's School of International Service, 2022 Alumnus of the Year. Not stopping there, Matt will also be taking over as the Chair of the Board of Advisors for the Dean of SIS. Congratulations Matt on these distinguished honors - we are all proud of you!

04/19/2022

As an original charter member of AAPOR’s Transparency Initiative, we are proud to announce that we have maintained our status following the bi-annual review of our methodology reports. We at D3 are committed to offering our clients clear and thorough explanations of how we conduct research so they can be confident in the data collected!

03/24/2022

D3’s Founder and CEO, David Jodice, is also the Chair of WAPOR’s Professional Standards Committee, which just revamped their Code of Professional Ethics and Practices. You can check them out here in English, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Chinese, and Arabic!

WAPOR Code of Ethics: WAPOR has adopted the changes to the Code of Ethics. Revised WAPOR Code of Ethics (effective 1 December 2011)

01/19/2022

Happy belated New Years from D3! Use the link below to check out all we accomplished in 2021. We look forward to continuing our efforts in 2022!

Happy belated New Years from all of us at D3: Designs, Data, Decisions! As has become tradition, we are pausing to reflect on all that we accomplished last year with the help of our valued clients, field partners, and internal staff. We feel very fortunate to have experienced another year of growth....

11/09/2021

We value our longstanding partnership with Central Force International! Thank you for the opportunity to provide technical support on this meaningful study with the World Bank into and the impact it has had in . Check out the findings, including the full downloadable report, here!

10/20/2021

The United States Agency for Global Media commissioned D3 to support the modernization of its core media questionnaire. Learn more here!

The United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) commissioned D3 to support the modernization of its core media questionnaire. Implemented in 62 languages around the world, the media questionnaire will serve as the cornerstone for USAGM’s annual global audience estimate and deliver valuable insig...

06/22/2021

It’s official: D3 has never before had a larger number of staff! We are pleased to announce that we are expanding our team to help keep up with the new research opportunities that have emerged in 2021. Meet our newest hires here! https://www.d3systems.com/d3-welcomes-eight-new-hires-to-the-team/

04/07/2021

Tabasum, we couldn't agree with you more and are proud to have been a part of The Asia Foundation team collecting the data behind these insights!

Our Afghan research department has just been rated the ninth-best think tank in Central Asia, but the honor will be a hollow one if the country closes the door to research.

03/08/2021

In honor of , we want to share these infographics from Statista. While we have made noteworthy progress since IWD began in 1911, there are still countless opportunities to work towards gender parity on a global scale. Learn more and check out other related infographics on Statista's site. https://www.statista.com/chart/17290/countries-with-most-equal-rights-for-women/

01/19/2021

Check out these interesting upcoming webinars by WAPOR!

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Electoral Polls in Difficult Times
February 5 (Friday), 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EST

Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X8l5oQ2ySaGVmolcoaI4HA

Information: https://wapor.org/resources/wapor-webinars/

The webinar will focus on how electoral are conducted and published in different parts of the world, what political, methodological or related difficulties the face and how they work to overcome them.

Speakers & presentations:

Polling in Hong Kong in troubled times - by Robert Chung, President of 香港民意研究計劃 HKPOP and the current vice-president/president elect of WAPOR.

Experiences with U.S. National Election Polling in 2016 and 2020, using a Probability-Based Internet Panel and Experimental Outcomes Models - by Jill Darling, Survey Director at CESR - Center for Economic and Social Research at USC, and Director of the USC Dornsife Daybreak Election Poll, at the University of Southern California.

Challenges for Election Polls: Reflections for the Mexico 2021 Mid-Term Election - by Alejandro Moreno Álvarez, Professor of Political Science at ITAM, and Director of Public Opinion Polls at EL FINANCIERO, Vice-President at the World Values Survey Association.

Electoral Polls in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Tall Order? - by Paul Nnanwobu, CEO at Random Dynamic Resources LTD, the Nigeria Representative for WAPOR, Secretary General of the Nigerian Marketing Research Association.