Helen Dinerman
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Biography
Born in New York City in 1920, Dinerman received her education at Hunter College and Columbia University.[1] Later, she worked as a researcher in the United States Office of War Information[2] and trained at the Bureau for Applied Social Research,[1] the first academic research centre dedicated to survey research,[3] founded by Paul Lazarsfeld in 1944.[4] She began working with the International Research Associates in 1948, and became chairman of the firm's executive committee in 1968.[2]
Dinerman died in Emanuel Hospital[5] in Portland, Oregon on August 14, 1974, while on holiday with her daughter.[1]
Legacy
In 1981, the World Association for Public Opinion Research established the Helen Dinerman Award – "in memory of Helen Dinerman's scientific achievements over three decades of public opinion research" – to recognize individuals who have made "significant contributions to survey research methodology".[6]
Selected publications
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- 1920 births
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- American sociologists
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- People of the United States Office of War Information
- American women sociologists
- 20th-century American women scientists
- 20th-century American social scientists
- 20th-century American non-fiction writers