Survey methodology
Study of survey methods
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| 2025 | Fourth Big Data Meets Survey Science (BigSurv) conference is planned, continuing the ongoing dialogue about big data's impact on survey science. |
| 2023 | Third Big Data Meets Survey Science (BigSurv) conference is conducted, furthering discussions on integrating big data techniques with survey methodologies. |
| 2021 |
Scientific consensus on climate change
Krista Myers led a comprehensive survey of 2780 Earth scientists, finding that between 91% and 100% of climate scientists agreed that human activity is causing climate change, with 98.7% consensus among climate scientists.
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| 2021 |
Scientific consensus on climate change
A scientific study concluded that over 99% of scientific papers agree on the human cause of climate change, with the small percentage of dissenting papers containing errors or being non-replicable.
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| 2020 | Second Big Data Meets Survey Science (BigSurv) conference takes place, continuing the exploration of big data's role in survey research. |
| 2019 |
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
University of Sydney research study revealed the psychological distress experienced by lesbian, gay, and bisexual people during the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, documenting elevated levels of depression, anxiety, and stress.
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| 2019 |
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
Australia Institute study confirmed the marriage equality debate as an acute external minority stress event with measurable negative mental health impacts on LGBTIQ people and their allies.
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| November 2019 |
Scientific consensus on climate change
James L. Powell conducted a survey of over 11,600 peer-reviewed articles published in the first seven months of 2019, revealing a 100% consensus on anthropogenic climate change.
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| 2018 | Survey methodologists begin exploring how big data can complement survey methodology, initiating research into improving survey statistics using new data sources. |
| 2018 | First Big Data Meets Survey Science (BigSurv) conference held, marking the beginning of a conference series focusing on the intersection of big data and survey methodology. |
| December 13 2018 |
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
The Ruddock religious freedoms inquiry report was officially released to the public, prompting the government to propose a religious discrimination act.
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| October 2018 |
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
Recommendations from the Ruddock religious freedoms inquiry were leaked to Fairfax Media before the official public release.
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| May 18 2018 |
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
Ruddock's religious freedoms inquiry completed its report, examining potential implications of same-sex marriage legislation on religious freedom in Australia.
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| February 13 2018 |
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
Senate committee handed down the final report on the postal survey process.
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| January 9 2018 |
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
New same-sex marriages began, following the mandatory one-month notice period required by the new legislation.
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| 2017 |
Scientific consensus on climate change
James L. Powell analyzed five surveys of peer-reviewed literature from 1991 to 2015, finding that out of 54,195 articles, only a tiny fraction rejected anthropogenic climate change, resulting in an average consensus of 99.94%.
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| 2017 |
Scientific consensus on climate change
Fourth National Climate Assessment is released, involving thirteen federal agencies and around 1,000 people, including 300 leading scientists.
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| December 15 2017 |
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
The first legal same-sex wedding under Australian law was held, with some couples successfully obtaining an exemption from the standard one-month notice period.
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| December 9 2017 |
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
The Marriage Amendment Act came into effect, with existing same-sex marriages performed outside Australia being recognized.
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| December 8 2017 |
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
The Marriage Amendment Bill received royal assent.
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| December 7 2017 |
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
The Marriage Amendment Bill passed the House of Representatives without amendment.
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| November 2017 |
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
Philip Ruddock announced to head an inquiry into religious freedoms, widely interpreted as a strategic move to facilitate the quick passage of the Dean Smith bill while deferring detailed religious freedom discussions.
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| November 29 2017 |
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
The Marriage Amendment Bill passed the Senate by 43 votes to 12. During the proceedings, openly gay MP Tim Wilson proposed to his partner Ryan Bolger in the public gallery, marking the first known engagement on the floor of the House of Representatives.
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| November 15 2017 |
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
Statistics and quality and integrity report released to the public at 10 am AEDT.
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| November 7 2017 |
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
Deadline for survey responses, with submissions received after 6 pm local time not being processed.
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| October 27 2017 |
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
Deadline for eligible Australians to return their survey form.
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| October 20 2017 |
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
Requests for replacement survey materials closed at 6 pm local time.
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| September 25 2017 |
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
All survey forms were expected to have arrived, and paperless options (online form and telephone survey) opened.
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| September 12 2017 |
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
Survey forms began to be mailed out to all Australian voters over a two-week period.
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| August 24 2017 |
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
Final day for citizens to update or add their name to the electoral roll to receive a survey form.
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| August 14 2017 |
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
The Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee opened a Public Inquiry into the arrangements around the postal survey.
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| August 9 2017 |
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
A government-initiated motion in the Senate to debate the Plebiscite (Same-Sex Marriage) Bill 2016 was tied at 31-31, effectively defeating the motion.
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| 2016 |
Scientific consensus on climate change
A reanalysis confirms the robustness of the 97% scientific consensus on human-caused global warming.
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| 2016 |
Scientific consensus on climate change
A study titled 'Learning from mistakes in climate research' examined the methodological flaws in peer-reviewed papers that had rejected the climate change consensus, following up on John Cook's 2013 paper.
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| November 7 2016 |
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
The Senate rejected the plebiscite legislation by a vote of 33-29.
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| October 20 2016 |
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
The House of Representatives passed legislation for a plebiscite on same-sex marriage by a vote of 76-67.
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| December 2015 |
Scientific consensus on climate change
Dennis Bray and Hans von Storch began the 5th International Survey of Climate Scientists, which ran through January 2016, focusing more on extreme event attribution and surveying scientists' views on climate change.
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| 2013 |
Scientific consensus on climate change
A study finds 97% of over 4,000 peer-reviewed climate science papers published since 1990 agree that global warming is happening and is human-caused.
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