Completed Projects

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OU POLL's Current and Recently Completed Projects

Tobacco Helpline Surveys

The University of Oklahoma College of Public Health has an ongoing contract with the OU POLL to conduct surveys of people who have called the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline. These surveys are conducted in three waves: 4, 7, and 13 months after the initial call to the helpline. Those who received assistance to quit using tobacco products are asked if they have successfully quit, stayed quit, and their opinions of the assistance given by the Helpline.

Oklahoma Department of Commerce

OU POLL has an ongoing contract with the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to conduct labor force surveys in all areas of the state. These studies are focused on the characteristics of the labor force and are focused on a specific area of the state. These areas include:

Claremore area, which includes Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, and Wagoner
Bartlesville area, approximately a 60-mile radius around the city
Eastern Oklahoma, which includes Adair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Sequoyah, and Wagoner counties
Tulsa area including Creek, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner, and Washington counties
Western Oklahoma, which includes Beckham, Caddo, Custer, Dewey, Greer, Kiowa, and Washita counties
Ardmore area, including Carter, Garvin, Jefferson, Love, Marshall, and Murray counties in Oklahoma and Cooke Co. Texas
Lawton area, including Comanche, Cotton, Grady (south half), Jackson, Jefferson, Stephens, and Tillman counties
Central Oklahoma, which includes Canadian, Cleveland , Grady, Kingfisher, Lincoln , Logan , McClain , Oklahoma , Payne, and Pottawatomie counties
The Oklahoma City Metropolitan area
Ponca City area: Creek, Garfield, Kay, Lincoln, Logan, Noble, Osage, Pawnee and Payne counties, plus Cowley, Sedwick and Sumner counties in Kansas
East Central Oklahoma: Hughes, Lincoln, Okfuskee, Pottawatomie, and Seminole counties
Northwest Oklahoma: Beaver, Cimarron, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Texas, Woods, Woodward, and Seward KS

Additional information and reports from these studies can be found on the Oklahoma Department of Commerce website's Data and Research Page.

Other surveys conducted for the Department of Commerce:

OU POLL conducted a survey of businesses in the Ardmore area to help the Oklahoma Department of Commerce identify jobs that those companies were having trouble filling and possibly recruit qualified people to the area.
OU POLL has conducted a telephone study of manufacturing companies in the state of Oklahoma on behalf of the Oklahoma State Department of Commerce. The purpose of the study is to obtain information about what types of jobs these companies have as well as what types of jobs they will have available in the future.

Recent University of Oklahoma Surveys

OU POLL has conducted a survey on behalf of the OU College of Liberal Studies of people who inquired about CLS, applied to CLS, are current students, and graduated from CLS in order to gain information on what people find attractive and what could be improved in the program.
OU POLL has conducted a survey of alumni of OU's Regional and City Planning department and the employers of alumni in an effort to improve the curriculum of the major.
OU POLL conducted a survey of students on behalf of student media. The purpose of the study was to gain information about student social and economic activity.
OU POLL has conducted a national telephone study on behalf of the Communications Department at the University of Oklahoma. The goal of the survey is to find out how often Americans use certain media outlets are used and how much attention is paid to these outlets.