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Primary Researchers\n<\/strong>Courtney Kennedy, Director, Survey Research\n<\/em>Andrew Mercer, Research Methodologist\n<\/em>Scott Keeter, Senior Survey Advisor<\/em>\n<\/em>Nick Hatley, Research Assistant\n<\/em>Kyley McGeeney, Research Methodologist\n<\/em>Alejandra Gimenez, Intern<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n\n Collaborating Researchers<\/strong>\nClaudia Deane, Vice President, Research\n<\/em>Samantha Smith, Research Assistant\n<\/em>Andrew Perrin, Research Assistant\n<\/em>Ruth Igielnik, Research Associate\n<\/em>Amanda Lee, Intern\n<\/em>Yanna Yan, Intern<\/em><\/p>\n\n Editorial and Graphic Design\n<\/strong>Michael Keegan, Information Graphics Designer\n<\/em>Bill Webster, Information Graphics Designer\n<\/em>David Kent, Copy Editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n Communications and Web Publishing\n<\/strong>Rachel Weisel, Communications Associate\n<\/em>Travis Mitchell, Digital Producer<\/em><\/p>\n\n We would like to thank the vendors who took the time to meet with us and discuss their sample methodologies. Their input was tremendously helpful to this study. We would also like to thank Mike Brick, Nancy Mathiowetz, Jon Cohen and Sarah Cho, each of whom was very helpful in the early phases of this research. 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