# Helen Dinerman

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{{Short description|American sociologist}}
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{{Infobox scientist
 | name              = Helen Schneider Dinerman
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 | birth_date        = December 25, 1920
 | birth_place       = [New York City](/source/New_York_City), [New York](/source/New_York_(state))
 | death_date        = {{death date and age|1974|8|14|1920|12|25}}
 | death_place       = [Portland](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon), [Oregon](/source/Oregon)
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 | field             = [Sociology](/source/Sociology)
 | work_institutions = International Research Associates
 | alma_mater        = [Hunter College](/source/Hunter_College)<br>[Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University)
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 | known_for         = [Public opinion](/source/Public_opinion) research
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'''Helen Schneider Dinerman''' (December 25, 1920 – August 14, 1974) was an American [sociologist](/source/sociology) and [public opinion](/source/public_opinion) researcher.<ref name="Berelson">
{{cite journal
 | last       = Berelson
 | first      = Bernard
 | authorlink = Bernard Berelson
 | year       = 1974
 | title      = In Memoriam: Helen Dinerman, 1920-1974
 | journal    = [Public Opinion Quarterly](/source/Public_Opinion_Quarterly)
 | volume     = 38
 | issue      = 4
 | pages      = 640
 | doi      = 10.1086/268192
| jstor=2748137}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Born in [New York City](/source/New_York_City) in 1920, Dinerman received her education at [Hunter College](/source/Hunter_College) and [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University).<ref name="Berelson"/> Later, she worked as a researcher in the [United States Office of War Information](/source/United_States_Office_of_War_Information)<ref name="News&Notes">
{{cite journal
 | editor-last = Bivins
 | editor-first = Joseph T.
 | year       = 1968
 | title      = News and Notes
 | journal    = [Public Opinion Quarterly](/source/Public_Opinion_Quarterly)
 | volume     = 32
 | issue      = 3
 | pages      = 525–31
 | doi      = 10.1086/267633
| jstor=2747654}}</ref>
and trained at the [Bureau for Applied Social Research](/source/Bureau_for_Applied_Social_Research),<ref name="Berelson"/> the first academic research centre dedicated to [survey research](/source/survey_research),<ref>
{{cite book
 |author1=Church, Allan H. |author2=Janine Waclawski
 | title      = Designing and Using Organizational Surveys 
 | url        = https://books.google.com/books?id=zbnzeAR34LcC&q=%22Bureau+for+Applied+Social+Research%22&pg=PA6
 | accessdate = January 1, 2008
 | year       = 1998
 | publisher  = Gower Publishing
 | location   = 
 | isbn       = 978-0-566-07975-7
 | pages      = 6 }}</ref>
founded by [Paul Lazarsfeld](/source/Paul_Lazarsfeld) in 1944.<ref>
{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.iserp.columbia.edu/about/
 |title       = About ISERP
 |accessdate  = January 1, 2008
 |publisher   = [Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy](/source/Institute_for_Social_and_Economic_Research_and_Policy)
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080213054517/http://www.iserp.columbia.edu/about/
 |archivedate = February 13, 2008
}}</ref>
She began working with the International Research Associates in 1948, and became chairman of the firm's executive committee in 1968.<ref name="News&Notes"/>

Dinerman died in [Emanuel Hospital](/source/Emanuel_Hospital)<ref>
{{cite news
 | title = Helen Dinerman, Opinion Analyst; Research Specialist Dies-Named to Head World Unit
 | url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30D13FD3A5E1A7493C5A81783D85F408785F9
 | work = [The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)
 | page = 26
 | date = August 17, 1974
 | accessdate = January 1, 2008 }}</ref>
in [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon) on August 14, 1974, while on holiday with her daughter.<ref name="Berelson"/>

== Legacy ==
In 1981, the [World Association for Public Opinion Research](/source/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".<ref>
{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.unl.edu/WAPOR/awards.html
 |title       = Awards and Prizes
 |accessdate  = January 1, 2008
 |publisher   = [World Association for Public Opinion Research](/source/World_Association_for_Public_Opinion_Research)
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080102024431/http://www.unl.edu/WAPOR/awards.html
 |archivedate = January 2, 2008
}}</ref>

== Selected publications ==
* {{cite book
 | author    = [Lazarsfeld, Paul](/source/Paul_Lazarsfeld), and Helen Dinerman
 | editor    = Paul F. Lazarsfeld and Frank M. Stanton
 | title     = Communications Research, 1948–49
 | year      = 1949
 | publisher = [Harper & Brothers](/source/Harper_%26_Brothers)
 | location  = [New York](/source/New_York_City)
 | pages     = 73–108
 | chapter   = Research for Action }}
* {{cite journal
 |author1=Cooper, Eunice |author2=Helen Dinerman
 | year    = 1951
 | title   = Analysis of the Film "Don't Be a Sucker": A Study in Communication
 | journal = [Public Opinion Quarterly](/source/Public_Opinion_Quarterly)
 | volume  = 15
 | issue   = 2
 | pages   = 243–64
 | doi   = 10.1086/266306
| jstor=2746167}}

== References ==
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