Doug Rivers is one of the world’s leading experts on survey research and a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur. He has taught at Harvard University, Caltech, UCLA, and, most recently, Stanford University, where he is Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution.
Doug has founded two successful technology companies, Preview Systems and Knowledge Networks. Preview Systems pioneered the field of digital rights management, conducted a successful IPO in 1999 and was sold in 2001. As CEO of the company he was named Executive of the Year (2000) by Research Business Report and received the Innovator's Award by the American Association of Public Opinion Research (2001).
He is also a CBS News consultant and has published academic papers in numerous journals including the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science and the American Economics Review, to name a few. He holds a B.A. from Columbia University and a Ph.D. from Harvard University
ArtikelFirst thoughts on polling problems in the 2016 U.S. elections
Doug Rivers provides an initial analysis of what went wrong - and what went right - with YouGov's 2016 election polling
11 Nov 2016- Artikel
Warum dramatische Wechsel in den US-Wahlumfragen nicht immer das sind, was sie scheinen
Phantom-Schwankungen: Die starken Schwankungen in vielen Umfragen zur US-Wahl in den letzten Wochen und Tagen sind trügerisch, es ist wichtig nach vergangenem Wahlverhalten zu gewichten.
03 Nov 2016 - Artikel
Das YouGov-Modell: Der Stand der US-Wahlen
YouGov führt jeden Tag tausende Interviews durch und nutzt diese Daten um die US-Präsidentschaftswahlen Bundestaat für Bundestaat in einem interaktiven Modell vorherzusagen.
04 Oct 2016 - Artikel
Civil War in the G.O.P.
Doug Rivers: Mitt Romney has some sway in the Republican Party – but not with Trump voters
06 Mar 2016