UW-RF

Survey Research Center

SERVICES

meeting The Survey Research Center is a valuable resource for state and local agencies, non-profit organizations, faculty and other clients.

Services range from consultation on a single aspect of the survey process to full implementation of a survey from design to final report. Typical procedures include:

Designing Surveys
Staff work with clients to help identify topic areas for information gathering, clarify survey objectives and determine effective methods of designing the most productive and cost-effective method of collecting data.
Instruments
The SRC staff designs mail and telephone survey questionnaires and cover letters that are customized to fit the survey's objectives and help improve accuracy and response rate.
Collecting Data
The SRC helps clients determine the data collection method most effective for each survey. Options include telephone interviews, mail questionnaires, face-to-face interviews, focus groups, and others. The SRC can provide all the work associated with the preparation and mailing of the surveys.
Coding Data
Staff code data into numeric or text format.
Managing and Analyzing Data
Using Excel and SPSS analytical software, staff extract the data and convert the results into percentages based on the number of completed surveys, or the number of people who completed an applicable survey question. Additional work requiring more advanced data analysis is available upon request.
Data Summary/Report and Interpretation
After extracting the data, a survey summary document will be prepared which will consist of inserting percentages, or when applicable, raw number data into the applicable responses to each survey question. All comments from open-ended questions will also be reported. If so desired, a written narrative report of the survey results would be prepared. This narrative could be a written report of the survey question by question, or an executive summary stating collectively what the survey results indicated. Depending on the distance to travel, there would be no fee for a formal presentation to the client/group requesting the survey.