We offer services from the early phase of designing a social science research project to the final phase of presenting results to audiences.

Services

Research design

Appropriate research design is crucial for valid and reliable analysis of the collected data.

  • Provide guidance on general issues of research design to ensure that a project answers the most important intended questions
  • Develop statistically valid survey instruments to answer your questions
  • Assist with Institutional Review Board submissions to determine necessary steps for any project involving human subjects
  • Assist with the development of research protocols and instruments, including interview and listening session protocols, as well as paper and online questionnaires
  • Provide services in the areas of sampling and targeting desired audiences and recruitment of participants
  • Determine the appropriate statistical model for the analysis
  • Interrogate assumptions and potential pitfalls that can impact the data

Data collection and management

  • We employ cutting-edge tools to collect survey data
  • Coordinate the formatting, printing, mailing, and processing of mail-based surveys, including high-quality data entry
  • Our typical mail survey projects have ranged from about 200 to 10,000 mailings
  • Formatting, programming, and distribution of web-based surveys
  • Extensive experience with mixed-mode (e.g., combined mail and web) surveys
  • Interview and/or focus group transcription editing

Data analysis and documentation

  • Cleaned and merged deidentified data sets
  • Data codebooks and descriptive statistics (frequencies and percentages)
  • Survey data weighting using proportional raking (as appropriate)
  • Qualitative coding and summarization

Data presentation

  • Discuss your results and what they mean with you
  • Assist with conveying the information accurately to your target audiences

Our services are customizable, client focused, and collaborative.

Social Data can deliver end-to-end survey research services or contribute specific components of your project. We work in close collaboration with our clients to ensure our products are useful and informative.

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