Center for Survey Research
Left to right: (back) Heather Jamieson, Gwen VanTrieste, Lee Robeson, Denise Harmon, Thressa Ford (front) David Slayback, Monica Polino Schneider, Linda Lepping, Vivian Loik
Center for Survey Research (CSR)
The Center for Survey Research (CSR) staff employs a variety of qualitative and quantitative research methods to answer research questions on a wide range of topics. They have extensive experience with the following topics.
Welfare Research: Welfare-to-work studies sponsored by the Federal government and individual states
Health Research: Injury and violence prevention, health plan satisfaction, health policy, health-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors
Education Research: Educational achievement testing, institutional research for educational associations, research on post-secondary education policy
The CSR staff brings expertise in the areas of:
- Survey instrument development, including questionnaires, respondent letters, forms, interviewer training manuals
- Quantitative data collection methods, such as mail surveys, in-person surveys including tracking hard-to-reach respondents, telephone surveys using computer-assisted telephone interviewing to enhance data quality, and Web-based surveys
- Qualitative data collection methods, including focus groups and in-depth interviews
- Other technical and survey-related activities, such as sample design and development, sample database management, CATI/CAPI data capture, programming in SAS, Access, and Blaise, data entry and optical scanning, and data processing including coding, editing, and cleaning
Staff List