Center for Social Research

CSR Services

Research Design and Project Management

• Planning and meeting participation: We'll help you focus on what you really want to know and how to get there
• Expertise in a wide variety of social-scientific methods
• Data management and logistical planning
• Project scheduling and cost estimation with Microsoft Project and QuickBase
• Proposal writing

Survey Research

• Online surveys with Inquisite
• Hybrid mail-and online surveys
• Face-to-face interviews

Qualitative Research Support

• Transcription of interviews and focus groups
• NVivo content-analysis software available

Project Logistical Support

• Mailing and mail receiving
• Supply ordering
• Filing and organization

Data Preparation and Analysis

• Database design
• Custom database-driven web applications with PHP/MySQL, QuickBase and other platforms
• Statistical modeling, including advanced models with SPSS, Stata and other packages
• GIS data mapping and analysis with ArcGIS, Google Earth, GeoDA and others

Presentation

• Report writing and support
• Charts and graphics
• Public Speaking and Meeting Leadership

Project Accounting

• Support for Faculty Projects
• Estimation and Invoicing
• Time Tracking
• Background Materials and Advising on Grant Proposals