Survey, Qualitative and Applied Data Research Core
Services
The SQuAD Research Core can support all stages of the research and evaluation process from initial design, through data collection and analysis to presentation of results.
Services
The SQuAD Research Core can support all stages of the research and evaluation process from initial design, through data collection and analysis to presentation of results.
- Grant Proposal & Budget Preparation: Assistance with research objectives, study structure, budget estimates, and compliance with regulations.
- Survey Design: Expertise in survey methodologies, sampling techniques, participant incentives, and data management.
- Study Design & Analysis: Selection of appropriate measures, technology integration, data tracking, and statistical planning.
- Grant Preparation: Assistance with defining research goals, methodology, and budgeting.
- Research Design: Guidance on methodology selection and study framework.
- Literature Reviews: Help with sourcing and synthesizing qualitative research materials.
- Ethical Guidance: Assistance with IRB submissions and research ethics.
- Custom Research Solutions: Tailored approaches for various industries.
- Questionnaire Development: Implementation of design principles, formatting for various platforms, and evaluation using qualitative/quantitative methods.
- Telephone/Zoom Interviews: A call center with bilingual interviewers using quality control software.
- In-person Interviews: Surveys, qualitative interviews, and focus groups conducted by experienced interviewers in various settings.
- Online/Web-Based Surveys: Utilizing Qualtrics and REDCap for secure data collection.
- Paper Mail Surveys
- Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA)
- Participant Management: Secure tracking through Ripple Science (HIPAA-compliant) and REDCap for longitudinal data collection.
- Project Management: Coordination of research teams and data management.
- Data Management & Sharing: Handling database development, data processing (survey, wearable technology data) and coding, using software like Actilife, NVivo, Python, Qualtrics, R, REDCap, SAS, SPSS, and Stata.
- Transcription Services: High-quality transcription of interviews and focus groups.
- Statistical Analyses: Expertise in behavioral, clinical, and survey data analysis using software like Python, R, SAS, SPSS, and Stata. Includes power calculations, complex sampling, inferential analyses (e.g., regression, causal inference), cluster analysis (e.g., network analysis, Latent Class Models) and Bayesian methods.
- Qualitative Analyses: Expertise in qualitative data related to medical and public health topics using NVivo.
- Results Presentation: Assistance in summarizing research and evaluation findings through reports, discussions, executive summaries, charts, and PowerPoint presentations.
- Publication Support: Guidance and support on writing and presenting research and evaluation findings.
- Randomized clinical trial (RCT) design
- Qualitative data collection and analysis
- Qualtrics, REDCap, and Ripple Science
- Structured and semi-structured interviewing
- Ecological momentary assessment (EMA)
- Advanced analytic techniques including mediation analysis, latent class analysis, and propensity score matching