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We are a full service organization that specializes in high-impact micro-consulting.  GET EXPERT ADVICE
We have experience across a wide range of sectors — charitable, food and beverage, politics, health, financial, agriculture, education, energy, labour, security, telecom, transportation, social services, media, culture, and more.

SURVEY METHODOLOGY

QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN

DATA COLLECTION /
MAXIMIZE RESPONSE RATE

DATA ANALYSIS
AND REPORTING

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  • Specify exact information needed
  • Determine type of survey (random sample? census? purposive?)
  • Specify target respondent characteristics
  • Set target sample size
  • Ensure privacy legislation compliance
  • Maximize response rate
  • RFP / RFQ content
  • Cost savings opportunities
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  • Prepare from scratch, or provide feedback on your existing draft questionnaire
  • Ensure questionnaire is designed to enable planned data analytics techniques
  • Advise on most appropriate response scales
  • Minimize survey length
  • Write diversity, equity, inclusion questions
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  • Program questionnaire online and test
  • Pre-test survey and tweak, as needed
  • Foster respondent participation
  • Measure respondent representativeness and tweak respondent recruitment, as needed
  • Close data collection
  • Download survey data
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  • Clean and weight data
  • Conduct topline, crosstabulation, and statistical analyses
  • Write plain language Reports with data visualization, compelling storytelling, and evidence-based recommendations
  • Provide in-person briefings of findings and recommendations

We excel at:

  • Complex sampling
  • Response scales selection
  • Hard-to-measure concepts and attitudes
  • Hard-to-reach target populations
  • DEI metrics
  • Applied data analytics and statistics
  • Compelling storytelling
  • Translation of complex information into easy-to-understand reports
  • Actionable recommendations
  • Forensic analysis of completed report / published article
  • Great customer service

High-impact short-term consulting

In just a few hours, we can transform your fledgling survey project into a powerful tool
that will deliver strategic insights built on science, experience, logic, and ingenuity.
Experience the power of the Survey Science Institute’s microconsulting.
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