Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Survey Research Center?

The Survey Research Center at IUPUI is an interdisciplinary survey research center that provides services to a wide variety of private, non-profit and governmental organizations. The center also serves the entire IUPUI campus by conducting research for faculty members, students and various university departments. The majority of the research conducted by the Center is applied work in the fields of public opinion, marketing, health care and customer satisfaction.

What is the purpose of the Survey Research Center?

The Survey Research Center at IUPUI seeks to provide high quality data for clients using the best and latest research techniques at our disposal.

What type of services are provided?

The Center provides various methods of data collection based on custom designed research. These services include:

Telephone Surveys
Mail Surveys
Internet Surveys
Consultation on research design/implementation
Interviewer training
Sampling design
Questionnaire design and testing
Data collection and entry
Coding
Data Analysis
Preliminary and final reports

What are the rates?

The Center operates on a cost recovery basis. Since this is not typical of survey research centers, it is important to emphasize that our main concern is providing high quality data to our clients. The projects we design and implement for our clients are custom designed to fit their individual needs. Our extensive resources and large pool of interviewers make it possible for us to offer rapid turnaround on any survey.

What technologies are used?

The Center utilizes a twenty station computer based interviewing facility equipped with Sawtooth Software. Our Computer Aided Telephone Interviewing System (WinCATI) allows for the efficient, organized collection of data.

How experienced are the staff?

The Center's staff has over seventy years of combined experience in the field of survey research and data collection. Click here for more information.

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