Allow Us to Gather the Data

The SCSU调查 is a full service survey research organization. Survey staff will conduct mail, online and mixed-method studies and provide clients with a comprehensive analyzation of the results in a prepared report.

The SCSU调查 regularly partners with a variety of public sector clients to conduct surveys. We offer surveys in three manners: 

• 一项“独立”调查 in which there is only one client. These surveys can be accommodated throughout the calendar year based on the needs of the client. 
• 圣. 澳门威尼斯人娱乐城 Annual Fall Omnibus Survey of Minnesota Adults contains several clients combined to be administered all at once. The cost is generally lower because all participants share many of the fixed expenses of conducting the survey. This option is ideal for clients who have a limited number of questions they would like asked.
• 圣. 澳门威尼斯人娱乐城 Annual Spring Omnibus Survey of enrolled adult students contains mainly clients connected to the university, such as administrative offices, 中心或部门.

浏览流程

The SCSU调查 staff works with clients to design an appropriate questionnaire. The questions may be close-ended, where respondents must select from a pre-determined set of answers, 或开放式的, in which the respondent’s answer is entered verbatim by the interviewer. 

Included in the cost of question preparation is advice on:

• 提问的措辞
• 格式和顺序
• a pretest of the question(s)
• 随后的修改

人口统计资料
SCSU调查 works with clients to determine appropriate demographic variables such as gender, 年龄, and income that will also be gathered. In addition to SPSS generated frequencies for the survey results of questions, any specific demographics will be provided to the client and each substantive question will be cross-tabulated for each demographic characteristic.

Techniques and Methodology
Interviews are conducted from the SCSU调查’s Computer Aided Telephone Interviewing system in accordance with the most advanced survey techniques. Questionnaires are pretested to ensure reliability and validity. Interviewers receive intensive training and all phone work is monitored and closely supervised by SCSU调查 staff.

Calls are made during the daytime, 晚上, and weekends to maximize the likelihood of finding the selected respondent at home.

Although telephone interview is the primary interview method, SCSU调查 also conducts mail, email and other surveys dependent on client needs.

The SCSU调查 staff belongs to the American Association of Public Opinion Research 和 Midwest Association of Public Opinion Research and adheres to the code of conduct of these associations.

得到你的结果
When the survey is complete, the client will receive:

• a data file that will allow them to do their own analysis
• a SPSS set-up file that reads the data file
• a codebook documenting the coding of each question
• the demographic questions
• a complete methodological report detailing both technical and quality-control procedures for the entire survey

客户的期望

All clients are required to complete an Inter年龄ncy Agreement (for state 年龄ncies) or a Memorandum of Agreement Form (for nonprofit 年龄ncies) before their questions are included in the St. 澳门威尼斯人娱乐城 Annual Fall Omnibus Survey of Minnesota Adults or before a comprehensive survey is commenced for that client. 

圣. 澳门威尼斯人娱乐城 Annual Fall Omnibus Survey of Minnesota Adults is conducted in late October or early November of each year. Results and reports are typically provided in December. The deadline for submitting questions for inclusion in St. 澳门威尼斯人娱乐城 Annual Fall Omnibus Survey of Minnesota Adults is Labor Day of each year. The total number of questions that can be included is limited, so clients are advised to contact SCSU调查 early. 

Comprehensive individual client surveys can be conducted throughout the calendar year, and clients can contact SCSU调查 about these surveys at any time during the year.