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Data Collection & Survey Research

We use mixed methods and integrated techniques to address client questions. We apply the right qualitative and quantitative data collection strategies and match them to the scale of our client’s individual needs. Through field operations, web surveys, questionnaire design, focus groups, cognitive testing, and more, our methods are designed to optimize and improve survey response.

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Does the health and nutritional status of Americans change over time?

What does the “Nation’s Report Card” tell us about how American children are learning?

What is the most complete source of data on the use and costs of health care for Americans?

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Data Collection & Survey Research Leadership

Greg Binzer
Greg Binzer
Vice President & Sector Lead, Survey Research
Brad Edwards
Brad Edwards
Vice President & Director of Field Services

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30

Field Surveys

90,000

Household Respondents

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Data Collection & Survey Research

CAPI vs. ACASI: Does Mode Affect Underreporting?

Data Collection & Survey Research

Household Screening Accuracy: In-Person vs. Online

Data Collection & Survey Research

Gulf War and Gulf Era Veterans’ Long-Term Health to Be Studied

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Publications

Lietz P., Cresswell J.C., Rust K.F., and Adams R.J. (2017).

Implementation of large-scale education assessments.

New York, NY: Wiley.
DOI
Klein N.P., Stockwell M.S., Demarco M., Gaglani M., Kharbanda A.B., Irving S.A., Rao S., Grannis S.J., Dascomb K., Murthy K., Rowley E.A., Dalton A.F., DeSilva M.B., Dixon B.E., Natarajan K., Stenehjem E., Naleway A.L., Lewis N., Ong T.C., Patel P., Konatham D., Embi P.J., Reese S.E., Grisel N., Goddard K., Barron M.A., Dickerson M., Liao I.-C., Fadel W.F., Yang D.-H., Arndorfer J., Fireman B., Griggs E.P., Valvi N.R., Hallowell C., Zerbo O., Reynolds S., Ferdinands J., Wondimu M.H., Williams J., Bozio C.H., Link-Gelles R., Azziz-Baumgartner E., Schrag S.J., Thompson M.G., and Verani J.R. (2022).

Effectiveness of COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 mRNA vaccination in preventing COVID-19-associated emergency department and urgent care encounters and hospitalizations among nonimmunocompromised children and adolescents aged 5–17 years — VISION Network.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 71(9), 352-358.
Source | DOI | PubMed
Etemadi A., Buller I.D., Hashemian M., Roshandel G., Poustchi H., Espinosa M.M., Blount B.C., Pfeiffer C.M., Keshavarzi B., Flory A.R., Nasseri-Moghaddam S., Dawsey S.M., Freedman N.D., Abnet C.C., Malekzadeh R., and Ward M.H. (2022).

Urinary nitrate and sodium in a high-risk area for upper gastrointestinal cancers: Golestan Cohort Study.

Environmental Research, 214(Part 2), 113906.
Source | DOI | PubMed

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