HEALTH RESEARCH AND PROGRAM SUPPORT
Survey Research
SRA designs and implements surveys to monitor, characterize, and compare populations of people, professionals, and institutions. We combine established and proven designs, custom scientific methodologies, and a demonstrated operational infrastructure to produce high-quality survey data that inform policy. We consult with clients to establish the research hypothesis, to define the target population, and to balance research goals with logistical and cost limitations.
Our staff includes individuals with diverse backgrounds and experience in conducting surveys. Among them are epidemiologists, health scientists, laboratory scientists, medical coders, nurse researchers, social psychologists, survey methodologists, statistical programmers, and statisticians. Whether conducting a web survey, face to face interviews, telephone surveys, retrospective medical record reviews, mail surveys, or other modes of administration, our team of professionals creatively develops solutions to meet our clients' needs.
Services
- Complex sample survey designs — Optimizing accuracy and precision while minimizing bias, cost
- Sampling & recruitment strategies — Maximizing response rates in traditional low-response populations
- Cognitive testing — Pretesting instruments to enhance question wording and understanding
- Survey operations — Collecting and managing data via mail, phone, web, and field activities
- Respondent tracing — Locating sample members through telephone and database searches
- Survey statistics — Analyzing stratified, clustered, multi-stage, and probability-weighted survey data
- Medical / Survey Coding – ICD-9-CM, ICD-10, MEDRA, SIC/SOC, and data entry