Quinnipiac University

Quinnipiac Center for Survey Insights

The Quinnipiac Center for Survey Insights conducts gold standard RDD telephone surveys and strictly follows American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) guidelines for high-quality survey research techniques.

All telephone surveys are conducted by highly trained interviewers. We use best survey practices to ensure the highest quality data is collected for your project. In-house management and supervisor teams oversee data collection and conduct data checks throughout the course of each study to ensure data validity and on-time project completion.

Services

  • Questionnaire development
  • Programming of questionnaire for data collection
  • In-house translation of questionnaire to Spanish
  • Phone bank use including telephone interviewing, sample management, supervision and monitoring
  • Purchase and processing of telephone sample for land lines and cell phones
  • Basic data tabulations
  • Summary of result highlights including standard reporting guidelines
  • Delivery of SPSS data set
  • Additional services available based on client needs

Sample/Data Collection Methods

  • Surveys are managed by computer assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) software, which supports survey consistency and accurate telephone sample management
  • Quinnipiac uses gold standard random digit dialing (RDD) telephone survey techniques
  • Each phone number is scheduled for multiple call attempts across varying days and times in an attempt to include difficult-to-reach respondents
  • All phone numbers, both land line and cell phone, are manually dialed to ensure TCPA compliance
    • Unless otherwise specified, phone numbers are purchased from Dynata, an international leader in RDD phone sampling
  • Surveys can be conducted in English and Spanish and translated by an expert in-house team
  • From beginning to end, there will be quality enforcement of accurate data collection

We offer a broad range of services from consultation through question writing, data collection, data analysis and distribution. To discuss your specific survey needs, please contact us.

The Quinnipiac Center for Survey Insights is a division of the Quinnipiac University Institute for Opinion Research. The Quinnipiac University Institute for Opinion Research also houses The Quinnipiac University Poll.