Survey Research Lab
The Center for Social Science Research operates a survey research lab specializing in Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI). Formerly the Northern Virginia Survey Research Laboratory, the survey center has been in operation since 1987.
Clients
Some of our current and past clients include:
- Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials, International (APCO)
- McLean Community Center, Fairfax County, VA
- Virginia Small Business Development Centers, Mason Enterprise Center
- Loudoun Youth Initiative, Loudoun County, VA
- Fairfax County Health Department
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Fairfax County Park Authority
- George Mason University School of Public Policy, including projects for the Department of Homeland Security, Virginia Department of Transportation, and the
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
- INOVA Health Systems
- National Science Foundation
- Virginia Department of Transportation
- U.S. Council of Mayors
- Centers for Disease Control
- Virginia Department of Fire Programs
- Scenic Virginia
Call Center
We recently upgraded the survey lab. We now have available:
- 10 new PC-based interviewing stations
- A fully featured CATI system with following features:
- Sophisticated questionnaire design, including skips and branching, randomization of question or response order, piping, and sum checking.
- Voice capture
- Sample and quote management, including scheduling callbacks, re-starting incomplete interviews, recording call attempts, automatic time zone adjustment.
- Quality assurance, including productivity reports and call monitoring.
- The survey lab will also offer a choice of online survey platforms.
Pricing
How much will a telephone survey cost?
Telephone survey costs vary depending on a number of important characteristics of the survey. To find out how much your survey would cost, we would need to consider factor such as:
- The length of the questionnaire
- Geographic coverage
- The number of completed surveys desired
- Languages
- The source of the sample
- Need for help with questionnaire design
- Need for help with data cleaning, analysis or report writing.
To get an estimated cost for completing your survey, send information on the topics listed above to
or call 703-993-2993.
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