1. Purpose Statement We are an interdisciplinary center serving communities and organizations through research, training and guidance to cultivate healthy and safe cultures. Addressing a Variety of Issues -Traffic Safety -Substance Abuse Prevention -Child Maltreatment Prevention -Measurement of Culture

2. Map of Past and Current Projects

3. Deciding to Collection Information Consider salience of issue/topic…is it something most citizens are interested in considering? - affects response rate - factors into approach

4. Who to study? Employees? Citizens…all or a specific subgroup? You could have a list of potential participants or randomly sample from community

5. Mode of delivery Main decision usually is either a mail-out or an online/web-based questionnaire - phone is poor choice now Possibility of interviews…and drawbacks Cost is an important factor when deciding on mode - number of contacts

6. Design Writing Questions Finding professional assistance What could the final report contain? - simply dataset back to you? - summary statistics? - sub-group analyses? - more advanced comparisons?

7. Final thought The quality of data is tied to the effort put into the design and execution of the collection process Cutting corners can lead to data that is not very informative Might not be an “in house” job