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Reporting and Analysis
The Center for Survey provides a methodological report detailing both technical and quality control procedures for all data collection projects. CSR follows the reporting guidelines set forth in the American Association for Public Opinion Research’s
Code of Professional Ethics and Practices
. This includes disclosing the following items:
Sponsoring agency
Survey instrument(s) and/or moderator’s guide(s) used
Definition of the study population
Description of the sample frame, design, and size
Weighting procedures (if used)
Notation of sample size for each piece of the results
Methods used to collect data
Dates of data collection
CSR also offers executive summaries, frequencies, cross-tabulations, PowerPoint presentations, visual displays (charts, graphs, and maps), and other requested summaries of data results. Further, datasets are provided in the sponsor’s preferred format (SAS, SPSS, Access, Excel, etc.).