Quick Start

Available to: Faculty, Researchers, Staff, Departments, IT Professionals

Cost: No charge


In cooperation with key administrative offices, we provide consulting, development assistance, and resources for distribution and analysis information collection surveys to support administrative initiatives.  This may include assistance with defining questions and question types, selecting the sample population, designing the survey instrument, recommending appropriate incentives, analyzing the responses, compiling stakeholder and public reports, recommending a realistic timeline, identifying partners across campus, and highlighting existing resources that may already answer the proposed questions.

Benefits

By providing central support we are able to educate the community on which data is already collected, ensuring crucial populations are not over-surveyed.  We reduce survey fatigue, safeguard against inappropriate data use and distribution, facilitate communications between key stakeholders, reinforce IRB approval as required, and help maximize survey response rates.

Key Features

  • Providing consulting services and education regarding survey best practices
  • Designing the survey instrument
  • Developing survey research questions
  • Defining the survey sample
  • Analyzing survey responses
  • Creating narratives and visualizations of survey results
  • Matching administrative data to responses for survey trend reporting

What to Expect

This service is available during normal business hours.  Each request is evaluated in conjunction with other University initiatives and institutional priorities to determine level of support and timeline.

Requirements

Review Boston University’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) policies to determine whether the project will require IRB approval. See Charles River Campus IRB or BU Medical Campus IRB for details. 

Getting Started

Submit a ticket to Analytical Services & Institutional Research and a member of our team will get in touch for more details.