IRAPS survey consultations can help UC Santa Cruz community members learn more about the survey response data we collect and topical reports that might be helpful. After you submit a survey consultation request, someone from IRAPS will contact you to better understand your goals and timeline. If you request support for your survey project, we will set up a meeting with you to discuss your project. Please refer to the Standard Survey Intake Process and Consultation Meeting Agenda below to learn more.
Standard Survey Consultation Meeting Agenda
1. What is the goal of the survey? What broad questions are you trying to answer?
2. Do you know if other survey data have been collected on this topic and when?
3. Whom do you plan to survey (for example, undergraduate students, faculty, staff?) How do you plan to reach them (listserv, email, website)?
4. When would you like to conduct the survey? (note our campus survey calendar)
5. What help would you like from IRAPS? Some possibilities are below:
- Survey question/instrument development
- Selection of survey tools and/or survey programming (for example, Qualtrics)
- Thinking about data security and privacy issues
- Developing a survey promotion plan (messaging, incentives)
- Administering the survey (data collection, response rate monitoring)
- Data analysis/reporting (creating reports, identifying insights)
6. Other questions/topics you’d like to discuss?
Survey Best Practices
To request access to a collection of materials on survey development (a Canvas-based course), submit your request to our webform.