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Baruch Survey Research Unit
The Survey Research Unit in the Baruch School of Public
Affairs designs and conducts surveys for government agencies,
nonprofit organizations, and other partners on a wide range of
public affairs topics. Combining a state-of-the-art telephone center
with the expertise of Baruch School of Public Affairs faculty and
graduate students, the Survey Research Unit specializes in careful
objective survey research on policy-relevant issues at both the
local and national levels.
The Survey
Research Unit offers a full range of research services, including:
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Research and sampling design
Questionnaire writing
Computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) at our own
state-of-the-art CATI lab
Web-based and e-mail surveys
Focus groups
Foreign language interviewing and questionnaire
translation
Weighting and statistical analysis
Report writing and publication
| The Unit adheres to the Council of
American Survey Research Organizations (CASRO) Code of Standards and
Ethics for Survey Research. All research staff and interviewers have
completed a certification for Research with Experimental Subjects,
which fulfills the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
regulatory requirement for human research subjects protection.
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Faculty
Staff
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Micheline Blum, Faculty Director
Martin Frankel, Professor and Sampling Statistician
Douglas Muzzio, Professor and Chief Pollster
Cynthia Koppe, Quality Control Manager
Romuald Litwin, Director of Operations
Brad Olesen, Staff Manager
Nancy Wiefek, Senior Research Associate
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Clients and Recent Projects: |
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New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene,
Community Health Survey (2002 - present)
Telephone interviews of over 20,000 New Yorkers on health
conditions and behaviors. Interviews are conducted in English,
Spanish, and other languages (including Russian, Cantonese and
Mandarin, Korean, Hindu, Haitian Creole, and others). For more
information, visit NYC DOH & MH
CUNY Surveys on
Higher Education Needs and Choices (2000 - present)
Semi-annual telephone surveys of 800-1200 adults in New
York City about their higher education needs and choice of
colleges.
Future Paths Study (2003 -
present)
Funded by the National Science Foundation,
this web-based survey tracks a panel of over 1,000 college
students at four northeastern universities over four years.
For more information, visit Future
Paths
The United Way of New York City
(2003)
Telephone survey about professional
development needs in the non-profit sector, based on
interviewers with over 300 executive directors of local
non-profits and with another 300 future leaders identified by
these executive directors. For more information, visit United
Way of New York
eTownPanel (2003 -
present}
The Unit's eTownPanel project is an
innovative attempt to use the Internet to survey communities
about the performance of local government and other local
issues. Funded by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan foundation,
the project currently focuses on New York City but will add
other cities as the online panel of respondents continues to
grow. For more information, visit etownpanel
Survey of Satisfaction with New York City
Services (2000 - 2001)
A joint project of the
New York City Council and the Baruch College School of Public
Affairs, this study involved over 4,000 telephone interviews
of city residents about their use of and satisfaction with a
wide range of municipal services.
Rockaway
Community Survey (2000 - 2003)
A telephone
survey of over 2,700 local residents of the Rockaways,
conducted over three years, focusing on safety and health
issues in the community.
Seedco, Inc.
(2001)
A national telephone survey of over 350
executives of community-based economic development
organizations regarding their use of information technologies.
For more information, visit Seedco, Inc.
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