CORDA Standard Services

Research-Based Survey Design

• Customized survey/instrument design
• Three revisions (rough, soft and final)
• Pilot test (reliability and validity)

Data Collection and Management

• Systematic data collection
• Standard data management (data cleaning, mainframe and data storage
• Data transformation (import, export, download, upload)

Statistical Data Analysis

• Univariate descriptive data analysis
• Bivariate analysis (t-test, ANOVA, chi-square, ETA, crosstabulation, Pearson r, etc.)
• Multivariate analysis (MANOVA, multivariate regression, factor, cluster, loglinear, discriminant analysis, lisrel, logistic regression, forecasting, time series, etc.)

Interpretation and Executive Summary

• Analysis and interpretation
• Policy brief format (executive summary, introduction, problem statement, policy options, selecting among alternatives, recommendations and evaluation/monitoring)

Program Development

• Institutional analysis (governance and authority distribution)
• Organizational analysis (structural and social process data)
• Managerial analysis (budgeting, cost-effectiveness, management systems and strategic planning)
• Policy analysis (policy options and alternatives)