Focus groups

Staff have experience convening focus groups to help develop questions for use on questionnaires, and to explore, in depth, issues in a qualitative format.

Recent Clients:

• Legal Aid and Defender Association
• Center for Healthcare Effectiveness Research

Working with stakeholders to develop questions, question wording/order and design and format

Staff routinely work with stakeholders to develop appropriate questions for use on surveys. Staff also work to ensure that questions are worded correctly, are in the appropriate order on the questionnaire, and are formatted in a user friendly fashion.

Recent Clients:

• City of Detroit Planning Commission,
• Michigan Department of Education

Pilot studies/pre-testing

After helping a stakeholder to develop a questionnaire, staff can conduct a pilot test of the instrument with a small sample of respondents.