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Application/Process
Application

Online Surveying

- Real time reports
- Randomize questions
- Skip/hit patterns
- Save and resume capabilities
- Print responses
- Percent complete
- Custom welcome and thank you pages
- Encrypted data for enhanced security
- Disabled back button
If you are interested in conducting a survey (online, mail, telephone, or personal interview), create a service request by clicking the link and include the following information: Name, e-mail, organization, and a description of the survey. A representative will contact you within two weeks.

The Bureau of Business Research and Economic Development can create custom surveys using a multitude of surveying instruments. BBRED has access to a database of 13 million U.S. Businesses and 120 million U.S. households.

Costs
The cost depends on the type of project and the beneficiaries (contact Benjamin McKay for more information). If it is a nonprofit organization that promotes economic development in Southeast Georgia, it is possible that Regional ICAPP funds could be used to subsidize the cost.

Development Process

Mail - Paper Surveying

- Highly customized forms
- Optimal Mark Reader technology
- Intelligent Character Recognition technology (reads hand printed characters and turns them into digital characters)
- Data Quality Assurance
- Digital signature capturing
- Unique Barcodes for survey identification
The following is the typical process in developing and implementing a survey.

Week 1
  • Meet with client
  • Establish a representative
  • Discuss needs/ Survey approach
  • Discuss audience and sampling
  • Develop a timeline
  • Develop a contract
Week 2 - 3
  • Develop questions and survey format
  • Finalize survey
Week 3 - 4
  • Send the survey instrument to the Institutional Review Board (IRB meets only once month and usually takes three weeks to process)
  • Application Process
Week 4-8
  • Pretest the survey instrument
  • Inform audience (optional)
Week 9 - 10
  • Fielding (length depends)
  • Reminder (depends)
  • Final Reminder (depends)
Week 11-12
  • Summary Report