This is an example Research Support Needs survey. This survey includes questions like:
Are you a faculty member, post-doctoral fellow, graduate student, or something else?
What is your area of study?
Does the bulk of your research focus mainly on quantitative methods, qualitative methods, or equal amounts of both?
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1) Are you a faculty member, post-doctoral fellow, graduate student, or something else?
Faculty Member
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Graduate Student
Other:
2) What is your area of study?
3) Does the bulk of your research focus mainly on quantitative methods, qualitative methods, or equal amounts of both?
4) What type of data do you use in your research? For example, survey data, census data, observation, textual materials, experiments, archival sources, etc.
5) Which of the following support workshops would you find helpful for your research?
Qualitative Software Use
Quantitative Software Use
Research Ethics
Human Subjects/Review Board Approval
Grant Writing
Other:
6) Which of the following quantitative software do you use? (Check all that apply)
Stata
SAS
SPSS
LIMDEP
HLM
LISREL
SYSTAT
S-Plus
Other:
7) Which of the following qualitative analysis software do you use?
Atlas ti
Nud-ist
Ethnograph
Hyper Research
NVivo
Other:
8) What other qualitative software do you use?
9) Is the analytical software you use, whether qualitative or quantitative, provided by the university, your department, or did you have to purchase your own?
Provided by University
Provided by Department
Self Purchased
Don't Know
10) Does the university or your department provide technical support for the analytical software you use?
Yes
No
11) How satisfied are you with the technical support provided by the university or your department?
Very Satisfied
Somewhat Satisfied
Satisfied
Somewhat Dissatisfied
Very Dissatisfied
12) Overall, how satisfied are you with the analytical software offered at this university?
Very Satisfied
Somewhat Satisfied
Satisfied
Somewhat Dissatisfied
Very Dissatisfied
13) How satisfied are you with the internal funding offered for research by the university?
Very Satisfied
Somewhat Satisfied
Satisfied
Somewhat Dissatisfied
Very Dissatisfied
14) What other research technology needs do you have?
15) Overall, how well would you say the university is meeting your research technology needs?