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| Surveys and Analysis |
For more information
contact Lee Herrin
(250) 356-0025 |
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The Surveys & Analysis Section was established to conduct surveys and
analysis for BC government ministry, crown corporation and agency clients on
a cost-recovery basis. Research projects range from client satisfaction surveys
to program evaluations to full-blown cross-industry economic impact analyses.
The section is designed to assist government ministries, crown corporations and
agencies with the development of surveys from start to finish. This includes
providing expert advice on establishing the survey objective, developing the
population list, appropriate sampling techniques, designing the questions and
the questionnaire, pre-testing the questionnaire, handling field operations,
editing and tabulating the data, estimation and weighting techniques, and
reporting accurately on the findings.
There are several advantages to using the services of the Special Surveys and
Analysis section. The first is
confidentiality—BC STATS operates under the
Statistics Act which guarantees the confidentiality of individual responses.
The second advantage is that BC STATS has a legislated mandate to coordinate
the statistical activities of government. By bringing your research project
to the attention of BC STATS, we can help you ensure there is no duplication
with other ministries or crown corporations or help you find partner organizations
to share the cost of the research as appropriate. Working with the
Surveys and Analysis section allows government to save time and money—most
government clients set up a simple memorandum of understanding with us and our
billing is only on a cost-recovery basis.
If your branch is planning or considering a survey or other research project,
you should try to answer our list of questions for those
planning a survey.
After that, if you would like some assistance with your project, we will meet
with you at no charge to discuss the particulars of the project and how we
might be of assistance.
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