training workshops

Based on clients' requests, SRG has developed a series of workshops that provide solutions to a variety of research questions our clients face. Some key objectives of these workshops include teaching clients:

1. How to Evaluate Research Proposals
2. How to Choose the Most Appropriate Research Method
3. How to Interpret Research Findings
4. How to Implement Social Research

SRG offers full and half-day workshops to train personnel in the following areas. If you do not find what you are looking for in this list, please contact SRG to check the availability of other workshops.

• Focus group moderation
• Sampling techniques for survey research
• Questionnaire design for survey research
• Experimental research methods
• Intensive/in-depth interviewing
• Telephone interviewing
• Standardized face-to-face interviewing
• Observational behavior coding
• Rudimentary statistical data analysis

Most workshops have comprehensive agendas, addressing issues in all aspects of research ranging from planning to implementation of projects, as well as data analysis and interpretation.

These workshops are conducted with the novice in mind and can be customized to fit the specific needs of different clients. All workshops are conducted by our senior staff with over 10 years of experience teaching research method courses at established universities nationwide, as well as over 10 years of experience as practitioners of applied social research. Trainees in our workshops will gain a solid foundation in the understanding and evaluation of social research. Past clients include the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, and the Ohio Department of Transportation.