The Social Science Research Laboratory (SSRL) is a component of the
College of Arts & Letters at
San Diego State University
San Diego State University (SDSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Diego, California, United States. Founded in 1897, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University (CS ...
(SDSU) in
San Diego
San Diego ( , ) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a population of over 1.4 million, it is the List of United States cities by population, eighth-most populous city in t ...
, California.
Functions
The SSRL provide comprehensive
survey research
In research of human subjects, a survey is a list of questions aimed for extracting specific data from a particular group of people. Surveys may be conducted by phone, mail, via the internet, and also in person in public spaces. Surveys are used ...
and program evaluation services to university faculty, administration, students, and regional government and
non-profit organizations
A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or so ...
, and to provide education and training in current survey research and program evaluation methods to SDSU students. The SSRL also provides information on current best practices in survey research methodology and program evaluation to SDSU students, faculty, staff, and the greater San Diego community.
Standards
Activities are conducted in accordance with the
American Association for Public Opinion Research
The American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) is a professional organization of more than 2,000 public opinion and survey research professionals in the United States and from around the world, with members from academia, media, gover ...
(AAPOR) Code of Professional Ethics and Practices.
Affiliations
* AAPOR: All of SSRL’s full-time staff are members of the
AAPOR.
* AEA: The SSRL staff specialize in
evaluation research, and are members of th
American Evaluation Association (AEA)
* CMOR: The SSRL is a member of th
Council on Marketing and Opinion Research (CMOR)
* EMPAQ: The SSRL is a certified independent data collection contractor fo
Employer Measures of Production, Absence, and Quality (EMPAQ)
See also
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Statistical survey
Survey methodology is "the study of survey methods".
As a field of applied statistics concentrating on human-research surveys, survey methodology studies the sampling of individual units from a population and associated techniques of survey d ...
External links
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San Diego State University
Laboratories in California
Social sciences organizations
University subdivisions in California