Services
Program Evaluation And Research Lab
PEARL offers many different services to those seeking assistance and for those looking to partner with research/evaluation experts. We recognize that each study is unique and can face a variety of challenges. Therefore, each PEARL engagement begins with a consultation meeting with a PEARL affiliate. This meeting will identify just how PEARL can best assist you and support your study.
Below is a list of general services PEARL provides.
- Evaluator and/or Senior Methodologist for funded studies
- Assist with proposal development
- Joining projects that require an evaluation component and/or methods/analysis expertise
- PEARL engagement for research/evaluation project
- Needs assessments Formative, Process, or Outcome evaluations
- Cost/Benefit analyses Experimental studies
- Survey instrument development
- Sampling strategies
- Quantitative/Qualitative data collection Simulation studies
- Statistics and data analysis
- Advanced statistical analysis (e.g., SEM, HLM, IRT, etc.)
- Scale/measure development
- Power analysis
- Content analysis
- Data collection strategies
- Online, mail, and phone surveys
- Focus groups and Interviews
- Observations
- Standardized subject development