Data are only as good as the tools that collect them. We help you build questionnaires, interview and observation protocols and online surveys, find secondary datasets and turn recordings into analysis-ready transcripts.
Primary data collection starts with the instrument. A questionnaire needs constructs mapped to validated items, sensible response scales, and a pilot test before launch. Interview, focus group and observation protocols need questions and prompts that fit your qualitative approach and are practical in the field. Online platforms such as Qualtrics, Google Forms, SurveyMonkey and KoboToolbox each have strengths for logic, offline collection and data export.
If your study uses existing data, the work shifts to locating credible sources, such as World Bank, IMF, Eurostat, national statistics offices or licensed databases like Compustat, and documenting variable definitions and coverage. And when interviews are complete, accurate transcription in the right style (verbatim or clean verbatim, and in the right language) is what makes analysis possible.
Support turning your research questions and constructs into a questionnaire with clear items, sensible response scales, documented sources and pretest evidence before full data collection.
Development of semi-structured interview guides, focus group moderator protocols and structured or unstructured observation tools that align with your qualitative design and research questions.
Building and testing your finalized questionnaire on the survey platform you have access to, with branching, randomization, quality checks and an export that opens cleanly in your analysis software.
Help identifying suitable secondary datasets, extracting and merging them into an analysis-ready panel, and documenting sources, definitions and licenses so your data section is transparent and reproducible.
Accurate, confidential transcription of qualitative research recordings in the style your analysis needs, with consistent speaker labels, timestamps, de-identification options and multilingual support.
Tell us what you’re working on and where you’re stuck. We’ll recommend the right kind of help and send a quote.