All stages of research including:

• Questionnaire design, format, and printing
• Organizing and facilitating focus groups
• Drawing scientific samples
• Collating and mailing survey instruments
• Telephone surveys
• Data entry
• Data analysis - including focus group transcripts
• multi-media presentations
• Technical report writing
• Assistance in the construction of web pages

Uses of the IFFT Social Science Methodology Lab

• Teach advanced quantitative research methods
• Evaluation Research
• Instruct in data / information retrieval on the Internet
• Teach academic courses in chat mode
• Store, retrieve, and analyze data sets of unrestricted size using X-terminals

The IFFT lab has a gigabyte of hard disk storage that supports the storage and manipulation of large sets of data for the social sciences

Available data sets include:

• 1987-88 National Survey of Families and Households
• 1992-94 National Survey of Families and Households
• Social, Economic, and Demographic Characteristics of 103 Countries
• U.S. Bureau of Justice: Victimization Surveys 1988-1994
• Idaho Survey of Police Mission and Fears of Crime
• Southeastern Idaho Survey of Perceptions Relating to Moving Transuranic Waste
• Pocatello / Chubbuck Survey of Household Economic Characteristics
• 1990 General Social Survey
• Idaho Census Population: 1890

A sampling of past and present projects in the social sciences

• Analysis of Women's Economic and Social Characteristics in Southeastern Idaho
• Assessment of Family Preservation Services in Southeast Idaho
• Characteristics and Motivations of ISU Social Work Students
• Data for Analyzing U.S. Census Population for the Idaho Territory in 1880
• Data for Analyzing U.S. Census Population for the State of Idaho 1900
• Demographic Characteristics of Respondents and Perceptions of Suicide Vulnerability
• Demographic Profile of Idaho Counties and Contiguous States
• Downey Quality of Life Survey, 1994
• Exploratory Study of Suicide in Idaho
• Focus Group Study of Public Concerns About Transporting Radioactive waste
• Franklin County Economic Development Survey
• Household Survey of Economic and Social Characteristics in Bannock County
• Idaho's Homeless Children and Youth: A Survey
• Idaho State Police Mission and Performance
• Idaho Tax Survey, 1993
• Iona Quality of Life Survey, 1993
• National Survey of State Rural Development Officials, 1994-1995
• Pocatello Neighborhood Housing Services Revitalization Plan
• Survey of Public Perceptions of Risks Involved With Transuranic Waste Shipments to New Mexico