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Services to Faculty Members / University Units

Centre for the Advancement of Social Sciences Research (CASR) serves as one-stop shop for helping staff in carrying out research project.
The scope of services includes:
1. Provide cost estimation on data collection and analysis at the stage of grant application
2. Give advices on research design
3. Design questionnaire
4. Carry out data collection (qualitative/quantitative/both)
5. Perform sophisticated data analysis

1. Provide cost estimation on data collection and analysis at the stage of grant

CASR can provide suggestions on the research design which helps researcher to have more accurate estimation on the expenses on data collection and analysis.

2. Give advices on research design

CASR can provide ideas for the research design based on the previous practical experiences in carrying out different types of projects for Government, NGOs, business enterprises and Universities to make sure the research plan is workable.

3. Design questionnaire

CASR can help to design questionnaire for telephone interviews and face-to-face interviews with professional suggestions on the terms and flow in asking the questions.

4. Data collection

For qualitative method, CASR can help to conduct focus groups and in-depth interviews as well as produce the transcripts of the conversation.

For quantitative method, CASR has its own CATI (Computer-assisted telephone interviewing system) lab with 30 seats for carrying out telephone interviews. The CATI is a well-established system used in many different countries. It can cope with the demands of large samples under time constraint. Besides telephone interviews, CASR also carries out face-to-face interviews and online surveys. CASR also has its own team of professional supervisors and interviewers to make sure the data collection with quality.

5. Perform sophisticated data analysis

CASR provide data analysis services such as descriptive results, multivariate analysis (e.g. t-test, ANOVA test, Reliability test), etc. according to the requirement of the research.



Sample cases:

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Colleagues from various departments and units have used our services including:

Projects
Faculty/Department/Unit
Investigating and Promoting Health Behaviors Reactivity among Hong Kong Older Adults in the Post-COVID-19 Era
Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health
Perception of the Underlying Causes of the Recent social Incidents from the Perspectives of Low-income Migrants: Identities and Cultural Values
Department of Social Work
A Trans-Disciplinary Big Data Hub: Investigating the Social Mobility, Poverty and Diversity Nexus
Faculty of Social Sciences
Environmental Behaviour Survey of 4 UGC-funded Universities (2019)
HKBU Sustainability (Estates Office)
Study on the Opinion of Young People on their Perception of both Personal and Societal Risks in Hong Kong
The Centre for Youth Research and Practice
Campus Environmental Sustainability Index (CESI) (2015/16, 2016/17 & 2017/18)
HKBU Sustainability (Estates Office)