Client satisfaction study conducted between July and October 2005. Questionnaires were sent to 2 000 DSS clients randomly selected from a list of all DSS clients. Of the 2 000 questionnaires mailed 1 825 had valid addresses. Completed questionnaires were received from 663 respondents for a net response rate of 36.3%.

This is the third in a series of telephone surveys of Virginia residents who have used DMV services in the last year. The goal is to assess customer satisfaction with visits to DMV offices use of mail services telephone contacts and use of the Internet. This year the survey also measured satisfaction with DMV mobile offices and license agents.

A telephone survey of adults 60 years of age and older in the Williamsburg community in order to measure their health needs access to and utilization of health care services.

Questionnaires were made available to attendees at the annual AMSA conference. The University of Virginia's Center for Survey Research received the responses gathered from that event and tabulated them. Three different evaluation surveys were utilized one for Student Leader Evaluation another for Area Health Education Centers and the last for NHSC Ambassador Evaluations.

This is a new survey of Virginia motor carriers who have used DMV services in the last year. The goal is to assess customer satisfaction with visits to DMV offices use of mail services telephone contacts and use of the Internet. Additionally the study sought to assess the understanding of motor carrier regulations and compliance procedures.

Eleventh in an annual series of citizen surveys aimed at assessing citizen satisfaction with services and overall quality of life. This year's survey included a series on the importance of specified planning goals for use in updating the County's strategic plan. For the first time less-populated areas of the county were over-sampled to allow more detailed comparison of geographic areas.

A pilot study to evaluate the effectiveness of recruitment materials questionnaires and survey procedures developed for a nation-wide survey of the mining population by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The National Survey of the Mining Population will be a national survey of mines and their employees for each of five mining commodities (i.e. coal metal non-metal stone and sand and gravel). Information captured from this study is intended to guide improvements to maximize the performance of the various components of the full-scale commodity-based study.

Conducted a telephone survey of randomly selected Roanoke area residents to gauge their familiarity with local and regional hospitals to examine their preferences concerning care in the areas of cardiology neurology cancer pediatric care and to learn their overall impressions of the UVA Health System and other regional hospitals. In addition the questionnaire assessed the patient experience and recall and impressions of advertisements and news stories. The interview script incorporated questions from a 1997 survey for purposes of comparability over the two years.

A telephone survey of residents of Durham NC on perceptions of race relations in the community. The study included African-American and Hispanic oversamples to enhance validity. Many interviews were conducted in Spanish.

CSR designed prepared and distributed individualized certificates of participation for AAPOR members who attended short courses at the Association's 2001 and 2002 annual meetings.

The purpose of the study is to gather information about the resources emergency medicine physicians consult during catastrophic events involving patients injured by radiological biological and chemical agents. A target sample of 600 emergency physicians in the Commonwealth supported by the Virginia College of Emergency Physicians was contacted during the Spring to early Fall 2003.

CSR analyzed data from questionnaires collected from second year students at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration. The questionnaire was designed by a student committee.

The survey's purpose is to supplement information available from Census 2000 and other official sources with more detailed and current information regarding the region's labor force with special emphasis on the characteristics of those who commute long distances to work outside the region. The survey was conducted by telephone in late March and early April of 2003. CSR completed 1408 interviews with residents of the five counties that make up the region Culpeper Fauquier Madison Orange and Rappahannock. Each respondent was asked a series of questions about the general characteristics of the household as well as questions about their employment status work and training experience and commuting behavior. The respondents also acted as "informants" and were asked many of the same questions about other household members who were of working age. The strategy allowed us to capture data on a total of 2 691 persons age 16 and over of whom 1 703 were full or part-time workers.

CSR performed data entry validity checks analysis and confidential reporting of course evaluation forms turned in by close to 400 participants in AAPOR short courses at the AAPOR annual meetings in 2002 (St. Pete Beach).

This study collected baseline demographic information about U.S. radiologists and information about issues of importance to the profession. Multiple mailings and telephone reminders were used in this paper mail-out survey to achieve a response rate of 62%.

CSR analyzed data from questionnaires collected from first year students at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration. The questionnaire was designed by a student committee.

The Survey's purpose is to supplement information available from Census 2000 and other official sources with more detailed and current information regarding the region's labor force with special emphasis on the characteristics of those who commute long distances to work outside the region. The survey was conducted by telephone in late May and the first half of June 2003. CSR completed 1 005 interviews with residents of the three Virginia counties (Clarke Frederick and Shenandoah) and one independent city (Winchester) that make up the area. The interview included a household inventory that gathered information from the primary respondent regarding each person age 16 and older in the household. Each respondent was asked a series of questions about the general characteristics of the household as well as questions about their employment status work and training experience and commuting behavior. However some of the more subjective questions about employment and commuting were asked only of primary respondents who were workers. A total of 1 853 adults were inventoried in the 1 005 households that were interviewed of whom 1 247 were full-time or part-time workers.

A mail out survey of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants regarding ethical stress and the ethical dilemmas they face when balancing patient care costs and administrative requirements. Study design included an incentive experiment in which an up front cash incentive was compared with a lottery incentive and a no-incentive control group.

CSR was asked to consult in design of several planned surveys of customers and clients. CSR reviewed existing questionnaires and suggested modifications in several areas.

A mail survey of surgeons on the issues surrounding surgical innovations and the potential impact of proposed research policy reforms.