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FHSU's Docking Institute of Public Affairs

The primary mission of Fort Hays State University's Docking Institute of Public Affairs is to facilitate effective public policy decision-making among governmental and nonprofit entities.

The Institute’s four primary programs are:

  • Public policy and public opinion, survey research for governmental and nonprofit entities
  • Strategic planning and consulting
  • Public affairs programming through conferences, speakers, forums, television and radio programming, newspaper columns and scholarly publications
  • Public administration and leadership training programs

FAQ

Effective decision-making is dependent on valid and reliable information. The University Center for Survey Research (UCSR) specializes in the design and implementation of state, local and online, mail, and phone surveys to assist government, academic, and non-profit organizations meet their information needs.

  • Professional in-house survey design, data collection and analysis
  • Sophisticated CATI facility, optical scanning technology and Internet survey software that reduces measurement errors and data collection time and cost
  • Academic environment with a wide range of subject matter expertise
  • Unparalleled experience with a variety of survey topics and designs
  • National award-winning studies

The UCSR’s professional staff combines a broad knowledge of advanced survey methodology with extensive experience in project management to produce high quality research. Our services include:

  • Questionnaire design
  • Population sampling
  • Field work and qualitative analysis
  • Data entry and coding
  • Data analysis and evaluation
  • Report writing and presentation
  • Telephone Interviewing
  • Internet/Web Surveys
  • Data Entry
  • Optical Scanning
  • Automated Group Response System