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Empowering Decisions with Data-Driven Insights and Expertise

We turn complex data into clear, actionable insights to help organizations make informed decisions.

About Activate

Activate Research, Inc. is a woman-owned small business that provides expert social science consulting services and works with government agencies and private-sector clients to conduct rigorous research and data analysis.

 

Our program evaluation, quantitative and qualitative data collection, and technical assistance services help clients make informed decisions and meet their strategic goals.

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Activate delivers high-quality solutions tailored to clients’ unique needs. Our work emphasizes technical accuracy, compliance with standards, and a commitment to impactful, actionable insights.

  • Qualitative Data Collection & Analysis
    Design and conduct qualitative studies Develop and test data collection instruments Conduct literature reviews and create annotated bibliographies Convene expert panels, including technical review panels (TRPs) Conduct interviews, focus groups, and cognitive laboratory interviews Produce key findings reports detailing research themes and findings
  • Quantitative Data Analysis
    Develop data collection instruments and implement sample designs Analyze complex survey data (e.g., large-scale federal datasets) Apply appropriate statistical techniques and models, such as descriptive and inferential analyses, linear and logistic regression modeling, factor analyses, and multilevel analyses Establish replication, technical review, and quality assurance procedures to ensure high-quality products
  • Technical Assistance
    Conduct needs assessments Provide tailored consultation and training (e.g., stakeholder engagement and program sustainability) Support program implementation by facilitating collaboration among individuals and organizations Identify appropriate evidence-based resources, tools, and products to meet client needs Provide program planning and implementation services, including support for logic model development and stakeholder communication
  • Program Evaluation
    Conceptualize evaluation processes and tools to achieve client goals and objectives Sample and recruit sites/participants for data collection Create tabular, graphic, and text-based presentations of data Analyze program data to inform implementation and to examine program outcomes Develop formative and summative feedback tools tailored to client and audience needs.
  • Publication Development & Support
    Translate technical and statistical information into clear and concise documents Create reader-friendly, visually appealing publications tailored to specific audiences Manage publication process through all iterations of client review Edit for internal logic, technical accuracy, and clarity Develop research products (e.g., impact info-graphics, implementation manuals, communication toolkits) Produce section 508-compliant documents.
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What We Do

  • Cost analysis

  • Needs assessment

  • Program evaluation

  • Logic model development

  • Publication support

  • Survey development and testing

  • Federal data-set analyses & reporting

  • Descriptive and inferential statistics

  • Linear and logistic regression modeling

  • Factor and multilevel analyses

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