Applied Survey Research (ASR) is a non-profit social research organization dedicated to helping people build better communities.

ASR is:

• Responsive
• Thoughtful
• Respectful
• Thorough
• Committed to helping you get data that matters.

Our values and commitments to you:

• Responsive to you and your organization during all phases of the project
• Collaborative approach to the research project
• Commitment to improving the lives of the populations that you serve
• The use of best practices in research and evaluation
• Rigorous research using a broad range of methodologies that best suit your project
• Participant-centered research to ensure that the needs and perspectives of the populations that you serve will guide the research and improvement efforts
• Protection of human subjects in all research in accordance with federal law and ASR's own ethics
• Capacity-building of your staff so that you can continue to collect data and measure your results
• Helping you identify where to take action based on the data findings

Institutional Review Board

ASR maintains an Institutional Review Board (IRB) which is designed to protect human subjects that may be impacted by research efforts. Institutional Review Boards are governed by United States federal law and are required for all research that receives funding, directly or indirectly from the United States Department of Health and Human Services. ASR's IRB members are from local California universities, including Stanford University, as well as research institutions and non-profit organizations.