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She is an expert in research methodology and statistical analysis. She designs and directs all phases of survey research -- sampling, user-friendly instrument design, interviewer training, data collection, data cleaning, statistical analysis, and interpretation and presentation of resarch results with graphics and useful recommendations -- for:

-- Program evaluations
-- Needs assessments
-- Clinical trials
-- Community and public opinion research
-- Progressional and medical associations -- to assess member satisfaction and to determine the market for new and potential products and services
_ Customer and employee satisfaction surveys

Examples of survey research include:
(1) Dr. designed and conducted an early care and education needs assessment describing child care usage in Boulder County, Colorado. This project included designing a comprehensive survey, drawing a random sample to collect representative data, and designing and implementing targeted surveys to identify the unique needs of special populations. She analyzed the data, compared data by city, and projected the number of children in child care in Boulder County and the unmet need for child care in the county.
(2) She directed a national survey of state legislators and legislative staffers to identify the type of information legislators need to make decisions about children's issues and to best way to present these data to a legislative audience.
(3) She conducted a health care needs assessment to garther information about the physical and mental health needs of families with young children in Routt County, Colorado, and to identify gaps in service.
(4) She designed, implemented and analyzed a survey of a random sample of likely voters for a large metropolitan-area school district to assess support for measures to mitigate overcrowding and for a bond election to fund improvements.

Expert assesses the outcomes of clinicial trials and medical procedures. Projects include:
(1) She provided a comprehensive picture of the state of operations and service needs in Colorado and Washington for the Colorado (CASCA) and Washington (WASCA) Ambulatory Surgery Association's Quality Research Initiatives.
(2) She evaluated the results of a clinical trial testing a new treatment modality.
(3) She designed a patient questionnaire to assess the clarity and accuracy of directions for use for the over-the-counter conversion of a medical diagnostic product.
(4) She designed, implemented and analyzed member surveys for numerous professional service firms and professional and medical associations.

Expert also has used her methodological and statistical analysis skills as an expert witness. She was retained by the defendant's lawyer in an environmental class action lawsuit. She reviewed the methodology used by the plaintiffs in designing, executing and interpreting a survey and determined if the conclusions reached by the plaintiff's expert were supported by the data.

Expert has directed numerous program evaluations to inform policy and improve program design. She:

-- Designs program evaluation strategies
_ Develops and implements systems for tracking program processes, outputs and outcomes
_ Collects extensive quantitative and qualitative data
_ Creates indicators and complex variables to accurately measure program outputs and outcomes
_ Statistically analyzes program outcomes
_ Assesses and explains program successes and failures

Expert has provided technical assistance and training in research design, sampling, data collection, development of systems for tracking program outputs and outcomes, statistical analysis and performance measurement. For example, she trained the Colorado State Auditors in planning and designing program assessments, research methodology, developing performance measures, data analysis and statistics.

Examples of program evaluations include:
(1) Expert is the Principal Investigator for a multi-year evaluation of the Colorado Parent Information and Resource Center (CPIRC), which informs parents and increases parent involvement in all aspects of their children's education. She develops annual evaluation plans with process, output and outcome measurement, designs qualitative and quantitative research insturments, collects and analyzes data, and writes comprehensive program evaluation reports.
(2) She was part of the team that determed program outcomes as part of a multi-year evaluation of a Colorado Department of Human Services welfare reform program. The evaluation used a rigorous experimental design. She develped a series of interview instruments, trained interviewers, and directed repeated data collection. She conducted detailed computer analyses of survey and administrative data, analyzed and synthesized results, and produced a report with recommendations.
(3) She designed and directed an evaluation of Colorado's Old Age Pension program for the Colorado State Legislature. She developed a stratified sampling plan and a comprehensive survey instrument, trained and supervised interviewers (who conducted interviews in English, Spanish, Russian and several Asian languages), analyzed results and wrote reports with recommendations.
(4) She helped a national medical association develop strategies for reducing member attrition by designing detailed interview guides and interviewing medical residents and practicing physicians. She made recommendations for improving the residency decision-making process; increasing the quality, availability and desirability of residency programs; and enhancing the image of the profession.

Expert provided a comprehensive picture of the state of operations and service needs in Colorado and Washington for the Colorado (CASCA) and Washington (WASCA) Ambulatory Surgery Association's Quality Research Initiatives. She designed surveys to be completed by Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASC) in each state. The surveys collected valid, reliable and comparable information about patient services, ASC day-to-day operations, quality outcomes and patient satisfaction across ASCs in each state. She wrote reports with clear, useful findings and graphics to inform the health care industry and the broader community about the effectiveness and safety of ASCs. With Assocation staff, she transformed these reports into publications.
Expert evaluated the results of a clinical trial testing a new treatment modality. She assessed the clinical trial design, identified the data analysis methodology, created variables, ran tests of statistical significance, analyzed clinical trial data and wrote a report describing research methods, measures and results. Expert helped a national medical association develop strategies for reducing member attrition by designing detailed interview guides and interviewing medical residents and practicing physicians. She made recommendations for improving the residency decision-making process; increasing the quality, availability and desirability of residency programs; and enhancing the image of the profession. Expert performed quality control for annual resident recertification and rent calculations for samples of files in all Detroit public housing projects for the Detroit Housing Commission. She audited and provided quality control for clinical trial data for several medical products and treatments. She also does quality control on Indian housing data as part of the management of the Indian Housing Block Grant for HUD. Expert designed a patient questionnaire to assess the clarity and accuracy of directions for use for the over-the-counter conversion of a medical diagnositc product.