Research and Evaluation

Circle’s research and evaluation staff and consultants have expertise in both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and frequently translate research and evaluation findings into public policy recommendations for use by Federal, State, and local policy makers, legislators, and practitioners in the field. Circle’s expertise includes:

• Research methods design for process and outcome evaluations
• Qualitative and quantitative data collection, management, and analysis
• Public health, education, and justice policy analyses and recommendations
• Translation of scientific research and evaluation findings into practical policy and practice recommendations
• Design and conduct of feasibility studies
• Assessing and reporting on model practices
• Archival data analyses
• Design, compilation, analysis, and reporting of conference and training evaluations
• Program performance tracking
• Quality assurance and monitoring
• Telephone, Web-based, and mailed survey design and implementation
• Project management of in-depth interviews and focus groups
• Literature reviews
• Data coding and cleaning
• Document reviews
• Office of Management and Budget clearances
• Development of innovative dissemination tools for research findings.