High Quality Data Collection for Social, Behavioral, Evaluation & Policy Research
The Independent Data Collection Center (IDCC) is a comprehensive, nationwide, nonprofit data collection-only research center. We provide the highest quality data collection in terms of telephone surveys, focus groups, in-depths and field interviews for researchers, principal investigators, evaluators, statisticians, analysts, administrators, project directors and consultants (see examples of studies).

IDCC's data collection methods include:

• COMPUTER ASSISTED TELEPHONE INTERVIEWING (CATI) — Nationwide telephone survey center with 100+ skilled and highly trained interviewers, including a team of bi-lingual interviewers (Spanish, Creole, Asian, European and other languages).
• FOCUS GROUPS — Nationwide set up, coordination, recruitment and moderating of focus groups with a team of female and male moderators, including bi-lingual and multi-cultural (Caucasian, African-American, Hispanic, Asian and Creole-language). IDCC recruits respondents of all ages (children, teens, adults, seniors and the elderly) with a broad range of demographic characteristics and project-specific criteria.
• IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWING - Detailed qualitative interviews up to 120 minutes in length using highly skilled executive interviewers by phone or in-person anywhere in the USA.
• FIELD RESEARCH - Nationwide face-to-face interviewing, on-site observation, enumeration, evaluation, auditing, mystery shops, ethnography, demographics and mapping.