University of Wyoming - WYSAC

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Core Competencies:

  • Data collection and analysis
  • Data management tools
  • Evaluation studies
  • Focus groups
  • Needs assessment
  • Research design
  • Scientific sampling
  • Software development
  • Surveys and polling
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Welcome to WYSAC

The Wyoming Survey & Analysis Center (WYSAC) provides customized research services on a wide range of policy issues to a variety of public and private clients. With a commitment to scientific objectivity, our expertise includes:
  •  Criminal justice research
  •  Database programming
  •  Educational policy
  •  Environmental policy
  •  Evaluation research
  •  Opinion polls and surveys
  •  Public health studies
Based at the University of Wyoming in Laramie since 1972, our service area now extends to the entire state and throughout the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains. Some projects are national in scope. WYSAC researchers are organized into four internal departments, each with its own particular set of skills and knowledge for applied policy research.

For more information about us, please browse the Quick Links on the right and/or the pull-down menu tabs across the top (beneath the WYSAC logo). For a keyword search, use the tool at the upper right. To comment on our website, use the feedback link at the lower right.

Of Current Interest

CJ Job Applications Invited
WYSAC seeks to hire a full-time Research Scientist specializing in studies of criminal justice. Read More...
 
Health Surveys for Wyoming and the Region
Partnership across WYSAC's subunits is providing health policymakers in Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota with comprehensive information to guide their decisions. Read More...
 
Collective Efficacy in Boom Times
With federal funding from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, WYSAC is assessing the levels of prosperity, social disorganization, and collective efficacy in Wyoming. Read More...
 
WYSAC Wins National Award
The Justice Research and Statistics Association has recognized WYSAC with its 2009 award for Technical Innovation. Read More...
 
Environmental Projects Go National
WYSAC has conducted a series of nationwide surveys by phone, mail and Internet about national parks and other federal recreation lands. Read More...
 
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