Survey Oversight Committee

The Survey Oversight Committee (SOC) exists to coordinate or direct, improve, enhance, and expand surveying methods at Purdue University. Its primary goals for the first year of operations (2023-2024) will include:

• Review and improve best practices and resources for surveying to be distributed widely to Purdue affiliates via the IDA+A website and other platforms
• Establish method of tracking constituents’ participation in large-scale surveying efforts and measuring survey fatigue (and related metrics such as survey volume), with the goal of reducing survey fatigue among Purdue affiliates
• Establish standard operating procedures and policies (SOPs) surrounding surveying at Purdue, including but not limited to frequency, data privacy and protection, data analysis, and data visualization and dissemination
• Promote the public visibility of the SOC and IDA+A among Purdue affiliates as the subject matter experts on surveying

The composition of the Survey Oversight Committee consists of senior leadership and leaders from other policy making or deliberative bodies across Purdue University to ensure diverse and adequate representation for each of the following constituencies: undergraduate students, graduate students, staff, and faculty. The 2023-2024 SOC includes:

The SOC meets quarterly on Microsoft Teams. Questions and comments can be directed to Steven Zhou, Chair and Survey & Measurement Methods Lead in IDA+A, at szhou9@purdue.edu.