Guides: COM 322 Communication Training and Techniques (Gray): Using Survey Data & Statistics Sources

Sample Surveys

PsycTests
Descriptive summaries, articles and citations on the development and assessment of psychological tests, scales, instruments and measures used in psychology research and teaching.

Example: I'm looking for surveys on communication in healthcare from a patient satisfaction perspective.

Type communicat* into the first box and change the field to Title
Type medical or health or physicians or nurses into the second box
Type patient into the third box
Click the box for "Test Available"
Click Search

Qualtrics Survey Software

Qualtrics Survey Software
Use your Pepperdine email address to register a Qualtrics account.

U.S. Census Bureau

U.S. Census Bureau is a rich source of statistical information, free to the public.

QuickFacts provides easy access to facts about people, business, and geography.
Access statistics at <https://data.census.gov/cedsci/>.
My Congressional District has key stats by Congressional district.

In addition, explore the population clock, economic indicators, topical data visualizations, and infographics.

Go to census.gov/developers for access to datasets via application programming interfaces (API). Developers should check out the Discovery Tool, sign up for e-mail newsletters and information exchanges, and make requests for features and data via the Developer Forum.