Explore SAIRO's collection of how-to guides and tip sheets designed to help UCLA Student Affairs staff use data more effectively. Each resource offers easy-to-follow instructions, examples, and tips to strengthen data-informed decision-making.
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Student Affairs Assessment Guide
This resource serves as a comprehensive guide to assist you with navigating your assessment processes. It outlines key steps, best practices, and important considerations to enhance your understanding of the assessment process.
This guide outlines key data tools that are available at UCLA and UC system to support student affairs work, planning, and assessment.
This guide provides tips for writing clear, inclusive, and useful surveys. It covers how to keep questions focused, avoid bias, use consistent scales, and make sure surveys are accessible to all students.
Qualitative Data Collection Guides
This guide provides a quick overview of how to collect and use qualitative data in student affairs. It includes best practices for interviews, focus groups, and designing open-ended survey questions to support assessment efforts.
Quantitative Data Collection Guides
This guide provides a quick overview of how to collect and use quantitative data and its role for decision-making, types of quantitative data, analytical approaches, and a step-by-step guide for planning quantitative assessment projects.