Beta Research Associates has in-house expertise in the following topical and methodological areas. In addition, Beta has a large pool of consultants with additional skills and training who can enhance a project as needed.

Topical Expertise

• Issues in education
  
• Children and families in crisis
  
• Child abuse
  
• Child trauma
  
• Youth studies
  
• Women's issues
  
• Sex and gender studies
  
• Organizational culture
  
• Community development
  
• Nonprofit organizations
  
• Urban and rural poverty
  
• Migrant issues and services
  
• Mass media studies
  
• International development
  
• Educational exchange
  
• Technology and development
  
• Domestic violence
  
• Population studies
  
• Tourism studies
  
• Institutional health
  
• International health
  
• HIV/STD risk
  
• Food and culture
  
  
  

Methodological Expertise

• Qualitative and quantitative research design, data collection, and analysis
  
• In-depth interviews
  
• Oral histories
  
• Detailed observation
  
• Focus groups
  
• Surveys
  
• SPSS
  
• Logic models
  
• Social network analysis
• Web-based surveys
  
• Electronic data gathering