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Roger Kazakiewich
Data Collection Manager / Programmer
 Roger Kazakiewich has been with MSR almost since its inception, when it was still The Research Group. He has functioned as MSR's Head Programmer for over 18 years. In this capacity, Roger integrates data received from different sources; conducts quality assessments on all data collected during quantitative studies; and conducts the statistical analyses of the data.
For the past three years, Roger has also served as MSR's Data Collection Manager. In this capacity, Roger is responsible for managing and coordinating data collection with the outside vendors we use for telephone, mail, and email surveys; providing training and training materials to interviewers; and managing the sample and response rate for surveys.
In both functions, he works very closely with our data from the beginning to the end of a project. He assists with questionnaire design at the beginning stages to ensure that the survey instruments follow data collection protocols, and oversees the piloting process to test the questionnaire's length and identify problem areas. Throughout the duration of a telephone survey, he works closely with our call center to monitor response rates, and provides feedback to telephone interviewers as needed to maintain a consistently high level of quality responses. Once the interviews have been completed, Roger integrates this data into our in-house analysis software package, conducts rigorous quality checks, and prepares the data for analysis and the final report by running appropriate statistical tests.
In 1979, Roger received his B.S. in Community Services from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. He worked in the human services field for several years, functioning as the Residential Services Director at the Center for Humanistic Change in Springfield, MA. There he acted as a liaison to client families, community, and the main office; and hired, trained, and supervised staff. In 1983, he returned to the University of Massachusetts and acquired his certificate in Computer Sciences, at which point he began working for The Research Group, MSR's first incarnation. Roger is an avid outdoorsman. When he is not at MSR, he can be found on the ski slopes or the hiking trails, depending on the weather. Roger lives with his partner, Valerie, in Florence, MA.
Roger can be reached at rogerk@marketstreetresearch.com.
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