Applications of IT in Research
Data Management
One of ORC International's core competencies is the provision of data management and database services. The Data Management Services team based in our Manchester Office specialises in this area, with many years of expertise in:
- Data handling and the manipulation of very large data sets containing millions of records
- Data cleaning, reformatting and address enhancement to standard PAF format
- Database design and optimisation
- Data de-duplication
- Data suppression
- Data file matching, including the use of fuzzy matching techniques
- Developing algorithms for missing or inconsistent data
- Data migration between different database products and software analysis tools
- Delivery of summarised data for analysis and reporting in many different formats including SAS, SPSS, Excel
- SQL Server 2005
- Project management for projects involving large databases or multiple data management requirements
Data management case studies:
infoUK – Companies House database
DWP – Evaluation Databases and related services 1998-present
Supporting the DWP for more than 20 years
For further information, please contact Marketing on 020 7675 1151 or e-mail website@orc.co.uk
