{"id":116,"date":"2023-01-10T17:04:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T23:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2026-04-01T11:18:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:18:57","slug":"core","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/research\/core\/","title":{"rendered":"Consulting Office for Research and Evaluation (CORE)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p class=\"lead-in\">The primary mission of the Consulting Office for Research and Evaluation (CORE) is to assist others with the design and analyses associated with research or evaluation projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CORE is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking help with their: research design, evaluation design, statistical analysis, instrument\/survey development, psychometric analyses, data processing and database design, and statistical and analytical software training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion uwm-p-accordion--icon-left-circle\" data-accordion-prefix-classes=\"uwm\" data-accordion-cool-selectors=\"1\"><button class=\"uwm-p-accordion--toggle-button size-p-md\">Expand All<\/button>\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--header\">Research Design<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel\"><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel-inner uwm-u-clear\">\n<p>Using the optimal design to answer your research question will ensure that the results of your research are meaningful and useful in helping you to answer your questions. CORE can support your endeavors by making certain that you have considered all of the sources of variability that exist in your design and are using the most advantageous sampling schema and analytic approach.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--header\">Evaluation Design<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel\"><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel-inner uwm-u-clear\">\n<p>Conducting a high quality evaluation of the utmost relevance to stakeholders is a complex endeavor. CORE can help by guiding you in your choice of an appropriate evaluation model, assisting you with the design of data collection tools that focus on the primary objectives of the program you are evaluating, and aiding you in your choice of appropriate analytical methodologies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--header\">Statistical Analysis<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel\"><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel-inner uwm-u-clear\">\n<p>Obtaining quality results in any research project is dependent on using the most suitable statistical methodologies. In addition to helping you decide what statistical approach would best help you to answer your research question, CORE can analyze your data and provide an interpretation of the results.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--header\">Instrument\/Survey Development<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel\"><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel-inner uwm-u-clear\">\n<p>In addition to using the most appropriate analytical approach, it is also important to use high quality instruments or surveys to measure your variables. CORE can help you to ensure that your variables have been thoughtfully defined and to design valid and reliable instruments that are based on your specifications.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--header\">Psychometric Analysis<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel\"><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel-inner uwm-u-clear\">\n<p>Upon using or piloting instruments, it is essential to analyze their properties to determine if they are of the highest quality. CORE can help you design validity studies for your instruments so that you can be sure that you are truly measuring the variables that you have defined. In addition, CORE can analyze your surveys with respect to their reliability and validity and provide an interpretation of the results. CORE can also conduct psychometric scaling studies, designed to scale both people and items on a common metric, using item response theory.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--header\">Data Processing and Database Design<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel\"><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel-inner uwm-u-clear\">\n<p>Setting up a complex database is not always easy. CORE can help you determine the optimal way to set up your database, as well as teach you how to create new variables and recode existing variables. CORE can also assist you with data processing and data management tasks associated with large databases.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--header\">Statistical and Analytical Software Training<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel\"><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel-inner uwm-u-clear\">\n<p>Trying to learn how to use an analytical software package? CORE can teach you how to use both major analytical software packages, such as Microsoft Excel, SPSS, or SAS and specialty analytical software packages, such as LISREL, HLM, EQS or BILOG.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"consulting-projects\">Representative Consulting Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Evaluating the&nbsp;Milwaukee Mathematics Partnership, in which we worked to demonstrate the impact of this&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NSF<\/a>&nbsp;funded project on increasing student achievement in mathematics in the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Milwaukee Public School District<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Developing the Numerical Understanding of Medicine Instrument (NUMi), a project funded by&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nih.gov\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NIH<\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cancer.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">American Cancer Society<\/a>&nbsp;to design a measure of health numeracy in the adult population which can be used to facilitate communication between physicians and their patients.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collaborating with the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.centerinc.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Self-Sufficiency<\/a>&nbsp;on the external evaluation of multiple projects across the country that are designed to help improve relationship skills of teenagers and adults.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collaborating with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/\">College of Engineering &amp; Applied Science at 51ÁÔÆæ<\/a>&nbsp;to explore the impact of instructional interventions on improving the retention and graduation rates of underrepresented students in CEAS.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Working with the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dpi.state.wi.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wisconsin Department of Instruction<\/a>\u00a0to investigate how schools in the state plan to implement the new federal mandate,\u00a0Response to Intervention (RtI).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-buttons--full\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--full uwm-c-button--icon-right uwm-c-button--icon-chevron uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/research\/core\/service-request\/\" rel=\"\">Service Request Form<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--color-head uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--title\">Contact<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<p><strong>Dr. Razia Azen<br><\/strong>Professor and Director<br><a href=\"mailto:azen@uwm.edu\">azen@uwm.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CORE is staffed by doctoral candidates who work in close consultation with the following faculty members:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Razia Azen<br>Dr. Raji Swaminathan<\/strong><br><strong>Dr. Bo Zhang<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Consulting Office for Research &amp; Evaluation<\/strong><br>School of Education<br>Enderis Hall, 238<br>University of Wisconsin \u2013 Milwaukee<br>P.O. Box 413<br>Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/research\/core\/service-request\/\">Service Request Form<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1287,"featured_media":0,"parent":72,"menu_order":27,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/centered.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-116","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>School of Education<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The primary mission of the Consulting Office for Research and Evaluation (CORE) is to assist others with the design and analyses associated\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/research\/core\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Consulting Office for Research and Evaluation (CORE)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The primary mission of the Consulting Office for Research and Evaluation (CORE) is to assist others with the design and analyses associated\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/research\/core\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"School of Education\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-01T16:18:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/education\\\/research\\\/core\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/education\\\/research\\\/core\\\/\",\"name\":\"Consulting Office for Research and Evaluation - 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