Vector Psychometric Group provides a full range of qualitative consulting services from study design consulting to qualitative study execution to provide evidence that a scale is patient-centered, meaning it is understandable, relevant, and comprehensively covers topics important to those who will be completing the scale.
VPG’s expert services in qualitative research includes:
- Evaluation of existing instruments
- literature reviews
- annotated bibliographies
- assessment of qualitative research rigor in publications
- Reviews of study protocols to ensure designs will provide necessary qualitative information
- Qualitative study design
- Qualitative study execution
- conducting focus groups/ individual interviews
- coding of transcripts
- data synthesis and analysis
- report generation
- Scale development and item writing
- Gap analysis for qualitative support of a scale
- Scientific writing for qualitative sections of program summary reports/dossiers