At Shine Social Research & Analytics
We work to make the world a better place.
Through the implementation of high quality applied social research, we help organisations to better understand important social processes that shape attitudes, behaviours and outcomes of employees, customers and communities. Our research provides insights that can inform sophisticated targeting of strategy and policy towards improved productivity, social equity and fairness.
Social research can yield many benefits across industry sectors
BUSINESS
Social research can equip organisations with understanding that can improve business practices, improve understanding of the client base, or inform repositioning strategies within industry, market, policy or economic contexts.
GOVERNMENT
Investment in quality social research can help to understand the underpinning conditions that make communities great places to live and work by measuring the social and economic impact of policies, programs or interventions.
NOT-FOR-PROFIT
Social research can establish the impact of services on end-user needs as well as measure the social and economic impact of activities. Findings can be used to improve service needs, support funding applications, and for policy lobbying.
Organisations who use data at the centre of their decision-making improve their productivity by an average of 5 to 6%
The types of questions social research can address:
To what extent has a program impacted on performance outcomes?
How are communities likely to respond to a proposed initiative?
What are the social and economic impacts achieved by not-for-profit services?
How can operational structures and processes be improved to create greater efficiencies in communication flow and customer service?
What can we draw from existing student enrolment data assets to identify vulnerable cohorts at risk of attrition and improve student retention?
Our services include:
Program evaluation
Demographic and trends analysis
Strategic planning research and industry wide studies
Community and stakeholder engagement research
Our research process: Find out more
Our research process comprises five major stages. Each stage of the social research process builds on the previous phase.
Formulating the research problem
Formulating the research design
Identifying data and data collection methods
Data coding and analysis
Drawing inferences and recommendations
Our areas of experience:
Labour force and occupation trends
The gender pay gap
Community based research
Education enrolment data
Epidemiology – physical activity, sitting and quality of life