Multi-purpose Research Lab - focus group and personal interview resources at ISSR

ISSR Multi-purpose Research Lab 

ISSR has recently upgraded all equipment in the Research Lab.  The use of the research rooms are free of charge for all ASU faculty, staff, and graduate students doing Social Science research at ASU.

  • Neat 360-degree camera and Neat Bar – continuously adjusts and adapts to rooms acoustics, noises, and lighting conditions as well as the number of people in the room.  Pick up on crucial non-verbal communication.  Can follow and zoom in on multiple people simultaneously.
  • Zoom room resource: Book your ISSR research project directly through Outlook, check availability and request time at: m.room.coor.5545.  ISSR will receive the request and confirm if available.
  • All recordings will go directly to your Zoom account alleviating the need to download to an external hard drive and eliminating IRB security concerns. Only you will have access to your recordings, ISSR will not.
  • The room can be configured in many ways. For group interviews, the conference table can accommodate up to 8 people.  Two small sofas can be rearranged to make a smaller, more intimate setting. You can conduct one-on-one interviews at the conference table or on the sofas.
  • One way mirror between the Focus group and Observation room allows students and faculty to observe without interrupting focus group session.  Recording can be controlled from both observation and focus group rooms using control pads installed in each or using your own laptop.
  • Located on the Tempe Campus, Coor Hall, rooms 5545 and 5547.

For a demonstration or more information please contact Sherry Thurston sthurst2@asu.edu.