Technical Assistance Group – Service Center (TAG-SC)
Elevate your research with expert technical assistance from NAU researchers
The TAG-SC provides comprehensive guidance and support across all stages of research, making it easier than ever to conduct impactful investigations. Our multidisciplinary team of experts is dedicated to meeting the various needs of Arizona’s research community, ensuring your projects achieve their fullest potential.
How we can help
Your research deserves expert insight. Our team of multidisciplinary professors and researchers can help with nearly any stage of your research project.

Statistical analyses
- Research design
- Quantitative methodologies
- Longitudinal modeling
- Structural equation modeling
- Power analysis
- Big data analysis and visualization
- Spatial analysis
- Map design

Processing non-numeric data
- Community-based participatory design
- Social network analysis
- Interview guide development
- Qualitative design and analysis

Software utilization
- REDCap
- NVivo
- Atlas.ti
- SAS
- SPSS
- R
- Python
- ArcGIS
- Stata
- G*Power

Survey development & design
- Questionnaire creation
- Item development

Manuscript & grant review
- Section review and feedback

Data science & development
- Longer term (2 – 4 months) assistance to complete projects with:
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- Large-scale data science analysis
- Software & application POCs
- Software development
How to pay for our services
Some research requests may be eligible for the TAG-SC services to be paid for by SHERC. Otherwise, internal NAU client rates ($145 per hour) and external client rates ($195 per hour) will apply.

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Reference TAG-SC
The authors gratefully acknowledge the use of the Research Capacity Core and Technical Assistance Group Service Center support and facilities of the SHERC at Northern Arizona University (U54MD012388).
The authors gratefully acknowledge the use of the Research Capacity Core and Technical Assistance Group Service Center support and facilities of the SHERC at Northern Arizona University (U54MD012388).
The TAG-SC, within the Center for Community Health and Engaged Research at Northern Arizona University, provides comprehensive guidance and support across all stages of research. Our multidisciplinary team of experts is dedicated to meeting the various needs of Arizona’s research community by providing technical support and ensuring high-quality data collection, management, and analysis for community health-focused projects. TAG-SC expertise includes data science and development, statistical analyses, processing non-numeric data (qualitative), survey development and design, manuscript and grant review, and software utilization. Projects working with health or community-engaged research are able to qualify for 40 hours of sponsored TAG-SC assistance.
ADAMS is a Dell PowerEdge R740 server with a directly attached data storage array. The server is configured as a remote desktop server with a full set of applications installed so that sensitive data can be analyzed in a secure environment. Users are required to register for access and accept strict conditions for handling and analyzing the data.
Study data were collected and managed using REDCap electronic data capture tools hosted at Northern Arizona University.(1,2) REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) is a secure, web-based software platform designed to support data capture for research studies, providing 1) an intuitive interface for validated data capture; 2) audit trails for tracking data manipulation and export procedures; 3) automated export procedures for seamless data downloads to common statistical packages; and 4) procedures for data integration and interoperability with external sources.
1. PA Harris, R Taylor, R Thielke, J Payne, N Gonzalez, JG. Conde, Research electronic data capture (REDCap) – A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support, J Biomed Inform. 2009 Apr;42(2):377-81.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1532046408001226
2. PA Harris, R Taylor, BL Minor, V Elliott, M Fernandez, L O’Neal, L McLeod, G Delacqua, F Delacqua, J Kirby, SN Duda, REDCap Consortium, The REDCap consortium: Building an international community of software partners, J Biomed Inform. 2019 May 9 [doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2019.103208.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1532046419301261