Westat is an employee-owned corporation providing research services to agencies of the U.S. Government, as well as businesses, foundations, and state and local governments.
In addition to the company’s capabilities as a statistical survey research organization, Westat does custom research and program evaluation studies across a broad range of subject areas. Westat also has the technical expertise in survey and analytical methods, computer systems technology, biomedical science, health information technology, and clinical trials.
Westat's research, technical, and administrative staff of more than 2,000 are located at its headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, near Washington, DC.
Depending on the number of active projects at any time, up to several thousand data collection and processing staff work at Westat's survey processing facilities, at the Telephone Research Center facilities, and at data collection sites throughout the nation. Westat also maintains research offices near its clients in Atlanta, Georgia; Durham, North Carolina; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Houston, Texas. The company has international offices in Beijing, China; San José, Costa Rica; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; New Delhi, India; Johannesburg, South Africa; and Bangkok, Thailand.
Retention
Youth Attitude Tracking Study (YATS)
The Youth Attitude Tracking Study (YATS) was designed to produce nationally representative statistics about the opinions, attitudes, and beliefs of American youth on a variety of issues related to their future plans, especially the self-stated likelihood that a youth would enter military service. In 2000, the polls' frequency and questionnaire design were changed. The Youth Influencer Polls incorporated quicker turnaround, smaller samples, and interviews with parents and adult influencers. In 2006, Westat was contracted to conduct semi-annual spring and fall surveys of youth, parents, and other influencers for DoD's Joint Advertising Market Research & Studies (JAMRS) program.
YATS for DoD
Between 1990 and 1999 Westat conducted YATS for DoD. The 30-minute survey asked youth about their future plans and aspirations, as well as their awareness of military enlistment incentives and advertising. The major YATS products included a Topline Memorandum that summarized survey findings and a Propensity Report that comprehensively described the youth recruiting marketplace.
Attitudes Toward Gender Integration in Basic Entry Training
We have contributed to other important military personnel issues by providing research design, data collection, and analysis for a study of attitudes toward Gender Integration in Basic Entry Training among Army service members and soldiers in training. Westat has also provided research support to the Congressional Commission on Military Training and Gender-Related Issues in its review of the military services' basic training policies on gender integration and their policies on cross-gender relationships among military personnel.
Army Recruiting Market Segmentation Study
As part of a team, Westat participated in the Army Recruiting Market Segmentation Study, which included a CATI survey designed to identify and analyze key segments of the military-recruitment-eligible population. Our staff also contributed to a study of Army First-Term Enlisted Attrition in which in-person surveys were administered to young soldiers several times in their early careers to discover reasons for leaving the military.
National Survey of Veterans 2009 is the sixth in a series of comprehensive nationwide surveys designed to help the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) improve services for beneficiaries and their families. It provides information to support VA policy, planning, and quality improvement decisions. The scope of the survey has been expanded to assess awareness among several populations of interest: veterans, active duty service members, activated and demobilized National Guard and Reserve members, spouses and surviving spouses of veterans, as well as spouses of active duty service members. The National Survey of Veterans is very important to the VA because it is often a unique source of information on veterans who are not currently using VA benefits. The survey results provide the VA, Congress, stakeholders, and the public more accurate descriptions and assessments of the characteristics of the veteran population.
Surveys to Assess Attitudes and Opinions of DoD Community
Under the Human Resources Strategic Assessment Program (HRSAP), the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) requires evaluations, research, and studies related to DoD personnel policies and programs. The HRSAP program uses both Web-based and paper-and-pencil surveys to support the personnel information needs of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD [P&R]). These surveys assess the attitudes and opinions of the entire DoD community—active, Reserve, civilian employees—on a wide-range of personnel issues.
Westat, headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, near Washington, DC, is an employee-owned research corporation serving agencies of the U.S. Government, state and local governments, businesses, and foundations. We conduct surveys and program evaluations, provide statistical research, and offer related services. Our multiproject environment provides career opportunities in health, energy, education, transportation, the environment, human services, and the workforce.
We combine the relevant research area expertise with the capabilities to perform major survey research projects: study design and analysis, methodology, survey data collection, information technology, and web evaluation and design.
Westat offers information technology and data processing capabilities, including developing computer-assisted interviewing systems and integrating them with the survey process. Our staff includes senior statisticians who have international reputations in survey sample design and statistical analysis. We also provide wide-ranging capabilities with statistical processing and data management systems. Westat is a full-service research organization.
Benefits
The benefits listed below are available to our full-time, salaried employees. Benefit eligibility varies for part-time, hourly, and temporary employees; eligibility is based on the type of position, the number of hours worked, and tenure.
Employee Ownership
Sharing our success with employees provides an important incentive for maintaining the quality of our services. Ownership by employees provides a stable organizational framework for long-term growth and development. Each year since 1977 Westat has allocated shares of stock to employee-participants. Annual stock contributions range between 3 and 5 percent of an employee's compensation.
401(k) Tax Deferred Retirement Plan
The 401(k) is a defined contribution profit-sharing plan that is designed to provide tax-deferred, retirement-oriented benefits to participants. We contribute each year to all eligible accounts. Westat contributes 5 percent of an employee's compensation each year along with a partial matching contribution. Numerous investment options are available through T. Rowe Price & Associates, and rollovers are accepted from qualified previous employer plans.
Staff Bonus Plan
Teamwork and cooperation are integral to the success of our business and we reward that effort with a bonus program. Employees receive cash payment in December based on the overall success of the company.
Leave Pay
Paid Leave. Westat provides employees with vacation time, sick leave, holiday time, and administrative leave for special situations such as jury duty, bereavement, and inclement weather.
Unpaid Leave. Unpaid leave includes leave without pay, part-time pay, and Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave.
Group Insurance
Health, dental, life, travel accident, long-term disability, and a flexible benefits program (Flex Plan). All these programs are available to employees to fit their particular personal or family needs.
Professional Development Reimbursement
Professional development is important to us so that we stay on the cutting edge of the research industry. Employees can take advantage of educational programs (tuition and textbook reimbursement), professional conference attendance, professional association membership (dues and subscriptions), as well as in-house technical training.
Westat is an employee-owned corporation founded in 1963. The name Westat is a contraction derived from the phrase "Western Statistics" reflecting the fact that Westat specializes in research. The company provides outsourced services to most agencies of the United States government, businesses, foundations, and state and local governments.
Employee ownership. Since 1977 Westat has allocated shares of stock to employee-participants. Annual stock contributions range between 3 and 5 percent of an employee's compensation.
401K
Staff Bonus Plan - Employees receive cash payment in December based on the overall success of the company.
Group Insurance: Health insurance. Life insurance. Travel accident insurance. Long-term disability. Flexible benefits program.
Professional Development. Employees can take advantage of educational programs (tuition and textbook reimbursement), professional conference attendance, professional association membership (dues and subscriptions), as well as in-house technical training.
Fringe Time: Westat provides its employees with an array of fringe time benefits, such as vacation time, sick leave, holiday time, administrative leave, and leave without pay/part-time pay.
In addition to the company’s capabilities as a statistical survey research organization, Westat does custom research and program evaluation studies across a broad range of subject areas. Westat also has the technical expertise in survey and analytical methods, computer systems technology, biomedical science, health information technology, and clinical trials.
Westat's research, technical, and administrative staff of more than 2,000 are located at its headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, near Washington, DC.
Depending on the number of active projects at any time, up to several thousand data collection and processing staff work at Westat's survey processing facilities, at the Telephone Research Center facilities, and at data collection sites throughout the nation. Westat also maintains research offices near its clients in Atlanta, Georgia; Durham, North Carolina; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Houston, Texas. The company has international offices in Beijing, China; San José, Costa Rica; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; New Delhi, India; Johannesburg, South Africa; and Bangkok, Thailand.
Retention
Youth Attitude Tracking Study (YATS)
The Youth Attitude Tracking Study (YATS) was designed to produce nationally representative statistics about the opinions, attitudes, and beliefs of American youth on a variety of issues related to their future plans, especially the self-stated likelihood that a youth would enter military service. In 2000, the polls' frequency and questionnaire design were changed. The Youth Influencer Polls incorporated quicker turnaround, smaller samples, and interviews with parents and adult influencers. In 2006, Westat was contracted to conduct semi-annual spring and fall surveys of youth, parents, and other influencers for DoD's Joint Advertising Market Research & Studies (JAMRS) program.
YATS for DoD
Between 1990 and 1999 Westat conducted YATS for DoD. The 30-minute survey asked youth about their future plans and aspirations, as well as their awareness of military enlistment incentives and advertising. The major YATS products included a Topline Memorandum that summarized survey findings and a Propensity Report that comprehensively described the youth recruiting marketplace.
Attitudes Toward Gender Integration in Basic Entry Training
We have contributed to other important military personnel issues by providing research design, data collection, and analysis for a study of attitudes toward Gender Integration in Basic Entry Training among Army service members and soldiers in training. Westat has also provided research support to the Congressional Commission on Military Training and Gender-Related Issues in its review of the military services' basic training policies on gender integration and their policies on cross-gender relationships among military personnel.
Army Recruiting Market Segmentation Study
As part of a team, Westat participated in the Army Recruiting Market Segmentation Study, which included a CATI survey designed to identify and analyze key segments of the military-recruitment-eligible population. Our staff also contributed to a study of Army First-Term Enlisted Attrition in which in-person surveys were administered to young soldiers several times in their early careers to discover reasons for leaving the military.
National Survey of Veterans 2009 is the sixth in a series of comprehensive nationwide surveys designed to help the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) improve services for beneficiaries and their families. It provides information to support VA policy, planning, and quality improvement decisions. The scope of the survey has been expanded to assess awareness among several populations of interest: veterans, active duty service members, activated and demobilized National Guard and Reserve members, spouses and surviving spouses of veterans, as well as spouses of active duty service members. The National Survey of Veterans is very important to the VA because it is often a unique source of information on veterans who are not currently using VA benefits. The survey results provide the VA, Congress, stakeholders, and the public more accurate descriptions and assessments of the characteristics of the veteran population.
Surveys to Assess Attitudes and Opinions of DoD Community
Under the Human Resources Strategic Assessment Program (HRSAP), the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) requires evaluations, research, and studies related to DoD personnel policies and programs. The HRSAP program uses both Web-based and paper-and-pencil surveys to support the personnel information needs of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD [P&R]). These surveys assess the attitudes and opinions of the entire DoD community—active, Reserve, civilian employees—on a wide-range of personnel issues.
Westat, headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, near Washington, DC, is an employee-owned research corporation serving agencies of the U.S. Government, state and local governments, businesses, and foundations. We conduct surveys and program evaluations, provide statistical research, and offer related services. Our multiproject environment provides career opportunities in health, energy, education, transportation, the environment, human services, and the workforce.
We combine the relevant research area expertise with the capabilities to perform major survey research projects: study design and analysis, methodology, survey data collection, information technology, and web evaluation and design.
Westat offers information technology and data processing capabilities, including developing computer-assisted interviewing systems and integrating them with the survey process. Our staff includes senior statisticians who have international reputations in survey sample design and statistical analysis. We also provide wide-ranging capabilities with statistical processing and data management systems. Westat is a full-service research organization.
Benefits
The benefits listed below are available to our full-time, salaried employees. Benefit eligibility varies for part-time, hourly, and temporary employees; eligibility is based on the type of position, the number of hours worked, and tenure.
Employee Ownership
Sharing our success with employees provides an important incentive for maintaining the quality of our services. Ownership by employees provides a stable organizational framework for long-term growth and development. Each year since 1977 Westat has allocated shares of stock to employee-participants. Annual stock contributions range between 3 and 5 percent of an employee's compensation.
401(k) Tax Deferred Retirement Plan
The 401(k) is a defined contribution profit-sharing plan that is designed to provide tax-deferred, retirement-oriented benefits to participants. We contribute each year to all eligible accounts. Westat contributes 5 percent of an employee's compensation each year along with a partial matching contribution. Numerous investment options are available through T. Rowe Price & Associates, and rollovers are accepted from qualified previous employer plans.
Staff Bonus Plan
Teamwork and cooperation are integral to the success of our business and we reward that effort with a bonus program. Employees receive cash payment in December based on the overall success of the company.
Leave Pay
Paid Leave. Westat provides employees with vacation time, sick leave, holiday time, and administrative leave for special situations such as jury duty, bereavement, and inclement weather.
Unpaid Leave. Unpaid leave includes leave without pay, part-time pay, and Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave.
Group Insurance
Health, dental, life, travel accident, long-term disability, and a flexible benefits program (Flex Plan). All these programs are available to employees to fit their particular personal or family needs.
Professional Development Reimbursement
Professional development is important to us so that we stay on the cutting edge of the research industry. Employees can take advantage of educational programs (tuition and textbook reimbursement), professional conference attendance, professional association membership (dues and subscriptions), as well as in-house technical training.
Westat is an employee-owned corporation founded in 1963. The name Westat is a contraction derived from the phrase "Western Statistics" reflecting the fact that Westat specializes in research. The company provides outsourced services to most agencies of the United States government, businesses, foundations, and state and local governments.
Employee ownership. Since 1977 Westat has allocated shares of stock to employee-participants. Annual stock contributions range between 3 and 5 percent of an employee's compensation.
401K
Staff Bonus Plan - Employees receive cash payment in December based on the overall success of the company.
Group Insurance: Health insurance. Life insurance. Travel accident insurance. Long-term disability. Flexible benefits program.
Professional Development. Employees can take advantage of educational programs (tuition and textbook reimbursement), professional conference attendance, professional association membership (dues and subscriptions), as well as in-house technical training.
Fringe Time: Westat provides its employees with an array of fringe time benefits, such as vacation time, sick leave, holiday time, administrative leave, and leave without pay/part-time pay.
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