We Design, Do, & Deliver Studies
Founded over twenty years ago, SoundRocket can meet your social science study needs in everything from design and data collection to analysis and reporting.
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Expert project management, clear communication, and scientific rigor—SoundRocket integrates seamlessly with your team to keep studies on track. We specialize in two areas:
Regulatory Studies
SoundRocket specializes in regulatory studies that support successful 510(k) submissions with scientifically sound, defensible research. Call us when you need your next…
- Label Comprehension Study
- Self-Selection Study
- User Comprehension Study
- Human Factors Study
- Actual Use Study
- Simulated Used Study
- ACNU Study
- Consumer Study
- Provider Study
- Custom Study
Academic Studies
SoundRocket partners with researchers to design and execute high-quality social science studies using proven survey methodologies. Bring a Survey Methodologist and expert Survey Manager to your next…
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AncestryDNA Saliva Collection Kit
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AlphaID At Home Genetic Health Risk Service
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FERTI-LILY Conception Cup
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GlutenID Celiac Genetic Health Risk Test
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We design and implement science-guided, defensible studies that are targeted, rigorous, and led by experts.
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SoundRocket has served over 400 institutions and organizations since 2004.
From the Launchpad
Decoding FDA DTC Policy: Part 2 – What are user comprehension studies? And are pharmacogenetic test report requirements different than previous FDA regulations?
What Are User Comprehension Studies and Why are they Required by the FDA?
Unlike tests that are overseen by health care professionals where a conversation may take place about the meaning of results, direct-to-consumer tests bypass the traditional patient-doctor relationship and deliver results directly to patients (or consumers). A well-known example of a direct-to-consumer test is a pregnancy test that one may purchase at any pharmacy or similar retail store…
Decoding FDA DTC Policy: Part 1 – Pharmacogenetics Are Here!
While many of us were heading out to dish out candy (or tricks) to local goblins and superheroes this past Halloween, the FDA rounded out their suite of De Novo reclassification orders on DTC genetic testing. The latest announcement adds Personal Genome Service Pharmacogenetic Reports (PGSPR) to the existing regulations for Carrier Screening and Genetic Health Risk (GHR) tests (including a specific case of Genetic Health Risk Report for BRCA1/BRCA2)…
Republish from UNDARK: Where Scientific Mistakes Are Welcome
This is a first for the Launch Pad blog – a complete republish (with permission) of an article from another source. The article included below hit on something that I feel strongly about – enough so that just a summary would not do it justice.
Science is learning and growth in knowledge. If we got it all “right” the first time, it would be a downright boring process (and not science!). Science is about making mistakes, learning from them, and gradually (or sometimes not so gradually) improving on a shared general knowledge.
A Governmental “Source of Public Randomness”
For those who have not yet seen the article, the latest Science magazine includes an article about free to use random number generators. If you are data geek enough to understand the significance of an unpredictable, autonomous, and consistent randomness beacon – then please read on!
The Science of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing – SoundRocket Partners With Academics and Industry to Understand How Genetic Information is Used
And if you could take a genetic test to determine if you have the gene mutations that could show you have an increased risk of having Alzheimers Disease, would you? As the U.S. FDA has started regulating and approving these tests, SoundRocket asks: are there any potential harms and limitations?
ICYMI: Five Ways to Use Previously Collected Survey Data to Improve Quality in a Survey
An oldie but a goody!
Care should always be taken to only use previous data when it is methodologically important to do so. Here are the 5 times that reusing data to enhance your survey is actually ok.