Blueport Commerce, 580 Harrison Ave, Waltham, MA 02453, US

DataStar, based in Waltham, Mass., is a provider of survey management and data processing services to researchers throughout the world. The company has a team with research expertise and specialized skills. Its services include questionnaire design, mail survey management, Web surveys, coding and editing, data entry, data cleaning, sample balancing, cross-tabulation, statistical analysis and report production. The company is involved in managing mail surveys covering the areas of design, tabulation, printing and fulfillment. It cleans data according to specifications, including verifying skip patterns and assigning weights to samples to obtain a more accurate reflection of the population. Additionally, it runs tables using several different software options that allow it more flexibility in meeting cross-tabulation requirements.