AI That Takes Admin Off Your Survey Researchers
Research firms spend days of staff time coding open-ended answers and writing topline reports. 12² builds an open-end coding review screen, codebook and report templates, with researchers approving codes and findings.
Survey Reporting Assistant · From $4,500 + $349/mo, by team size · proposed estimate · It says it is an automated assistant whenever it talks to someone directly, and your team reviews what it drafts before it goes out.
Ai for survey research: the short answer.
12² builds AI for research firms that takes routine work off their survey researchers: suggesting codes for open-ended responses for researcher review, drafting questionnaire wording variants for review, and drafting topline and crosstab summaries. It runs inside the tools you already use, and your team reviews anything that goes out.
Sources
- General office-writing evidence, not a study of this job: in an RCT, ChatGPT cut professional writing time 40% and raised quality (Noy & Zhang, Science 2023)news.mit.edu
Research figures above describe the cited studies, not results 12² promises. Results vary. Disclosures
Where the hours go now.
Suggesting codes for open-ended responses
Research firms spend days of staff time coding open-ended answers and writing topline reports.
Questionnaire wording variants
Written up by hand, one at a time, after the real work is done.
Topline and crosstab summaries
Rebuilt from scratch each time, usually at the end of the day.
What it handles, and what it never does.
What it handles
- Suggesting codes for open-ended responsesIt suggests codes for open-ended responses for researcher review.
- Questionnaire wording variantsIt drafts questionnaire wording variants for review.
- Topline and crosstab summariesIt drafts topline and crosstab summaries.
- Keeping a codebookIt keeps a codebook.
- Hand-off to your teamAnything that needs a person goes to the right person, with the details attached.
What it never does
- Make up a price or a factIt works only from the documents, records and price lists you give it. Anything it can't find goes to your team.
- Promise a resultQuestions about outcomes go to the person who does the work.
- Pretend to be a personIt says it is an automated assistant whenever it talks to someone directly.
- Send anything on its ownDrafts wait for your team's approval before anything goes out.
Built and tested on your own work.
Before handoff, we run your build on your own real examples and fix anything that misses.
- Tested on your own workBefore handoff, we run your build on your own real examples and fix anything that misses.
- Retainer, then balance on deliveryRetainer up front. Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass.
- Fixed price, scope and timelineAll three in writing before work starts. The timeline is set in your quote.
- What 12² buildsAn open-end coding review screen, codebook and report templates, with researchers approving codes and findings.
- How it connectsWe confirm how it connects to the tools you already use on the first call and write it into your quote.
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From $4,500 + $349/moSetup + monthly, by size. The monthly fee covers monitoring, fixes and re-tests for your package as your templates, documents and staff change. AI and software usage is billed at cost. Proposed starting estimates by team size, not fixed prices; the final price is in a written quote.
- Small: Small firm (1-10 staff)From $4,500 + $349/mo. The core build for 1-10 staff: an open-end coding review screen, codebook and report templates, with researchers approving codes and findings. Proposed estimate. Small tier; monthly covers hosting, monitoring and fixes.
- Mid-size: Mid firm (11-50 staff)From $9,500 + $750/mo. Everything in Small firm, for more users, inboxes and calendars, with hand-off rules set for each role. Proposed estimate. More users, locations or integrations.
- Enterprise: Large firm / enterprise (50+ staff)From $25,000, custom quote. Everything in Mid firm, across locations or departments, with system integrations and a security review scoped in your custom quote. Proposed estimate floor; scope, integrations and security review set the final number. No cap.
- Retainer up front Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass. Scope, price and timeline are agreed in writing before work starts.
- You own itThe accounts, scripts, templates and data sit in your name. You can leave at any time.
- Compliance and dataRespondent privacy and consent; IRB rules for academic work; no identifiable data in public tools.
- Not professional advice12² builds software and automations. It is not a licensed professional in your field, and your team makes every professional decision. Disclosures
Straight answers.
Is AI coding accurate?
It varies. We test against your own hand-coded sample and keep a researcher approving codes.
How does payment work?
Retainer up front. Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass.
How long does it take?
Timelines are set per project in the quote, after we see your systems and volume.
Are these prices final?
No. They are proposed starting estimates. You get a written custom quote after a short scoping call.
Tell us how you handle questionnaire wording variants now.
A few lines is enough. If it's a fit we'll say so, and if it isn't we'll tell you why.
- You'll hear back within one business day12² reads your note and replies about your project.
- A free 20-minute callHow the work runs now, what gets missed, and what your team needs from it.
- A fixed quoteYour size, scope, date and price in writing before any work starts.
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