The Center for Survey Research (CSR), formerly the Office of Survey Research, which was founded in 1993 and reorganized in 2003, has been  devoted to the integration of  survey research resources with the object of improving  the efficiency of survey work and promoting the adequate  use of data preserved in the Survey Research Data Archive (SRDA). The Panel Study of Family Dynamics project joined the  CSR in 2013, and has as its main purpose collection of panel survey data on families and investigation into the patterns of and changes in families in Chinese societies.

Due to the rapid development of Internet technology,  methods of data collection have become more diversified. The CSR established the “Communication Data and Network Analytics Lab (CDNA Lab)” in August 2020. The main goal of CDNA is to provide a comprehensive understanding of communication behaviors related to important social issues, using triangulation of different research methods. In March 2021, the “Public Opinion and Attitudes study” began to conduct repeated surveys of Taiwan’s residents. Such surveys provide detailed information on happiness in daily life, and prepare the way for future development of innovative research methodology.

The CSR focuses on academic research, methodological practice and academic services. Based on survey research methods, we have carried out Internet public opinion exploration and research related to machine learning which is  combined with big data, and focused on the application of method triangulation, in order to build the CSR into a think tank studying social science research methods.