R.A. Malatest & Associates Ltd. is a team of committed professionals whose varied education and skills are channeled to meet each client's particular research needs. The research team at R.A. Malatest & Associates Ltd. have graduate and undergraduate degrees in the following areas:
Economics
Sociology
English
Public Administration
Psychometrics
Psychology
Education
Political Science
The expertise of the firm's researchers is further complemented by a survey and support staff of more than 60, many of whom have completed or are in the process of completing post-secondary education as well. In addition, for several projects the firm has relied on the language expertise of the interview staff to conduct surveys in a variety of languages in addition to English. Language fluency has allowed R.A. Malatest & Associates Ltd. to successfully complete interviews with respondents who felt more comfortable speaking in the following languages:
Cantonese
Mandarin
French
German
Hindi
Japanese
Sindhi
Arabic
Punjabi
Italian
Spanish
The firm's professional staff are active members of various professional associations, including the Canadian Evaluation Society, the Professional Consultants Association of British Columbia, and the Public Health Association of BC.