SAIRO designs, conducts, and presents reports based on surveys, individual and group interviews, focus groups, and ethnographic observation of UCLA students. The Office also provides technical consultation and support to Student Affairs Divisions and units regarding the design and implementation of research and evaluation projects, and the interpretation of research results. SAIRO makes the information it gathers or analyzes accessible to Student Affairs staff and serves as a link to other sources of information. As an institutional research office, SAIRO seeks to be a "voice of student needs" in Student Affairs, campus, and systemwide program planning and policy development.