Research Development and Innovation
The Research, Development and Innovation Unit supports administrators, heads of schools and staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) by assisting with the collection, organization and analysis of institutional data. This support may include writing reports, developing surveys and evaluations, performing statistical analysis, and disseminating findings. The release of requested information is a shared responsibility between the Research, Development and Innovation Department and the requesting office or department.
The Research Unit
The Research Unit has the following roles and responsibilities:
• Responding to approved data/survey requests by providing accurate data analysis in a timely manner.
• Assisting requesting offices in determining appropriate information for their data needs.
• Providing context, interpretation, explanation, and/or analysis of data as needed by the requesting office.
• Restricting further access to data if it has been used for unauthorized purpose, or data integrity or security is found to be compromised
