Abstract #300239

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JSM 2003 Abstract #300239
Activity Number: 309
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 6, 2003 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #300239
Title: Software Engineering and Federal Surveys: Principles in Developing and Testing CAPI Instruments
Author(s): Jesse Poore*+
Companies: University of Tennessee
Address: 203 Claxton Complex, 1122 Volunteer Blvd., Knoxville, TN, 37996-3450,
Keywords: computer-assisted interviewing ; software engineering ; survey administration
Abstract:

As surveys of greater complexity are converted to or developed for computer-assisted administration, constructing a quality computerized instrument is increasingly a sophisticated task of software engineering. This talk builds from a presentation delivered at a National Research Council workshop on survey automation. It describes the importance of basic organizational principles--including product-line architecture and incremental development--in building quality software and how those principles might be applied in the computer-assisted survey context.

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