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Abstract #302324

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Activity Number: 500
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Thursday, August 11, 2005 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Government Statistics
Abstract - #302324
Title: Broadening the Horizons of Q-bank: Expanding the Framework To Encompass Self-administered and Establishment Surveys
Author(s): Cleo Redline and Jennifer E. Hunter*+ and Rebecca L. Morrison and Diane K. Willimack and Roberta Sangster
Companies: National Science Foundation and U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics
Address: U.S. Census Bureau 4700 Silver HIll Road, Washington DC, MD, 20233,
Keywords: Survey Pretesting ; self-administered surveys ; establishment surveys ; Response error ; cognitive interviewing
Abstract:

Q-bank was developed with interviewer-administered surveys in mind. Applying the framework of Q-bank to self-administered and establishment surveys necessitated some changes to the original design. Self-administered and establishment surveys have some characteristics that are quite unique from interviewer-administered surveys, including the physical nature of the task, the use of visual language, and the potential need for numerous respondents. This paper describes how Q-bank was modified to reflect the kind of response errors that occur in a broader range of surveys. Using Q-bank, error problems across type of survey and mode can be compared and contrasted. We also plan to further investigate issues that stem from the physical and visual layout of surveys in a systematic way. We hope the inclusion of self-administered and establishment surveys into Q-bank will help foster standard pretesting methods and reporting procedures for pretesting across types of surveys and agencies. Finally, when the database is complete, we hope it will provide further support for a response model that incorporates interviewer, self-administered, and establishment surveys

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