JSM 2005 - Toronto

JSM Activity #197

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197 Applied Session Mon, 8/8/05, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM MCC-103 A
Questionnaires and Cognitive Issues I - Contributed - Papers
Section on Survey Research Methods, Social Statistics Section
Chair(s): Kara Norman, Energy Information Administration
     2:05 PM   Modeling Context Effects in the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)Kevin Wang, RTI International; Rodney Baxter, RTI International; Dicy Painter, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
     2:20 PM   An Overview of the Respondent-Generated Intervals (RGI) Approach to Sample SurveysS. James Press, University of California, Riverside; Judith Tanur, SUNY, Stony Brook
     2:35 PM   Conceptual vs. Visual Midpoints of Response ScalesMirta Galesic, Joint Program in Survey Methodology; Roger Tourangeau, Joint Program in Survey Methodology; Mick Couper, University of Michigan; Fred Conrad, Institute for Social Research
     2:50 PM   Negatively Worded Questions Cause Respondent ConfusionRobert Colosi, U.S. Census Bureau
     3:05 PM   When More Is Less: A Study on the Effects of Providing Definitions to Everyday Terms on Data QualityTing Yan, University of Maryland
     3:20 PM   Using Professionally Designed Questionnaires: Do They Collect Better Data?Kathleen Ott, National Agricultural Statistics Service; Chadd Crouse, National Agricultural Statistics Service
     3:35 PM   Floor Discussion
 

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