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Abstract:
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In any survey, the design and data collection and processing procedures require control to ensure they are conducted as intended. Survey organizations have mechanisms in place to perform this quality assurance (QA). These mechanisms can be complicated, and, in international and other comparative studies, special control procedures are needed, as the complexity of such studies is so great. Examples of issues include organization of QA activities, choosing among various models for the coordination and control of the survey implementation in various cultures and settings, and choosing QA activities based on varying national levels of funding and administrative and methodological resources. The QA process results should feed back into the survey process, and the feedback operation is likely to involve multiple agencies and survey teams.
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