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Anne E Polivka - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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diagnostics for reDesigning survey Questionnaires measuring work in the current population survey
Public Opinion Quarterly, 1995Co-Authors: Elizabeth Martin, Anne E PolivkaAbstract:Between 1986 and 1993, a program of Questionnaire Design and cognitive research was conducted by the Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics, to improve labor force measurements in the Current Population Survey (CPS). As part of the research program, diagnostic measures for systematically testing and evaluating alternative Questionnaire versions were developed and applied. This article reports results of applying two methods, special follow-up probes and hypothetical vignettes, to the measurement of "work" in the CPS. These measures provided both direct and indirect information about problems of respondent comprehension and reporting errors. In this article, we analyze results using these diagnostic measures to evaluate the effect of Questionnaire revisions on reporting of work activities, and we assess the consistency and usefulness of the information provided by alternative diagnostic measures for pretesting and selecting questions.
Vidal Diaz De Rada - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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influence of Questionnaire Design on response to mail surveys
International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2005Co-Authors: Vidal Diaz De RadaAbstract:This paper examines in some detail the influence of the Questionnaire Design on the ratio and quality of responses to mail surveys. To this end an investigation using Dillman’s total Design method for mail surveys was used and carried out in Spain. To minimize the effort required in filling in the Questionnaire, Dillman proposes that the Questionnaire should be easy to fill in, and stresses the importance of its having an attractive and pleasing off‐set. This paper will outline a series of elements to take into consideration on the dimensions and size of the Questionnaire, on its cover pages, on the type and colour of paper used, on the ordering of the questions, the envelope and stamps used to send off the Questionnaire. This paper lays out the the suggestions made by Dillman as well as those of others who have written on this theme.
Todd H Wagner - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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self reported utilization of health care services improving measurement and accuracy
Medical Care Research and Review, 2006Co-Authors: Aman Bhandari, Todd H WagnerAbstract:Self-report is often used to estimate health care utilization. However, the accuracy of such data is of paramount concern. The authors conducted a systematic review of 42 studies that evaluated the accuracy of self-report utilization data, where utilization was defined as a visit to a clinical provider or entity. They also present a broad conceptual model that identifies major issues to consider when collecting, analyzing, and reporting such data. The results show that self-report data are of variable accuracy. Factors that affect accuracy include (1) sample population and cognitive abilities, (2) recall time frame, (3) type of utilization, (4) utilization frequency, (5) Questionnaire Design, (6) mode of data collection, and (7) memory aids and probes.
Jon R Clark - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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effects of Questionnaire length respondent friendly Design and a difficult question on response rates for occupant addressed census mail surveys
Public Opinion Quarterly, 1993Co-Authors: Don A Dillman, Michael D Sinclair, Jon R ClarkAbstract:An experimental study of alternatives to the current U.S. decennial census Questionnaire shows that shortening the Questionnaire and respondent-friendly Questionnaire Design improve response, whereas asking a potentially difficult and/or objectionable question, that is, social security number, lowers response. This national study of 17000 household addresses also desmonstrates that relatively high mail survey response can be achieved without addressing correspondence to individual names of residents
Joanne Pascale - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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modernizing a major federal government survey a review of the reDesign of the current population survey health insurance questions
Journal of Official Statistics, 2016Co-Authors: Joanne PascaleAbstract:Measurement error can be very difficult to assess and reduce. While great strides have been made in the field of survey methods research in recent years, many ongoing federal surveys were initiated decades ago, before testing methods were fully developed. However, the longer a survey is in use, the more established the time series becomes, and any change to a Questionnaire risks a break in that time series. This article documents how a major federal survey – the health insurance module of the Current Population Survey (CPS) – was reDesigned over the course of 15 years through a systematic series of small, iterative tests, both qualitative and quantitative. This overview summarizes those tests and results, and illustrates how particular Questionnaire Design features were identified as problematic, and how improvements were developed and evaluated. While the particular topic is health insurance, the general approach (a coordinated series of small tests), along with the specific tests and methods employed, are not uniquely applicable to health insurance. Furthermore, the particular Questionnaire Design features of the CPS health module that were found to be most problematic are used in many other major surveys on a range of topic areas.
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tackling seam bias through Questionnaire Design
2009Co-Authors: Jeffrey Moore, Joanne Pascale, Nancy Bates, Aniekan OkonAbstract:This chapter examines the impact of dependent interviewing procedures on “seam bias,” a phenomenon peculiar to longitudinal panel surveys. Seam bias refers to the tendency for estimates of change measured across the “seam” between two successive survey administrations to far exceed change estimates measured within a single interview – often by a factor of 10 or more. The presence of seam bias almost always signals measurement error. Much research over the past two decades has documented the existence of seam bias in longitudinal surveys, and has also shed light on its essential nature – too little change within the reference period of a single interview, and too much at the seam. Attempts to control seam bias have met with some success, but have been limited primarily to employment-related characteristics.
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the effects of person level versus household level Questionnaire Design on survey estimates and data quality
Public Opinion Quarterly, 2001Co-Authors: Jennifer Hess, Joanne Pascale, Jeffrey Moore, Jennifer Rothgeb, Catherine KeeleyAbstract:Cet article se penche sur les avantages et les inconvenients respectifs des Questionnaires de population administres aux individus ou a l'ensemble du foyer. Si ce dernier type de Questionnaire peut gagner en efficacite, il comporte egalement le risque d'erreurs ou de donnees manquantes. La presente recherche s'appuie sur une enquete experimentale du bureau des recensements des Etats-Unis comportant les deux modalites d'administration des Questionnaires
