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Research Report Series - Methodology (RSM) Working Papers
Research Report Series - Methodology (RSM) Working Papers
The Research Report Series primarily includes papers which report results from the conduct of systematic, critical, intensive investigation directed toward the development of new or more comprehensive scientific knowledge of the subject studied. The series is subdivided into categories, including Survey Methodology (RSM).
Working Paper
Month-to-Month Recipiency Turnover in the ISDP
This paper investigates “seam bias” – a tendency for reported change to occur much more frequently in the “seam” between two successive survey waves.
Working Paper
Lower Mail Response in the 1990 Census: A Preliminary Interpretation
The lower than expected mail response to the 1990 Decennial Census increased costs.
Working Paper
Report of the Workshop on Applying Cognitive Psychology
This report summarizes the proceedings of a two-day workshop convened in Washington DC in September 1980.
Working Paper
Evaluating the Public Information Campaign for the 1980 Census-Results
The Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) Survey was a major component of the effort to evaluate the effectiveness of the 1980 public information campaign.
Working Paper
Measurement Errors in SIPP Program Reports
An administrative record check of program participation reporting in the first two SIPP interviews.
Working Paper
Using Administrative Record Data to Describe SIPP Response Errors
The SIPP Record Check Study uses administrative record data to describe and model errors in SIPP responses for a variety of income sources and programs.
Working Paper
Proxy Reports: Results from a Record Check Study
To save time and money, and reduce nonresponse, survey practitioners often opt to accept some data from proxies.
Working Paper
Wave 8 Adult Well-Being Topical Module
This report summarizes the results of a cognitive interview evaluation of the wave 8 “Adult Well-Being” topical module of the SIPP.
Working Paper
Implications for Measurement Principles and Practice
This paper reports on the results of a record check study evaluating measurement errors in the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).
Working Paper
Development of Procedures and Initial Test Results
This paper describes the development and initial testing of experimental data collection procedures for the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).
Working Paper
The Language of Residence: Respondent Understandings and Census Rules
Respondents' understandings of the language and concepts used in the Census and surveys.
Working Paper
Using Administrative Record Data to Evaluate Survey Estimates
The basic datum of SIPP is monthly income, which is reported for each month of the four-month reference period preceding the interview month.
Working Paper
The SIPP Cognitive Research Evaluation Experiment
Census research staff developed new, experimental survey procedures, based on cognitive theory and research, to reduce response errors in the SIPP.
Working Paper
Effects of the 1986 Motivational Insert on Census Form Mail Response
This paper describes the design and results of an experiment conducted during an early pretest of the 1990 Decennial.
Working Paper
An Anthropological Investigation of Mental Health Concepts
In connection with the redesign of the National Health Interview Survey, the National Center for Health Statistics funded exploratory ethno-medical research.
Working Paper
Summary Report of Cognitive Testing on Residence Rules Instructions
This report describes the results of cognitive testing on five new formats for presenting the residence instructions.
Working Paper
On the Usefulness of Pretesting Vignettes in Exploratory Research
Survey methodologists use vignettes as an evaluative tool for pretesting survey questionnaires.
Working Paper
A Cognitive Approach to Household Membership Judgments
This summary presents the findings of a preliminary attempt to determine whether the methods of cognitive anthropology.
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