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Working Paper

Comparing Cognitive Data Collected in Written versus Verbal Form

1995

Over the last decade, cognitive interviewing has become a primary tool in developing and pretesting questionnaires, even self-administered instruments.

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Working Paper

The Census Bureau's Spanish Forms Availability Test

1995

In 1993 the Census Bureau implemented the Spanish Forms Availability Test (SFAT).

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Working Paper

A Literature Review of Person-based vs. Topic-Based Design

August 11, 1995

A literature review of person- versus topic-based questionnaire design.

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Working Paper

Some Effects of Gender on the Meaning of "Work"

1995

This paper empirically analyzes effects of gender on the public's interpretations of various activities as "work."

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Working Paper

The SIPP Measurement Quality Experiment and Beyond

1995

This paper describes an ambitious project whose goal was to reduce SIPP response error importantly by radically changing the way income data were collected.

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Working Paper

Development, Results, and Issues from the Customer Satisfaction Survey

1995

In order for a government agency to provide the highest quality of customer service, it is first necessary to know the needs and expectations of the customer.

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Working Paper

Children in Custody Questionnaire Redesign Project

May 25, 1995

This report provides the results of the first of three phases of research conducted as part of the Children in Custody Questionnaire Redesign Project.

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Working Paper

Diagnostics for Redesigning Survey Questionnaires

1995

Between 1986 and 1993, a program of questionnaire design and cognitive research was conducted by the Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Working Paper

The Role of Questionnaire Design in Reducing Census Coverage Error

1995

Various forms of nonsampling error contributed to the total coverage error in the 1990 Decennial Census.

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Working Paper

The Language of Self-Administered Questionnaires

1995

Much survey research has been directed at studying interviewer-administered questionnaires.

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Working Paper

Customer Satisfaction Measurement Issues in the Federal Government

1995

Since the issuance of Executive Order 12862 "Setting Customer Service Standards," customer satisfaction measurement has become prominent.

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Working Paper

Evaluation Results from a Pilot Test of a CSAQ for the 1994 R&D Survey

September 1995

We performed this evaluation to determine whether economic respondents could quickly, easily and accurately provide data using a CSAQ.

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Working Paper

Respondents' Attitudes Towards a Voice-Recognition Questionnaire

May 1995

Development of a voice-recognition short form represents the Bureau's first attempt to simulate the verbal transaction between a live interviewer & respondent.

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Working Paper

Clustering of Twenty-Eight Sample Areas in the Ethnographic Evaluation

September 13, 1995

The U.S. Census Bureau conducted the Ethnographic Evaluation of the Behavioral Causes of Census Undercount for the 1990 Decennial Census.

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Working Paper

Evaluation of Model-Assisted Procedures

1995

We evaluate Singh's procedure for the cases of allocation based on the auxiliary data and for model-assisted allocation.

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Working Paper

Towards a Theory of Self-Administered Questionnaire Design

July 1995

Few systematic efforts have been made to derive principles of design from relevant psychological or sociological theories.

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Working Paper

Evidence from Small Area Ethnographic Studies

1995

The article summarizes and synthesizes data and findings reported in 29 ethnographic reports sponsored by the Census and non-profit organizations.

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Working Paper

Examination of Census Omission and Erroneous Enumeration

September 22, 1995

The Census Bureau began a series of ethnographic evaluations of census coverage in 1986.

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Working Paper

Developing and Testing Race and Ethnic Origin Questions for the CPS

1995

The Office of Management and Budget's Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 is the standard which federal agencies must use to report race and ethnic origin.

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Working Paper

Practical Considerations in Sample Size Selection

1995

Despite some initial work, few objective guidelines currently exist to suggest how many cases are needed when using behavior coding as a pretest technique.

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Working Paper

Results from 1993 Company Organization Survey (COS) CSAQ Pilot Test

January 1995

In 1993 a Computerized Self-Administered Questionnaire (CSAQ) pilot test was conducted on selected Company Organization Survey (COS) respondents.

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Working Paper

Experiences with the Lead-Based Paint Survey

1995

How do you measure the public's awareness of an environmental hazard that has been known to be dangerous for a long time?

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Working Paper

Literacy and the Self-Administered Form in Special Populations

1995

The choice of a self-administered mode of administration presupposes that respondents are able to read the questionnaire sufficiently.

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Working Paper

Results of Image Optimization Research (IOR) Wave 1 Tests

January 30, 1995

Results from a small-scale test of a decennial census questionnaire that was designed to be both user-friendly and capable of being data captured.

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