QDET Final Conference Program

Wednesday, November 13, 2002
 

5:00 - 7:00 p.m.   

REGISTRATION

Convention Center Second Floor - Room 14

  
   

Thursday, November 14, 2002
 

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.   

REGISTRATION

Convention Center Second Floor - Room 14

  
   

Short Courses
   

I.

Methods for Questionnaire Appraisal and Expert Review

8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
 Room 11

 Barbara Forsyth, Westat, Inc., USA
Gordon Willis, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, USA
   

II.

Cognitive Interviewing

8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
 Room 9

 Eleanor Gerber, U.S. Census Bureau.
   

III.

 Question Testing for Establishment Surveys

1:30 - 5:30 p.m.
 Room 11

 Kristin Stettler, U.S. Census Bureau
Fran Featherston, National Science Foundation, NSF.
     

IV.

Behavior Coding: Tool for Questionnaire Evaluation

1:30 - 5:30 p.m.
 Room 9

Nancy Mathiowetz, University of Maryland/ University of Michigan, USA
     

Friday, November 15, 2002
 

7:00 - 9:00 a.m.   

BREAKFAST (for hotel registrants)

Atrium - Embassy Suites Hotel

  
   

8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.

REGISTRATION

Room 14

  
   

1.

Invited Session: Design Considerations for Pretesting

9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Room 12 and 13

 Chair: Judy Lessler, RTI -International, USA
   
  Design Considerations for Pretesting
Roger Tourangeau
JPSM University of Maryland, USA
   
  Discussant: Jim Chromy, RTI-International, USA
   
  Discussant: Eleanor Gerber, U.S. Census Bureau
   

2.

Contributed Session: Cognitive Interviewing
for Establishment Surveys

9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Room 10 and 11

 Chair: Trish Gallagher, Center for Survey Research, University of Massachusetts, USA
   
  Cognitive Testing of Mail Surveys at Statistics Sweden
Gunilla Davidsson, Statistics Sweden
   
  Establishments as Respondents: is Conventional Cognitive Interviewing Enough?
Robert Rutchik and Stanley Freedman, U.S. Energy Information Administration
   
  A Comparison of Appraisal and Cognitive Interview Methods for Testing Organizational Survey Questionnaires
Barbara Forsyth, Westat, Inc., USA
Elisa Weiss, The New York Academy of Medicine, USA
Rebecca Miller Anderson, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
   
  Discussant: Don Dillman, Washington State University, USA
   

3.

Contributed Session: Usability - Noninternet

9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Room 8 and 9

 Chair: Janice Ballou, Mathematica Policy Research, USA
   
  Approaches for Incorporating User-Centered Design into CAI Development
Bill Mockovak and Jean Fox, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
   
  Pretesting an Interactive Voice Response Survey
Tracey Haggerty Heller, Sid Schneider, and David Cantor, Westat, USA
   
  Analyzing Audit Trails in the National Survey on Drug Use and
Health: Means for Maintaining and Improving Data Quality
Michael Penne, Jeanne Snodgrass and Peggy Barker, RTI-International
   
  Discussant: Mick Couper, University of Michigan, USA
   

10:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Foyer - Convention Center Second Floor

Refreshment Break
   

4.

 Invited Session: Cognitive Interviewing - II

10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Room 12 and 13

 Chair: Nancy Bates, U.S. Census Bureau
   
  Aspects of Data Quality in Cognitive interviews. The Case of Verbal Reports.
Fred Conrad, University of Michigan, USA
Johnny Blair, Abt Associates, USA
   
  Cognitive Interviews: Do Different Methods Produce Different Results?
Terry DeMaio and Ashley Landreth, U.S. Census Bureau
   
  Discussant: David Cantor, Westat, USA
   

5.

Contributed Session: Internet - I

10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Room 10 and 11

 Chair: Susan Ciochetto, U.S. Census Bureau
   
  Identifying and Reducing the Response Burden in Internet Business Surveys
Gustav Haraldsen, Dag Roll-Hansen and Tore Notnes, Statistics Norway
   
  Evaluation of Users' Experience of the Census 2000 Internet Form
Elizabeth Murphy and Courtney Stapleton, U.S. Census Bureau
   
  Usability Testing of Web Data Collection Instruments
Elizabeth Wiebe, Lisa Thalji, and Robert Wagers RTI- International, USA
   
  Discussant: Bill Mockovak, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
   

6.

Contributed Session: Mathematical Methods
for Questionnaire Evaluation

10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Room 8 and 9

 Chair: Carolee Bush, U.S. Census Bureau
 
   
  Survey Design and Validation Using the Rasch Model
Kathy Green and Cathy Frantom, University of Denver, USA
   
  Principle Component Factor Analysis: An Analytic Strategy to Increase Content Validity of Questionnaire Factors
Manouchehr Afshinnia and Farsad Afshinnia, Isfahan University, Iran
   
  Applications of Item Response Theory (IRT) in Questionnaire Evaluation
Bryce Reeve and Louise Masse, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, USA
   
  Discussant: Joop Hox, University of Utrecht, Netherlands
   

12:15 - 2:00 p.m.
Ballroom C1-C3
First Floor of Convention Center

Conference Luncheon
   

Keynote Speaker:
The Future of Questionnaire Research
Norman Bradburn, National Science Foundation, USA
   

7.

 Invited Session: Cognitive Interviewing - II

2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Room 12 and 13

 Chair: Barbara O'Hare, The Arbitron Company, USA
 
   
  Cognitive Interviewing Revisited: A Useful Technique, in Theory?
Gordon Willis, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, USA
   
  The Dynamics of Cognitive Interviewing
Paul Beatty, National Center for Health Statistics, USA
   
  Discussant: Roger Tourangeau, University of Michigan and University of Maryland, USA
   

8.

Contributed session: Pretesting and Quality Assessment

2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Room 10 and 11

 Chair: Carol Cosenza, University of Massachusetts, USA
   
  Iterative, Multiple-Method Questionnaire Evaluation Research: A Case Study
James Esposito, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
   
  Sun Exposure Recall: Instrument Development and Evaluation
Diane Nishri, Beth Theis, Jennifer Frood, Division of Preventive Oncology,
Cancer Care, Canada
Fred Ashbury,
PICEPS Consultants Inc., Canada
David Northrup, York University, Canada
Loraine Marrett,
University of Toronto, Canada
   
  Using Reinterview Methods to Design and Evaluate Survey Questions
Jeremy Morton, RTI International
Paul Mullin, IBM Business Consulting Services
Paul Biemer, RTI International
   
  Discussant: Judy Lessler
   

9.

 Contributed Session: Pretesting Challenges among Various Ethnic and Cultural Groups Within the U.S.

2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Room 8 and 9

 Chair: Kristen Miller
   
  Mexican Immigrants and the Use of Cognitive Methods in Questionnaire Development
Robert Agans and Natalia Deeb-Sossa, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
   
  Cross Site Tool Development Focusing on Co-Occurring Populations
Pamela Clark, Acrobat Research, USA
Robert Walker, University of Kentucky, USA
Tom Doub, Dual Diagnosis Management, USA
   
  Discussant: Stanley Presser, University of Maryland, USA
   

3:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Foyer - Convention Center Second Floor

Refreshment Break
   

10.

Invited Session: Using Information from
Respondents to Improve Surveys

3:45 - 5:15 p.m.
Room 12 and 13

 Chair: Dawn Nelson, U.S. Census Bureau,
   
  Response Latencies and Perceived Question Difficulty as Indicators for Response Error
Stasja Draisma and Wil Dijkstra, Vrije University, Amsterdam
 
   
  Using Vignettes and Respondent Debriefings for Questionnaire Design and Evaluation
Elizabeth Martin, U.S. Census Bureau
   
  Discussant: Bob Belli, University of Nebraska, USA
 

11.

 Invited Session: Testing Computerized Instruments

3:45 - 5:15 p.m.
Room 10 and 11

 Chair: Birgit Henningsson, Statistics Sweden, Sweden
   
  Usability Testing as a Means of Evaluating Computer-Assisted Survey Instruments
Sue Ellen Hansen and Mick Couper, University of Michigan, USA
   
  Methods for Testing and Evaluating CATI Questionnaires
John Tarnai and Danna Moore, Washington State University, USA
Discussant: Brad Edwards, Westat, USA
   

12.

 Contributed Session: Novel Approaches to Questionnaire Development and Evaluation

3:45 - 5:15 p.m.
Room 8 and 9

 Chair: Johnny Blair, Abt Associate, USA
   
  Evaluation of Respondent and Interviewer Debriefing Techniques on Questionnaire Development Methods for Health Provider-based Surveys
Catharine Burt and Susan Schappert, U.S. National Center for Health Statistics
   
  Using Vignettes in Cognitive Research on Establishment Surveys
Rebecca Morrison, Kristin Stettler, and Amy Anderson, U.S. Census Bureau
   
  Strategies for Subject Matter Expert Review in Questionnaire Design
Carl Ramirez, U.S. General Accounting Office
   
  Discussant: Jack Fowler, University of Massachusetts, Center for Survey Research, USA
   

13.

 Contributed Session: Design
and Evaluation of Questionnaires

3:45 - 5:15 p.m.
Room 7

 Chair: Theresa Leslie
   
  Complex Questionnaire Procedures for Sensitive Topics:Developing Best Practice Procedures in a Realistic Survey Setting
Gerty Lensvelt-Mulders, Joop Hox and Hennie Boeije, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
   
  Contextuality of Survey Responses as a Challenge to the Development of Questionnaire Testing Methods
Anja Ahola and Marjaana Lehtinen, Statistics Finland
   
  Discussant: Jean Martin, Office for National Statistics, UK
   
Saturday, November 16, 2002
 

7:00 - 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast (for hotel registrants)

Atrium - Embassy Suites Hotel

  
   

8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.

REGISTRATION

Room 14

  
   

14.

 Invited Session: Beyond Cognitive Interviewing: Split-Sample Comparisons

9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Room 12/13

 Chair: Mick Couper, University of Michigan, USA
   
  Getting Beyond Pretests and Cognitive Interviewing: The Case for More Split-ballot Pilot Studies
Jack Fowler,
University of Massachusetts,
Center for Survey Research, USA
   
  The SIPP Methods Panel Project: Using Field Experiments to Improve Instrument Design
Jeff Moore, Joanne Pascale, Julia Klein Griffiths, Anna Chan and Pat Doyle, U.S. Census Bureau
   
  Discussant: Dan Kaspryzk, Mathematica Policy Research, USA
   

15.

  Invited Session: Questionnaire Development in Specific Domains

9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Room 10 and 11

 Chair: Diane O'Rourke Consultant, USA
   
  Development and Testing of Internet Questionnaires
Reginald Baker and Scott Crawford, MSInteractive
   
  Children as Respondents: Developing, Evaluating, and Testing Questionnaires for Children
Edith de Leeuw and Natacha Borgers, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Astrid Strijbos-Smits, Statistics Netherlands
   
  Discussant: Sandra Berry, Rand Corporation, USA
   

16.

 Contributed Session: Establishment Survey QDET Methods: Issues and Current
Practices Around the World - I

9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Room 8 and 9

 Chair: Fran Featherston, National Science Foundation, USA
   
  Experiences Implementing Establishment Survey Questionnaire Development and Testing at Selected U.S. Government Agencies
Karen Goldenberg,
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Amy Anderson and
Diane Willimack,
U.S. Census Bureau
Stanley Freedman and
Robert Rutchik, U.S. Energy Information Administration
Luann Moy,
U.S. General Accounting Office
   
  Establishment Survey Instrument Development and Testing in an Integrated Survey Environment at Statistics Canada
Frances Laffey, Statistics Canada
   
  Discussant: Clyde Tucker, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
   

10:30 - 10:45 a.m. - BREAK
Convention Center Second Floor Foyer

 

10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Poster Session
Rooms 4 and 5

   

A.

  Evaluating Questionnaire Revisions in a Survey of Immunization Providers
  Katherine Ballard-LeFauve
  Lee Giesbrecht
  and Elizabeth Anderson
  Abt Associates, USA
   

B.

 Questionnaire Development by Using Semi-structured and Cognitive Interviews
  Mary Boynton (scb)
   

C.

 National Foreign Language Assessment and Linguistic Diversity: The FL-NAEP Language Survey and Background Questionnaire and the Case of "Heritage" Spanish Language Students in the U.S.
  Katherine Richardson Bruna
  Michael Fast
  and Nina VanDyke
  American Institutes for Research, USA
   

D.

 Reformatting a Self-administered Questionnaire Based on Item Nonresponse
  Fran Chevarley (AHRQ)
   

E.

 Do Cognitive Interviews Improve Education Surveys
  Young Chun
  and Kevin Carter
  American Institutes for Research, USA
   

F.

 Web Survey Comments: Does Length Impact Quality?
  Carrie Christianson DeMay
  Jonathan Kurlander
  Kristofer Fenlason
  Data Recognition Corporation, USA
   

G.

 Using Cognitive Follow-up Interviews to Develop the 2002 Census of Agriculture Report Form
  Nancy Dickey
  and Zulma Riberas
  U.S. National Agriculture Statistical Service
   

H.

Developing Measures of a Complex Theory of Brand Loyalty for Use on the Internet
  Jean Durall
  and Melinda Smith de Borrero
  Knowledge Networks, USA
   

I.

  An Application of the Three Step Test-Interview (TSTI): A Validation Study of the Dutch and Norwegian Versions of the Illegal Aliens Scale
  Tony Hak
  Kees van der Veer
  and Reidar Ommundsen
   

J.

 The Use of Constrastive Questions: Effects and Solutions
  Bregie Holleman
  and Huub van den Bergh
   

K.

Quest, A Generic XML-and Metadata-Based Questionnaire Management System
  Wolfgang Koller
  and Guenther Zettl (Statistik)
   

L.

Developing Questions to Measure the Victimization of Developmentally Disabled Respondents in the National Crime Victimization Survey
  Denise Lewis
  and Kathleen Creighton
  U.S. Census Bureau
   

M.

  Development of a Multitrait Scaling Macro: A Construct Validity Tool
  Louise Hiller
  and Roger Holder
  University of Birmingham, UK
   

N.

Measuring Barriers to Employment: Development and Evaluation Questionnaire
  Daniel McMillin
  Edwin Sasaki
  Laura Hecht
  and Kenneth Nyberg (csubak)
   

O.

  A Cognitive Analysis of Passionate Love
  Victor de Munck ( Bestweb)
   

P.

  Improving Mail Surveys of Establishments: Testing the Effect of Incentives on Questionnaire Completion and Data Quality
  Danna Moore
  and John Tarnai
  Washington State University, USA
   

Q.

  Use of Focus Groups in Questionnaire Design
  Melvin Prince
  and Mark Davies
   

R.

 Cognitive Laboratory Experiences: On Pre-testing Computerized Questionnaires and Data Quality
  Ger Snijkers
  Statistics Netherlands
   

S.

 Tradeoffs and Rating Scales: How They Compare in Measuring the Priorities of Diverse Populations
  Nathaniel Stone (Communication.gc)
   

T.

 How Good is Good? Comparing Numerical Ratings of Response Options for Two Versions of the Self-Assessed Health Statistics Question
  Barbara Foley Wilson
  Barbara Altman
  and Karen Whitaker
  U.S. National Center for Health Statistics
   

U.

 Comparing open-ended and closed-ended questions
  Merlijn Wouters
   

12:15 - 2:00 p.m.
Conference Luncheon
Atrium - Embassy Suites Hotel
   

18.

 Invited Session: Comparisons of Question Evaluation Methods

2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Room 12 and 13

 Chair: Jennifer Rothgeb, U.S. Census Bureau, USA
   
  Does Question Pretesting Make a Difference? An Empirical Test Using a Field Survey Experiment?
Barbara Forsyth, Westat, Inc. USA
Jennifer Rothgeb, U.S. Census Bureau
Gordon Willis, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, USA
   
  Procedures for Testing Self-Administered Questionnaires: Cognitive Interview and Field Test Comparisons
Don Dillman, Washington State University, USA
Cleo Redline, National Science Foundation, USA
   
  Discussant: Pamela Campanelli, Survey Methods Consultant, U.K.
   

19.

  Contributed Session: Assisting the Respondent in the Recall Task: Methods and Results

2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Room 10 and 11

 Chair: Stanley Presser, University of Maryland, USA
   
  Calendar Survey Methods: Association Between Verbal Behaviors and Data Quality
Robert Belli, University of Nebraska, USA
   
  The Time-line: The Effects of an Experimental Aided Recall Technique in a Real Life Survey
Wander van der Vaart, Vrije University, Amsterdam
   
  Relating Questionnaire Design to Survey Accuracy And Response Rate With RGI
S. James Press, University of California at Riverside, USA
Judith Tanur, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
   
  Discussant: Paul Biemer, RTI - International, USA
   

20.

 Contributed Session: Establishment Survey QDET Methods: Issues and
Current Practices Around the World - II
 

2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Room 8 and 9

 Chair: Karen Goldenberg U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
   
  Expert Review Followed by Interviews with Editing Staff — Effective First Steps in the Testing Process for Business Surveys
Olwen Rowlands, Jack Eldridge and Sarah Williams, Office for National Statistics, U.K.
 
   
  The Review of the French Survey on R&D in Business Enterprises
Dominique Francoz, Ministry of Youth, Education, Research and New Technologies, France
 
   
  Coherence Analysis as a Tool for Questionnaire Evaluation in Enterprise Statistics
Johan Erikson, Statistics Sweden
   
  Discussant: Cynthia Clark, U.S. Census Bureau
   

21.

Contributed Session: Special Populations

2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Room 7

 Chair: Margaret Africa, Statistics South Africa
   
  What Types of Survey Items Can Elicit Valid Responsesfrom Fourth and Eighth Grade Students? Mette Huberman and Roger Levine
   
  Minimizing Item Non Response in Telephone Surveys of People with Disabilities
Karen CyBulski, Julie Fishtein, and Anne Ciemnecki, Mathematica Policy Research, USA
   
  Discussant: Edith de Leeuw, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
   

3:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Break
Convention Center Second Floor Foyer
   

22.

Invited Session: Case Studies Using Multiple Methods for Questionnaire Evaluation

3:45 - 5:15 p.m.
12 and 13

 Chair: Karen Bogen, Johns Hopkins University, USA
   
  Improving the Clarity of Closely Related Concepts
Nora Cate Schaeffer and Jennifer Dykema, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
   
  Design, Testing and Evaluation of Stated Preference Questionnaires
Michael Kaplowitz, Frank Lupi, and John Hoehn, Michigan State University, USA
   
  Discussant: Rachel Casper, RTI - International, USA
   

23.

Contributed Session: Methods and Issues in Developing Multilanguage, Multicultural Questionnaires

3:45 - 5:15 p.m.
10 and 11

 Chair: Elizabeth Martin, U.S. Census Bureau
   
  Developing Bilingual Questionnaires For Use in an Indigenous Population: Experiences From New Zealand in The Development of The 2001 Maori Language Survey
Lyn Potaka and Suzanne Cochrane, Statistics New Zealand
   
  Issues in Translating Surveys: Methods and Approaches
Sylvia Kay Fisher, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Eleanor Gerber, U.S. Census Bureau
   
  Questionnaire Translation and Questionnaire Design
Janet A. Harkness, ZUMA, Germany
Alisú Schoua-Glusberg,
Beth-Ellen Pennell, University of Michigan,USA
   
  Discussant: Manuel de la Puente, U.S. Census Bureau
   

24.

Contributed Session: Cognitive Interviewing Methods - I

3:45 - 5:15 p.m.
8 and 9

 Chair: Kristen Hughes, U.S. Census Bureau
   
  Not Your Grandparent's Cognitive Testing: Exploring Innovative Methods in Making Cognitive Evaluation of Questions More Efficient and Easier to Use
Carol Cosenza, University of Massachusetts-Boston, USA
 
  Cognitive Laboratory Methods: Current Best Practices
Gers Snijkers, Statistics Netherlands
   
  The Three-Step Test-Interview (TSTI)
Kees van der Veer, Vrije University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Tony Hak, U.S. Census Bureau
Harrie Jansen, Addiction Research Institute, the Netherlands
   
  Discussant: Cleo Redline, National Science Foundation, USA
   

25.

Contributed Session: Internet - II

3:45 - 5:15 p.m.
Room 7

 Chair: Fred Conrad, University of Michigan, USA
   
  Satisfaction Scales in a CAWI Survey on University Teaching Evaluation
Luigi Fabbris, University of Padua, Italy
   
  Using the Multimedia Capabilities of Web-enabled Probability-based Survey Methodology to Gather Vaccination Information for the National Immunization Program
William McCready, Michael Dennis and Lisa Thalji, Knowledge Networks,USA
   
  Web as Questionnaire Designing Tool: Is There a Limit?
Katja Lozar Manfreda, University of Ljubljana,
Valentina Hlebec and Vasja Vehovar
   
  Discussant: Dianne Anderson, Iowa State University, USA
   

Sunday, November 17, 2002
   

8:00 a.m.- 12 noon

REGISTRATION

Convention Center Second Floor Foyer

  

8:00 - 8:45 a.m.

Breakfast

Atrium, Embassy Suites Hotel (for registered guests)

  
   
   

26.

 Invited Session: International Issues in Questionnaire Development

9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
12 and 13

 Chair: Lilli Japec
   
  Evolution And Adaptation of Questionnaire Development, Evaluation And Testing Methods in Establishment Surveys
Diane Willimack, U.S. Census Bureau
Lars Lyberg, Statistics Sweden
Jean Martin, Office for National Statistics, U.K.
Lilli Japec, Statistics Sweden
Patricia Whitridge
   
  Developing Cross-National Survey Instruments
Tom Smith, NORC, University of Chicago, USA
   
  Discussant: Gustav Harldsen, Statistics Norway
   

27.

 Contributed Session: Cognitive Interviewing Methods - II

9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
10 and 11

 Chair: Ashley Landreth
   
  A Comparison of Focus Group and One-on-one Cognitive Interviewing for Questionnaire Evaluation
Kristen Miller, U.S. National Center for Health Statistics
   
  Interviewer Debriefing by E-mail
Birgit Henningsson, Statistics Sweden
   
  Pretesting the American Time Use Survey
Lisa Lee and Catherine Haggerty, NORC. USA
Diane Herz and Lisa Schwartz, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
   
  Discussant: Ger Snijkers, Statistics Netherlands
   

28.

 Invited/Contributed Session: Interaction Analysis, Question Sequencing, and Behavior Coding to Improve Questionnaire Performance

9:00 - 10:30a.m.
8 and 9

 Chair: Jim Esposito
   
  The Diagnostic Approach: Evaluating Survey Questions by Analyzing Patterns of Behavior Codes and Transcripts of Question-answer Sequences
Johannes van der Zouwen and Johannes H. Smit, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
   
  Evaluating Questionnaires by Analyzing Question-answer Sequences
Wil Dijkstra and Yfke Ongena, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
   
  What's the Interviewer Have to Do with It?: Interviewer Behavior and Response Rates
Kathryn Downey-Sargent, Elisha Smith, Barbara O'Hare, The Arbitron Company, USA
   
  Discussant: Nora Cate Schaeffer, University of Wisconsin
   

29.

 Contributed Session: Technical Documentation

9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Room 7

 Chair: Debbie Collins, U.K.
   
  On the Documentation and Analysis of Electronic Questionnaires
Jelke Bethlehem and Anco Hundepool, Statistics Netherlands
   
  New Tools for the Documentation of Questionnaire Development
Frauke Kreuter, UCLA, USA
Rainer Schnell, University of Konstanz, Germany
   
  Discussant: Patricia Doyle, U.S. Census Bureau
   

10:30 -10:45 a.m.
Break
Convention Center Second Floor Foyer
   

30.

 Invited Session: Statistical Methods for Developing and Evaluating Questionnaires

10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Room 12 and 13

 Chair: Jana Asher, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
   
  A Scientific Approach to Questionnaire Development
William Saris, William van der Veld, Irmtraud Gallhofer and Irmgard Corten, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
   
  The Use of Latent Class Analysis for Identifying Flawed Questions
Paul Biemer, RTI-International, USA
   
  Discussant: Colm O’Muircheartaigh, NORC, University of Chicago, USA
   

31.

Contributed Session: Innovative Methods from the Netherlands and Israel

10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
10 and 11

 Chair: Nancy Mathiowetz, JPSM, University of Maryland
   
  How to Investigate Interaction Patterns Between Partners in a Large-scale Survey: the Development of the Dutch Family Monitor
Dirkjan Beukenhorst and Deirdre Giesen, Statistics Netherlands
   
  Informed Consent: The Assessment of Competency in Elderly Persons with Cognitive Impairments
Johannes Smit, , Astrid Vellinga, Evert van Leeuwen, Willem van Tilburg, and Cees Jonker,
Vrije University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
   
  Interrater Reliability in an Imperfect Field Setting
Dror Walk, Rachel Fleishman, Gad Mizrahi, and Miriam Bar-Giora, JDC-Brookdale Institute of Gerontology and Human Development, Israel
   
  Discussant: Peter Mohler, ZUMA, Germany
   

32.

 Contributed Session: Dependent Interviewing

10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Room 8 and 9

 Chair: Johannes van der Zouwen, Free University, The Netherlands
   
  Pre-printing Effects in Official Statistics, an Experimental Study
Anders Holmberg, Statistics Sweden
   
  Alternative Methods for Exploring Confidentiality Issues Related to Dependent Interviewing
Joanne Pascale, Thomas Mayer and Julia Klein Griffiths, U.S. Census Bureau
   
  Survey Design Techniques for Web Interviews
Adriaan Hoogendoorn, Free University, The Netherlands
   
  Discussant: Eleanor Singer, University of Michigan, USA
   

12:15 - 2:00 p.m.
Conference Luncheon or Box Lunch
Atrium - Embassy Suites Hotel