Question Evaluation Methods: Contributing to the Science of Data Quality

Contributors ix Preface xi 1 Introduction 1 Jennifer Madans, Kristen Miller, Aaron Maitland, and Gordon Willis I BEHAVIOR CODING 5 2 Coding the Behavior of Interviewers and Respondents to Evaluate Survey Questions 7 Floyd J. Fowler, Jr. 3 Response 1 to Fowler s Chapter: Coding the Behavior of Interviewers and Respondents to Evaluate Survey Questions 23 Nora Cate Schaeffer and Jennifer Dykema 4 Response 2 to Fowler s Chapter: Coding the Behavior of Interviewers and Respondents to Evaluate Survey Questions 41 Alisu Schoua-Glusberg II COGNITIVE INTERVIEWING 49 5 Cognitive Interviewing 51 Kristen Miller 6 Response 1 to Miller s Chapter: Cognitive Interviewing 77 Gordon Willis 7 Response 2 to Miller s Chapter: Cognitive Interviewing 93 Frederick G. Conrad III ITEM RESPONSE THEORY 103 8 Applying Item Response Theory for Questionnaire Evaluation 105 Bryce B. Reeve 9 Response 1 to Reeve s Chapter: Applying Item Response Theory for Questionnaire Evaluation 125 Ron D. Hays 10 Response 2 to Reeve s Chapter: Applying Item Response Theory for Questionnaire Evaluation 137 Clyde Tucker, Brian Meekins, Jennifer Edgar, and Paul P. Biemer IV LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS 151 11 Some Issues in the Application of Latent Class Models for Questionnaire Design 153 Paul P. Biemer and Marcus Berzofsky 12 Response 1 to Biemer and Berzofsky s Chapter: Some Issues in the Application of Latent Class Models for Questionnaire Design 187 Frauke Kreuter 13 Response 2 to Biemer and Berzofsky s Chapter: Some Issues in the Application of Latent Class Models for Questionnaire Design 199 Janet A. Harkness and Timothy P. Johnson V SPLIT-SAMPLE EXPERIMENTS 213 14 Experiments for Evaluating Survey Questions 215 Jon A. Krosnick 15 Response 1 to Krosnick s Chapter: Experiments for Evaluating Survey Questions 239 Johnny Blair 16 Response 2 to Krosnick s Chapter: Experiments for Evaluating Survey Questions 253 Theresa DeMaio and Stephanie Willson VI MULTITRAIT-MULTIMETHOD EXPERIMENTS 263 17 Evaluating the Reliability and Validity of Survey Interview Data Using the MTMM Approach 265 Duane F. Alwin 18 Response to Alwin s Chapter: Evaluating the Reliability and Validity of Survey Interview Data Using the MTMM Approach 295 Peter Ph. Mohler VII FIELD-BASED DATA METHODS 319 19 Using Field Tests to Evaluate Federal Statistical Survey Questionnaires 321 Brian A. Harris-Kojetin and James M. Dahlhamer Index 345