[Federal Register: December 18, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 243)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-10-04]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 498-1210. Send written
comments to CDC, Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax
to (202) 395-6974. Written comments should be received within 30 days
of this notice.
Proposed Project: NCHS Questionnaire Design Research Laboratory
(OMB No. 0920-0222)--Revision--National Center for Health Statistics
(NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The NCHS
Questionnaire Design Research Laboratory (QDRL) conducts questionnaire
pre-testing and evaluation activities for CDC surveys (such as the NCHS
National Health Interview Survey) and other federally sponsored
surveys. The most common questionnaire evaluation method is the
cognitive interview. In a cognitive interview, a questionnaire design
specialist interviews a volunteer participant. The interviewer
administers the draft survey questions as written, probes the
participant in depth about interpretations of questions, recall
processes used to answer questions and adequacy of response categories
to express answers, while noting points of confusion and errors in
responding.
Interviews are generally conducted in small rounds of 12
interviews; the questionnaire is re-worked between rounds, and
revisions are tested iteratively until interviews yield relatively few
new insights. When possible, cognitive interviews are conducted in the
survey's intended mode of administration. For example, when testing
telephone survey questionnaires, participants often respond to the
questions via a telephone in a laboratory room. This method forces the
participant to answer without face-to-face interaction, yet it still
allows QDRL staff to observe response difficulties, and to conduct a
face-to-face debriefing. Five types of activities will be carried out:
(1) Survey questionnaire development and testing based on cognitive
interviewing methodology; (2) Research on the cognitive aspects of
survey methodology; (3) Research on computer-user interface design for
computer-assisted instruments, also known as usability testing; (4)
Pilot household interviews; and (5) Studies of the optimal design and
presentation of statistical, graphical and textual materials.
In general, cognitive interviewing provides useful data on
questionnaire performance at minimal cost and respondent burden (note
that respondents receive remuneration for their travel and effort).
Similar methodology has been adopted by other federal agencies, as well
as by academic and commercial survey organizations. The estimated
annualized burden for this data collection is 600 hours. CDC is
requesting OMB approval of this data collection for 3 years.
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Number of Average burden
Anticipated 2004-2007 projects Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
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QDRL Laboratory Interviews:
(1) National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) modules......... 100 1 1.25
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(2) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey 50 1 1.25
(BRFSS)....................................................
(3) Healthy People 2010 (HP 2010)........................... 50 1 1.25
(4) National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)................. 50 1 1.25
(5) Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)..... 50 1 1.25
(6) National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 50 1 1.25
(NHANES)...................................................
(7) Other questionnaire testing:
2004.................................................... 100 1 1.25
2005.................................................... 100 1 1.25
2006.................................................... 100 1 1.25
(8) Perceptions of Quality of Life project.................. 80 1 1.25
(9) Perceptions of Confidentiality Project.................. 50 1 1.25
(10) Perception of Statistical Maps Project................. 50 1 1.25
(11) General Methodological Research........................ 100 1 1.25
Pilot Household Interviews:
2004 NHIS Modules....................................... 50 1 1.25
2005 NHIS Modules....................................... 50 1 1.25
2006 NHIS Modules....................................... 50 1 1.25
Focus Groups (10 groups of 10 for three years).............. 300 1 1.50
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Dated: December 8, 2003.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control And Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-31187 Filed 12-17-03; 8:45 am]
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