Workshop on Question Evaluation Methods

October 21-23, 2009
National Center for Health Statistics
Hyattsville, Maryland

Authors engaged in an interdisciplinary and cross-method examination of the methods. A goal of the workshop was to recommend guidelines for evaluation reports submitted to the Q-Bank database of question evaluation reports. Presentations were given by leading experts on the following question evaluation methods.

Behavior Coding
Floyd J. Fowler, Jr. • Nora Cate Schaeffer • Alisú Schoua-Glusberg

Cognitive Interviewing
Kristen Miller • Gordon Willis • Fred Conrad

Field-based Data Studies
James Esposito • James M. Dahlhamer • Brian Harris-Kojetin

Item Response Theory
Bryce Reeve • Ron Hays • Clyde Tucker

Latent Class Analysis
Paul Biemer • Frauke Kreuter • Janet Harkness • Timothy Johnson

Multitrait-multimethod Experiments
Willem Saris • Duane Alwin • Peter Mohler

Split-sample Experiments
Jon Krosnick • Johnny Blair • Stephanie Willson • Theresa DeMaio

Concluding Speakers
Robert M. Groves • Norman Bradburn • Jennifer Madans

Sponsored by the National Center for Health Statistics and the National Cancer Institute