A preferred approach for the cognitive testing of translated materials: Testing the source version as a basis for comparison

International Journal of Social Research Methodology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 303-316

  Goerman, Patricia L ^a   Caspar, Rachel A ^b  

^a U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual questionnaires; Cognitive interviews in non English languages; Pretesting of survey translations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956771717     PISSN: 13645579     EISSN: 14645300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645570903251516     Document Type: Article

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