Coding Cognitive Interviews: An Approach to Enhancing the Value of Cognitive Testing for Survey Question Evaluation

Field Methods

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-20

  Fowler, Floyd J ^a   Lloyd, Stephanie J ^a   Cosenza, Carol A ^a   Wilson, Ira B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

analysis of cognitive interviews; cognitive testing; survey methods; survey question evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954206979     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: 15523969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X14549921     Document Type: Article

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