Survey automation : report and workshop proceedings / Daniel L. Cork (Oversight Committee for the Workshop on Survey Automation) [et al.], editors. ; Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Oversight Committee for the Workshop on Survey Automation.

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Statistics.

Conference Name:

Workshop on Survey Automation (2002 : Washington, D.C.)

Workshop on Survey Automation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Surveys--Methodology--Technological innovations--Congresses.

Surveys.

Questionnaires--Technological innovations--Congresses.

Questionnaires.

Internet questionnaires--Congresses.

Internet questionnaires.

Statistics--Data processing--Congresses.

Statistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 260 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For over 100 years, the evolution of modern survey methodology "using the theory of representative sampling to make interferences from a part of the population to the whole "has been paralleled by a drive toward automation, harnessing technology and computerization to make parts of the survey process easier, faster, and better. The availability of portable computers in the late 1980s ushered in computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI), in which interviewers administer a survey instrument to respondents using a computerized version of the questionnaire on a portable laptop computer. Computer assisted interviewing (CAI) methods have proven to be extremely useful and beneficial in survey administration. However, the practical problems encountered in documentation and testing CAI instruments suggest that this is an opportune time to reexamine not only the process of developing CAI instruments but also the future directions of survey automation writ large.

Contents:

Front Matter; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; Part I Report; INTRODUCTION; CURRENT PRACTICE IN DOCUMENTATION AND TESTING; SHIFT FROM SURVEY RESEARCH TO SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; CHANGING SURVEY MANAGEMENT PROCESSES TO SUIT SOFTWARE DESIGN; DEALING WITH COMPLEXITY: BROADENING THE CONCEPT OF DOCUMENTATION; REDUCING INSULARITY; Part II Proceedings; OPENING REMARKS; WHAT MAKES THE CAI TESTING AND DOCUMENTATION PROBLEMS SO HARD TO SOLVE? Pat Doyle; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING-THE WAY TO BE Jesse Poore; AUTOMATION AND FEDERAL STATISTICAL SURVEYS Bob Groves

UNDERSTANDING THE DOCUMENTATION PROBLEM FOR COMPLEX CENSUS BUREAU COMPUTER ASSISTED QUESTIONNAIRES Thomas Piazza; THE TADEQ PROJECT: DOCUMENTATION OF ELECTRONIC QUESTIONNAIRES Jelke Bethlehem; COMPUTER SCIENCE APPROACHES: VISUALIZATION TOOLS AND SOFTWARE METRICS Thomas McCabe; MODEL-BASED TESTING IN SURVEY AUTOMATION Harry Robinson; QUALITY RIGHT FROM THE START: THE METHODOLOGY OF BUILDING TESTING INTO THE PRODUCT Robert Smith; INTERACTIVE SURVEY DEVELOPMENT: AN INTEGRATED VIEW Lawrence Markosian; PRACTITIONER NEEDS AND REACTIONS TO COMPUTER SCIENCE APPROACHES Mark Pierzchala

WEB-BASED DATA COLLECTION Roger Tourangeau; INTERFACE OF SURVEY METHODS WITH GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS Sarah Nusser; PROSPECTS FOR SURVEY DATA COLLECTION USING PEN-BASED COMPUTERS Jay Levinsohn and Martin Meyer; PANEL DISCUSSION: HOW CAN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND SURVEY METHODOLOGY BEST INTERACT IN THE FUTURE?; Workshop Information; AGENDA; LIST OF WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS AND ATTENDEES; Bibliography; Biographical Sketches of Workshop Participants and Staff

Notes:

Proceedings of the Workshop on Survey Automation convened by the Committee on National Statistics of the National Academies on Apr. 15-16, 2002, held in Washington, D.C.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-252).

ISBN:

9786612083976

9780309168038

0309168031

9781282083974

128208397X

9780309510103

0309510104

OCLC:

54480840