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GH Data Analysis
Survey Design 2 (T Pierce)
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Health Care
Post-Graduate
01/31/2011

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Term
learning domains
Definition
  • cognitive
    • knowledge- intellectual skills, facts/info
  • affective
    • attitude- how we deal with things emotionally; drive behavior choices
  • psychomotor
    • behavior- what are you actually doing
Term
rationale for knowledge, attitude, behavior questions
Definition
  • people acquire knowledge from different sources
  • intends to act according to acquired knowledge
  • have objective grounding (there is a right answer)
  • if more than one answer is "correct", than its more attitude or opinion
Term
guidelines for knowledge questions
Definition
  • self reported vs. objective knowledge
  • non-threatening knowledge questions
  • knowledge as an opinion
  • reduce overstatement of knowledge
    • less range (have you ever heard of...)
    • dichotomous questions (2 options)
    • MC questions increased range
    • field coded (open) questions
  • include don't know
Term
attitude question guidelines
Definition
  • give middle option (the same, about enough, etc.)
  • ]more categories are better, but only up to 5 or so in interviewer administered interview
  • more in self administered, less on phone (nothing gained beyond 10 different options)
  • response order effects
    • having negative responses first and then havin positive responses
    • having different orders for different questions is not good
    • either have positive to negative or negative to positive for all questions for a group of questions
Term
behavior questions guidelines
Definition
  • need object specificity and time referent
  • must know if question is "threatening"
    • over-reporting (socially desirable behavior)
    • under-reporting (socially undesirable behavior)
  • solutions in moderating time frame
    • short/specific time frame- reduce over-reporting
    • long time frame- reduce under-reporting
Term
practical problems
Definition
  • language
  • culture
  • being the only westerner
Term
two options of doing integrated survey work
Definition
  • mobile teams with fixed data entry
  • mobile teams with mobile data entry
  • both based on team approach
Term
actions of supervisors
Definition
  • visual scrutiny of completed questionares
  • visual observation of interviews
  • check up visits (frequent and random)
  • supervisors must be supervised too
Term
building data set
Definition
  • written on hard copy of survey
  • sub sample checked for mistakes
  • data entry place double enters
  • we check for correlation of two entries
  • reenter 5% sample and check against their work, accept if error rate below threshold
  • thats the "raw" data
  • send the list of flagged entries to location of hard compies
  • hard copies checked against soft copy and soft copy corrected, mistake flag lowered
  • fell free to use the data
Term
CAPI (computer assisted data entry)
Definition
  • interviewing and data entry brought together
    • faster data and more accurate data
  • flexible questionnaire design
Term
Complications of CAPI
Definition
  • adapting software is complicated
  • challenges to develop questionnaire
  • is there any technical experts in the field?
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