Aiming for construct equivalence in cross-national social surveys: developing best practice protocols for cross-national cognitive interviewing
Lead Research Organisation:
City, University of London
Department Name: School of Social Sciences
Abstract
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Publications
Fitzgerald R
(2011)
Identifying sources of error in cross-national questionnaires: application of an error source typology to cognitive interview data
in Journal of Official Statistics
Miller K
(2011)
Design and Analysis of Cognitive Interviews for Comparative Multinational Testing.
in Field methods
| Description | Cognitive interviewing is a technique used to see how people answering questionnaires understand them. This project developed a method for implementing that technique when testing questionnaire across different countries and languages. It also led to the development of a typology that allows researchers to identify the source of any problem eg poor translation or conceptual challenge. |
| Exploitation Route | The methodology for conducting cognitive interviews cross-nationally has been adopted by researchers at the National Centre for Health Statistics in the USA. The methodology has also been adopted on the European Social Survey (but note PI of this project is ESS Director). |
| Sectors | Energy,Environment,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice,Other |
| URL | http://www.city.ac.uk/arts-social-sciences/sociology/research/centre-for-comparative-social-surveys |
| Description | The methodology for conducting cognitive interviews on cross-national projects has been adopted by the National Centre for Health Statistics in the USA. It has also become included in pre-testing for rounds of the European Social Survey. This in turn has led to improved measures in surveys conducted internationally. As a result there is better comparative measurement of key societal topics. The work has also been cited by leading scholars in the filed (eg Collins et al 2014) and it is hoped this will lead to increased knowledge and interest in the topic. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2009 |
| Sector | Energy,Environment,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| Impact Types | Societal |
| Description | European Research Infrastructure Connsortium |
| Amount | € 2,300,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Social Survey: European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ESS ERIC) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 12/2013 |
| End | 05/2017 |
| Title | Cross-National Error Source Typology (CNEST) |
| Description | A typology to identify errors specific to cross-national questionnaire design and implementation. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2009 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The tool has been used in pre-testing for the European Social Survey. |
| URL | http://www.city.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/125132/CCSS-Working-Paper-No-01.pdf |
| Title | Method for conducting cross-national cognitive interviewing |
| Description | A methodology for conducting cross-national cognitive interviewing in an equivalent manner. |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Protection not required |
| Year Protection Granted | 2009 |
| Licensed | Yes |
| Impact | The method for conducting cross-national cognitive interviewing has been adopted by researchers at the National Centre for Health statistics in the USA. |
| Description | Fitzgerald R & Miller K (2009), 'Design and Analysis of Cognitive Interviews for Cross-National Testing', Invited paper presented at the 6th CSDI Workshop, Ann Arbor USA, 5-7 March, 2009 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked comparisons with scholars who had done related work in this area. Fitzgerald R & Miller K (2009), 'Design and Analysis of Cognitive Interviews for Cross-National Testing', Invited paper presented at the 6th CSDI Workshop, Ann Arbor USA, 5-7 March, 2009 Work as been cited by other scholars working in the field. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| URL | http://csdiworkshop.org/v2/images/2009/CSDI_202009_20Program-FINAL.pdf |
| Description | Fitzgerald R, Prestage Y, Gatrall L (2013), 'A Versatile Tool? The Cross National Error Source Typology (CNEST): An Application to Triangulated Pre-test Data' American Association of public Opinion Research Conference, Boston |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussions afterwards. Not aware of any impact to date. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |