[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 129 (Thursday, July 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35176-35177]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16536]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Agency Form Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of the Census.
    Title: Questionnaire Pretesting Research.
    Form Number(s): Various.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0725.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 4,500 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 4,500.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 1 hour.
    Needs and Uses: In 1991, the Census Bureau obtained a generic 
clearance on an experimental basis, which relaxed some of the time 
constraints and enabled the Census Bureau to begin conducting extended 
cognitive and questionnaire design research as part of testing for its 
censuses and surveys. The clearance covered data collections in the 
demographic, economic, and decennial areas of the Census Bureau, and 
specifically applied to research that is focused on questionnaire 
design and procedures aimed at reducing measurement errors in surveys. 
The clearance has been in place since that time and the Census Bureau 
is seeking a renewal of the generic clearance for pretesting, over the 
next three years. Types of research will include field testing, 
respondent debriefings, split 

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sample experiments, cognitive interviews, and focus groups. The Census 
Bureau will provide OMB with an informational copy of questionnaires 
and debriefing materials in advance of any testing activity and will 
summarize testing done under the clearance in a year-end report to OMB.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, Businesses or other 
for-profit organizations, Farms.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Maria Gonzalez, (202) 395-7313.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Gerald Tache, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202) 
482-3271, Department of Commerce, room 5312, 14th and Constitution 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Maria Gonzalez, OMB Desk Officer, room 
10201, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: June 29, 1995.
Gerald Tache,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 95-16536 Filed 7-5-95; 8:45 am]
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