[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 246 (Thursday, December 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80434-80435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32546]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-12-01]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-7090. Send written 
comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human Resources and Housing Branch, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235; Washington, DC 20503. Written 
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
    Proposed Project: Questionnaire Design Research Laboratory (QDRL) 
2001-2003, (OMB No. 0920-0222)--Revision--National Center for Health 
Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 
The QDRL conducts pretesting activities related to the development of 
NCHS and other Federal survey questionnaires, such as the National 
Health Interview Survey (NHIS). These activities mainly involve use of 
the cognitive interview, in which volunteer respondents (``laboratory 
subjects'') are administered draft survey questions, and are asked to

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react to those questions. The cognitive interviewer notes sources of 
error in these questions, based on problems that subjects have in 
comprehending the questions and in attempting to recall the information 
requested. After several cycles of testing of small numbers of 
respondents (generally 10-12), and development of the questions between 
testing ``rounds,'' the questionnaires are improved to the point to 
which they are ready for field testing and household administration. 
QDRL staff are also engaged in the conduct of general questionnaire 
design research, in which survey questions are administered to 
laboratory subjects using different phrases, or under different 
administration modes (e.g., face-to-face versus telephone), in order to 
determine the optimal means for presenting the questions. These 
investigative pretesting activities are now routinely used by NCHS and 
by other survey organizations for testing and development purposes, and 
result in high data quality at a minimal cost, especially in terms of 
respondent burden. We also support field testing on occasion to assure 
adequate pretesting of health survey instruments. Total burden hours 
for this data collection are 550 hours.

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                                                                            Number of
                                                               Number of    responses   Avg. burden    Response
                         Respondents                          respondents      per        response      burden
                                                                            respondent   (in hours)    (hours)
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2001 test volunteers........................................          500            1          1.1          550
2002 test volunteers........................................          500            1          1.1          550
2003 test volunteers........................................          500            1          1.1          550
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    Dated: December 15, 2000.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Director for Policy, Planning, and Evaluation Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 00-32546 Filed 12-20-00; 8:45 am]
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