[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 14 (Friday, January 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 3737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1166]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-10-0222]


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 requirement of 
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To 
request a copy of these requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance 
Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail to [email protected]. Send 
written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, 
Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments should be 
received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Questionnaire Design Research Laboratory (QDRL) 2010-2012, (OMB No. 
0920-0222 exp. 2/28/2010)--Extension--National Center for Health 
Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Section 306 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 
242k), as amended, authorizes that the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (DHHS), acting through NCHS, shall undertake and support (by 
grant or contract) research, demonstrations, and evaluations respecting 
new or improved methods for obtaining current data to support 
statistical and epidemiological activities for the purpose of improving 
the effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of health services in the 
United States.
    The Questionnaire Design Research Laboratory (QDRL) conducts 
questionnaire pre-testing and evaluation activities for CDC surveys 
(such as the NCHS National Health Interview Survey, OMB No. 0920-0214) 
and other federally sponsored surveys. NCHS is requesting 3 years 
approval of OMB for this extension.
    The QDRL conducts cognitive interviews, focus groups, mini field-
pretests, and experimental research in laboratory and field settings, 
both for applied questionnaire evaluation and more basic research on 
response errors in surveys.
    The most common questionnaire evaluation method is the cognitive 
interview. In a cognitive interview, a questionnaire design specialist 
interviews a volunteer participant. The interviewer administers the 
draft survey questions as written, but also probes the participant in 
depth about interpretations of questions, recall processes used to 
answer them, and adequacy of response categories to express answers, 
while noting points of confusion and errors in responding. Interviews 
are generally conducted in small rounds of 20-30 interviews.
    Similar methodology has been adopted by other federal agencies, as 
well as by academic and commercial survey organizations. There are no 
costs to respondents other than their time. The total estimated 
annualized burden hours are 625 hours.

                                           Estimated Annualized Burden
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                     Number of       Number of    Average burden
                           Respondents                              respondents    responses per   per response
                                                                     per year       respondent      (in hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Test respondents................................................             500               1            1.25
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


    Dated: January 15, 2010.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-1166 Filed 1-21-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163-18-P