[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 80 (Friday, April 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22997-22998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09446]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request, Questionnaire 
Cognitive Interviewing and Pretesting (NCI)

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for 
review and approval of the information collection listed below. This 
proposed information collection was previously published in

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the Federal Register on January 3, 2014, (Vol. 79, p. 402) and allowed 
60-days for public comment. No public comments were received. The 
purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public 
comment. The National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of 
Health, may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required 
to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, 
revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.
    Direct Comments To OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions 
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding 
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be 
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974, 
Attention: NIH Desk Officer.

DATES: Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30-days 
of the date of this publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans and instruments or request more information on the 
proposed project contact: Gordon Willis, Division of Cancer Control and 
Population Sciences, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Rm 3E358, Bethesda, MD 
20892-9762 or call non-toll-free number 240-276-6788 or Email your 
request, including your address to: [email protected]. Formal 
requests for additional plans and instruments must be requested in 
writing.
    Proposed Collection: Questionnaire Cognitive Interviewing and 
Pretesting (NCI), 0925-0589, Revision, National Cancer Institute (NCI), 
National Institutes of Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: For many surveys and self-
report-based data collection efforts, it is advantageous to the 
government if development follows a pretesting sequence equivalent to 
that used at National Center for Health Statistics or the Census 
Bureau. For example, the Health Information National Trends Survey 
(HINTS: OMB No. 0925-0538) has undergone multiple cycles of cognitive 
testing to refine both the questionnaire, and supporting materials such 
as advance letters and brochures. The types of activities covered by 
this Generic request include: (1) Survey material development and 
pretesting based on cognitive interviewing methodology and use of focus 
groups, (2) Research on the cognitive aspects of survey methodology, 
(3) Research on computer-user interface design for computer-assisted 
instruments, also known as Usability Testing, (4) Pilot Household 
interviews are pilot tests (either personal, telephone, or Web-based) 
conducted with respondents using professional field interviewers; and 
(5) Formative research that depends on the use of interviewing 
techniques to develop products such as research priorities, or expert 
consensus on best practices. Additionally, formative research has been 
increasingly used to develop new data collection instruments using 
psychometric procedures, including Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT). 
Test-retest reliability testing can also be used as a type of formative 
research in the development of questionnaires, software applications 
that depend on self-report, and other measurement instruments.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 3,600.

                                          3-Year Estimated Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
              Type of  respondents                  respondents    responses per   response  (in   Burden hours
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Physicians, Scientists and similar Respondents..           1,200               1           75/60           1,500
Experts in their Field..........................             600               1           75/60             750
Administrators/Managers.........................             600               1           75/60             750
General Public..................................           1,200               1           30/60             600
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    Dated: April 21, 2014.
Vivian Horovitch-Kelley,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2014-09446 Filed 4-24-14; 8:45 am]
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