[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 153 (Friday, August 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46445-46446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18777]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request

The Social Security Administration (SSA)--National Institutes of Health 
(NIH) Collaboration to Improve the Disability Determination Process: 
Calibration II, Predictive Validity Testing & Validation of Item 
Response Theory-Computer Adaptive Testing Tools (IRT-CAT) (CC)
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 the Federal 
Register on April 22, 2014, page 22507 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 Clinical 
Center, 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

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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: Daniel Hobbs, Management Analyst, 
Epidemiology & Biostatistics Section, Rehabilitation Medicine 
Department, Clinical Center, NIH, 6100 Executive Blvd. Suite 3C01, 
Bethesda, MD 20892, or call non-toll-free number (301) 496-3817 or 
Email your request, including your address to: [email protected]. 
Formal requests for additional plans and instruments must be requested 
in writing.
    Proposed Collection: The SSA-NIH Collaboration to Improve the 
Disability Determination Process: Calibration II, Predictive Validity 
Testing & Validation of IRT-CAT Tools, 0925- New, Clinical Center (CC), 
National Institutes of Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The Social Security 
Administration (SSA) entered into an interagency agreement (IAA) with 
the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Clinical Center (CC), 
Rehabilitation Medicine Department (RMD), to explore innovative methods 
of functional assessment to improve SSA's disability determination 
process. As part of its study, NIH recommended item response theory 
(IRT) coupled with computer adaptive testing (CAT) as a promising 
approach to efficiently and consistently capture claimant functional 
information to assist SSA adjudicators. IRT is a framework for the 
design, analysis, and scoring of tests, questionnaires, and similar 
instruments measuring abilities, aptitudes, and other variables. It is 
often the preferred method for the development of tests such as the 
Graduate Record Examination (GRE) and the Graduate Management Admission 
Test (GMAT).
    Development of these instruments is an iterative process, involving 
sequential phases of study in the areas of item bank development, 
calibration, validation, reliability testing and replenishment of the 
item banks. CAT instruments for the Applied Cognition and Activities of 
Daily Living domains will undergo calibration; predictive validity will 
be examined; concurrent validity will be tested against legacy 
functional assessment instruments; reliability and sensitivity will be 
examined; and, the item banks will undergo replenishment to refine the 
scope of the questions.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 12,835.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                   Average time
               Type of respondents                   Number of     Frequency of    per response     Annual hour
                                                    respondents      response       (in hours)        burden
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                                                Calibration Phase
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Survey 1--Screener Call (Not Interested)........          12,200               1            3/60             610
Survey 1--Screener Call (Participate/Eligible)..           7,800               1           15/60           1,950
Survey 1--Consent Form..........................           3,500               1           15/60             875
SSA Claimant Survey 1...........................           3,500               1           45/60           2,625
Survey 2--Screener Call (Not Interested)........             500               1            3/60              25
Survey 2--Screener Call (Participate Eligible)..           3,000               1           15/60             750
Survey 2--Consent Form..........................           3,000               1           15/60             750
SSA Claimant Survey 2...........................           3,000               1           45/60           2,250
Normative Population Survey 1...................           2,000               1           45/60           1,500
Normative Population Survey 2...................           2,000               1           45/60           1,500
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    Dated: July 31, 2014.
David Henderson,
Deputy Director, Clinical Center, NIH.
[FR Doc. 2014-18777 Filed 8-7-14; 8:45 am]
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