[DDI-ADG] survey definitions

[Ilona Einowski]

Kate - 

Thanks for the definitions...

One thing that occurred to me, again under the umbrella of "what is meant by
that term" is the fact that this thing about definitions came up while we
were discussing the concept "Method" in relation to time...but it expanded
into a discussion of the concepts in Kate's research piece...but what about
the concept "Method" as reflected by the terms: 	
								> self
administered questionnaire
								> in-person
interview
								> CATI
survey
								> CAPI
survey
								>
Administrative records

Do these concepts fit someplace in the DDI?...I guess at the Study Level????

Just a thought....
Ilona
								
							

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McNeill-Harman
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 2:24 PM
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Subject: [DDI-ADG] survey definitions

Hi everyone,

I went through our social science methods reference books and compiled the
attached list of different survey definitions.  It's a lengthy Word document
(if anyone can't read this format, I'll put it in a plain-text email to
you).  Pages 1-14 are organized by topics, with the different definitions
for a topic listed on a single page; pages 15-20 are the definitions
organized by their source.

Couple of notes:
- I included those terms that we'd specifically discussed as well as others
that were mentioned or I picked up along the way.
- I didn't really do an analysis, but in typing them in they seemed fairly
consistent in meaning (even if not in exact wording)
- In terms of the likelihood of these changing, several current dictionaries
referenced definitions developed a couple of decades ago, so it seems
unlikely they'd change very often (maybe more likely that new models would
need to be added).

Kate

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