Basic Question Evaluation Presentation

For those of you who were unable to make it to Kristen Miller’s lecture on February 13 (or who were able to and would like a refresher), here are her slides (including the case studies we didn’t get to at the end and excluding the videos). Audio of the presentation can be found here: http://is.gd/ssrc_kmiller

For best results, open the audio in a separate browser tab and hit play, then read along with the slides (which look better if you expand them to full-screen mode). Unlike the read-along records I had as a child, this recording won’t let you know when to “turn the page”, but if you listen closely, sometimes you can hear Kristen hit the key to advance the slides.

Kristen Miller: Question Design

Kristen Miller, the director of the CDC’s Question Design Research Lab, will be at DePaul next week sharing her survey know-how with anyone who wants to learn more about how survey research on a grand scale operates on the ground. Check out the schedule below and join us at the SSRC for a promising display of survey and methodological insights and derring-do.

Friday, February 10, 1 pm: Faculty Seminar
“Development and Evaluation of a Sexual Identity Measure for the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)”
Miller will describe the use of qualitative research in developing a precise sexual identity measure for a large-scale quantitative survey and the resulting complications.

Monday, February 13, daytime: Lab Visits
Faculty are invited to schedule appointments to meet with Miller to discuss their research, questionnaire design, or other research questions. 

Monday, February 13, 6 – 7:30 pm: Public Lecture
“Question Evaluation at the National Center for Health Statistics”
This lecture, open to the public, will center on Miller’s work at the CDC and will consider examples of questions that inadvertently compromised data quality through a lack of rigorous evaluation.

I talked with Kristen today to learn more about what she does and why it matters.