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Title:

PILOT TESTING OF ALTERNATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SURVEY INSTRUMENTS

Accession Number:

00373359

Record Type:

Component

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309034736

Abstract:

Traditionally, pilot surveys have involved pretests of the survey instrument and administrative procedures to be employed in the main survey. Such pilot surveys usually have attempted to pretest a single version of the survey instrument and the administrative procedures and to seek appropriate refinements. By using examples from the Dade County On-Board Transit Survey and a Midwest regional travel survey, it is argued that an important and underused part of a pilot study is comparisons between various alternative administrative procedures or survey-instrument components, in which each alternative is foreseen to have both advantages and disadvantages. The pilot study is likely to provide considerable information on the relative merits of the alternatives tested and will lead to improved design of the final instrument or procedure. Such testing may lead frequently to decisions that can have extensive impacts on response rate, response quality, or survey cost.

Supplemental Notes:

Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Transportation Information Systems and Data Requirements. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Monograph Accession #:

01411680

Authors:

Sheskin, Ira M
Stopher, Peter R

Pagination:

pp 9-22

Publication Date:

1982

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 886
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309034736

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures (8) ; References (10) ; Tables (3)

Geographic Terms:

Miami (Florida)

Old TRIS Terms:

Miami (Florida)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jun 30 1983 12:00AM

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