Questionnaire Experiment (Aqe) Race and Hispanic Origin Treatment Panels

RESEARCH REPORT SERIES (Survey Methodology #2009-08) Cognitive Pretesting of 2010 Alternative Questionnaire Experiment (AQE) Race and Hispanic Origin Treatment Panels Leticia Fernández Eleanor Gerber1 Matthew Clifton George Higbie Mikelyn Meyers2

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Gerber Consulting 2 Abt SRBI

Statistical Research Division U.S. Census Bureau Washington, D.C. 20233

Report Issued: November 25, 2009 Disclaimer: This report is released to inform interested parties of research and to encourage discussion. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the U.S. Census Bureau.

COGNITIVE PRETESTING OF 2010 ALTERNATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE EXPERIMENT (AQE) RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN TREATMENT PANELS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................... 5 INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................... 6 PHASE I – TREATMENTS X2, X3, X4, X5 AND X9 .............................................................. 7 1. Goals of AQE Race and Hispanic Origin Phase I Research ............................................ 7 2. Methods in Phase I .............................................................................................................. 8 2.1 Protocols ........................................................................................................................... 8 A. Layout and formatting ................................................................................................. 8 B. Changed response requirements. ................................................................................. 9 C. Changed example sets.................................................................................................. 9 D. Terms and concepts ........................................................................................................