What to know
- This webinar featured information about designing new survey questions related to COVID-19.
- Experts from the Collaborating Center for Questionnaire Design and Evaluation Research discussed their evaluation of questions related to COVID-19.
- Presenters also shared challenges related to COVID-19 survey question design and strategies for similar future work.
Webinar information
Date
June 22, 2021
Description
As COVID-19 spread through the United States in early 2020, immediate data collection was essential to understand the magnitude of the pandemic's effects. Still, the sheer influx of information-with new terms and conflicting messages about the virus-made it particularly difficult to develop survey questions that all potential respondents could understand.
This webinar provided an opportunity to learn about the development and testing of COVID-19 survey questions. The webinar featured experts from the Collaborative Center for Questionnaire Design and Evaluation Research (CCQDER) at the National Center for Health Statistics.
These question-design experts discussed their evaluation work and key findings from a report about the evaluation of COVID-19 survey questions.
Presenters also:
- Provided an overview of the CCQDER program
- Outlined question design challenges posed by the pandemic
- Offered strategies to improve question design for current and future response efforts