RANDS Publications

What to know

  • Access reports and scientific articles that use Research and Development Survey (RANDS) data for statistical and methodological research.
  • Articles featuring RANDS data cover a variety of health topics.
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About RANDS publications

Data from the Research and Development Survey (RANDS) have been used in a wide variety of research since the survey's launch in 2015. The first reports using RANDS data were published in 2017. The list of publications below highlights some of the many applications for RANDS data, such as—

  • Developing and evaluating statistical methods for web surveys
  • Assessing if web surveys can be used for measurement research
  • Addressing missing data in surveys
  • Exploring COVID-19's effect on healthcare access

2024

  • Scanlon, PJ. A Comparative study of approaches to collecting intimate partner violence data: Results from the National Center for Health Statistics' Research and Development Survey, Round 5. Findings-from-RANDS5-DRM-Research-Memo
  • Scanlon, PJ. Findings from a series of National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)-related experiments on the National Center for Health Statistic's Research and Development Survey, Round 6. Findings-from-RANDS6-DRM-Research-Memo

2023

2022

2020

  • Irimata KE, He Y, Cai B, Shin H-C, Parsons VL, Parker JD. Comparison of quarterly and yearly calibration data for propensity score adjusted web survey estimates. Surv Methods Insights Field. 2020. DOI: 10.13094/SMIF-2020-00018.

2019

  • Scanlon P. The effects of embedding closed-ended cognitive probes in a web survey on survey response. Field methods 31(4):328–43. 2019. DOI: 10.1177/1525822X19871546.
  • Scanlon P. Using targeted embedded probes to quantify cognitive interviewing findings. In: Beatty PC, Collins D, Kaye L, Padilla JL, Willis GB, Wilmot A, editors. Advances in questionnaire design, development, evaluation, and testing. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 427–50. 2019. DOI: 10.1002/9781119263685.ch17.

2018

2017