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