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Peer reviewedHoppe, Marilyn J.; Gillmore, Mary Rogers; Valadez, Danny L.; Civic, Diane; Hartway, Jane; Morrison, Diane M. – Evaluation Review, 2000
Compared self-administered diaries and telephone interviews as ways of collecting data from 100 adults and adolescents in a survey of drinking, drug use, and sexual activity. Outlines advantages of each method and the higher personnel costs of telephone interviews. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection
Download full textde Leeuw, Edith Desiree – 1992
Three major methods of survey research, face-to-face interviews, telephone interviews, and mail questionnaires, are compared with respect to the quality of the data. The literature on experimental comparisons of these methods is reviewed, and the effects of the mode of data collection on aspects of data quality are examined. The effects of the…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Foreign Countries
Collins, Mary A.; Brick, J. Michael; Kim, Kwang; Stowe, Peter – 1997
The National Household Education Survey (NHES) is a data collection system of the National Center for Education Statistics that is designed to provide information on educational issues that can best be studied through contacting households rather than educational institutions. This report compares the information collected through telephone…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis
Brick, J. Michael; And Others – 1992
The National Household Education Survey (NHES) was conducted for the first time in 1991 as a way to collect data on the early childhood education experiences of young children and participation in adult education. Because the NHES methodology is relatively new, field tests were necessary. A large field test of approximately 15,000 households was…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Data Collection, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedCiesla, James R.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1993
Data from 6,472 South Carolina residents aged over 55 years support the reliability of S. Katz's Activities of Daily Living scale when data are collected by self-report telephone interview. Results indicate that telephone interview methods are a fast, inexpensive, and safe way to collect data for research and policy formation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Correlation, Daily Living Skills, Data Collection
Nolin, Mary Jo; Collins, Mary A.; Vaden-Kiernan, Nancy; Davies, Elizabeth – 1997
This report compares selected estimates from the 1996 National Household Education Survey (NHES:96) with estimates from previous NHES collections, the Current Population Survey (CPS), and other relevant data sources. The comparisons provide an indication of the reasonableness of selected NHES:96 estimates. Where discrepancies were found between…
Descriptors: Adults, Census Figures, Children, Citizen Participation
Montaquila, Jill M.; Brick, J. Michael; Brock, Shelley P. – 1997
The National Household Education Survey (NHES) is a telephone survey of the noninstitutionalized civilian population of the United States that collects data on educational issues that are best explored through contact with households rather than with institutions. In the 1996 NHES (NHES:96) the topical components of interest were parent and family…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Children, Citizen Participation
