The Management and Organizational Practices Survey (MOPS): Cognitive Testing

Catherine D. Buffington, Kenneth Herrell, Scott Ohlmacher
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All Census Bureau surveys must meet quality standards before they can be sent to the public for data collection. This paper outlines the pretesting process that was used to ensure that the Management and Organizational Practices Survey (MOPS) met those standards. The MOPS is the first large survey of management practices at U.S. manufacturing establishments. The first wave of the MOPS, issued for reference year 2010, was subject to internal expert review and two rounds of cognitive interviews. The results of this pretesting were used to make significant changes to the MOPS instrument and ensure that quality data was collected. The second wave of the MOPS, featuring new questions on data in decision making (DDD) and uncertainty and issued for reference year 2015, was subject to two rounds of cognitive interviews and a round of usability testing. This paper illustrates the effort undertaken by the Census Bureau to ensure that all surveys released into the field are of high quality and provides insight into how respondents interpret the MOPS questionnaire for those looking to utilize the MOPS data.
管理和组织实践调查(MOPS):认知测试
人口普查局的所有调查都必须符合质量标准,才能发送给公众进行数据收集。本文概述了用于确保管理和组织实践调查(MOPS)符合这些标准的预测试过程。MOPS是对美国制造企业管理实践的首次大型调查。为2010年参考印发的第一波国别行动计划经过了内部专家审查和两轮认识性面谈。该预测结果用于对MOPS仪器进行重大更改,并确保收集到高质量的数据。第二波的MOPS,以数据决策(DDD)和不确定性的新问题为特色,于2015年发布,经过两轮认知访谈和一轮可用性测试。本文说明了人口普查局所做的努力,以确保所有发布到该领域的调查都是高质量的,并为那些希望利用MOPS数据的人提供了受访者如何解释MOPS问卷的见解。
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