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2016 American Community Survey Content Test: Relationship
2016 American Community Survey Content Test: Relationship
From February to June of 2016, the U.S. Census Bureau conducted the 2016 American Community Survey (ACS) Content Test, a field test of new and revised content. The primary objective was to test whether changes to question wording, response categories, and definitions of underlying constructs improve the quality of data collected. A revised version of the relationship to householder question was tested to determine if it could provide data of sufficient quality compared to a control version as measured by a series of metrics including item missing data rates, response distributions, comparisons with benchmarks, and response error. The results of this test will be used to assess the expected data quality of revised questions and new questions added to the ACS.
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2022 ACS Content Test: Round 1 and Round 2 Cognitive Testing Results
This report summarizes results from two rounds of cognitive testing for the 2022 ACS Content Test.
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Cognitive Testing of the American Community Survey Content Test Items
Results of the pretest of new and revised questions for the 2010 American Community Survey Content Test.
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2016 ACS Content Test: Round 3 Cognitive Testing
Learn more about Round 3 of cognitive testing, which gathered feedback on revised survey questions from individuals in group quarters and Puerto Rico.
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