All Articles tagged language

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  March 02, 2025 EDT
  The Effects of Spanish-Language Materials in a Local Area ABS Mixed-Mode Survey on Response Rates and Sample Composition: An Experiment
  Kristen OlsonMinshuai DingAmanda Ganshert

  Including respondents who speak languages other than English is crucial for accurately representing the population. Past experiments in the United States have often focused on geographic areas with high ...

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  March 02, 2025 EDT
  Comparing Techniques to Identify Spanish-Speaking Households
  Martha McRoyJuanita Vivas Bastidas

  In the United States, recruiting representative samples of the Hispanic population has been challenging due to social factors such as culture, language and trust levels. However, reaching this population ...

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  March 02, 2025 EDT
  Language choices in surveys: how switching language of interview highlights both identity and acculturation
  Angel Saavedra Cisneros

  Recent public opinion work in an increasingly diverse United States has relied on bilingual surveys, administered by bilingual respondents, where the national or dominant language is one of the ...

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  March 02, 2025 EDT
  Crosslinguistic Analysis of an English Proficiency Question
  Marcus BergerBetsarí Otero ClassAngie O'Brien

  Questions about English proficiency are common in surveys, and data from these questions are used for a variety of purposes. We analyze how a survey question about English proficiency ...

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  May 31, 2017 EDT
  Exploring the Effects of Pre-interview Practice in Asian Language Cognitive Interviews
  Hyunjoo ParkPatricia GoermanMandy Sha

  Exploring the Effects of Pre-interview Practice in Asian Language Cognitive Interviews

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  May 31, 2017 EDT
  Cultural Fitness in the Usability of U.S. Census Internet Survey in Chinese Language
  Lin WangMandy ShaMichelle Yuan

  Cultural Fitness in the Usability of U.S. Census Internet Survey in Chinese Language

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  July 31, 2016 EDT
  The Use of Vignettes in Evaluating Asian Language Questionnaire Items
  Mandy Sha

  The Use of Vignettes in Evaluating Asian Language Questionnaire Items

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