How Do Question Evaluation Methods Compare in Predicting Problems Observed in Typical Survey Conditions?

This paper tests two hypotheses about how well five different methods—the Question Understanding AID (QUAID), the Survey Quality Predictor (SQP), expert review, the Questionnaire Appraisal System (QAS), and cognitive interviews—predict problems (as measured by missing data, behavior codes, and response latency) that occur in typical survey conditions. We find partial support for both the complementary methods hypothesis (using the evaluations...