Research Synthesis: The Practice of Cognitive Interviewing

By P. Beatty, G. Willis. 2007

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Subfields: Management Science and Operations Research, Sociology and Political Science

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Improving Survey Methods With Cognitive Interviews in Small- and Medium-Scale Evaluations (2012, methodology): “Research reviews and findings from an empirical investigation of cognitive interview practices suggest that, more often than not, survey developers advocate using probing techniques in conjunction with the think-aloud method (Beatty & Willis, 2007; Blair & Brick, 2009).”
The Practice of Cross-Cultural Cognitive Interviewing (2015, methodology): “For current D ow nloaded from https://academ ic.oup.com /poq/article-abstract/79/S1/359/2460844 by guest on 06 D ecem ber 2018 purposes, I limit the review to studies that make use of cognitive interviewing—as defined by key sources (Beatty and Willis 2007; Miller et al.”
The study, evaluation, and improvement of university student self-efficacy (2016, background): “If you do choose to use a survey, especially the first time in your context, it may be advisable to conduct cognitive interviews (Beatty and Willis 2007; Karabenick et al. 2007; Greene et al. 2010) as a way of piloting the questions to ensure that there is correspondence between participants’…”
The importance of pretesting questionnaires: a field research example of cognitive pretesting the Exercise referral Quality of Life Scale (ER-QLS) (2017, methodology): “Whilst it has been recognised that cognitive interviewing may be as much an art as it is science (Beatty & Willis, 2007) – and arguably therefore make attempts at developing a consistent approach problematic.”
Qualitative research and content validity: developing best practices based on science and experience (2009, methodology): “Additionally, the interviewer may elicit certain types of information or insights that the participant would not offer without being specifically asked to do so [ 51 ].”
Cognitive Interviewing for Item Development: Validity Evidence Based on Content and Response Processes (2017, methodology): “Recommendations for sample sizes are typically low, ranging from n = 5 for a single round to n = 15 across multiple rounds (Beatty & Willis, 2007; Willis, 1994, 2005).”