Description
Design, test, and implement survey questionnaires that meet research objectives and produce valid, reliable data. Collaborate with stakeholders to define measures, craft and program questions across modes, conduct pretesting, and oversee translations and accessibility. Document instrument specifications and revisions and support field teams to optimize data quality and respondent experience.
- • Consult with stakeholders to define survey objectives and key measures.
- • Draft and refine questions, response options, and scales to reduce bias.
- • Design questionnaire structure, flow, and skip/branch logic.
- • Program instruments in survey platforms for web, mobile, and CATI/CAPI.
- • Conduct cognitive interviews, usability tests, and pilot studies.
- • Analyze pretest findings and paradata to improve items and flow.
- • Develop validation rules, soft/hard edits, and error messages.
- • Create interviewer scripts, probes, and standardized instructions.
- • Prepare questionnaire specifications, codebooks, and metadata.
- • Coordinate translations, back-translation, and cultural adaptation.
- • Ensure accessibility and mobile optimization across modes.
- • Align instruments with analysis plans in collaboration with statisticians.
- • Monitor field feedback and quality indicators; issue revisions.
- • Document design decisions, changes, and version control.
- • Train interviewers and field staff on instrument use and protocols.
- • Ensure ethics compliance, consent language, and privacy protections.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
