title: Use of cognitive question testing methodologies in participant action research: implementing the Three-Step Test-Interview Method in Indian county.
abstract: This study describes the use of cognitive question testing methods to pretest a Web-based questionnaire designed to gather information from American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth between the ages of 18 and 25. The questionnaire included items related to risk and resiliency factors as well as potentially sensitive topics of victimization and delinquency. Question testing was completed with a sample of 15 youth living in three different regions of the United States. The Three Step Test Interview Method was modified to collect information related to interface usability, cognitive response, and cultural interpretation of survey items. Data collected from the question testing process resulted in questionnaire changes that included query wording, the inclusion and exclusion of survey items based on cultural input, the reordering and rendering of survey items, and improvements in interface usability. Implications for survey research with the AI/AN youth population are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Social and Policy Research, Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN 46323, USA. tpavkov@purduecal.edu
authors.forename: Thomas W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Pavkov
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Priest
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fox
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000523:psychology*; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D004930:Inuit / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult