[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 88 (Monday, May 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 20213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11115]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request
DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
Agency: Bureau of the Census.
Title: Questionnaire Pretesting Research.
Form Number(s): Various.
Agency Approval Number: 0607-0725.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Burden: 12,000 hours.
Number of Respondents: 12,000.
Avg Hours Per Response: 1 hour.
Needs and Uses: In 1991, the Census Bureau obtained a generic
clearance on an experimental basis, which relaxed some of the time
constraints and enabled the Census Bureau to begin conducting extended
cognitive and questionnaire design research as part of testing for its
censuses and surveys. The clearance covered data collections in the
demographic, economic, and decennial areas of the Census Bureau, and
specifically applied to research that is focused on questionnaire
design and procedures aimed at reducing measurement errors in surveys.
Types of research include field testing, respondent debriefings, split
sample experiments, cognitive interviews, and focus groups.The
clearance has been in place since that time and the Census Bureau is
now seeking a revision of the clearance. We are requesting an increase
of 7,500 burden hours annually to conduct quick tests in the decennial
area to test new ideas and refine or improve upon positive or unclear
results from other tests.
Affected Public: Individuals or households, Businesses or other
for-profit, Farms.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer: Jerry Coffey, (202) 395-7314.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Acting DOC Forms Clearance
Officer, (202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5312, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to Jerry Coffey, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: April 29, 1996.
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and
Organization.
[FR Doc. 96-11115 Filed 5-3-96; 8:45 am]
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