The development of the ACS raises a number of issues concerning sample and questionnaire design, both for the ACS and for current household surveys. The potential uses of the ACS that involve sample ...

The value of strong questionnaire design, complemented by the task of high-quality sample development, is not fully appreciated. Too often researchers relegate those two essential building blocks of ...

Data from mixed-mode questions are hard, if not impossible, to interpret accurately. The first part of this article will give an example of a mixed-mode question and an analysis of how to interpret ...