Is There a Trade-off Between Quality and Cost? Telephone Versus Face-to-Face Interviewing of Persons with Disabilities

Is There a Trade-off Between Quality and Cost? Telephone Versus Face-to-Face Interviewing of Persons with Disabilities

Working Paper 4
Published: Feb 28, 2012
Publisher: Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research

Authors

Debra Wright

Kirsten Barrett

This working paper suggests that mode of interview has a modest impact on data quality for people with disabilities. It offers survey design steps that can minimize mode effects and maximize data quality.

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