The Tailored Design Method is a respondent-centered approach to building and administering questionnaires across web, mail, telephone, and mixed-mode formats. It sits beside broader frameworks such as total survey error and cognitive models of how respondents interpret and answer questions.
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Research & Analysis Methods
Establishes procedures for collecting, coding, comparing or interpreting information for inquiry or analysis. Its contribution is a defensible route from observations or materials to an account, finding or interpretation.