Pretesting. Quest Diagnostics’ sports testing policy forbids any person, including a healthcare provider from using Quest Diagnostics laboratory services to engage in pre-testing or otherwise aid any athlete in attempting to avoid detection of use of banned drugs. “
Pretesting. Prior to primary data collection I pretested both the survey instrument and the semi-structured interview guide with a handful of advanced trainees in clinical psychology at Texas A&M University, in psychiatry at Baylor University, and in social work at The University of Texas at Houston during the 2007 fall semester (September through December 2007). Prior to primary data collection I resided in College Station, TX, and thus had access to students at these Texas universities. I offered students a $50 gift card to thank participants for their time. In addition to administering the survey and interview components of the study I also asked respondents for feedback regarding the wording and content of the questionnaire and interview guide. I asked each respondent, for example, to evaluate the wording of both survey and interview questions for clarity and asked if they considered response categories on the survey instrument valid and exhaustive. Moreover, I asked if there were questions that I had not asked (either survey or interview questions) that they felt should have been asked. As a result of their feedback I modified both the survey instrument and the interview guide. The final versions of the survey instrument and the interview guide appear at the end of this chapter as Appendices 3-C and 3-D respectively. The following section refers to primary data collection. I collected both survey and interview data during the spring semester of 2008 (February through May 2008). I administered surveys and conducted interviews in Atlanta, GA for the two programs at Emory University (Emory’s General Psychiatry Residency Program and Emory’s Clinical Psychology Program), and in Athens, GA for the UGA Master’s of Social Work Program. Survey Component The case study took about five minutes to read, and the survey took approximately ten to twenty minutes to complete. I administered as many surveys as possible during trainees’ class time. For those trainees I was unable to reach during class time, I contacted them separately via email and offered them the option of taking the survey online or having me administer the survey in person at a time and location of their choice (see Recruitment, above). All respondents who did not complete the survey during class time opted to take the online version of the survey which exactly mirrored that of the paper version. I created and administered the online version of the survey via Qualtrics, a web-based survey software package avail...
Pretesting. Describe the methods for conducting pretesting of cognitive items, e.g., cognitive labs, question tryouts, etc., the rationale for conducting specific types of cognitive interviews, proposed item types for cognitive interviews, recruitment plans including a description for ensuring a diversity of the sample of participants. • Provide evidence of having successfully conducted successful pretesting activities, e.g., cognitive interviews and/or small-scale testing.
