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Over the past decade multiple question evaluation studies were conducted to examine the performance of Washington Group questions. While the goal of each study was to examine cross-cultural and multi-lingual comparability, the methodological designs of the studies differed. This chapter presents an overview of those evaluations, including the research goals, methodologies utilized, limitations and methodological advancements.
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See Miller et al. (2011) for a comprehensive discussion of cognitive interviewing methodology.
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See Miller and DeMaio (2006) as an example of a cognitive interviewing study to evaluate problems in disability questions.
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Countries include: Argentina, Brazil, Congo, Egypt, Gambia, India, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mexico, Paraguay, Philippines, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam.
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For a more thorough presentation of the study, see Miller et al. (2010).
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For more information see: http://www.unece.org/stats/health_stat.html.
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The Australia Bureau of Statistics conducted 25 interview, Statistics Canada conducted 24 interviews, The National Institute of Statistics conducted 25 interviews, and The National Center for Health Statistics conducted 40 interviews.
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For more information and access to Q-Notes: http://wwwn.cdc.gov/qnotes.
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Countries included: Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Mongolia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka.
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Miller, K. (2016). Summary of Washington Group Question Evaluation Studies. In: Altman, B. (eds) International Measurement of Disability. Social Indicators Research Series, vol 61. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28498-9_5
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