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Cognitive Pretesting

Cognitive Pretesting is a methodological technique used in focus group research to evaluate and refine interview questions by systematically assessing participants' comprehension, interpretation, and cognitive processing of the items prior to full-scale administration.

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Answering Questions: Methodology for Determining Cognitive and Communicative Processes in Survey Research

David W. Stewart, Norbert Schwarz, Seymour Sudman · Journal of Marketing Research · 1996 · 697 citations

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Cognitive Processing of Self-Report Items in Educational Research: Do They Think What We Mean?

Stuart A. Karabenick, Michael E. Woolley, Jeanne M. Friedel et al. · Educational Psychologist · 2007 · 377 citations

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The pretesting effect: Do unsuccessful retrieval attempts enhance learning?

Lindsey E. Richland, Nate Kornell, Liche Sean Kao · Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied · 2009 · 296 citations

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Survey Pretesting: Do Different Methods Produce Different Results?

Stanley Presser, Johnny Blair · Sociological Methodology · 1994 · 273 citations

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Experimental Pretesting of Hand-Washing Interventions in a Natural Setting

Gaby Judah, Robert Aunger, Wolf‐Peter Schmidt et al. · American Journal of Public Health · 2009 · 200 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. FS
    Faria Sana

    Athabasca University, Canada

    3 publications · 93 citations

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  2. ME
    Michael E. Woolley

    University of Michigan, United States

    3 publications · 524 citations

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  3. GW
    Gordon Willis

    National Cancer Institute, United States

    3 publications · 211 citations

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  4. EL
    Elizabeth Ligon Bjork

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    3 publications · 101 citations

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  5. TL
    Timo Lenzner

    GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany

    2 publications · 59 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    344 citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    265 citations

  3. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    424 citations

  4. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    364 citations

  5. Athabasca University

    Athabasca, Canada

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    93 citations

  6. United States Census Bureau

    Suitland, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    68 citations

  7. Maastricht University

    Maastricht, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    77 citations

  8. RTI International

    Durham, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    149 citations

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  2. Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied

    3 publications · 337 citations

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  3. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice

    MDCP · 3 publications · 127 citations

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  4. Field Methods

    3 publications · 106 citations

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  5. Survey Practice

    2 publications · 44 citations

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