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As we noted at the beginning of the chapter, surveys are being conducted all the time. Many survey reports are not published in peer-reviewed journals. Identify a survey report of your own interest and answer the questions below. Survey reports can be found on the Web. Here are some examples:
Youth Risk Behavior Survey Surveillance, 2009: https://www .cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/ss/ss5905.pdf;
Pew U.S. Religious Landscape Survey: https://religions.pewforum.org/reports;
National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS): https://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=dcdetail&iid=245;
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System: https://cdc.gov/brfss/
a. What kinds of questions were included in the survey? Identify examples of each.
b. How were the questions developed?
c. How and when was the survey administered?
d. What was the nature of the sampling strategy? What was the final sample size?
e. What was the response rate for the survey?
f. What was the confidence interval for the survey findings?
g. Describe at least one survey finding that you found particularly interesting or surprising.
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