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EDCP Background Information Template for Evaluations, Studies, and Surveys
This corresponds to Parts II and III of our Overall Strategy Template
- Name of survey or study
- Purpose
- Agencies/Institutions
- Who funds/sponsors the survey?
- Who designs/fields the survey?
- Research/Survey Design
- Experimental or non-experimental design
- Cross sectional, longitudinal study
- Sampling methodology (e.g., random digit dialing, stratified random sample)
- Who was the targeted population for the study? (Identify eligibility requirements for participation in the study, including location, parent status, most knowledgeable adult, gender, age or other specifications)
- Who is the reporter (e.g., who is(are) the survey respondent(s)?: adults, children, teachers)
- Oversampling, if applicable (e.g., for low-income people, minority populations)
- Date(s)/Periodicity
- Population/Sample
- What is the composition of the population/sample?
- Sample size, with response rate (final number of families interviewed)
- Race(s)/Ethnicity(ies) represented in study
- Age range of children represented
- What are the general characteristics of the actual sample (e.g., nationally representative sample; welfare recipients in a particular city?)
- What is the composition of the population/sample?
- Content covered
- Availability of data for public use
- Include information about public and/or restricted data sets
- Contact information (e.g., survey website if available, or mailing address; also include information for survey distributor if it differs)
- Reference list for users’ guide, codebooks, methodology report(s)
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