Fienberg S E, Loftus E F, Tanur J M
Milbank Mem Fund Q Health Soc. 1985 Summer;63(3):547-64.
The past 25 years have seen the development of a wide variety of sample surveys dealing with the nature and distribution of illness and disability, and with the utilization of health care services. The sample survey is currently the most widespread and influential instrument for judging the health status of the nation and for guiding health policy. The knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes of survey respondents "subjectively" affect what the survey seeks to "objectively" measure. Even as statistical sampling has been refined, so is it important to reexamine what the cognitive sciences have to offer for survey interview structure and content.
在过去25年里，出现了各种各样的抽样调查，涉及疾病和残疾的性质与分布，以及医疗保健服务的利用情况。抽样调查目前是判断国家健康状况和指导卫生政策最广泛、最有影响力的工具。调查受访者的知识、信念和态度“主观地”影响着调查试图“客观地”衡量的内容。即使统计抽样已经得到完善，重新审视认知科学对调查问卷结构和内容的贡献也很重要。
