The Census Bureau plans to test the
use of mobile computing devices, emails, text messages and
applications in self-enumeration and data collection tasks. The
enumeration functions research will focus on using various
applications to enumerate households and persons. The research and
evaluation may include: developing an automated enumeration
questionnaire; inviting respondents to participate; reminding them
to participate; usability issues; conducting interviews; and
ability to toggle to non-English language instrument. To test
enumeration functions, the Census Bureau may conduct the
enumeration directly with a household member or knowledgeable
respondent. The questions asked in these tasks will be content or
experimental content for the 2020 Census operations and forms,
along with some attitudinal and satisfaction debriefing
questions.
Because of a decrease in budget
and scope for the 2017 Census Tests, the Census Bureau plans to
conduct more small-scale field testing using this generic ICR.
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