Supporting Statement B

Consumer Product Safety Commission: Toy and Product Warning Labels
April 26, 2021
Supporting Statement Part B
Program Official/Project Officer
Rana Balci-Sinha, PhD
Human Factors Division
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Phone: 301-987-2584
Email: [email protected]
B. Supporting Statement B
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Toy Purchasing Decisions Study Survey:2021
This part of the proposed information collection involves statistical methods.

B1. Respondent Universe and Sampling Methods
The study population for this effort will be made up of individuals ages 18 and over. All
individuals will be a caregiver (e.g., parent or guardian) of a 2-to-3-year-old child. To be an
eligible caregiver, the caregiver must be a parent or guardian of a 2-to-3-year-old child, and
the child must reside in the caregiver’s home at least 40 percent of the time. 2 Respondents will
be volunteers, and therefore, will constitute a non-random sample. A partnering survey panel
provider will invite respondents to participate in the survey. The final sample will be 750
respondents.
Respondents will represent a mix of demographics. Although the study establishes no hard
quotas, the panel provider will monitor respondents, and if a particular demographic is
trending highly, the panel provider will slow down the sample for that segment, and focus on
obtaining respondents from other demographic segments.
B2. Procedures for the Collection of Information
A partnering panel provider will invite all respondents to join the study. The panel provider
will contact members of their panel who fit the eligibility criteria for the survey through an
invitation email asking them to take part in the survey. Invited individuals will be sent reminder
Parents with joint-custody, where the child resides in the parent’s home less than 40 percent of the time are not
considered eligible for this survey.

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emails to encourage them to take the survey. The number and frequency of email reminders
depends on survey fielding progress; but typically, respondents will receive a reminder email
about once a week. Potential respondents invited to take the survey will first complete the
online screening questionnaire, which will take approximately 2 minutes to complete. After
completing the screening questionnaire, respondents who qualify for the study will be directed
to an informed consent page and then to the main questionnaire.
B3. Methods to Maximize Response Rates and Deal with No Response
The panel provider will field the survey until obtaining the targeted 750 minimum completes.
The panel provider will monitor sample performance during the field period and regularly
update FMG of completion status. During the fielding period, the panel provider will send
email reminders to non-responders, and take other actions, as needed, to ensure a mix of
demographics. As described in Part A of the supporting statement, survey respondents will
receive a reward incentive to support survey participation.
B4. Tests of Procedures or Methods to be Undertaken
As standard pre-testing procedure, the panel provider will invite a small number of respondents
from the panel to participate in the survey as case studies to ensure that the survey is of
adequate length and is processing correctly. If any changes are necessary, the panel provider
will make them, and then proceed with fielding the survey to the rest of the panel.
B5. Individuals Consulted on Statistical Aspects and Individuals Collecting and/or
Analyzing Information
CPSC staff and FMG will analyze the information and create technical reports. All
information and technical reports generated from survey results will be edited, reviewed, and
cleared following mandatory CPSC privacy procedures, before being finalized.
CPSC staff and FMG staff identified below developed and extensively reviewed the
proposed protocol and survey. CPSC and FMG staff will analyze the information and create
technical reports.
Rana Balci-Sinha, PhD
Director
Human Factors Division
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
5 Research Place
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: 301-987-2584
Email: [email protected]

Natalie Namrow, MA
Senior Researcher, Fors Marsh Group
901 N Glebe Rd Ste 1010
Arlington, VA 22203
Phone: 571-444-1764
Email: [email protected]