challenge-a-survey-instrument-for-contaminationlisted

# Challenge a survey instrument for contamination ## Use Use before fielding a survey or when interpreting a draft instrument. Review the supplied text against its stated measurement purpose. Propose revisions for the research owner; do not field or alter the survey. ## Inputs - Target construct for each question, intended audience, and exact draft question order. - Response options, skip rules, recall period, and language or accessibility requirements. - Pilot responses or cognitive-interview notes if available, with their collection scope. ## Procedure 1. Map each question to one construct and the inference the team hopes to make. Flag a question that combines multiple constructs in one answer. 2. Check wording for presupposed facts, praise or blame cues, undefined terms, and a recall period the respondent cannot reasonably use. 3. Check whether options overlap, omit a plausible answer, force an answer when `unknown` or `not applicable` is needed, or change meaning through a skip rule. 4. Review order for earlier wording that may prime a later answer. Distinguish a plausible wording risk from an effect demonstrated by supplied pilot evidence. 5. Return a question-level issue table: construct, exact location, failure mechanism, suggested neutral revision, and a pilot check that could test it. ## Completion check Each proposed revision asks for one interpretable response to the intended construct. A single agreement answer to a question combining speed and reliability