The SRU offers a number of capabilities to assist in the development, testing and questionnaire formatting process.
Experts can conduct a cognitive expert review of a draft questionnaire supplied by the client.
In this review, SRU cognitive experts identify potential problems with questionnaire items and recommend rewording or reordering options. SRU staff conduct a small scale version of the main study to test the questionnaire using the same procedures as in the actual study. To debrief respondents, interviewers ask a set of follow-up questions.