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EBOM-2009 SSc4:Alternative Commuting Transportation

Conducting Survey: Mid-Week OK?

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Wendy Lao
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County of Santa Clara
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SSc4 requires the survey to be conducted either (1) each day over 5 consecutive workdays) or (2) at the conclusion of 5 consecutive workdays. Our project wants Option #2 (on Friday for the end of a M-F workweek), but this excludes many people who telecommute or have a compressed workweek. Would it be okay to conduct the survey on a Wednesday, for the previous 5 workdays? (Ex: Conduct survey on W 7/23, for dates T 7/22, M 7/21, F 7/18, and Th 7/17).

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Dan Ackerstein
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Mon, 07/21/2014 - 17:21

Hi Wendy - Indeed it would be OK. The intent of the survey timing is to ensure that respondents are asked to recall transportation choices that they made very recently, so as to (hopefully) ensure accurate recall of those choices. It's been observed that the more time elapsing between the behavior and the survey, the more likely respondents are to inaccurately recall their behavior, which is not terribly surprising I guess. In your case, if you have a large number of folks scheduled to be out of the office on a Friday, surveying on Thursday (to include the preceding Friday) or the following Monday are both completely sensible and viable options. Your proposal for surveying on a Wednesday is reasonable as well. I wouldn't expect any trouble from GBCI, particularly if you articulate your reasoning in your initial submittal. Hope that helps, Dan

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