Q-Bank
Q-Bank is a database consisting of evaluated questions from federal surveys that links each question to the scientific report that evaluated the survey question. Questions are searchable by question topic (e.g. income, demographic, chronic health conditions) and survey title. In addition, users can search for keywords within individual questions. Q-Bank is intended to help users of survey data interpret the survey questions on which the data are based and understand the potential errors that might be associated with these questions.
Q-Bank’s mission is to improve the quality and usefulness of survey data through the sharing of knowledge about survey questions. This allows other agencies, surveys and data users to also benefit from the value gained from our question evaluation projects.
Q-Bank is available to the public at http://www.cdc.gov/qbank
Who should use Q-Bank?
- Data analysts can use Q-Bank to understand the underlying constructs being captured by survey questions.
- Questionnaire designers can use Q-Bank to find questions that have already been evaluated on a variety of question topics, as well as information on and the strengths and weaknesses of alternative versions of questions.
- Survey methodologists can use Q-Bank as a way to share their findings with other survey researchers as well as a tool to learn about the strengths and weaknesses of different methods.
- Survey managers can use Q-Bank to impartially demonstrate the validity and consistency of their survey questions.
Who have already submitted reports into Q-Bank?
- National Center for Health Statistics
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- National Cancer Institute
- National Science Foundation
- WESTAT
For more information about Q-Bank, please contact the Q-Bank Administrator at QBank@cdc.gov.