• Guide on the Inspector General Empowerment Act’s Exemption to the Paperwork Reduction Act (August 2017)

GAO Resource Documents

1. Choosing a Survey Administration Method
2. Content Analysis: Principles and Practices
3. Developing and Writing Structured Survey Questions
4. Non-Generalizable Sampling
5. Pretesting Surveys
6. Probability Sampling
7. Structured Interviews: Basic Principles
8. Addressing Nonresponse and Nonresponse Bias Issues in Surveys
9. Calculating and Reporting Survey Response Rates
10. Conducting Questionnaire Surveys
11. Content Analysis: A Methodology for Structuring and Analyzing Written Material
12. Developing and Using Questionnaires
13. Update Notes to: Developing and Using Questionnaires
14. Questionnaire Pretest Procedures
15. Reporting on Questionnaire Surveys in GAO Reports, OSM Sections, and E-Supplements
16. Selecting a Sample of Nongeneralizable Cases for Review in GAO Engagements
17. Structured Interviewing Guidance for Interviewers
18. Survey Guidance: Letters, E-Mail Messages, and Introductions for Mail and Electronic Questionnaires
19. Using Probability, Nonprobability, and Certainty Samples
20. Using Structured Interviewing Techniques
21. Update Notes to: Using Structured Interviewing Techniques
22. A Guide to Using the Right Staff at the Right Time for GAO Surveys
23. Checklists for Questionnaire Designers and Reviewers
24. Developing and Using Word Electronic Questionnaires at GAO
25. Good Practices Guide for Web Questionnaires
26. Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) Surveys: Guide to Estimating Duration and Personnel Needs by Task
27. Mail Surveys: Guide to Estimating Duration and Personnel Needs by Task
28. Survey Nonresponse Planning and Bias Assessment
29. Using Fillable PDF Forms as a Data Collection Method