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AI and Survey Cognitive Pretest Prompts: Probe Question Bank
AI can generate cognitive interview probes for a survey, but the methodologist runs the actual interviews.
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- 1The premise
- 2cognitive interviewing
- 3survey design
- 4probes
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Section 1
The premise
AI can generate a bank of cognitive pretest probe questions tied to each survey item to support a methodologist running interviews.
What AI does well here
- Produce comprehension, retrieval, judgment, and response probes per item
- Surface items where probes are likely to expose ambiguity
What AI cannot do
- Run a cognitive interview with a real respondent
- Decide which item to revise based on interview findings
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