Bureau of Transportation Statistics / Office of Survey Programs - National Census of Ferry Operators Database Update

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2010 NCFO questionnaire Development

Reviewed the old form and corresponding data

• Reformatted paper questionnaire
• Modified question wording (stems and responses)
• Deleted some questions and added new questions

Conducted cognitive interviews

• 5 interviews among 4 different operators
• Made more changes based on results
• Summary report will be available

Created a web version based on finalized paper questionnaire

• Discrete user IDs
• Pre-populated with 2008 data (static information)
• Allowed operators to modify/add/delete information as needed.