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ContractNo.:53-3198-{)-16
MPRReferenceNo.:7937-14(
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TIlESCttOOLNUTRITIONI)IETARYASSESSMENTSTUI)Y:
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ATACOLLECTIONANDSAMP
L
ING
October1993
Authors:
JohnBurghardtToddEnsor
GayleHutchinsonCharleneWeiss
BruceSpencer
Editor:
LauraBcrcnson
Submittedo:Submittedby:
U.S.DepartmcntofAgricultureMathematicaPolicyResearch,Inc.
FoodandNutritionServiceP.O.Box2393
OfficeofAnalysisandEvaluationPrinceton,NJ08543-2393
Room214(609)799-3535
31(}1ParkCentcrDrive
Alexandria,VA22302
Co-PrincipalInvestigators:
ProjectOfficers:JohnBurghardt
LcslicChristovichBarbaraDevaney
PatMcKinney
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NOWLEI)GMENTS
Thedatacollectionandsamplingtk)rtheSchoolNutritionDietaryAssessmentstudydrewupon
thcskillsofmanyindividualsinthreeorganization.AssistingMathematicaPolicyResearch,Inc.
(MPR),thcprimecontractorforthcstudy,havebeenstafffromtheNationalOpinionResearch
Center(NORC)andthcNutritionCoordinatingCenter(NCC)attheUniversityofMinnesota.
NORCselectedthesample:securedthecooperationofstate,district,andschoolofficialsattheschoolsselectedforthesample:andprovidedfirst-lincmanagementforthefielddatacollection
effort.NORC'sprojectdirectorwasCharleneWeiss:GaylcHutchinsonmanagedthcfielddata
collectioneffortonaday-to-daybasis.Gayle'sstaffsentmaterialsonthestudytotheschool
coordinatoraleachsampledschool,receivedandprocessedrosterso1'stud
e
ntsnecessaryfor
sampling,andsentmaterialst)nsamplingtoschooldistrictandprojectstaff.NORCfieldmanagcrs
SuzanneBard,AnneMarieBarnhill,andGIoricttcJohnstonsecuredthecooperationofdistrict
o['ficialsandthcnprovidedfirst-lincsupervisionIt)thcthrce-pcrsonteamswhovisiteddistrictstoconductin-persondatacollection.MartinFrankel,withWcndyForanand,inthelaterstagesofthe
project,BruceSpencer,directedandconductedthcsampling.TheywcreassistedbyLindaChristian.
Rt)gcrTourangcauandRobertJohnson,inNORC'sWashingtonoffice,assistcdincomputing
standarderrorsanddesigneffectsfortheoutcomemeasuresusedinthcanalysis.
NCCconductedtrainingforthedietarydatacollection,performednutrientcoding,andgenerated
cst(matesofthcnutrientscontainedineachfooditem.MaryStevensdirectedNCC'sworkonthe
project.BarbaraPickcringandRobertaZeugconductedtrainingandcertification,providedongoing
feedbacktotheintervi
e
w(rsonthcqualityoftheirwork,andcoordinatedcommunicationswithMPR
staff.TheNCCstaffwhoperformednutrientcodingontheschoolmcnudatadeservespecialthanksforthccareandthoroughnesswithwhichtheyperformedadifficulttask.MPRstaffalsosupportedthccollectkmandprocessingofthedata.ToddEnsormanageddatacollectionoperati(msatMPR.Inthiscapacity,heplayedakeyrole,alongwithGayleHutchinson
andothersatNORC,andwithBarbaraPicketingatNCC,indesigningthcdatacollection
instruments.HesupervisedthcMPRstaffwhowereresponsibleforthetravelarrangementsofdatacollectionteammembers,ensuringthatmaterialsmovedtoandtkomthcfieldinatimelyway.Healsomanagedthcdatacollectionwiththeschoolsparticipatingonlyinthcschoolmenuportiont)t'
thestudy,aswcllasthctelephonefollow-upsurveyw
i
thparentsofstudentsingrades3through12.
MikeWattsdevelopedtheCATIprogramsthatwcreusedtoconductthetelephonefolk)w-upsurvey
withparentsofstudentsingrades3through12.Hcalsodevelopedandmaintainedthetracking
systemthatwasusedtotrackdocumentcompletion.
JohnBurghardtProjectDirector
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