This report describes the methodology and findings from large-scale national testing efforts to explore the feasibility of two survey modes for the new National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) instrument, including a self-administered, web-based instrument and an interviewer-administered version. The report examines the performance of the interviewer-administered version of the new NCVS instrument compared to a self-administered version. The testing was a part of the NCVS Instrument Redesign and Testing Project, a major multiyear effort to revamp the existing core survey instrument, which was last updated in 1992. The effort had three main goals: modernize the organization and content of the NCVS instrument, increase the quality of information collected and efficiency of the instrument flow, and improve the measurement and classification of crime.
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