[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 153 (Friday, August 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46445-46446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18777]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request
The Social Security Administration (SSA)--National Institutes of Health
(NIH) Collaboration to Improve the Disability Determination Process:
Calibration II, Predictive Validity Testing & Validation of Item
Response Theory-Computer Adaptive Testing Tools (IRT-CAT) (CC)
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for
review and approval of the information collection listed below. This
proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal
Register on April 22, 2014, page 22507 and allowed 60-days for public
comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of this notice
is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The Clinical
Center, National Institutes of Health, may not conduct or sponsor, and
the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection
that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1,
1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Direct Comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be
directed to the: Office
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of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974, Attention: NIH Desk
Officer.
DATES: Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days
of the date of this publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain a copy of the data
collection plans and instruments or request more information on the
proposed project contact: Daniel Hobbs, Management Analyst,
Epidemiology & Biostatistics Section, Rehabilitation Medicine
Department, Clinical Center, NIH, 6100 Executive Blvd. Suite 3C01,
Bethesda, MD 20892, or call non-toll-free number (301) 496-3817 or
Email your request, including your address to: [email protected].
Formal requests for additional plans and instruments must be requested
in writing.
Proposed Collection: The SSA-NIH Collaboration to Improve the
Disability Determination Process: Calibration II, Predictive Validity
Testing & Validation of IRT-CAT Tools, 0925- New, Clinical Center (CC),
National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Need and Use of Information Collection: The Social Security
Administration (SSA) entered into an interagency agreement (IAA) with
the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Clinical Center (CC),
Rehabilitation Medicine Department (RMD), to explore innovative methods
of functional assessment to improve SSA's disability determination
process. As part of its study, NIH recommended item response theory
(IRT) coupled with computer adaptive testing (CAT) as a promising
approach to efficiently and consistently capture claimant functional
information to assist SSA adjudicators. IRT is a framework for the
design, analysis, and scoring of tests, questionnaires, and similar
instruments measuring abilities, aptitudes, and other variables. It is
often the preferred method for the development of tests such as the
Graduate Record Examination (GRE) and the Graduate Management Admission
Test (GMAT).
Development of these instruments is an iterative process, involving
sequential phases of study in the areas of item bank development,
calibration, validation, reliability testing and replenishment of the
item banks. CAT instruments for the Applied Cognition and Activities of
Daily Living domains will undergo calibration; predictive validity will
be examined; concurrent validity will be tested against legacy
functional assessment instruments; reliability and sensitivity will be
examined; and, the item banks will undergo replenishment to refine the
scope of the questions.
OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized
burden hours are 12,835.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average time
Type of respondents Number of Frequency of per response Annual hour
respondents response (in hours) burden
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Calibration Phase
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Survey 1--Screener Call (Not Interested)........ 12,200 1 3/60 610
Survey 1--Screener Call (Participate/Eligible).. 7,800 1 15/60 1,950
Survey 1--Consent Form.......................... 3,500 1 15/60 875
SSA Claimant Survey 1........................... 3,500 1 45/60 2,625
Survey 2--Screener Call (Not Interested)........ 500 1 3/60 25
Survey 2--Screener Call (Participate Eligible).. 3,000 1 15/60 750
Survey 2--Consent Form.......................... 3,000 1 15/60 750
SSA Claimant Survey 2........................... 3,000 1 45/60 2,250
Normative Population Survey 1................... 2,000 1 45/60 1,500
Normative Population Survey 2................... 2,000 1 45/60 1,500
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Dated: July 31, 2014.
David Henderson,
Deputy Director, Clinical Center, NIH.
[FR Doc. 2014-18777 Filed 8-7-14; 8:45 am]
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