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Exhibit 8.5
Overview of NSDUH Interview Verification Process
FI completes interview
case ending in code 70
Quality Control Form
obtained, sent to RTI?
No
Yes
Case eligible for field verification
No
Does it include
phone number?
Yes
No
Does it include address?
Yes
Case selected for
field verification?
No
Case eligible for phone verification
Case eligible for mail verification
Yes
Stop
Phone
verification
unresolvable
or unable-tocontact
Phone
verification
indicates that
case was
completed with
no problems;
case assigned
a final
verification
status
No
No
Case selected for
phone verification?
Yes
Case
successfully contacted by phone
verifier?
Yes
Does phone
verification indicate problem(s)
with case?
Yes
Case flagged with problem(s) in
phone verification and sent to
Callback Team
Callback Team calls respondent to
investigate the flagged problem(s)
Callback Team findings are keyed into
the web and sent to Data Quality
Coordinators
Data Quality Coordinator reviews case
findings and assigns a final problem
resolution to the case, which appears
on the data quality reports
Data Quality Coordinator summarizes
data quality reports & alerts the field
management staff of FI data quality
problems/trends
No
Case selected
for mail verification?
Verification letter is generated
and mailed
Verification mail form
returned to RTI?
Yes
Mail verification results are keyed and
appear on data quality reports
No
Yes
Do verification
results indicate possible
falsification?
Yes
Field verification is conducted
of a representative sample of
the FI's completed cases
FI undergoes retraining,
receives disciplinary action,
and/or increased phone/mail
verification conducted of the
FI's work
No
No
No
Field verifier completes
field verification
Case
found to have been
falsified?
Yes
Field verifier reworks case
Field verifier sends information to RTI
Data Quality Coordinator reviews
findings and reports field verification
results to Data Quality Manager and
National Field Director
Do field verification
results indicate FI committed
errors?
Yes
Do field verification
results confirm FI falsified
cases?
Yes
FI terminated and banned from
working on any future RTI projects; all
cases completed by the FI in the
current quarter are field verified, data
from falsified cases are discarded,
and each falsified case from the
current quarter is re-worked or
assigned a final non-response code
No
Stop
No
Stop
No
Do verification
results indicate FI committed
errors?
Yes
Stop
Stop
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