Methodologies
CATI
System
SESRC
conducts interviews from a centralized facility consisting
of 60 computer assisted telephone interviewing stations. The
Center utilizes a software package called "Interviewer"
developed by Voxco. Interviewer
is a powerful and versatile software package that assists
in collecting data for any type of questionnaire. Its applications
range from network telephone interviewing (CATI System) to
automated data collection on portable computers (CAPI) using
questionnaires of any level of complexity or sophistication.
Its superior design and implementation result from 20 years
of experience in the field of computerized survey data collection
and analysis.
The CATI
system increases the efficiency and cost effectiveness of
conducting large scale sample surveys. It reduces coding and
data entry errors and also improves data management and processing
capabilities since these tasks are automatically recorded
by the computer, avoiding the necessity for separate coding
and data entry steps.
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