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Computer Assisted Personal Interviews (CAPI)

Computer Assisted Personal Interviews (CAPI). January 2008. Overview. Replacing paper/pencil questionnaires with computers (Ultra Mobile PCs, PDAs, etc) to conduct multi-topic household surveys Increase timeliness of data collection Increase quality through checks for consistency

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Computer Assisted Personal Interviews (CAPI)

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  1. Computer Assisted Personal Interviews(CAPI) January 2008

  2. Overview • Replacing paper/pencil questionnaires with computers (Ultra Mobile PCs, PDAs, etc) to conduct multi-topic household surveys • Increase timeliness of data collection • Increase quality through checks for consistency • Some experiences with very short surveys, but less known or documented about the implications of CAPI for LSMS surveys.

  3. Issues: Feasibility and impact on quality • Equipment in the field: batteries/electricity, withstanding field work [weather], theft • System to Back up data • Cost • Developing appropriate software (user friendly) • Questionnaire design

  4. Issues: Feasibility and impact on quality • Impact on how interviewers conduct interviews (probing, prompting for consistency, etc…) • Impact on how respondents respond • Ergonomic aspects to the interview • Training (recruitment) of field staff

  5. CAPI experiences • Tanzania: survey of 500 households (to study subjective and objective poverty measures), conducted on UMPCs. Completed Dec 2007. • Vietnam: survey in field in fall 2008 • Panama (maybe) • Brazil (maybe)

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