A minicomputer system for multiperson computer-assisted telephone interviewing

A comparison of computer-assisted and hard copy telephone interviewing.

In computer-assisted telephone interviewing, questions are displayed on a computer screen, and responses are entered directly into a computerized data file. In 1981-1982, a randomized trial of computer-assisted telephone interviewing, compared with telephone interviewing with responses directly recorded on printed questionnaires, was carried out. The respondents were surrogates for 400 white Fl...

Computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI): using the telephone for obtaining information on reproductive health Computer-assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI): usando telefone para a obtenção de informações sobre saúde reprodutiva

The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of using computer assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) as a method for obtaining information on reproductive health in Brazil. A total of 998 eligible women for the study were selected to answer a questionnaire through computerassisted telephone interviewing undertaken by trained interviewers. The outcomes of each telephone contact a...

Computer-assisted Telephone Interview Techniques

To the Editor: Fox et al. used computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI) techniques in an outbreak of cryptosporidiosis (1). Australian health agencies have used CATI for several years. A case-control study during an outbreak of Salmonella Mbandaka in 1996 employed CATI to interview 15 casepatients and 45 controls; contaminated peanut butter was implicated (2). Foodborne disease outbreaks ar...

Operational and Quality Issues with Computer Assisted Interviewing for ADAM

Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing: A Method of Capturing Sensitive Information

IASSIST Quarterly Introduction This paper firstly will review the literature with a view to describing the current state of the art of CAI, secondly it will describe a Scottish housing project which used CAPI and consider the quality of data output, and thirdly, it will draw conclusions about the use of CA(P)I on the basis of the authors’ own findings but also placing the discussion in its wide...