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

An experimental comparison of telephone and personal health interview surveys.

This report describes the results of an evaluation of random-digit-dialed sampling and telephone data collection procedures for the collection of health interview data from households. The study design included the following components: a comparison of data obtained by personal interview using area probability sampling with that obtained by telephone interview using random-digit-dialed sampling...

Short assessment of the Big Five: robust across survey methods except telephone interviewing

We examined measurement invariance and age-related robustness of a short 15-item Big Five Inventory (BFI-S) of personality dimensions, which is well suited for applications in large-scale multidisciplinary surveys. The BFI-S was assessed in three different interviewing conditions: computer-assisted or paper-assisted face-to-face interviewing, computer-assisted telephone interviewing, and a self...

Topic (iv): Impact of new technologies on statistical data editing IMMEDIATE QUALITY CHECKS OF OUTPUT PRICES USING THE BLAISE-MODULE FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED TELEPHONE INTERVIEWING

Statistics Belgium set up an outbound call centre for the collection of output prices by way of computer-assisted telephone interviewing; the software used is the CATI-module of Blaise. Telephone interviewing was chosen because it allows very rapid data collection, which is crucial for output prices information. Another limiting factor for data availability, however, is the time and effort spen...

Improving the Odds of Compliance: Using a Brief Telephone Call to Decrease Pre-treatment Attrition in Cardiac Rehabilitation

The purpose of this study was to test the effect of a brief telephone intervention based on the principles of motivational interviewing to reduce pre-treatment attrition in an Australian cardiac rehabilitation centre. The study was an intact comparison randomly trial. Twenty-eight adult patients diagnosed with symptoms associated with cardio-vascular disease, who were noncompliant to an initial...

CATI conference paper 1101 (2)