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Title Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing: A Method of Capturing Sensitive Information
Author Forster, E., McCleery, A.
Source IASSIST Quarterly, 23, 2, pp. 26-38
Year 1999
Access date 19.10.2004
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Abstract This paper will discuss how Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) coped with collecting sensitive data in a difficult interview situation. A recent research project, funded by Scottish Homes (a UK Government Housing Agency for Scotland) used the CAPI technique to collect information on home ownership at the margins of affordability. The project used an innovative joint approach between the academic sector and a leading UK survey consultancy. It could be argued that a more sensitive method of collecting this sort of information would have been indepth interviews, which could then have been analysed using qualitative research methods. The paper will discuss the outcomes of using CAPI and quantitative research methods in such a sensitive project.
It is suggested that the use of CAPI has achieved a better response rate on sensitive questions than other techniques would have. The use of CAPI has a number of well-known advantages, such as improvements in data quality and turnaround times. This paper will assess whether CAPI can deliver in a number of interview conditions or if its potential benefits will be realised only under certain conditions. It will critically review how the quantitative method worked in this specific situation before placing the discussion in its wider research methodology and research environment context.
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Web survey bibliography - 1999 (45)
- Making Web research pay off: A research manager roundup; 1999; Smith, P.
- Back to the Future of Online Polling; 1999; Taylor, H., Terhanian, G., Mitofsky, W. J.
- Nonresponse in Web Surveys; 1999; Vehovar, V.
- Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity; 1999; Nielsen, J.
- The Design of an International Real Time Data Collection System: SADC-HYCOS; 1999; Andrews, A. J., Pieyns, S., Servat, E.
- Survey research; 1999; Krosnick, J. A.
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- Calibration as a standard method for treatment of nonresponse; 1999; Lundstrom, S., Sarndal, C.-E.
- Question Appraisal System - QAS-99 ; 1999; Willis, G. B., Lessler, J. T.
- Current Internet science - trends, techniques, results. ; 1999; Reips, U.-D., Batinic, B., Bandilla, W., Bosnjak, M., Graef, L., Moser, K., Werner, A.
- Internet Systems for Evaluation Research; 1999; Watt, J. H.
- 'Once would be enough': some reflections on the issue of safety for lone researchers ; 1999; Kenyon, E., Hawker, S.
- The Effect of Incentives on Response Rates in Interviewer-Mediated Surveys; 1999; Singer, E., van Hoewyk, J., Gebler, N., Raghunathan, T., McGonagle, K.
- Measuring the Flow Construct in Online Environments: A Structural Modeling Approach; 1999; Novak, T. P., Hoffman, D. L., Yung, Y.-F.
- Internet Survey Data Collection: The Case Of Webqual; 1999; Deans, K. R., Adam, S.
- Drop-out caused by JavaScript: "I could not have expected this to happen " - A Web experiment...; 1999; Reips, U.-D., Schwarz, S.
- Can Internet Polling Work? Strategies for Conducting Public Opinion Surveys Online; 1999; Flemming, G., Sonner, M.
- Development of a system for on-line evaluation of teaching; 1999; Marsh, J., Jones, Ja., Boehnker, D. N., Mavis, K.
- Improving Electronic Data Collection and Dissemination Through Usability Testing; 1999; Murphy, E. D., Marquis, K., Hoffman, R., Saner, L., Tedesco, H., Harris, C.
- Internet Data Collection at the U.S. Census Bureau; 1999; Kanarek, H., Sedivi, B.
- The internet ... A possible research tool?; 1999; Senior, C., Smith, Mi.
- Casting a wider net; 1999; Marinelli, J.
- Anatomy of an on-line focus group; 1999; Sweet, C.
- On-line focus groups: Mainstream in the millennium?; 1999; Thorne, G.
- In-home CAPI: a new era in data collection?; 1999; Bos, R.
- Recruiting sources for on-line studies; 1999; Bradford, D. P.
- Research and the Internet: a winning combination; 1999; Clarkson, B.
- Surveying collegiate Net surfers; 1999; Wygant, S., Lindorf, R.
- An empirical comparison of traditional and web-based experimental survey administration: Could it be...; 1999; Frey, B. F.
- Japan Has 18 Million Internet Users; 20 Pct. Tried E-Commerce; 1999; Nikkei NetBusiness
- Principis's Web Survey competent for basic tasks; 1999; Marshall, T.
- Complementary and alternative medicine use by patients with inflammatory bowel disease: An Internet...; 1999; Meddings, J. B., Hilsden, R. J., Verhoef, M. J.
- Computer-Assisted Interviewing: The Design and Application of Survey Software to the Wired Suburb Project...; 1999; Hampton, K. N.
- Pollsters.com; 1999; Mitofsky, W. J.
- Realtime Interviewing Using the World Wide Web; 1999; Chen, Pe., Hilton, S. M.
- Comparing Seven Forms of Online Surveying; 1999; MacElroy, B.
- Designing and implementing Web-based surveys; 1999; Lazar, J., Preece, J.
- Overcoming Methodological Concerns in the Investigation of Online Sexual Activities; 1999; Cooper, A., Scherer, C. R., Mathy, R.
- E-mail surveys: what we've learned thus far; 1999; Schuldt, B. A., Totten, J. W.
- Privacy Issues in Internet Surveys; 1999; Cho, H., LaRose, R.
- Research Methodology: Taming the Cyber Frontier-Techniques for Improving Online Surveys; 1999; Kaye, B. K., Johnson, T. J.
- Surveying Through Cyberspace; 1999; Supowitz, J. A.
- Online Research: Methoden, Anwendungen und Ergebnisse ; 1999; Batinic, B., Bandilla, W., Graef, L., Werner, A.
- Ethical decision making in business: A comparison between New Zealand decision makers and a World Wide...; 1999; Frey, B. F.
- Introductory notes on Web interviewing; 1999; Ahlhauser, B.