Definition: Computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI)
General concept
Method of data collection in which an interviewer uses a computer to display questions and accept responses during a face-to-face interview. (Source: Memobust Glossary)
Interviewing method whereby the enumerator records responses using an electronic questionnaire on mobile devices such as personal digital assistants, tablets, laptops or smartphones. (Source: FAO)
Source:
Eurostat, "Memobust Glossary" (part of the Memobust Handbook on Methodology of Modern Business Statistics), ESSnet "Memobust", March 2014
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