Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing is conducted face-to-face, usually employing laptop computers. The interviewer is prompted with the question by the computer and the appropriate response codes are keyed in directly according to the respondent's answers. Routing procedures use these codes to determine which question appears next. Since the data is entered directly into the computer, analyses can be produced quickly.
COMPUTER ASSISTED PERSONAL INTERVIEWING. Face-to-face interviewing performed with the assistance of a computer. In a CAPI interview, the interviewer reads the questionnaire items from a computer screen and records the respondent's answers by entering them into the computer. CAPI systems may also form and manage the sample, display the introductory script, control the wording of the items, check for internal consistency among the respondent's answers, and perform any number of other operations associated with the collection or management of the data.
CAPI stands for computer assisted personal interviewing. It is performed with the respondent face to face with the interviewer, using lap-top computers or other such devices (e.g. IPAQ's). The interviewer uses the computer to prompt the questions and the interviewee's responses are immediately inputted back into the computer which enables the program to select the next appropriate question. This enables the interview to pursue many different, yet relevant, routes depending upon the responses given by the interviewee. This form of surveying is particularly effective because due to the fact that the data is already on the computer, the analysis becomes quicker than other methods.
Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing. It essentially means that the interview is conducted on a computer rather than using a paper questionnaire - more
A face-to-face computer-assisted interview. The interviewer uses a laptop computer, reading the questions from the screen and keys the replies directly into the memory.
Data collection method in which the researcher reads questions to the respondents from the computer screen and keys in answers
Face-to-face interviews conducted by an interviewer using a laptop computer to administer questions and record answers.