Abstract
Cathryn Dippo (1993) "Designing an
Instrument For Computer-Assisted Data Collection in the Current
Population Survey."
Over the last decade, there have been two new factors that
have significantly influenced the design of survey data
collection—the computer and the theories and methods of
cognitive psychology. Computers were first used by U. S.
market research firms in the early 1970s to aid in the
collection of data by telephone. Since then, numerous
computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) systems have
been developed. With the proliferation of light-weight
portable computers over the last few years, the development
of computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) has
proceeded rapidly. These, plus other computer-assisted survey
information-collection methods, are referred to as CASIC. The
application of the theories and methods of cognitive
psychology to survey methodology was promoted by a U.S.
National Academy of Sciences panel on the cognitive aspects
of survey methodology (CASM) in their 1983 report.
Subsequently, many of the major U.S. federal statistical
agencies and numerous private survey organizations
established "cognitive laboratories," which are
used in questionnaire development and for researching other
aspects of survey methodology.
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