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Author: Hunt, Edwin
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1. Bradburn, Norman M.
Frankel, Martin R.
Hunt, Edwin
Ingels, Julia
A Comparison of Computer-Assisted Personal Interviews (CAPI) With Personal Interviews in the National Longitudinal Study of Labor Behavior-Youth Cohort
In: Proceedings, 1991 Annual Research Conference. Washington, DC: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1991: pp. 389-397.
Also: http://stats.bls.gov/ore/abstract/nl/nl910010.htm
Cohort(s): NLS General, NLSY79
Publisher: U.S. Department of Commerce
Keyword(s): Behavior; Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI); Data Quality/Consistency; Interviewing Method; NLS Description

The purpose of this experiment was to assess the effect of conducting interviews in Round 12 of the NLSY by the Computer-Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) method as compared with the traditional paper-and-pencil personal interview method. The experiment was conducted on one-half of the total sample and excluded respondents who had to be interviewed outside the United States and/or in Spanish. Interviewers were assigned cases in the same geographical region and, where possible, were matched with respondents for ethnicity. Assignment to the proper experimental or control group was done through random assignment of interviewers. Thus the experiment reflects actual field practices. The paper will report on the operational problems in conducting the experiment.
Bibliography Citation
Bradburn, Norman M., Martin R. Frankel, Edwin Hunt and Julia Ingels. "A Comparison of Computer-Assisted Personal Interviews (CAPI) With Personal Interviews in the National Longitudinal Study of Labor Behavior-Youth Cohort" In: Proceedings, 1991 Annual Research Conference. Washington, DC: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1991: pp. 389-397.
2. Bradburn, Norman M.
Frankel, Martin R.
Hunt, Edwin
Ingels, Julia
Schoua-Glusberg, A.
Wojcik, Mark S.
Pergamit, Michael R.
A Comparison of Computer-Assisted Personal Interviews (CAPI) With Personal Interviews in the National Longitudinal Survey of Labor Market Behavior-Youth Cohort
NLS Discussion Paper No. 92-2, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington DC, May 1991.
Also: http://stats.bls.gov/ore/abstract/nl/nl910010.htm
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor
Keyword(s): Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI); Ethnic Groups/Ethnicity; Interviewing Method

The purpose of this experiment was to assess the effect of conducting interviews in Round 12 of the NLSY by the Computer-Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) method as compared with the traditional paper-and-pencil personal interview method. The experiment was conducted on one-half of the total sample and excluded respondents who had to be interviewed outside the United States and/or in Spanish. Interviewers were assigned cases in the same geographical region and, where possible, were matched with respondents for ethnicity. Assignment to the proper experimental or control group was done through random assignment of interviewers. Thus the experiment reflects actual field practices. The paper will report on the operational problems in conducting the experiment.
Bibliography Citation
Bradburn, Norman M., Martin R. Frankel, Edwin Hunt, Julia Ingels, A. Schoua-Glusberg, Mark S. Wojcik and Michael R. Pergamit. "A Comparison of Computer-Assisted Personal Interviews (CAPI) With Personal Interviews in the National Longitudinal Survey of Labor Market Behavior-Youth Cohort." NLS Discussion Paper No. 92-2, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington DC, May 1991.
3. Bradburn, Norman M.
Wojcik, Mark S.
Schoua-Glusberg, A.
Pergamit, Michael R.
Frankel, Martin R.
Ingels, Julia
Hunt, Edwin
Baker, Reginald P.
Two Papers on the Use of Computer-Assisted Personal Interviews in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
NLS Discussion Paper No. 92-2, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington DC, May 1991
Cohort(s): NLS General
Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor
Keyword(s): Behavior; Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI); Data Quality/Consistency; Interviewing Method

In discussions of mode effects, the survey methodology literature distinguishes three modes of data collection--face-to-face, telephone and self-administered. There is an extensive literature on possible effects of collecting data by each of these modes because they appear to differ in fundamental ways. What has been less noticed, however, is that there are variations within each of these methods regarding whether or not they are computer-assisted; that is, whether the questionnaire is represented in electronic or paper-and-pencil form. There is a paucity of literature on within-mode effects of using computers to assist in the data collection process. [?] In discussing mode effects, we can distinguish among three types of effects--those that change the interviewer's behavior, those that change the respondent's behavior, and those that change in the interaction between the interviewer and the respondent. The most obvious effects of CAPI are those that change the interviewer's behavior because it is the interviewer that is most affected by a change from PAPI to CAPI. Indeed, it is not immediately obvious that there should be any effect on respondents' behavior because, from their point of view, they are getting the same questionnaire as they would if the interviewer were working with a paper-and-pencil representation. The use of a computer for recording answers, however, may change the way respondents view the task and thus have an impact on their behavior. Finally, reading questions off a computer screen and typing in responses may change the quality of the interaction between interviewer and respondent, for example by reduced eye contact or an increased formality in which the computer becomes a third party to the interview.
Bibliography Citation
Bradburn, Norman M., Mark S. Wojcik, A. Schoua-Glusberg, Michael R. Pergamit, Martin R. Frankel, Julia Ingels, Edwin Hunt and Reginald P. Baker. "Two Papers on the Use of Computer-Assisted Personal Interviews in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth." NLS Discussion Paper No. 92-2, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington DC, May 1991.
4. Wojcik, Mark S.
Bard, Suzanne
Hunt, Edwin
Training Field Interviewers to Use Computers: A Successful CAPI Training Program
Presented: Phoenix, AZ, American Association of Public Opinion Research, May 1991
Cohort(s): NLS General, NLSY79
Publisher: American Home Economics Association, now: American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
Keyword(s): Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI); Interviewing Method; NLS Description; Training

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

The paper focuses on methods of successfully training interviewers to use CAPI (Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing). It reviews the two NLSY CAPI experiments, 1989 in Ohio and 1990 nationwide, and outlines the interviewer training model developed by NORC to implement CAPI for the NLSY. The following topics are discussed: (1) choosing the proper training site, encompassing proper electrical capacity, sufficient number of phone jacks, and secured storage for computers; (2) obtaining proper equipment, such as laptop computers, overhead projectors, and slide projectors; (3) preparing materials including the CAPI training manual; (4) structuring training sessions, consisting of self-study, a 2-day introduction to the NLSY, and a 3-day introduction to CAPI; (5) developing a training approach, including training groups, varied delivery of material, mock interviews, and transmission training; as well as (6) obtaining technical support for the training period, involving programmers, trainers, senior field staff, other interviewers experienced in CAPI.
Bibliography Citation
Wojcik, Mark S., Suzanne Bard and Edwin Hunt. "Training Field Interviewers to Use Computers: A Successful CAPI Training Program." Presented: Phoenix, AZ, American Association of Public Opinion Research, May 1991.