Personal or face-to-face interviewing software supported by remote central management and synchronization of field operations

Description
Interviewer^TM CAPI makes use of the Internet to deploy and manage surveys conducted on mobile computing devices.

For face-to-face interviews where interviewers must be highly mobile (airports, stations, subways, shows, sporting events, polling etc) Voxco provides two data collection solutions:
Synchronous mode With a permanent connection, all of Interviewer’s features are constantly available. Questionnaires, quotas, and collected data are handled centrally in real-time.

Asynchronous mode
Without needing a permanent connection Interviewer CAPI runs questionnaires locally on the PC. When an Internet connection is possible, questionnaires and other components are updated, and sample and data are securely exchanged without intervention on the part of the interviewer. This mode minimizes connection time, enabling studies where there is only intermittent connectivity (in the subway, for example).

Centralized data and mixed-mode
In both of these scenarios, questionnaires and data are managed centrally. Not only does this allow real-time project reporting, but it enables CAPI to be a component of mixed-mode projects; for example, on-site panel recruitment followed up by CATI or CAWI for final completion of the whole questionnaire.

The perfect tool for a host of situations:

• Concept testing
• Advertising testing
• Public health research
• Employment and economic studies
• Transportation studies
• Collection of engineering data

Benefits

• Uses the Internet to update and consolidate CAPI data without user intervention
• Centralizes the management and dispatch of CATI projects, including individual quotas
• Implements changes transparently in the course of field operations

Features

• All data collection operations conducted on individual computers are synchronized and centralized through Internet sessions
• A few mouse clicks is all it takes for the interviewer to securely upload collected data, and to download any updates
• Multiple concurrent surveys supported
• Changes to questionnaires made transparently during the study
• The CAPI Manager server is available 24/7
• On-line reports keep project managers up-to-date (in real time)
• Voxco Interviewer CAPI is compatible with all our other collection modes (CATI/CAWI) allowing for mixed mode-projects

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