Abstract:

The differences between the requirements for CATI CAPI CASI and now WWW interviewing are much smaller than the shared requirements. We infer that the principal investment for both software developers and users is the mechanism for presenting an interview the "CAI engine" and the challenge for developers is to reuse this engine to deliver each variant of CAI. We will now consider the various applications of Internet technology to CAI keeping in mind that we wish to maintain as much compatibility as possible across the various CAI modes.