CAPI / CAWI / TAPI

CAPI (Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing) is either face-to-face or self-completion interview using personal computer, laptop or tablet. This method has clear advantages - an opportunity to demonstrate video and visual materials, all logical transitions in the questionnaire controlled by software, which reduces the errors to a minimum. Survey data has not to be transferred from paper upon completion and there is a possibility of simultaneous rapid launch of the projects on a large geography. CAWI stands  for Computer Assisted Web Interviewing, web-based version of CAPI and TAPI stands  for Tablet Assisted Personal Interviewing, the same as CAPI but tablet are used instead of personal computers.