Changing from PAPI to CAPI: Introducing CAPI in a Longitudinal Study

Journal of Official Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-269

  Schräpler, Jörg Peter ^a,c   Schupp, Jürgen ^b,c   Wagner, Gert G ^c,d  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

C81; CAPI; Data quality; Interviewer effects; JEL classification; Mode effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955498013     PISSN: 0282423X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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