Definition: Computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI)

Category: General concept

Method of data collection in which an interviewer uses a computer to display questions and accept responses during a face-to-face interview. (Source: Memobust Glossary)

Interviewing method whereby the enumerator records responses using an electronic questionnaire on mobile devices such as personal digital assistants, tablets, laptops or smartphones. (Source: FAO) https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cros/content/memobust-glossary-pdf-file_en Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), "World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020. Volume 1: Programme, concepts and definitions", Roma, 2015