A Comparison of CAPI and PAPI through a Randomized Field Experiment
This paper reports on a randomized survey experiment among one thousand eight hundred and forty households, designed to compare pen-and-paper interviewing (PAPI) to computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI). The authors find that PAPI data con...
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okr-10986-336992021-04-23T14:05:21Z A Comparison of CAPI and PAPI through a Randomized Field Experiment Caeyers, Bet Chalmers, Neil De Weerdt, Joachim COMPUTER-ASSISTED PERSONAL INTERVIEWING CAPI SURVEY METHODOLOGY CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD WELFARE POVERTY MEASUREMENT This paper reports on a randomized survey experiment among one thousand eight hundred and forty households, designed to compare pen-and-paper interviewing (PAPI) to computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI). The authors find that PAPI data contain a large number of errors, which can be avoided in CAPI. The authors show that error counts are not randomly distributed across the sample, but are correlated with household characteristics, potentially introducing sample bias in analysis if dubious observations need to be dropped. The authors demonstrate a tendency for the mean and spread of total measured consumption to be higher on paper compared to CAPI, translating into significantly lower measured poverty, higher measured inequality and higher income elasticity estimates. Investigating further the nature of PAPI’s measurement error for consumption, the authors fail to reject the hypothesis that it is classical: it attenuates the coefficient on consumption when used as explanatory variable and the authors find no evidence of bias when consumption is used as dependent variable. Finally, CAPI and PAPI are compared in terms of interview length, costs and respondents’ perceptions. 2020-05-05T16:27:58Z 2020-05-05T16:27:58Z 2010-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/467401588063959793/A-Comparison-of-CAPI-and-PAPI-through-a-Randomized-Field-Experiment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33699 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper |
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This paper reports on a randomized
survey experiment among one thousand eight hundred and forty
households, designed to compare pen-and-paper interviewing
(PAPI) to computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI).
The authors find that PAPI data contain a large number of
errors, which can be avoided in CAPI. The authors show that
error counts are not randomly distributed across the sample,
but are correlated with household characteristics,
potentially introducing sample bias in analysis if dubious
observations need to be dropped. The authors demonstrate a
tendency for the mean and spread of total measured
consumption to be higher on paper compared to CAPI,
translating into significantly lower measured poverty,
higher measured inequality and higher income elasticity
estimates. Investigating further the nature of PAPI’s
measurement error for consumption, the authors fail to
reject the hypothesis that it is classical: it attenuates
the coefficient on consumption when used as explanatory
variable and the authors find no evidence of bias when
consumption is used as dependent variable. Finally, CAPI and
PAPI are compared in terms of interview length, costs and
respondents’ perceptions. |
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Caeyers, Bet Chalmers, Neil De Weerdt, Joachim |
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Caeyers, Bet Chalmers, Neil De Weerdt, Joachim |
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Caeyers, Bet |
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A Comparison of CAPI and PAPI through a Randomized Field Experiment |
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A Comparison of CAPI and PAPI through a Randomized Field Experiment |
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A Comparison of CAPI and PAPI through a Randomized Field Experiment |
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A Comparison of CAPI and PAPI through a Randomized Field Experiment |
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A Comparison of CAPI and PAPI through a Randomized Field Experiment |
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comparison of capi and papi through a randomized field experiment |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2020 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/467401588063959793/A-Comparison-of-CAPI-and-PAPI-through-a-Randomized-Field-Experiment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33699 |
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