Designing of a Standard Method of Social Research Interview with Tablet Computer

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25590112
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: KIKKAWA Toru 大阪大学, 人間科学研究科, 教授 (90263194)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): AKAEDA Naoki 関西大学, 社会学部, 助教 (50645546) ; NISHIMORI Toshihisa 大阪大学, 人間科学研究科, 准教授 (90353416)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: CAPI法 / 訪問面接調査 / タブレットPC

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Face to face interview method in the social research field has been remarkably developed in Japan. The principal method was interview surveys with paper and pencil. Taking into account the current development of information technology, we newly established the computer assisted personal interview (CAPI) method with paired tablet computers. We paid special attention to maintain comparability with former social research method when we designed the system. In consequence, we could design a new method and research sequence with which we actually pursue interview surveys. All of these enable us to collect the information about the merits and problems of the new social research method.

Free Research Field

社会学