In-person (face-to-face interviews, intercept surveys, etc.)

Data collection techniques that take place in person. This can take the form of one-on-one interviews.

University of Michigan School of Public Health,

Urban Institute, Michigan Department of Education,

National Institute of Health, Center for Disease Control

In-person - Focus Groups

Data collection that takes place in person with a group of 8-12 participants.

City of Detroit Planning Commission, Michigan

Department of Education, Legal Aid and

Defender Association

Telephone Surveys

Data collection that occurs over the phone.

City of Detroit Planning Commission,

U.S. Department of Education, Michigan Department

of Education, United Way Community Services,

City of Detroit Senior Services Department

Mail back Surveys

Surveys that are sent in the mail to respondents, and then entered into a database upon return.

Wayne State University Department of Economics,

Michigan Department of Education, City of Detroit

Planning Commission

Web-based Surveys

Surveys that are implemented via the internet with the results downloaded to a database.

City of Detroit Planning Commission

CATI (computer assisted telephone interviewing)

Data collection that occurs with an interviewer and respondent over the phone, and uses special software that allows staff to program survey questions into a computer so that responses can be immediately entered into a database.

National Institute of Justice, W.E. Upjohn Institute, WSU Institute of Gerontology, United Way

CAPI (computer assisted personal interviewing)

Data collection that occurs in person, and involves the interviewer entering all responses directly into a computer.

Urban Institute

CASI (computer assisted self-administered interviewing)

A data collection procedure where a survey is set up on a laptop computer, and the respondents enter their responses directly into the computer.

Wayne State University Department of Community

Medicine