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All the topics, resources needed for Forsta CATI.

Introduction to CATI Authoring

  • Authoring a CATI Survey

    The majority of survey authoring concepts and functionality in are the same regardless of the data collection mode(s) being used. However there are some add...

  • Preparing a CATI Survey

    To author a survey for CATI, users must first have a project - refer to the separate Professional Authoring documentation for details. After a new project i...

  • Survey Dispositions (Status Codes)

    For Web surveying, three statuses are commonly used: Complete Screened Quota full.The survey author can place an interview into any o...

  • CATI Specific Scripting Functions

    Several CATI specific functions are available in the system to set or retrieve system data that is used to control the CATI interviewing process. The most co...

  • Call Blocks Overview

    Call Blocks are used to call or execute procedures or sub routines of questions that have been created in the Call Blocks folder. This folder is...

  • Creating a “Block To Call”

    Once you have created a Call Block, a “Block To Call” node can be inserted into the questionnaire tree at the point at which the routine it contains is requi...

  • Start and End Blocks

    Start Block The Start Block is a special type of Call Block that will be activated at the beginning of an interview. Any questions or other objects located w...

  • CATI Survey Template

    The main CATI call handling framework is contained in the Start block and End block of a survey. A survey template can be used so you can avoid having to red...

  • Customizing the Survey Layout - Hints and Tips

    The look and feel of the CATI survey can be based on the standard public templates provided by Forsta or they may be completely custom built from a blank ca...

  • Quotas Overview

    Within a survey, you can use Quotas to specify the number of responses you would like to receive for different sub samples or target groups, or to limit the ...

  • Defining Quotas and Setting Quota Targets

    A survey can have one or more quotas, which in turn can be single or multidimensional, for example Gender (single) Gender x Age (2-dimensional)To define a qu...

  • Quota Counts and Quota Target Functions

    The function qt is used to retrieve the target set for a particular quota, and qc is used to retrieve the current count. qt(quotaName) qc(quotaNa...

  • Quotas Based on Background Fields

    Another CATI-specific quota setting is CATI Delivery when Quota not Full.The system provides a choice of two alternative system behaviors for handling quota ...