Cati Software Tool for Survey Research

CATI, Computer Aided Telephone Interviewing, has become a primary means of obtaining quality epidemdata. Its use has been steadily increasing and now it is a major technology in use by almost every NCATI has been used for many years, its implementation has not kept up with technological developmentCurrently available CATI software products are deficient in features, inflexible, difficult to learnproblems. Modern computer technology has the potential to satisfy the growing need for an improved pideally suited to develop it since it is a technologically advanced organization with years of experNationwide CATI based studies. In Phase I the investigators will identify approaches that can be usesoftware; justify and choose an approach; create requirements and design specifications for the tooland produce a detailed project plan for implementation. In Phase II, they will develop, test and evatool. This product has applications in over 3000 U.S. companies engaged in public opinion and market