NIPO Fieldwork System Version 1.14

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InterviewerLog

Stores a record for each time an interviewer connects to the NIPO CATI / Web Master. This information may also be stored in the Interviewer Log file. Position references are listed in teh overview below.

InterviewerLog table

  Fieldname Pos in file Description Type Length NOT NULL

 

ContactTime

28L6

Total contact time in seconds.

Total accumulated time the interviewer was logged in for this survey. Starts when asking / being assigned to a particular survey until the start of a break, switching the survey or closing the application.

int

 

 

Key

DateTime

9L12

Date and time of log

date-time

 

NOT NULL

Key

InterviewerNumber

1L8

Interviewer number

int

8

NOT NULL

 

NumberOfContacts1

60L4

Number of contacts in response group 1

smallint

 

 

 

NumberOfContacts2

64L4

Number of contacts in response group 2

smallint

 

 

 

NumberOfContacts3

68L4

Number of contacts in response group 3

smallint

 

 

 

NumberOfPhoneNrs

40L4

Number of distributed telephone numbers

smallint

 

 

 

NumberOfScreens

54L6

Number of screens shown to interviewer

int

 

 

 

PauseTime

48L6

Pause time in seconds.

This is the total accumulated time spent in pause mode during the session on this survey. Pause mode can either be explicitly switched on by the interviewer between interviews, or triggered automatically after a certain amount of idle time at the introduction screen (set in the survey configuration). Not included in Total contact time.

int

 

 

 

PaymentVersion

 

Payment characteristics

int

 

 

 

SuccessfullInterviews

44L4

Number of successful interviews

smallint

 

 

 

SurveyName

21L8

Survey name

var

char

7

 

Key

Type

 

Login type
1 = initial, interviewer logging in
2 = actual interviewing

3 = test / instruction mode

int

1

NOT NULL

 

WaitingTime

34L6

Waiting time in seconds.

Total accumulated waiting time. Includes time spent by the interviewer workstation to load the survey, time spent by the interviewer waiting at the screen "Press enter to get new number" (dialer Power and Predictive modes only) and time spent by the NIPO CATI / Web Master and the dialer (if any) to retrieve a new sample record and send it to the interviewer workstation. In (dialer) Power and Predictive modes, where numerous contact attempts are made, the total waiting time may be significantly higher.

Total accumulated time spent showing the introduction screen, until the interviewer starts the interview or enters a non-response.
Included in total contact time.

int

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note:
When the NIPO CATI Client is started in Instruction or Test mode, the interviewer log file positions 40L8 contain the word INSTRUC. In the InterviewerLog table, this was replaced with the Type field.

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