Summary Description 
Overview | Platforms | Type of users | Distribution of the package | Availability of the software

Overview

The WinDATI system is an advanced system used by Statistics Sweden with functions for questionnaire design, compilation of the questionnaire to an interview program, queue management, scheduling and telephone searching functions.

Some WinDATI properties:

• Support for very large samples
• Support for very large questionnaires.
• Easy to switch between different surveys.
• Subject matter experts without programming experience can construct questionnaires. A C-program is automatically generated from the constructor’s specification.
• Extensive production statistics available in the system.
• The results can be transferred to production databases any time during and after the survey via Intranet.

Platforms

Questionnaire construction tool and the program for running the interview-module - Visual Basic
Code for creating the interview module - C/C++
Database – Sybase

Type of users

Intended for use by statisticians for computer assisted surveys.

Distribution of the package

Currently used only in Statistics Sweden by up to 120 field interviewers.

Availability of the software

Introduced in late 2000.
 

Source document containing the complete description

Doc. CoRD041: "A brief outline of existing data collection tools and new developments at Statistics Sweden"