The Ci3 software also can generate lists based on the respondent's previous answers. For example, a respondent may be asked which airlines they had used in the last year. Based on their answers, Ci3 will build a list consisting of only those airlines. This function permits interviewers to ask additional questions concerning the selected airlines while skipping those questions about airlines with which the respondent had no contact. In addition to Ci3's question formatting capabilities, the program is designed to allow direct data entry.
Interviewers can type the respondent's answers as they are given.
These functions eliminate several steps in the survey process and therefore reduce the likelihood of coding and data entry errors. The CATI software enhances the researcher's control over the entire survey process. The software can be used to set up pre-interview specifications that will manage the survey. First, the software can be used to assign interviewers to specific studies. Our laboratory, for example, has 9 workstations from which interviews can be conducted.