Skip to contentScholarGate
LibraryBookshelfDeskReview StudioAssistant
Sign in
Face-to-face Survey/Evidence
Method evidence record

Face-to-face Survey

A face-to-face survey is a structured data collection method in which a trained interviewer meets respondents in person and administers a standardised questionnaire. The interviewer reads questions aloud, clarifies wording when permitted by protocol, and records answers — either on paper (PAPI) or a laptop/tablet (CAPI). This mode consistently achieves higher response rates and better data quality for complex or sensitive questionnaires than self-administered alternatives, and is the reference standard in large-scale population surveys.

Sources recorded, not reviewed

Source record

Citations copied verbatim from the method’s source record. No claim-level verification is inferred from them.

Face-to-face Survey (Interviewer-Administered Questionnaire)
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / survey-methodology
  • Fowler, F. J. (2014). Survey Research Methods (5th ed.). Sage Publications. · ISBN 978-1452259000
  • Groves, R. M., Fowler, F. J., Couper, M. P., Lepkowski, J. M., Singer, E., & Tourangeau, R. (2009). Survey Methodology (2nd ed.). Wiley. · ISBN 978-0470465462
Open full method

Curated claims

Claims persisted in the evidence ledger, each with its own assessment.

No curated claims yet

This view does not invent a claim assessment when the ledger has none.

Related methods

Generated from the method graph and shown as machine-suggested relations — no evidence claim is inferred.

Taxonomic bucketMobile Surveymachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketOnline Surveymachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketStructured Interviewmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketSurveymachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketTelephone-assisted Surveymachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

Evidence status

Sources recorded, not reviewed

Bibliographic sources are present. Claim-level evidence review has not been performed.

Sources

2 recorded citations, copied from the method source record.

Actions

Open method page
ScholarGate

A content-first reference library for research methods — what each one is, how it works, and where it comes from.

Open data (CC-BY)

Explore

  • Library
  • Search the library…
  • Browse by field
  • Fields
  • Journey
  • Compare
  • Which method?

Reference

  • Subjects
  • Atlas
  • Glossary
  • Methodology
  • Philosophy

Your tools

  • Bookshelf
  • Desk
  • Chat

Company

  • About
  • Pricing
  • Contact
  • Suggest a method

Entries are compiled from published sources for reference. Verifying the accuracy and suitability of any information for your own use remains your responsibility.

© 2026 ScholarGate · A research-method reference library
  • Privacy
  • Cookies
  • Terms
  • Delete account