In CAPI mode or Telephone mode you will normally be alerted to the status of the questionnaire through additional questions that appear at the end of the questionnaire.
If F12 is used and the questionnaire is not complete then a partial record can be saved, see section Partial data file. In Telephone mode an appointment can be made, see section Making an appointment.
When entering data the "End of interview" dialog box is displayed at the end of each questionnaire (interview) with the status of the interview shown. The status will be:
Successful (reached the last relevant question in a normal manner)
Out of quota
Ineligible
Aborted (F12 was used before the questionnaire was completed)
Partial or appointment
You have the option of saving the record to the data file or to go back to the current questionnaire to change it.
If using Invade PDS system you should use "Finish off questionnaire" if the interview is finished and you want to back to complete data not entered during the interview
Note that the serial number for the questionnaire is shown for reference.
If you are working on a CATI survey with a quota control file when the target is reached for a group, any subsequent respondents falling into that group will be rejected as "out of quota". Quota control may also be used to reject ineligible respondents for whom no interviews are needed. This ensures that valuable resources are not wasted by interviewing respondents who fall outside of the required quota for the project.
If an interview is out of quota or ineligible the definition syntax and text of the response which caused the questionnaire to terminate is shown.
IMPORTANT: If a question included in the quota control file is left empty (blank) during an interview this will be treated as ineligible.
The [F11] key should never be used unless the record is a test record (not real data). If F11 is used then you have the option to discard the questionnaire and not save it.