Live Agent Phone Interview

Advantages

  • Easier to get telephone numbers than e-mail addresses.
  • Highest response rates.
  • Quicker to complete a project than an on-line survey.
  • Best way to qualify respondents and set quota by different segments.
  • Easier to obtain samples that reflect population and apply statistical significance.

Disadvantages

  • Most expensive fielding method.
  • More difficult to conduct conjoint or discreet choice surveys.
  • More intrusive method of conducting surveys.
  • Requires an incentive for participation in most circumstances.
  • Must take more care to avoid interviewer bias.