[LINK] iPad and Census

[Greg Taylor]

The handwritten number makes slightly more sense now. If the resident is home when the collector calls, *either* the 
full form *or* the eCensus envelope is handed over. In my case, no one was home, so they left both.

Presumably the print run for the full form was based on an estimate of how many households would choose the form rather 
than the online option. It will be interesting to see how many used the eCensus.

It's certainly handy having the form though. You can see what questions they are going to ask before doing it online.

Greg

On 2011/08/10 12:58 PM, Ivan Trundle wrote:
> On 10/08/2011, at 11:10 AM, Greg Taylor<gtefa at internode.on.net>  wrote:
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>> The blue "Census Guide" says the census collector won't return if you submit online
> Interesting: our household were only given a sealed envelope, and nothing more.
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> When the census collector arrived, she almost immediately asked if I would like to complete the census online, which halted all further conversation whilst she annotated a number on the outside of the orange census envelope.
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> I was then presented with the envelope (with no further instructions) and off she went.
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> The use of scripting to show or hide relevant questions made it simpler, but it was annoying to have references to earlier questions which were not immediately visible.
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> Top marks for storing and showing that data when useful, though.
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> Hopefully they will offer optimised touchscreen interfaces in future.
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> And fountain pens and spare biros for Kerry.
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