Blaise® Overview
New Training Dates Added for 2009.
Blaise® is a powerful computer-assisted interviewing (CAI) system and survey processing tool for the Windows® operating system. Developed by Statistics Netherlands and licensed and supported in the United States and Canada by Westat, Blaise includes many advanced capabilities that meet the high demands of today's CAI surveys:
- "Out of the box" seamless support for multi-mode surveys (CATI, CAPI, CADE, etc.) and survey processes (data review and editing, etc.)
- Interactive data review and editing
- Proven interviewer interface with screen layouts that can be customized
- Powerful but simple questionnaire definition language
- Use the same Blaise instrument for any survey mode and for data review and editing
- Ability to include multimedia (sound, pictures, video) in a survey instrument
- Convenient support for user-developed add-on components (DLLs)
- Open system architecture that supports the integration of Blaise with non-Blaise systems and software
- Comprehensive documentation
Blaise is used world-wide for a variety of research studies:
- Household surveys
- Business and economic surveys
- Health surveys
- Labor force surveys
- Energy/environment/agriculture surveys
- Cross-sectional and longitudinal sample designs
- Multi-mode surveys
Contact Blaise Services at Westat to learn more about Blaise for your
survey processing needs.
Blaise® is a registered trademark of Statistics Netherlands. Windows® is a registered trademark of
Microsoft Corporation.
