1. Multi-mode data collection
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Data collection
Multi-mode data collection
Statistical office of Montenegro - MONSTAT Author: Branka Raicevic Position: Head of Department for Data Collection

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The Statistical Office of Montenegro (MONSTAT) is an independent administration body
MONSTAT is main coordinator of the statistical system of Montenegro, main holder and disseminator of statistical data, as well as responsible professional body, organizer, and coordinator of official statistics system, and it shall represent the official statistics of Montenegro in the international statistical system.
The Development Strategy of Official Statistics 2014 – 2018 defines strategic goals.
Strategic goals of Satistical Office of Montenegro are:
Modernization of official statistics data collecting
The use of administrative data for statistical purposes

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Two of general objectives of development activities which cannot be allocated by domains, are:
1. Modernization of official statistics data collecting
CAWI (Computer-assisted web interviewing)
CAPI (Computer-assisted personal interviewing)
CATI (Computer-assisted telephone interviewing)
2. The increase in use of administrative data for statistical purposes
Using administrative databases / registers
Integration and standardization of statistical processes
Development of statistical databases that allow multidimensional analysis

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CAWI method
May we started to use e - questionnaire (CAWI method)
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5. Number of questionnaires collected by CAWI method, by municipalities
NTTS 2017 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Multi – mode data collection Statistical Office of Montenegro
May a pilot e - questionnaire survey was carried out in the area of short-term statistics, survey ‘Turnover indices of retail trade’
This pilot survey covered 30 reporting units selected from the sample for monthly survey
Number of questionnaires collected by CAWI method, by municipalities
May 2015
Municipality
Response
Bar 1
Bijelo Polje
Budva 3
Kotor 5
Tivat
Podgorica 13
Herceg Novi 2
Cetinje
Total 27

6. Number of questionnaires collected by CAWI method, by municipalities
NTTS 2017 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Multi – mode data collection Statistical office of Montenegro
June we continued to collect the data by CAWI method, but with total size sample for this survey – 422 units.
Number of questionnaires collected by CAWI method, by municipalities
June 2015
July 2015
Municipality
Response
Bar 2 1
Bijelo Polje 6 5
Budva 4 3
Kotor 7 8
Nikšić
Tivat
Podgorica 22 23
Herceg Novi
Total 49
Cetinje 45
The response rate was 10.67%.

7. Number of questionnaires collected by CAWI method, by municipalities
NTTS 2017 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Multi – mode data collection Statistical Office of Montenegro
September a training for Data Collection Department staff members was held. After the training, their tasks were to make a direct contact (face-to-face) with reporting units and introduce them with new methods for data collection, and in this manner to increase the response rate until the end of 2015.
Number of questionnaires collected by CAWI method, by municipalities
October 2015
Municipality
Response
Bar 2
Bijelo Polje 6
Budva 4
Danilovgrad 1
Berane
Kotor 8
Nikšić 12
Pljevlja
Tivat
Podgorica 40
Ulcinj 3
Herceg Novi
Cetinje
Total 90
The response rate was 28.8%.

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June 2016 – The data collection by CAWI method for Survey on arrivals and overnight stays of tourists started.
August 2016
Municipality
Response
Bar 2
Budva 32
Danilovgrad 1
Žabljak
Kotor 3
Tivat
Podgorica 9
Ulcinj
Herceg Novi 4
Cetinje
Total 60
Sample size for this survey is 350 units, and we obtained 60 reports. After two months of using the CAWI method, the response rate was 17.14%.

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CAPI method
December 2015 – The data collected for annual survey ‘Livestock production’ by laptop (CAPI method) only in two municipalities.
In 2016 laptops were used for all Montenegro for the data collection for Survey ICT. In the data collection process there were 19 interviewers.
The application for these two surveys was developed in BLASE.

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CATI method
There is a plan to introduce CATI method.
Introduction of CATI method needs to have space, call center, hardware, and software. Statistical Office of Montenegro has already conducted certain activities in that direction.
Advantages for using CATI method for data collection are:
Implementation of a large number of interviews in a short period of time,
Lower costs of survey,
Simultaneous input and control data,
Control of interviewer.

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Administrative data
Statistical Office of Montenego is using increasingly administrative data sources. In a period of eight years, there were signed 17 agreements on cooperation with the institutions from different statistical areas.
In 2016 Statistical Office has conducted 160 surveys, of which 20 used the administrative source. This represents 12.5%.

14. Advantages of new methods
NTTS 2017 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Multi – mode data collection Statistical Office of Montenegro
Advantages of new methods
Reducing the burden of reporting units,
Reducing the cost of survey (printing form, postal service, etc.),
Reducing the burden on employees,
Increase the speed of data collection,
Better data quality.

15. Multi – mode data collection
NTTS 2017 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Multi – mode data collection Statistical Office of Montenegro
Multi – mode data collection
Paper questionnaire,
E – questionnaire – CAWI method,
CAPI method,
Administrative data,
CATI method,
Big Data.