Le innovazioni nei processi di raccolta dati nelle indagini Istat sulla popolazione

The article testifies part of the complex path undertaken in Istat to innovate the data collection process of social surveys through the diffusion of computerassisted data collection techniques. The need to take advantage of technological advancement and the increasing digitization of the population have made it possible to adopt survey designs capable of guaranteeing higher data quality, while reducing costs and the burden on respondents. The innovation of data capture processes has followed different directions, the article traces the main ones, highlighting the advantages they bring, but also the organizational and methodological complexity that they entail. [Publishers' text].