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The history above shows that technology changes have impacted survey taking and methods:

 Paper questionnaires were exclusively used for decades until the 1970s and 1980s for both self‐completion and by interviewers. Processing the data was expensive and focused on eliminating survey‐taking mistakes.

 Computer questionnaires at first were used solely for interviewing, while paper questionnaires were still used for self‐completion.

 The advent of the Internet meant that self‐completion could now be computer based, but this was limited at first to browsers on PC.

 Computing advances in hardware, software, and connectivity enabled and forced changes in survey taking, processing, and methods.