Basic

Multiple choice single selection (Choose One)

Multiple choice multiple selection (Choose Many)

Choose one and specify

Choose many and specify

Rank order

Allocation question (total sum)

One-sided table questions

Fill in the blank (single/multiple items)

Fill in the number (single/multiple items)

Essay question

Advanced

Single choice tables with 2, 3, 4 or more column groups (i.e. satisfaction, importance, comments)

Multiple choice tables w/ 2, 3, 4 or more column groups

Fill in the blank tables w/ 2, 3, 4 or more column groups

Combination tables with mix of single choice, multiple choice and fill in the blank tables w/ 2, 3, 4 or more groups

Import surveys created in MS Word

Spell check

Thesaurus

AutoCorrect

Questionnaire design wizard

Survey design wizard

Question and scale libraries

Control virtually all aspects of the survey format with an enhanced set of CSS styles

Foreign language support

Language packs - Switch from English to any of 12 other languages and all buttons and java script validations for the selected language are loaded. Each language pack includes its own dictionary for spell checking.

Auto dropdown population for state, country, industry, day, week, month or customized

Advanced Table Properties - Set column width, borders, text wrapping, use of color bands on odd/even rows, add anchors, repeat table headings, separate N/A and DK from choice list and more

Image Properties - Set image properties such as placement (left, right, center), borders, links and alt text

Section 508 Compliance (web form guidelines for users with disabilities)

All Question Styles

Required answer

Choose Many

Choose at most X responses

Choose exactly X responses

Choose at least X responses

Fill in the Blank

Greater than X characters

Less than X characters

Exactly X characters

E-mail address

Real Numbers

Whole Numbers

Text Length

Postal Codes

Telephone numbers

Social Security numbers

Password masking

Fill in a Number

Less than N (number)

Greater than N (number)

Between N and N

Fill in a Number (multiple)

Must total N (constant sum or piped value)

Choose one per topic

Individual rank selection (rank order)

Basic

Skip patterns

Multi-page surveys

Insert images, sounds and video

Redirect respondent to web page following survey

Randomized choice lists - Choose One, Choose Many and table rows question styles. Set choice list anchors for choose one and choose many questions to keep items such as Don’t Know or Other (please specify) on the bottom or top of the randomized list

E-mail respondent following survey

Auto Submit (option to automatically submit response if web page is left unattended)

Auto Reset (option to automatically reset survey to first page if left unattended)

Exclusive choice option - Set choice item such as None of the above as an exclusive choice to eliminate respondent error. When the exclusive choice option is selected all other options are de-selected.

Real-time totaling of Allocation questions - Respondents can now see the total sum as they enter numbers into the allocation question text boxes

Contingent choices - Dynamically change choice lists based on the answers to previous questions. Contingencies can be based on answers to multiple questions using Boolean logic

Advanced

Advanced branching with Boolean (and/or) logic

Piping from answers to answers

Piping from answers to questions

Automatic Question Drilldown - The ability to populate topics in a table dynamically based on the selection of choices from a previous choose many question

Save and continue later from beginning

Save and continue later from last question answered

Infusion of data from tables to survey (pre-population of survey form and results table)

Survey Triggers^* - Send email notifications based on the answer to one or more questions. Set thank you page based on answers

Web-based

HTML e-mail

Text e-mail

Handheld device (Palm O/S or Pocket PC)

Fax

Paper

Telephone

Automatic web publishing

All files including images transferred to appropriate site

Support for Globalscape CuteFTP Standard

Hidden fields supported

Run survey in test mode

Stop date/time stamping

Set maximum number of responses

Duplication control through cookies

Duplication control through user identification

User id and password security

Automatic creation of e-mail invitations including mail-merge functionality

Ability to merge unique respondent identification codes

Include multiple lists and use multiple exclude lists when creating a panel

Survey invitation wizard

Update and manage a master panel of respondents with an unlimited number of custom demographic fields

Deploy surveys to respondents selected from the master panel based on both survey participation history and custom respondent demographics

Track respondent participation through multiple surveys

The new master panel system is integrated into the survey invitation process making it easy and powerful to send complex mail-merge invitations and reminders to a custom subset of the master panel

Desktop (MS Access not required)

Automatically creates an MS Access compatible database table on the desktop

E-mail collection - reads e-mail inbox and loads responses to appropriate results database table

Loads results collected on the server in a tab separated value text file (.tsv) to the results database

Collects results from paper, fax, or telephone surveys and imports directly to the results database table

Palm or Pocket PC collection - loads results collected on a Palm to the response database (requires MobileSurvey)

Internet (SQL Database)

Automatically reads e-mail inbox and loads responses directly to the Internet SQL database (MS SQLServer, DB2, Oracle, MySQL, Sybase)

Easy to build a personal Access database from responses

Automatically writes responses to an SQL database

Automatically loads results collected on Palm or Pocket PC handhelds using HotSync or ActiveSync to the SQL database

Automatically loads results collected on the Palm using a wireless connection to the SQL database

Desktop

Filter the database on one or more fields. Filter excluding selection or filter based on selection are supported. All reports produced based on preset filters

Updates existing presentation with latest results

Instantly view summary statistics including average, standard deviation, count, sum, min, max, mode, variance, kurtosis

Select from 14 chart types including stacked bar, pie, column, line, point, bar, stacked column, fill, Pareto...

Product frequency reports with tables and charts

Create slide presentations and output automatically to MS PowerPoint format

Standard and custom live results pages are supported

Export to MS Excel or MS Access in native formats

Spell check database

Enhanced Choose Many reporting - differentiate between Choose Many questions that are not answered and not asked (when the question is skipped)

Coded Values - Set choice list items to a predefined code to eliminate data cleaning and enhance reporting

Cross tabs including percent of row, percent of column, percent of grand, counts, sum and averages are supported

SPSS .SAV files (includes SPSS labels and data) are automatically created

Regression Wizard for regression testing of data points

Gap Analysis charts and data calculations

Web-based Portal

Filter results in real-time

Filter results based on time submitted

Advanced real-time web-based reporting includes time series, trend, gap analysis, frequency analysis, banners, top box, and 360 degree analysis

Create and save customized reports online

Assign access to saved reports to individuals, groups, and all users

Direct connect to SQL database from the desktop provides access to raw data for cleaning and managing results. All Desktop features noted above are supported

SurveySolutions Portal may run under SSL security

The Enterprise Portal provides four levels of access security; manager, administrator, user and viewer

User id and password supported on entry page of survey

Usage reports and user reports available from the SurveySolutions Enterprise Portal

Secure access set to all response tables, groups or individual surveys

Restrict Surveys to Panel Members

Restrict Surveys to List Members

Prevent updates/duplicate responses

Sensitive information moved to a separate configuration file