[Air-l] Web-based Surveys

[Ben Davidson]

Or to put it another way, has anyone written anything suitable that they
might be willing to trade for some work setting up html/asp forms, to insert
data into sql db's?

Ben

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Davidson" <bendavidson at totalise.co.uk>
To: <air-l at aoir.org>
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Air-l] Web-based Surveys


> Open questions.  That reminds me, I need some discourse analysis software.
>
> Anyone got experience in this area?
>
> Ben
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John B. White" <john.white at wku.edu>
> To: <air-l at aoir.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 5:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [Air-l] Web-based Surveys
>
>
> > I find cold-fusion works wonderfully for a middleware solution.  The
back
> end
> > can be almost any database product, so long as the server has the
> appropriate
> > drivers.  SPSS and SAS can both import tab delimited, ascii text, or in
> the case
> > of dbf or mdb files, directly query the datatabels themselves to bring
the
> data
> > over analysis.
> >
> > Using this method requires the researcher or a programer to understand
> HTML
> > forms, submission, and SQL.  Once you get those down, Cold-Fusion is a
> fairly
> > easy to learn product with its tag based format.  Homesite is the editor
> of
> > choice (even above Dreamweaver) although you can use other editors.  I
> find this
> > particularly useful when i want to use open ended questions.  You can
> capture
> > rich data in a memo field (in MS Access or other format) and supplement
> that
> > with more objective, Likert questions and other traditional survey
> instruments.
> >
> > --JW
> >
> > Ben Davidson wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Lon,
> > >
> > > You ask about the practicalitites of designing online surveys with
> backend
> > > db facilities.  I've just spent a few weeks teaching myself asp/sql
code
> > > (with substantial help from another listmember here!) to do just that.
> > >
> > > I'd be interested to hear more about the software you mention, but
also
> > > skeptical as to its versatility.  It makes me think of Dreamweaver,
> which is
> > > an excellent tool for building websites, but the amount of times I
have
> to
> > > go into the code and sort out problems leaves me thinking it would be
> > > impossible to rely on it alone.  I imagine the same applies to the
tool
> > > you're aiming to use, and that it is likely to be useful if you are
> > > designing lots of web-surveys with back-end db. to speed up the
process,
> but
> > > will not substitute for learning the code.
> > >
> > > You can see the results of my labours here:
> > > http://www.online-supervision.net/RegisterInterest.asp
> > >
> > > Ben
> > > (Available for hire!)
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <Berquist at uts.cc.utexas.edu>
> > > To: <air-l at aoir.org>
> > > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 4:42 PM
> > > Subject: [Air-l] Web-based Surveys
> > >
> > > > A few months ago, there was some discussion about online
> > > surveys--particularly
> > > > regarding methodology and design.  My question is more
practical--can
> > > anyone
> > > > recommend software to design a web-displayed survey that will easily
> > > capture
> > > > data into a backend database? I've looked at SPSS Data Entry (TM),
but
> > > would
> > > > like to receive recommendations from others who have completed
> web-based
> > > > surveys and are pleased with the software they have worked with.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Lon Berquist
> > > > Telecommunications and Information Policy Institute
> > > > The University of Texas at Austin
> > > >
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