User of SurveyGold 8
This complete software system is for building and administering surveys and exams and then analyzing their results. It is ideal for individuals, educational institutions, and organizations that need to quickly create and conduct exams or surveys over the Web, over the phone, or with a printed questionnaire form. It provides point-and-click features that make collecting and reviewing results quick and easy. Full support for automated test scoring is included. A 12-language spelling checker is built in, and the software is simple to learn and use. It has unlimited surveys and responses, e-mail notification of Web survey responses, and real-time reporting. Users can export data to Excel, SPSS, and other formats, and publish formal reports via Word.
This program helps you create and conduct paper, telephone, and Web surveys. Its interface is self-explanatory, but, if you get lost, the Orientation wizard explains the basics. It's easy to navigate the lists of respondents and surveys, which are arranged in a standard folder tree. The interface is practical, with large buttons, easy-to-find functions, and an innovative tooltip window, but it doesn't look all that slick. It supports Windows interface standards, such as drag and drop, letting you easily reorder questions in surveys and copy from one survey to another. SurveyGold Standard Edition is invaluable, especially for people who have never conducted surveys. Advanced options let you create nonlinear questionnaires, wherein the next questions respondents see are based on their previous answers. Perhaps the most useful feature is the ability to create Web forms. You can receive answers via e-mail or record them to download later. The program also considerably assists in conducting oral surveys. The results can be converted into various database formats and published as graphs, HTML, or Word documents. Anyone who needs to conduct surveys, especially academic and business users, can benefit from this excellent tool.
Version 8 adds the ability to organize surveys into folders and the ability to pass respondent and response values into a web survey form via URL query string.
