Survey Software

By Christopher Peterson, SoftwareReviews.biz

A prior research is usually considered critical to any venture since it delivers an understanding and helps in the development of newer ideas. Methods are plenty, among which, surveys are considered an integral part; they are of big help in gathering data on a plethora of areas including market research, politics, healthcare, education, employee satisfaction, tourism and others. This, being the toughest part of the whole process, demanded a one-stop solution. Survey software was the answer.

Apart from being a timesaving, economical, efficient, effortless, accurate and far-reaching means of data collection, a survey software grants the ease of creating a survey through step-by-step automated processes assisted by a large number of options. But to know which survey software should fit in; one needs to keep a keen eye over the available features.

Primarily, a survey software designs surveys and are aided by a question library for choosing questions, entering data, analyzing responses using statistical methods and for creating graphs and tables. Other general features may include spell checker and editing facilities along with the options of sending mails to an unlimited number of people at the click of a mouse. Such software packages are available with the entire common set of features mentioned above; these software also come with their own set of USP. A few of the survey software comprise advanced features like the Voice-capture modules that provide the ability to record telephone-based interviews. This particular feature comes handy since the responses do not change, contrary to what often occurs when researchers write responses.

Survey software usually comes with free trials for a month and is usually backed by a money back guarantee, while technical support and training is included as an integral part of the whole package. But with so many available in today’s market, which survey software should one settle for? To answer that question, we enlist below the top three among the newcomers.

Pronto Survey 1.1.11 from Bebosoft

If slick, professional and multi-page surveys are in question, this software is the answer to any type of market research or any other activity. The software doesn’t require any programming knowledge to implement and creates the surveys in PHP. Supported question types are as follows: open response, single and multiple response and evaluation/matrix. The survey results are saved either in MySQL or PostgreSQL databases and allow adding rules based on survey responses. The software supports survey result analysis with multicolor charts and tables.

Green Array from Green Array

Developed for performance analysis of teams, this simple, fast and scalable project management solution helps to improve collaboration and accelerate performance. The software defines scope and performance measures, track progress and prevents over-commitment through proper resource planning.

LAN Survey 1.0 by CFH Software

A Client/Server network monitoring tool, LAN Survey tracks computers, printers, software, ODBC, RAS, IP numbers and network logons and comprises a folder contents tracker tool along with a file version monitor. Single point of installation and no additional client setup requirement being the key features, the database can be examined from all computers in the network without dedicated managements consoles. Other prime features for LAN Survey 1.0 are its multi-user design; ODBC connections to database and the capacity to store all detected modifications in the database. LAN Survey 1.0 also contains a scanner that runs during client logons and features an explorer to examine the results. There are also no limitations on maximum number of registered users and/or computers and the software can be run on Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

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