Calculating the time in minutes between two time variables
With Snap XMP Desktop you can use times to analyze your survey response data. This tutorial explains how to set up the start and end time questions then create variables that calculate the time difference and show how to categorise this information as time bands. Step 1: Creating the time questions Step 2: Creating a […]
Creating a custom login page
When creating a questionnaire that is completed online, participants can be required to log in. Surveys that require a participant to log in have a default login page is shown at the start of the questionnaire where participants enter their log in details to complete the questionnaire. The login details include a unique login ID […]
Using patterns to categorise postcodes by postal area
This tutorial shows how to apply a pattern at the analysis stage. This particular example uses a derived variable in conjunction with a pattern to extract the postal area from a full UK postcode. The postcode uk pattern is supplied with Snap XMP Desktop and may be used to validate replies to literal response questions […]
Creating a new language edition
Editions of a questionnaire contain the same number of questions, in the same order, with the same response type for each question. Format editions contain different layouts for the questionnaire. Language editions have different text for the questionnaire. In Snap XMP Desktop a survey can have any number of formats, and any number of languages. […]
Print scanned image data reports
A scanned image data report is a quick and easy way to view handwritten replies, without the need to wait for scanned questionnaires to be detected and keyed. Prior to printing the data report, you must have retained the image files created by the scanning process. Scanning must be activated from the Data Entry Tailoring […]
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Calculating the number of days between two dates
This worksheet shows how to calculate the number of days between two dates. The example used is for a questionnaire asking about a participant’s vacation where the period of time the participant spent on vacation is calculated. Additionally, there is an analysis requirement to determine the average length of vacation by age of respondent and […]
Calculating marks in a quiz, test or assessment
Using a weight matrix gives the ability to differentiate between correct or incorrect responses to a question. In this example, four multiple choice questions are used, each with four possible answers. Using weighted variables we identify the response for a correct answer as those weighted as one and for an incorrect answer as those weighted […]
Analysing dates
Snap XMP Desktop includes a number of operations and functions specifically designed to help analyse dates. When a participant responds to a date response question they can enter a free format date. Examples of the date can include July 1st, 2020 or 1 Jul 20. The inbuilt operations enable date responses to be categorized by […]
Analysing postcodes and zip codes
The best way of analysing postcodes and zip codes is to use a derived variable. When analysing postcodes or zip codes in Snap XMP Desktop consider: Create the postcode or zip code derived variable To create the derived single variable, please follow the steps below to categorize the postcodes and zip codes by area. You can […]