Introduction to the Data Entry window
The Data Entry window provides three views to make it easy to key in respondent case data from paper or telephone surveys. The buttons and menu options available are the same in all modes. Button and Menu options Button Menu Option Alternative Description Edit | New Ctrl + N Enter a new case. Each new […]
Collecting the replies to your survey
Once your survey has been published and distributed, you can collect replies for analysis. The response data is entered in different ways depending how the survey is distributed. The responses may be from: Online questionnaires When a participant completes the questionnaire online the response data is Paper questionnaires Responses received as a paper questionnaire need […]
Setting up mail merge
If you are producing a printed questionnaire for known respondents, you can insert the respondents’ names and addresses on the front page of the questionnaire, and then mail them directly. You need to have a database set up with the names and addresses of respondents beforehand. Each address line must be in a different field. […]
Setting up paper questionnaires for distribution
Seeding your questionnaire before printing If you have a question that asks for information from a respondent that you already have in a database or spreadsheet, you can pre-seed the questionnaire with this information before you send it out. To do so, you must set up a database link. If you print the survey in […]
Publishing paper questionnaires
With paper questionnaires you have the option to either publish or print the questionnaire. If you choose to print directly, rather than publishing first, the questionnaire is available for further changes. However, if you publish the questionnaire you will receive a warning that the questionnaire has been locked, although it will allow you to make […]
Creating a PDF version of your questionnaire for review
Paper questionnaires are sent directly to a printer. You may also wish to save them to a file, for example, to email the questionnaire to a colleague for review. To do this you will need a printer driver that can export to PDF files. Click the button on the toolbar to open the Printing Options […]
Printing
Printing a list of offline surveys You can print the survey details of a selected survey, or a report of the surveys held in the current folder. This can be useful as a permanent record before surveys are archived or deleted. Print report The behaviour of the Print Report command is different for each active […]
Moving variables between surveys
You can move questions between surveys without putting them in a SurveyPak by exporting them from one survey and importing them into another survey. You can save the exported variables as a SnIF file or on the clipboard. Files are better for large amounts of data, but saving to the clipboard is quicker if the […]
Deleting a survey
When deleting a survey you can: It is recommended that the survey is archived before deleting the survey or the survey data. Further information is available at Archiving and restoring a survey. These instructions show how to delete a survey:
Archiving and restoring a survey
Backing up your survey and the data responses is an essential part of managing your surveys and helps to prevent loss of data in case of any problems. Backups of surveys created in Snap XMP Desktop can be performed with or without the response data. Back-ups of a survey and its response data are done […]