Survey Worksheets
Monthly worksheets to help you get the most out of Snap survey software.
43. Worksheet on Using Snap e-viewer to share survey results
If you have created many tables and charts in Snap there is a quick and easy way to share them with colleagues and clients. You can export them to a Snap e-results Viewer file, and then give other people that file, which they can then look at using the free, downloadable Snap e-viewer.
42. Giving a consistent look and feel to all your charts
You can save and apply chart styles in Snap in the same way that you can save and apply questionnaire styles. If you wish to have a consistent look and feel for the analysis charts you produce, you can create a style that only contains the colors and background definitions. You can then apply that style to any chart to make it appear in your organisation's colors. This worksheet shows you how.
41. Adding name and address information to a printed survey
If you are producing a printed questionnaire for known respondents, you can set up Snap to insert the respondents' names and addresses on the front page of the questionnaire, and then mail them directly.
40. Restarting and changing question numbering with sections
You can break up your survey into several sections, and restart the numbering in each section. You can also change the appearance of the numbering in each section. This worksheet tells you how.
39. Using Rating Check to ensure ranking of options
You can set up a grid question, which has a rating scale along the top, and the items to be rated down the side (or vice versa) and then ask respondents to rank the items in order. If you want to make sure that they give a unique rank to each value, you can apply the necessary constraints by using the rating check tool from SurveyPlus.
38. Worksheet on Randomly selecting questions
This month's worksheet shows how to generate pseudo-random values to use in routing or other calculations. In particular we consider the problem where you want to keep the size of a questionnaire to a minimum whilst still questions covering a wide range of topics.
37. Generating scheduled email invitations from Snap WebHost
Snap WebHost can send out email invitations and reminders automatically. It keeps a record of which respondents have completed the questionnaire, and reminds those who have still to complete it. Respondents will not necessarily have to log in to the survey, as you can set up the link to the survey to identify them automatically.
36. Dynamically specifying the web address that respondents get directed to at the end of a survey questionnaire
When respondents complete an online survey, you can specify the website that they are then taken to. You can set up the website address to be specific to a respondent by including one or more survey variables in it.
35. Creating compound grids
You can place question grids next to each other to make them easier to complete. For example, you could combine two grid questions on goods and services; one on how satisfied people are with them, and the other on how important they are to people.
34. Creating a custom login page
The New Year worksheet looks at changing the look of survey login pages. It explains how to add text and graphics to a login page. As a bonus it also covers how to set up the invitation email so that the respondent is logged in automatically, saving them trouble while providing you with their login details for reference.
33. Analysing two surveys together
Merging surveys in Snap has become even easier using a database link. This worksheet tells you how to merge slightly different surveys and set up a derived variable to identify them for analysis.
32. Creating a new language edition of your questionnaire
This worksheet describes how to publish the same survey in multiple languages. The tutorial covers creating a dual-language questionnaire in Welsh and English for Snap WebHost.
31. Creating multiple editions of your questionnaire
Snap 9 allows you to design a number of editions of the same questionnaire each targeted at different media. This month's worksheet illustrates that facility by showing how to create a web questionnaire from an existing paper questionnaire.
30. Using slider controls in electronic questionnaires
The Slider program is a new addition to the ToolKit suite of programs. It enables you to add slider controls to single-response and quantity questions for all forms of web and offline questionnaires. This worksheet shows you how.
29. Rim Weighting
Many analysis weighting problems require the application of a single weighting factor per respondent. Occasionally however there is a requirement to weight by two or more independent variables, for example, to weight separately for both the gender and the age group of the respondent. Snap's rim-weighting facility makes this type of problem easy to solve.
28. Live update of respondents worksheet
This worksheet describes how to update the respondents for a live survey running on Snap WebHost.
27. Interlocking quotas in Snap WebHost
This month we look at how to introduce quotas based on combinations of answers for individual questions for Snap WebHost web surveys.
26. Quotas
Quotas allow you to specify maximum numbers of respondents in particular groups and are helpful in maintaining stratified samples. Snap 9 may be used to implement either independent or interlocking quotas for Snap WebHost web surveys and this article shows you how.
25. Using patterns to categorise postcodes into postal area
In last months worksheet we applied a pattern to validate or transform a quantity response during an interview. We will now look at applying a pattern at analysis stage. This particular example uses a derived variable in conjunction with a pattern to extract the postal area part from a full UK postcode.
24. Patterns
In this worksheet we will show how applying patterns can resolve such issues and make questionnaires more amenable to respondents’ replies.
23. Dynamic Masking
This month's worksheet shows how to include or exclude specific answer choices from one question based on the answers given to one or more earlier questions.
22. Masking Code Boxes
A new function within Snap 9 gives the ability to hide or mask code boxes of one single- or multiple-response questions. Mask expressions which reference other questions are termed dynamic masks and can be used in offline and online (web) questionnaires.
21. How to display a currency sign beside a code box
When questions are designed which require currency values to be clearly identifiable, include the words or symbols representing the currency outside the applicable box. This will indicate to the interviewee that only a numeric value needs to be entered.
20. Exporting your Snap questionnaire into MS Word
You may wish to send your survey to someone via email as an attachment, or incorporate your Snap questionnaire into a Microsoft Word report. In order to do this, you need to export your Snap questionnaire as a WMF graphic file. Read on to find out the simple steps to do this.
19. Analysing Several Questions by a Standard Break
Read on to find out how to analyse several questions without having to open up each individual table of charts. This method will save you valuable time conducting analysis through using one standard break.
18. The Do’s and Don’ts of Scanning
The Snap Scanning Module is a powerful product that is a cost-effective way to collect data quickly and efficiently. When designing a survey there are always do’s and don’ts so we advise you to bear the following in mind.
17. Worksheet on Scanned Image Data Reports
Snap's optional scanning module has the facility to print scanned image data reports of data that has not yet been detected or keyed in. Consequently, Literal Response questions do not need to be keyed in or coded prior to analysis. This is achieved by selecting the Scanned Questionnaire radio button, which creates a report read from the scanned image, as distinct from Summary, taken from a survey’s data (.rdf) file.
16. Using Gap Analysis to Interpret Importance with Satisfaction
Gap analysis shows the difference between how important attributes are to your respondents and how satisfied they are with those attributes. It is a really useful way of comparing the results from your satisfaction and importance questions and allows for easy interpretation. By comparing importance and satisfaction scores on your chart you can use gap analysis to identify priorities for improvement.
15. The Reference Window - copying Questions from SurveyPaks or other Surveys into your Questionnaire
The Reference window is designed in order to simplify the questionnaire design process by offering the facility of copying questions from two sources. Through the reference window you have the facility to ‘drag and drop’ questions from either a SurveyPak or from a previously designed survey into your own questionnaire.
14. Analysing a Literal Response variable
Literal Response questions are not as easy to analyse as variables that have tick box answers, such as Multiple Choice questions or Grids. However, it is possible to set up new variables allowing open-ended answers to be categorised. This worksheet shows you how that is done.
13. Saving your Questionnaire Design as a Template
The Style Templates option in Snap allows you to apply a template that represents a particular style in terms of page set-up, colours and layout. As well as utilizing the existing templates you can also create your own. This worksheet shows you how.
11. Calculating the Time in Minutes between Two Time Variables
Snap has the capability to analyse times of the day using the 24 hour clock. If a questionnaire contains a start time and end time question, Snap can calculate the time difference between the two answers.
10. Joining Surveys
'Joining' is the process of connecting cases from different surveys together to form a longer case.
9. Merging Similar Surveys
Merging two identically structured surveys using Snap is very simple. This article will demonstrate merging two surveys that differ in composition.
8. Calculating the Number of Days between Two Dates
Calculating the number of days between two dates is easy as this worksheet shows.
7. Calculating marks in a test
Using a weight matrix, Snap has the ability to differentiate between responses to a particular question as being correct or incorrect.
6. Analyzing Dates
Snap includes a number of operations and functions specifically designed to help in analyzing dates.
5. Analyzing Post codes and Zip codes
There are a few golden rules when using Snap to analyze Postcodes and Zip codes.
4. Using images for answer labels
For a grid question (a ratings style of question), it may be preferable to have images such as smiley faces instead of typed ratings, e.g. very good through to very poor, or very satisfied through to very unsatisfied. Using smiley faces as ratings is a popular method of creating grid questions in questionnaires that are completed by children.
3. Exporting Data from Snap to Excel
This month's survey workshop describes how to export data from Snap to Microsoft Excel and other applications in simple steps.
1. Applying an image behind the questionnaire
Images can be used as a background for the entire questionnaire. These images can comprise of .BMP, .JPEG, .GIF or even animated GIF's. If Page Breaks are included in the design, the image will be displayed behind all pages and not just one as viewed in the Questionnaire Design window.