SurveyMate

*** IMPORTANT *** : If you are upgrading from a previous version, do not install the PDB files. This would overwrite your existing database. Install only the PRC file.

4. OVERVIEW
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The survey lifecycle consists in:

Typing questions/answers on the desktop using the Palm Desktop memopad application or any word processor and then bringing it to the Palm Desktop memopad application.

HotSync

Running the application and asking for the "import" feature.

Interviewing and collecting data (or getting scores for quizzes)

Viewing the results on the pilot unit if desired

Exporting results to the memo pad

HotSync to bring the results to the desktop

5. ENTERING A SURVEY/QUIZ
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5.1) Entering a survey:

The following rules should be observed:

TITLE - The first line contains the survey title and starts with "SURVEY:" Example:

SURVEY: Palm-sized PCs users satisfaction

QUESTIONS - The questions must start with a number and then a ")". Example:

2) How often do you use it?

ANSWERS - The answers follow the question, one per line. If you want to allow multiple choices enter one line with the text "(multiple)". Example:

5) What is important in a palm-sized PC for you?
(multiple)
Screen readability
Battery life
Software availability

OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS - To tell the program you want a graffiti-entered answer (essay), enter one answer line with a (...) During the survey, the pilot will show a screen with the question and a multi-line text field for the answer.
Example:

6) What is your email address?
(...)

OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS (other) - Another way of receiving graffiti-entered answers is to assign it to the "other" answer. During the survey, if the participant hits the "other" answer, a window will pop-up asking for the user to enter his answer (or cancel). To make this happen, enter the answer in the survey text as "other..." or "Other..." (without quotes.)
Example:

7) Where are you from?
United Stated
Canada
Germany
Japan
other...

DATE QUESTIONS (date) - To receive a date input, create the question with only one answer with the text "(date)" (without the quotes)
Example:

6) When is your birthdate?
(date)

5.2) Entering a quiz:

Very similar to a survey:

TITLE - The first line contains the quiz and starts with "QUIZ:". Example:

QUIZ: Health Quiz

QUESTIONS - The questions must start with a number and then a ")". Example:

4) A healthy person over 35 years of age should have their blood cholesterol checked

ANSWERS - The answers follow the question, one per line. If you want to allow multiple choices enter one line with the text "(multiple)". The score for each answer is entered at the end within parentheses. Example:

3) High blood pressure
(multiple)
Increases the heart's workload(1)
Causes the heart to enlarge(1)
Increases the risk of stroke(1)
Is caused by an enlarged heart(-1)
Tends to increase with age(1)
All the above(-1)

Note 1: Wrong answers that do not deduct scores, can be entered with (0) or with nothing. Example:

Less than 35mg/dL

Or

Less than 35mg/dL(0)

Note 2: If you have multiple choices, you probably don't want the participant to check all the options and get the scores for the right ones. In this case you may want to deduct points for the wrong answer(s).

Note 3: Valid score for an answer range from -99 to 99.

From the memo to Survey/Quiz Mate© electronic questionnaire:

For example, this is how the demo survey was typed:

SURVEY: Palm-sized PCs users satisfaction

1) Which palm-sized PC model would you like to comment on?
Pilot Connected
PalmPilot Personal
PalmPilot Pro
Palm III
Palm IIIx
Palm V
Nino
Compaq
Cassiopeia
PSION
Other

2) How often do you use it?
several times a day
once a day
few times a week
few times a month
rarely

3) What is the primary use for the device?
Business
Personal Organizer
Entertainment
Development
Other

4) How long have you been using a palm-sized PC?
Less than 6 months
6 months - 1 year
1-2 years
3-4 years
+4 years

5) What is important in a palm-sized PC for you?
(multiple)
Screen readability
Battery life
Software availability
Size
Handwriting recognition
Processing speed
other

6) What are your biggest complaints about your palm-sized PC?
(multiple)
Poor screen readability
Battery life
Not enough applications
Not small enough
Handwriting recognition
Processing speed

7) Gender:
Male
Female

8) Age:
Under 18
18-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65 or over

Your survey-PLAIN TEXT!	How Survey Mate© shows	comments
SURVEY: Palm-sized PCs users satisfaction.		This indicates that the memo entry is a survey, and identifies your survey title.
1) Which palm-sized PC would you like to comment on? Pilot Connected PalmPilot Personal PalmPilot Pro Palm III Palm IIIx Palm V Nino Compaq Cassiopeia PSION Other		The questions start with a number and a ")". Answers listed afterwards.
6) What are your biggest complaints about your palm-sized PC? (multiple) Poor screen readability Battery life Not enough applications Not small enough Handwriting recognition Processing speed		To indicate multiple answers you add a line after the question with "(multiple)". The answers will have check boxes.

Quiz example, this is how the demo quiz was typed:

QUIZ: Health Quiz

1) A common symptom of high blood pressure is
Headache
Dizziness
Rapid heartbeat
All of the above
None of the above (1)

2) The biggest risk factor for sudden cardiac death is
High Blood Pressure
Smoking(1)
High Blood Cholesterol
Physical Inactivity

3) High blood pressure
(multiple)
Increases the heart's workload(1)
Causes the heart to enlarge(1)
Increases the risk of stroke(1)
Is caused by an enlarged heart(-1)
Tends to increase with age(1)
All the above(-1)

4) A healthy person over 35 years of age should have their blood cholesterol checked
Every year
Every 2 years
Every 3 years
Every 4 years
Every 5 years(1)

5) High blood cholesterol is a risk factor for
Atherosclerosis
Stroke
Heart attack
All the above(1)

6) The highest risk factor for stroke is
High red blood cell count
Smoking
High blood pressure(1)
Heart disease

7) The level of HDL cholesterol in the blood should be
Less than 200mg/dL
Less than 100mg/dL
Less than 35mg/dL
Greater than 35mg/dL(1)

5.3. Locking / unlocking

When your organizer is in the "hide secret records" mode, the features "view results", "delete", and "export"
are locked. This will allow you to give the organizer to the participant without worrying that they will
have access to those features.
The features are unlocked when the organizer is in the "show secret records" mode.

6. PERFORMING A SURVEY / VIEWING RESULTS
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If you choose "Start" from the pop-up menu, the questions will be presented in sequence
and you (or the participant) will select or enter the answers.

At the end of a quiz the participant will receive the score.

If you choose "View results" from the pop-up menu, the program will show for each
question the counts, percentages or chart, you can select the view from the selector
on the upper-right corner of the screen.

Also, the scores for each answer of a quiz can be viewed.

7. EXPORTING RESULTS
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The "Export" feature will produce a tab-delimited file containing:

Survey Title, number of participants, questions, answers, counts (optional), percentages(optional) and essays (optional).

The file will be saved on the MemoPad and after HotSync, you will find it on the Palm Desktop
MemoPad application. From there, you can easily import it to your desktop application, such as Microsoft
Excel, Microsoft Access, and others.

Export to memo pad and then transfer to your desktop application:

Note: desktop application required, charts added for demonstration purposes.

8. SURVEY MATE VIEWER FOR WINDOWS 95/98 (NEW!)
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Available at no cost to Survey Mate registered users, this tool
will give you a detailed view of your surveys:

No more exports! (feature will continue to be supported for non-windows users).

View individual results, how each participant answered the questions.

Transfer data to MS Excel/Access

Print / Save report as RTF format (Word and other Word processors)

Fully customizable reporting tool.

FREE for Survey Mate registered users!

Download available at http://www.thinkingbytes.com

Unzip the file, run the setup program. After installation, open the program, and
fill-up the setup screen providing your HotSync backup directory.

(usually this directory is C:\Palm\yourpilotusername\Backup

9. LIMITS
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Limits:

	Demo version	Registered version
Number of surveys/quizzes you can make	unlimited	unlimited
Number of surveys/quizzes you can keep before start deleting old ones	2 each	9 each
Questions per survey	50	50
Answers per question	16	16
Participants per survey	4	No limit (available memory)
Questions exported	2	No limit (available memory)

10 DISTRIBUTION
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This manual and all accompanying files may be distributed freely,
provided that:

- Neither text nor any other file is modified in any way. No file
may be omitted nor added in the distribution.

- No money may be charged for the program or for any accompanying
files, other than the usual downloading time fees charged by
commercial BBS's and online services.

- I want to know where my program will be distributed. Please notify me
if it will be included in printed matter, floppy, or CD-ROM before its
publication. No matter what the circumstance, I would strongly
appreciate a copy of whatever collection in which it is included.

11. SHAREWARE/LICENSING AGREEMENT
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Survey Mate© is shareware. Registration gives you the right to use the program
exclusively on the pilot unit identified during registration process. Registration
does not allow you to distribute the program. Each registered version is licensed
to use in only one machine.

12. DISCLAIMER
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All ownership and Copyright of the software, including screens, belongs to Armando Neves.
The software author will not take responsibility for any form of damage or loss
that occurs when using this program.

Demo quiz was build from American Heart Association web site information. www.amhrt.com.

The software author will not take responsibility for accuracy/copyright issues for the quizzes
submitted to the web site.

By using the program, you have agreed on all the conditions stated here.

HotSync, PalmPilot, Palm OS and the PalmPilot logo are trademarks of 3Com Corporation
and its subsidiaries. IBM and WorkPad are trademarks of IBM Corporation. Microsoft is a
trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All other brands and product names are trademarks
or registered trademarks of their respective holders.