Electronic Survey Software Panorama

Created by Curtis Broderick, EpiConcept, Paris

What are the major questions in Questionnaires?

Functional needs of the questionnaire•Quel cible? (collecte d’avis, collecte de données, étude du marché, recherche scientifique, étude clinique, etc.)•Complexité du questionnaire ou survey•Modifiable dans le temps•Mise en forme visuel du questionnaire•Calculs spécifique•Geo-positionnement, photo•Qualitatif / quantitatif (enregistrement vocal)

Collection modality•Ease of use •door-to-door, via webpage, face-to-face, etc.•Will be a questionnaire be used over time by same respondents (longitudinal)?•Internet access / mobile telephone / Power supply•Terrain (device robustness, theft, elements, etc)•Number of surveyors

Availability and use of data•Volume•Temps réel, agrégation, cartography, monitoring•Combien de gens vont l’administrer?•Les données sont hébergés où? Soucis légaux? Soucis de sécurité réel où à la perception?•Formats des données et exportation

Software characteristics•Software’s cost model•Proprietary software or Open source•Technology used (server to install, in the cloud, single station).•Technical ability of the person creating it

Quels sont les grandes questions des Questionnaires?

Besoins fonctionnels du questionnaire•Quel cible? (collecte d’avis, collecte de données, étude du marché, recherche scientifique, étude clinique, etc.)•Complexité du questionnaire ou survey•Modifiable dans le temps•Mise en forme visuel du questionnaire•Calculs spécifique•Geo-positionnement, photo•Qualitatif / quantitatif (enregistrement vocal)

Modalité de recueil•Ease of use •door-to-door, via webpage, face-to-face, etc.•Will be a questionnaire used over time by same respondents (longitudinal)?•Internet access / mobile telephone / Power supply•Terrain (robustesse de matériel, vol, etc)•Nombre d’enquêteurs

Disponibilité et utilisation des données•Volume•Temps réel, agrégation, cartography, monitoring•Combien de gens vont l’administrer?•Les données sont hébergés où? Soucis légaux? Soucis de sécurité réel où à la perception?•Formats des données et exportation

Software caractéristiques•Software’s cost model•Proprietary software or Open source•Technology used (server to install, in the cloud, single station).•Technical ability of the person creating it

How do you classify

these 40 software?

Classification

• Finished product• Designed for anyone to use• For profit / various cost models• Single modality (most) to multi-modality (some)

•Architype SurveyMonkey

General public products (21)

• Most Require technical knowledge• Origins in universities, NGOs, government, Consortiums• Non-Profit – free, open-source• Architype: Open Data Kit

Projects (11)• Very specialized for given sector• High variability in product/service quality

Specialized solutions (4)

• Database collection oriented• All industries•Architype: Google Forms

General data collection (3)

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Produits grande publics (21)

•Finished product•Designed for anyone to use•For profit / various cost models•Most are web applications, some PC

•Architype SurveyMonkey

Voozanoo 123SurveyMonkeySurvey GizmoQuestbackSelect SurveyCogix2AskSurvsOpinioSnap SurveysFeedback ServereSurveys proWysuFormsSurvey GoldCreative Research SystemsVoviciSurvey CrafterZoomerangQuantrixLe PhynxQuestionPro

Voozanoo 123• Web application create/collect/view• EpiConcept server or your own• no mobile data entry• Unique quick questionnaire creator• Basic functions – easy to use• Based on Voozanoo/MySQL

Form CreationData Collection

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Survey Monkey • Web app• Form creation• Send management• Data viewing / Export• Generalist audience• Price model month/year/quantity• Large choice question type• Good choice personalization

Survey Gizmo • Web application• Generalist audience• Form creation / data viewing• Email invite management• Strong brand customization• Very complete set of Q types

Questback • High end business targeted• Typical survey web application• Does not seem very advanced• question creation• email invitation management• data viewing• Sweden

Select Survey •Typical survey web application• to put surveys “into” your website• Company in Kansas USA

COGIX• Web application• Impressive client list• large companies

2Ask• Web application

Survs• web application • general public audience

Snap Surveys• PC application• General audience

Opinio• Web application• General audience•Xxxxx•Xxxxx•Xxxxxx•Xxxxxxx

Feedback server • Web application• General audience

eSurveys pro• Web app• general audience

WysuForms• web application• General audience• has French Ministre de la santé et sport as client

Survey Gold• PC application

Creative Research Systems

•Web Surveys•PDA Surveys•Phone Questionnaires

Vovici• Web application• High end = expensive• very complete forms manage• very complete invite managee•Very complete analysis/reporting

Survey Crafter •PC application

Zoomerang• Web application• General audience

Qualtrix sophisticated research made simple

• Web applications suite• Academic research origins• General audience – easy use• Brand customizable• Collaboration (Q sharing)

Le Sphynx • PC application• fonctions d'analyse quantitative et qualitative

QuestionPro • Web application• Similar to all the rest

Projects (11)

Lime SurveyBlaiseCS ProEpi InfoEpiCollectKoBoEpiSurveyorImogene (EpiDefender)CasesOpen Data KitOpenXdata

• Requires technical knowledge• Origins in universities, NGOs, government, Consortiums• Mostly free open-source• Ranges from technical “pieces” to complete systems

•Architype: Open Data Kit

Lime Survey •Very rich feature set•Open source (31 developers)•Multi-language•Web app model (server install)•Lime Service available (no install)•Lots of Documentation & Support

Blaise survey processing system

• Multi mode surveys• Proprietary questionnaire definition language• Windows application• Support for adding your own DLLs• At version 4.8 of software• Large international following

CS Pro • PC application•Very Epi info like•Many files for one questionnaire•Graphic presentation tools are plenty•A bit complex to learn•Created by US census bureaux•Has been around for a while

Epi Info • Older PC application 199X• Many files – but readable files• Very powerful analysis scripting• Very strong use in Epidemiology world• Created by US CDC

EpiCollect • Web app Questionnaire creator• Limited variable types• Runs on Google app engine• Xforms• Android & iOS clients• their own .apk• Imperial College of London• Wellcome trust supported• Scientific article

KoBo • Form builder as webapp or PCapp• KoBo Collect (base on ODK) was born from the necessity of answering real world limitations in administering large scale population surveys in the field, especially in the context of complex emergencies and conflicts.

•Model has no server• KoBo post processor : synchronize data from the Android devices onto a local computer, and then to aggregate individual survey records into a simple database.

EpiSurveyor • Web application• SMS GSM data transmission• Humanitarian/NGO focused• Java & Android clients• Xforms based• Small list of variable types• Open Data Kit client on Android

Imogene (formerly EpiDefender)

“Imogene is basically a set of eclipse plug-in…”• Open Source project• Data collection info system• Android Client• Web applications• Relatively complex• Quite flexible/powerful

Cases • From University of California• 20 year history• For academic, government, private• multimode – web, telephone, face2face

Open Data Kit• University of Washington based• Professor’s sabbatical at Google• Active community• Web app for forms creation • You serve (TomCat, MySQL,Java) or Google apps engine servers• Creates Xform xml format• Android for mobile data collection • Open source & free to use• Several derivative works in circulation

Open X data• Association of 7 universities, 1 institute and 2 software companies• You serve it yourself• Xforms, java (telephone), Tomcat, MySQL• Webapp designer & manager• data collection by web, single station, sms• Free open source• Pakistan national dog bite rabies surveillance program sponsored by WHO

Generalist Forms (3)• Database collection oriented• All industries

•Architype: Google forms

Google formsPronto formsDo Forms

Google Forms• Integrated into Google apps• Based on spreadsheet• Easy form creation• You manage invites yourself• Can use Google gadgets & APIs• ex: Google maps / earth API

Pronto Forms• Web application• General audience• Mobile forms emphasis• Not survey focused per se

Do Forms Smart forms for smart phones and tablets

• Web application• Web questionnaire creator• Open Data Kit• Android, blackberry, iOS clients• All industries

specialized solutions (5)

Statpac (statistics oriented)IFC Macro (full service house)Collectica (DDI specialists, scholarly)Open Clinica (Clinical trial software)Big Pulse (Voting, elections, high security)

Very specialized for given sector• High variability in product/service quality

•Architype: Collectica full documenting of studies

Open Clinica • Web app• Clinical trial software• has API • Open source community version• Library of pre-made forms to download• Audit trail on data changes

Colectica • For statistical agencies, survey research groups, public opinion research• DDI standard for describing social science and statistical data

•PC application• No survey creation application, typically use Blaise®, CASES™, CS Pro

Big Pulse• Security minded• Web hosted self or them

StatPac • PC application

IFC Macro (macro International)•Mobile data collection•special version of CSPRO•For windows mobile OS•Revenues 150M $•1100 employees•Full service Research, Mktg & Comm

Recapitulation

• Finished product• Designed for anyone to use• For profit / various cost models• Single modality (most) to multi-modality (some)

•Architype SurveyMonkey

Produits grande publics (21)

• Requires technical knowledge• Origins in universities, NGOs, government, Consortiums• Non-Profit – free, open-source• Architype: Open Data Kit

Projects (11)• Very specialized for given sector• High variability in product/service quality

Specialized solutions (4)

• Database collection oriented• All industries•Architype: Google Forms

Collecte de donnée général (3)

13 / 10 / 2011 unclassified last minute additions

ENTRYWARE : … a notably user-friendly mobile survey software package that is relatively customizable, though not necessarily compatible with the full needs of an integrated household survey. *

* The IRIS Center at the University of Maryland (College Park) Comparative Assessment of Software Programs for the Development of Computer-Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) Applications

MMIC: Power of Programming Language: MMIC is an incredibly powerful and flexible survey software program. MMIC’s relative strength is the result of two key features. First, it is open-source. Second, in addition to its own native language, MMIC accepts and performs the functions of several web programming languages: Javascript, PHP and HTML. *

Pendragon Forms has been a staple of data collection since 1996. Originally built for simple data collection on Palm Pilots and other small form factor devices, it has now released a new version that runs on HTML5-enabled browsers, opening the software to a larger set of devices and larger form factors. *

Surveybe: A CAPI program developed by the survey research firm Economic Development Initiatives, Surveybe was built by survey implementers with the field realities of complex household surveys clearly in mind. This focus determines to a large degree both the capabilities and limitations of the software package. *

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