Summary of Features

This page lists the main features of packages that were included in the questionnaire. Click on a Topic in the top table to see the packages that claim each feature in the lower part. Each part can be scrolled.

Topic Specific Features
Survey Design   Can generate data capture system from questionnaire, Can generate email surveys, Can generate paper based questionnaires, Can generate Web based questionnaires, Data Entry form design, Question Libraries, Questionnaire design, Routing, Sampling  
Data Capture   Batch data checking, CAPI, CATI, Email surveys, Interactive data checking, Key to disk, Palm, PDA and Phone entry, Sample case management, Scanning (OMR/OCR), Verification, Web interviewing  
Data Management   Calibration Weighting, Data editing, Hierarchical data, Imputation, Missing values, Programmer's interface to data / metadata, Transformation / recoding  
Data Analysis   Descriptive Statistics, Experimental design, Exploratory Data Analysis, Interactive (linked) graphics, Modelling, Multivariate statistical analysis, Qualitative and Textual analysis, Segmentation methods, Tabulations, Visualisation  
Presentation   Camera-ready reporting, Charting, Cut-and-paste to other software, Graphical editing  
Internal Structure   Access database (Jet), Flat text file, MS SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, Other Relational DataBase, Proprietary, Transposed file, xBase (ie dBase, FoxPro or similar), XML  
Operating System   Client/Server to web browser, Linux, Macintosh, MS-Dos, OS/2, PalmOS, Unix, Windows 2000/XP, Windows 98ii/ME/NT, Windows for hand and pocket PCs, Windows Server 2003, Windows Tablet, Windows up to 98 (first edition), Windows Vista  
Programming Language   ASP, ASP.Net, Assembler, Basic, C#, C/C++, Delphi, Fortran, Hyperscript, Java, Java Script (and JScript), MS .Net Framework, Pascal, PHP, Visual Basic (VB, VBA, VBS), XML Transformations (XSLT)  
Input Formats   Delimited text, Fixed format text, MS Access, MS Excel, ODBC, OLE (Active-X component), OleDB, SAS, SPSS Dimensions Data Model DSC, SPSS Save File, Triple S, xBase, XML  
Output Formats   Delimited text, Fixed format text, HTML, MS Access, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, ODBC, OLE (Active-X component), OleDB, PDF, SAS, SPSS Dimensions Data Model DSC, SPSS Save File, Triple S, xBase, XML