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 |