This section lists the main features included in the QPSMR programs. If the item is not available in ALL systems, the letters in parenthesis after the description indicate which programs offer the feature, as shown in the key below.
Please note that QPSMR Input offers most of the features listed under Data Entry (if included in the questionnaire supplied), and QPSMR Reflect includes all those listed under Analysis, plus Data lists and Data exports.
Each QPSMR system is a full 32 bit Windows program.
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Single choice |
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Multi choice |
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Open-ended |
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Quantity - with or without decimal point |
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Character - eg. Postcodes |
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Interviewer texts |
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Verbatim answers - with the facility to collect, code and update (I,
C) |
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Date |
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Time |
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32,000 questions per questionnaire |
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9999 responses to single or multi response questions |
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1000 characters per question text |
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Additional texts - 245 characters for each text |
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Interviewer instructions displayed during data entry - 500 characters |
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Question routing, filtering (skips) and refuse input |
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Global and localised print settings |
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Block entry manipulation facility - copying, cutting, deleting, pasting and updating |
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Block copying of responses from other programs |
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Automatic question and response text
update from .CSV file - ideal for translating |
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projects (I,
C) |
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Ability to copy and paste entries from survey to survey |
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Unlimited respondents per survey |
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Data entry from paper questionnaires |
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Data entry during "live" situations, such as hall tests and CAPI (I,
C) |
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Telephone interviewing CATI (C) |
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Data collection by diskette and email (I,
C) |
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Test data entry mode (paper and computer assisted) for screen checks |
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Full question and response filtering (skipping) and refuse input |
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Automatic response filtering (eg.
ideal for "Used most often", "Used sometimes" and |
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"Never used" questions to ensure only
appropriate responses are available for selection) |
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Data entry using mouse or keyboard |
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Ability to control the data entry screen (fonts, toolbars etc) |
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Input screen shows full question and response texts |
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Option to show filters (skips) and derived variables |
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Randomisation - questions, blocks of questions and responses (I,
C) |
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Carry forward response texts (eg.
"Q1. Which brand do you use most often?", "Q2. You |
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say you use brand X,…) |
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Hold facility to halt data entry under controlled conditions |
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Range checks for numeric entries (eg. 1-100 and 999 permitted) |
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Full server quota control (C) |
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Sample management (C) |
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Appointments system (C) |
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Partial interviewing to allow future continuation (I,
C) |
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Data stored as ASCII or column binary |
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Record length 130,000 ASCII or 200 cards in column binary |
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Missing answers captured to reject category (existing or new response) |
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Full data checking during input (arithmetic and logical operations) |
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Automatic serial number allocation (C) |
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Automatic serial number sort |
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Ability to combine data files and to split data into sub-sets |
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Data hand over facility from .CSV
file - for merging partial or repeat interviews, |
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re-coding, forcing etc) (I,
C) |
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Verification to check data quality |
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Data accepted from other sources (spreadsheets, databases, mainframes etc) (I,
C) |
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Ability to convert all types of
binary data - with screen display of each data file format |
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(I, C) |
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QPSMR Input may be distributed as required (I,
C) |
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Data validation (edit of external data) |
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Missing values report (blanks) |
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Questionnaire showing response data (topline counts) |
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Frequency and hole counts (totals) |
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Topline table summary showing figures, percentages and mean scores |
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Data lists (including any number of
questions, filtered to any level, showing response |
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numbers or texts in report or .CSV
format) |
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30,000 tables per batch run (set) |
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1000,000 cells per cross table (1000 rows, 1000 columns) |
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Block table manipulation facility
(including copying, cutting, pasting, deleting and |
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updating) |
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Filtering - to any level |
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Question restructuring (variables) -
arithmetic, combination, splitting, ranges, |
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comparison, counting multi code responses and block definitions |
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Percentages - row, column, total, index |
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Row ranking - highest or lowest first |
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Full decimal place control - figures and percentages |
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Text - headings, footnotes, titles, row and column headings and labels |
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Identification - data, table and page numbers |
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Automatic horizontal and vertical table overflow (with pagination) |
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Table of contents - page, table number, title |
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Empty item suppression - row, column, table |
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Table overlay facility - ideal for product test banked tables (I,
C) |
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Table manipulation - full arithmetic manipulation of tables already incremented (I,
C) |
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Ability to use QPSMR Command Language syntax within table specifications (I,
C) |
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Statistics and significance tests -
mean, sum, standard deviation, standard error, t tests, |
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F tests, minimum, maximum, median,
mode, quartiles, deciles, chi-squared, Kolmogorov- |
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Smirnov, Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon |
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Statistically significant figures marked (various methods available) |
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Tables easily copied and pasted into
a variety of other software (including word |
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processors, spreadsheets and graphics
programs) |
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Table definitions preserved for re-use |
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Fast table production |
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Any printer and any print style |
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Page orientation (landscape or portrait) |
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Texts and fonts (proportional or fixed pitch, normal, bold, italic, size and style) |
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Character and line spacing |
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Margins and borders with square or round corners |
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Inclusion of company, product or client logo (any size or position on page) |
QPSMR Features List