Hi,

There are two basic aspects to settinig up an online survey: designing the web page (or survey) and setting up a server to accept data.

Programs such as Frontpage and Dreamweaver (-my pesonal preference) make designing the web page survey a snap. However, you still require the services of a webmaster (or comparable person/company) to setup the server to accept data, usually via CGI scripts and a programming language such as ASP or Coldfusion.

hth, John Painter Clinical Assistant Professor School of Social Work, UNC-CH

--On Wednesday, June 26, 2002 11:17 AM -0400 "Khaneja, Gurvinder" <KhanejaG@wpunj.edu> wrote:

> You will need a special sofware that allows you to collect your data. I > have been using FrontPage for a couple of years now and it works very > well for me. With respects to data,I get a flat file containing > information (data) for each student who replied to the survey. I can > import this file and manipulate in SPSS, SAS, Excel or in any other > software and get desired results. I hope this information help. > > Gurvinder K. Khaneja, Ed. D. > Associate Director > Planning, Research and Evaluation > William Paterson University > Phone: (973) 720 3115 > Fax: (973) 720 3624 > E-mail: khanejag@wpunj.edu > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Raffe, Sydelle, SSA [mailto:DRaffe@co.alameda.ca.us] > Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 7:10 PM > To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > Subject: surveys via e-mail > > > This is kind of off the subject of the list, but you folks are so > knowledgable. I'd like to administer a survey via e-mail. Any ideas on > how to set it up? Do I need special software? I imagine I would save > each reply with a unique identifier and would then have to get it into > SPSS. Any assistance greatly appreciated. > > Sydelle Raffe > OAP > 1106 Madison Avenue > Oakland, CA 94607 > phone (271(2)9143) > e-mail (draffe@co.alameda.ca.us