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OnQ Survey Authoring Tool: Revolutionizing Data Collection

OnQ is a user-friendly survey authoring tool developed by Northwestern & Clemson Universities, funded by NSF. With innovative features like GUI-based interface, database utilization, and multimedia integration, OnQ simplifies survey creation, making data collection more efficient. This tool tackles critical societal questions, from environmental impacts to Internet influences. Leveraging Java programming language and MySQL database, OnQ streamlines question and answer composition, sequence development, formatting customization, and results presentation. Current and future applications of OnQ span diverse fields like education, marketing, and environmental studies. Embrace OnQ for comprehensive survey development and data analysis.

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OnQ Survey Authoring Tool: Revolutionizing Data Collection

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  1. OnQ,a Survey Authoring Tool

  2. Survey 2000 • Developed at Northwestern University • Hosted on National Geographic • Funded by National Science Foundation (NSF) • Goal: How is a person shaped by his/her environment?

  3. Survey 2001 • Developed at Clemson University • Hosted on National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/survey2001/servlet/Page1 • Funded by National Science Foundation (NSF) • Goal: How does the Internet impact our society? • 3 initial groups of questions: • Demography • Internet • Environment

  4. Survey 2001: Problems • 2196 questions / around 1500 answers • Manual data entry • Error-prone • Difficult to proofread and edit

  5. OnQ: An Authoring Tool • GUI based • Use of database • Easy creation of skip patterns • Multimedia components

  6. Surveys on the Web • Widespread use of the Internet • Number of Internet users: • May 2002: 580,780,000 (NUA.com) • May 2002: 389,570,230 (Nielson/Net Ratings) • June 2002: 391,042,644 (Nielson/Net Ratings) • September 2002: 605,600,000 (NUA.com)

  7. Other Survey Authoring Tools • Web Surveyor • WWW Survey Assistant • Hosted Survey • Survey Said for the Web • Sawtooth’s Sensus Web

  8. OnQ: Architecture • Java programming language, version 1.4.0 • MySQL database, version 3.23.40 • MySQL Connector J, (formerly MM.Mysql) • Apache web server, version 1.3.40 • Tomcat servlet engine, version 3.2.3

  9. OnQ: An Authoring Tool • Question Editor (Cathy Hochrine) • Sequence Developer (Laura Brand) • Formatting (Meg Staton) • Presentation (other) • 4 modules:

  10. Design of OnQ:

  11. Database Tables for OnQ

  12. Database Tables For the Question Editor Module of OnQ

  13. OnQ: Question Editor Module • Question Composition • Questions - with a prefix, root, suffix • Languages • Categories • Keyword association

  14. OnQ: Question Editor Module • Answer Composition • Types of answer options: radio buttons, check boxes, drop-down lists, text area, text field • Choice for the number of answers, or the dimensions

  15. OnQ: Sequence Developer Module • Question Blocks and Transitions • Create, edit, and view question blocks and transitions • Boolean evaluator for skip patterns • Randomization of questions within a question block

  16. OnQ: Formatting Module • Format Individual Questions • Survey author can design way in which questions will be presented • Can add images, sound, video • Can choose placement of images

  17. OnQ: Formatting Module • Format Question Blocks • Each question block is presented on a page • Author can define “page ends” within a question block

  18. OnQ: Presentation Module • Uses Tomcat servlet engine to display (serve) pages to the clients • Also, serves pages to the survey author during development • These pages look exactly as they will look when the survey is deployed • Author can modify the formatting during development

  19. Results • GUI • Arbitrarily complex boolean expressions • Multimedia components • Multi-language; Categories; keyword association • Presentation • Multiple-platform implementation

  20. Improvements to OnQ • Fine-tune OnQ • Accessing other databases • Make it Web-based • Other checks • Pop-up search box

  21. Current Use of OnQ • Diversity 2002 • United Way of Greenvillehttp://johnryan.clemson.edu/UnitedWay/servlet/Page1 • Marketing Department at Clemson University • Engineering Department at Clemson

  22. Future Use of OnQ • Survey 2003 • Goal: How do encounters with information on the Internet change peoples’ perceptions of environmental hazards? • OnX – Online eXercises/eXamination • A learning and assessment authoring tool

  23. Acknowledgements • Dr. Roy Pargas • Dr. James Witte • Dr. Art Pellerin • Dr. Sandra Hedetniemi • OnQ development team: • Kowshik Jaganathan • Laura Brand • Meg Staton

  24. Thank You

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