Cross tabulation returns a result set based on a two question selection. This is achieved by choosing which question's options will form the rows or columns for the cross tabulated result set. Selecting a radio button in the red box to the right of the question indicates the row selection and selecting a radio button in the blue box to the right of the question indicates the column selection.
In the above example we have chosen to cross tabulate question1 and question 4 where question 1 is the row selection and question 4 is the column selection. This returns the following result set:
Alternatively we can cross tabulate the same 2 questions but set question 4 as the row selection and question 1 as the column selection as shown below:
This produces the following result set:
This document was adapted from the php ESP Help page.
How do I do cross anaylsis on my survey data?
Cross Analysis
To cross analyse results from a survey choose a question by selecting the appropriate radio button to the left of the question. You must then choose one or more of the question's choices by selecting the appropriate checkbox under the chosen question. This will display the entire results of this survey based on the criteria you have chosen. At present, Cross Analysis is limited to single questions.
This will produce the following result:
The resulting display shows all the responses where question 1 choice was "Yes".
This document was adapted from the php ESP Help page.
How do I create a new survey?
Creating a Survey
Click Create a New Survey from the Management Interface.
General Tab:
Enter a name for the survey in the name field. Do not use spaces in this name, think of this as a filename. Underscore's are acceptable.
Choose a group
to own this survey. Unless you are creating a survey as root, you will
only be permitted to choose the group of which you are a member.
Fill out the title, subtitle, and info fields. These fields will be used in the creation of a header for the final survey.
If you would like to be emailed a copy of each submitted survey, enter a valid email address in the email field. Leave this BLANK, unless your data needs to be backed up.
If
you would like to theme your survey select the appropriate theme from
the dropdown list. This will establish a link to a specific css style
sheet for your survey.
The Confirmation Page is the page users will be shown after filling out the survey online. Fill in the heading and body text for the this page, or leave them blank to use the default.
Click continue, or click the Questions tab at the top to proceed to the questions section.
Questions Tab:
Enter the text of your question (i.e. What is your favorite color?) in the questionfield name for this question, if you leave it blank one will be generated for you. box. Optionally enter a
If you would like to require the user to respond to this question, select yes in the required field.
Choose the type of response for this question. Different types may have parameters to change how they behave, consult the chart below for the use of the length and precision fields.
Type
Length
Precision
Yes/No
n/a
n/a
Text
length
max length
Essay
columns
rows
Radio
n/a
n/a
Checkboxes
min #
max # (not implemented yet)
Dropdown
n/a
n/a
Rate
1..N
Use "N/A"
Date
n/a
n/a
Numeric
length
precision
If
you chose a response type that has answer options, fill in one answer
per line on the bottom half of the form. If you need more lines, click Add another answer line.
[Question types with answer options are: Check Boxes, Dropdown Box,
Radio Buttons, Rate.] For check boxes and radio buttons, you may enter "!other" on a line to create a fill in the blank option. An "Other" box defaults to using the prompt Other: , but is configurable by using the format:
!other=prompt text
Add more questions by clicking the New Question button. Edit/View existing questions by clicking the question numbers at the top of the form.
Click continue, or click the Questions tab at the top to proceed to the questions section.
On this tab, you can change the order of the questions, delete questions, and insert section breaks. A section break, divides your survey into multiple pages (good for long surveys).
Shows
a preview of your survey. You can switch to this tab at any time to see
what your survey will look like. If you would like to make changes, go
back to the appropriate tab and make the changes. If you are satisfied
with the survey, click the Finish tab or button at the bottom of the page.
NOTE: The Next Page and Submit Survey buttons are inactive in the preview mode.
Shows you the block of PHP code that you need to paste into the HTML of your webpage to embed the survey.
Once a survey is finished, you may return to editing it by choosing Edit an Existing Survey from the Management Interface. When all final edits are done, you need to change the survey status from new to test or active mode. You can change the status by choosing Change the Status of an Existing Survey from the Management Interface.
This document was adapted from the php ESP Help page.
This document was adapted from the php ESP Help page.
How do I test a survey?
Testing a Survey
After you
have created a survey you can put it into testing mode. This allows you
to access a live copy of it from the Management Interface. You can fill
out the survey, and view the results by choosing Test a Survey. In order to test a survey it must be set to test mode from the Status section.
NOTE: Once a survey is moved from new designation to test you can no longer make changes. If you just want to see how it will look, not test functionality, please use the preview option available in when editing or creating a survey.
This document was adapted from the php ESP Help page.
How do I publish a survey?
Publishing a Survey
Once
you have created/edited a survey, and are ready to make it available
online you must activate it. Go to the Management Interface, click Change the Status of a Survey. Find the survey you want to activate. Make note of the survey ID(SID) and the name(SURVEYNAME).
NOTE: At this point you must activate
the survey. This is a one way operation. After it has been activated,
you can no longer edit or test this survey. All results gathered in
testing mode (if any) will be cleared by activating it.
Click on the Activate link for your survey. At this point your survey is active.
To insert the survey into an existing page you must place a PHP tag in the HTML for the page.
NOTE: This code was also given to you on the Finish tab of the survey design.
This document was adapted from the php ESP Help page.
What are the different reponse types I can have for my questions?
Yes/No
Explanation:
Use this for questions that will require a basic yes/no answer.
Example:
Yes
No
Single Line Text Entry
Explanation:
Use this for questions that require a one line answer. Note: The maximum lenght of the textbox can be set using the precision field.
Example:
Essay
Explanation:
Use
this for questions in requiring an answer in essay format. Note: The
col and row width of the essay area can be set be using the length and precision fields.
Example:
Radio Buttons
Explanation:
Use radio buttons for questions that have a set of possible answers, but only one can be selected.
Example:
Option 1
Option 2
Check Boxes
Explanation:
Use check boxes for questions that have a set of possible answers out of which multiple can be selected.
Example:
Option 1
Option 2
Dropdown Box
Explanation:
Use
this to drop down a list of possible selections. For example, what
state are you from? The drop down menu would then produce the list of
states.
Example:
Rate (scale 1..N)
Explanation:
Use this for questions that require a rating. You can have a rating scale of 1 to N, set by the length box. Multiple options can also be added to the rating block as you see below.
Example:
1
2
3
4
5
N/A
Option 1
Option 2
Option 3
Date
Explanation:
Use this for responses that require uses to submit back a date.
Example:
(e.g. 4/21/2002)
Numeric
Explanation:
Use this for questions which you will only want a numeric answer. Note: All non-numeric responses are disgarded.
