Process and system for creating and administering interview or test
First Claim
1. A method of creating questionnaires comprising:
- creating a plurality of question statements;
creating a plurality of answer formats;
combining a single question statement with a single answer format to create a question function unit (QFU);
combining said plurality of question statements with said plurality of answer formats to create a plurality of QFUs;
categorizing said plurality of QFUs.
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A process and system for creating and administering flexible, complex, error free electronic interviews or test of any kind. The process includes creating a library containing a plurality of self contained objects, i.e. question functional statements (QFUs). The QFUs are modules comprising a question statement, controls for answering the question statement, internal scoring controls, and controls for generating an unlimited variety of reactions or software responses to each answer. A plurality of categories is created to index QFUs wherein the category names are based on a tree structure relationship. These QFUs are used to build simple groups of QFU that are commonly found together, i.e. macro questions, as well as questionnaire templates. Questionnaire templates consists of multiple QFUs and categorical headings that are arranged in a two dimensional tree structure in a manner to logically represent the logical inter relationships between the different QFUs. A plurality of question macros in a macro library and a plurality of questionnaire templates are devices that allow rapid development of new questionnaires. The process further comprises placing these devices on a server for access via network being limited to authorized administrative users. The process also comprises creating an interview as an instance of the questionnaire template that can be distributed to clients on a network and applied to a specific interviewee. The server can be accessed by a plurality of authorized users from remote computers via a network.
113 Citations
61 Claims
-
1. A method of creating questionnaires comprising:
-
creating a plurality of question statements;
creating a plurality of answer formats;
combining a single question statement with a single answer format to create a question function unit (QFU);
combining said plurality of question statements with said plurality of answer formats to create a plurality of QFUs;
categorizing said plurality of QFUs. - View Dependent Claims (2)
-
-
3. The method of claim 3 further comprising:
-
embedding a background template marker at a first node within said primary questionnaire template tree structure;
reiteratively collecting an input information defined in the background template marker from an interviewee during an interview. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
-
-
12. A process for interviewing comprising:
-
creating a first plurality of question function units (QFUs);
creating a second plurality of QFUs;
creating a question template comprising said first and second QFUs, wherein said question template is arranged in a two-dimensional tree structure;
providing a macro question comprising a list of said first and said second QFUs;
placing said macro question, said question template, and said first and said second QFUs on a server;
accessing said server;
accessing said question template in order to initiate an interview.
-
-
23. A data management question and answer system comprising:
-
a master library of predefined questions comprising a question function unit (QFU);
wherein said QFU comprises;
a question statement;
means for editing said question statement; and
, means for creating answer formats that are linked to said question statement.
-
-
26. A process for interviewing comprising:
-
creating a first plurality of question functional statements (QFUs), said first QFUs comprising a question statement and means for answering said question statement;
categorizing said QFUs;
placing said first QFUs into a question template comprising a tree structure based on said first plurality of categories;
placing said question template on a server;
restricting access to said question template to a plurality of authorized users;
accessing said server by said plurality of authorized users from a remote computer;
accessing said question template from the remote computer;
providing an interview by creating an instance of said question template to an interviewee.
-
-
40. A data management question and answer system comprising:
a plurality of question functional statements (QFUs) arranged in a categorical array, said QFUs comprising;
a plurality of question statements; and
, means, operatively connected to said question statements, for answering said question statements including;
means for editing said question statements; and
, means for creating dynamic and customized answer formats.- View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43)
-
44. A questionnaire system comprising:
-
a plurality of question functional units (QFUs), wherein each of said QFUs comprise a question statement and a means for answering said question statement;
wherein said QFUs are arranged in a two dimensional question template having a hierarchical tree structure having nodes. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
-
-
54. A method of applying an interview comprising:
-
developing a plurality of question functional units (QFUs);
creating a two dimensional question template, wherein said two dimensional question template comprising said QFUs;
creating a template background marker;
inserting said background template marker in a node of said question template;
generating an interview;
applying said interview. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
-
Specification