Survey system
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1. A method of conducting a survey session, comprising:
- providing a plurality of questions to respondents, at least some questions being provided to a plurality of the respondents;
collecting answers to the questions from the respondents;
transferring at least some of the answers to respondents other than those who generated the answers, during the survey session;
collecting responses to the transferred answers, at least some of the responses being qualitative;
providing a summary report which is at least partially based on qualitative responses or answers collected from the respondents; and
adjusting the progression of the survey session, responsive to the provided summary, during the survey session.
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Abstract
A method of conducting a survey. The method includes providing a plurality of questions to respondents, at least some questions being provided to a plurality of the respondents, collecting answers to the questions from the respondents, transfer-ring at least some of the answers to respondents other than those who generated the answers, collecting responses to the transferred answers, at least some of the responses being qualitative, and providing a statistical report which is at least partially based on qualitative responses collected from the respondents.
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112 Claims
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1. A method of conducting a survey session, comprising:
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providing a plurality of questions to respondents, at least some questions being provided to a plurality of the respondents;
collecting answers to the questions from the respondents;
transferring at least some of the answers to respondents other than those who generated the answers, during the survey session;
collecting responses to the transferred answers, at least some of the responses being qualitative;
providing a summary report which is at least partially based on qualitative responses or answers collected from the respondents; and
adjusting the progression of the survey session, responsive to the provided summary, during the survey session. - View Dependent Claims (9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99)
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18. (canceled)
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19. A system for conducting a survey, comprising:
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a plurality of respondent stations adapted to collect statements from respective respondents;
at least one presentation station adapted to provide questions to the respondent stations for display to the respondents;
a server adapted to provide statements collected by at least one first respondent station to one or more second respondent stations, at least one of the collected statements being generated responsive to a statement provided by the server; and
a report unit adapted to provide a report summarizing qualitative answers or statements provided by the respondents to provided questions. - View Dependent Claims (23, 100)
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46. A survey system, comprising:
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a question provider adapted to provide a question to a plurality of respondents;
an answer input unit adapted to receive answers from the respondents; and
a processor adapted to generate wording for at least one question, responsive to the answers received from the respondents. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A method of conducting a survey, comprising:
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providing a question to a plurality of respondents;
receiving answers from at least some of the respondents; and
selecting a delay period suitable for avoiding bias;
providing a first respondent with an answer received from at least one second respondent, delayed by the selected delay period relative to the time the answer was received. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56)
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70. A method of conducting an interactive survey session, comprising:
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providing, during a survey session, a first question to a first group of a plurality of respondents, over a computer network;
collecting answers to the first question;
statistically analyzing the collected answers to the first question;
providing, during the survey session, a second question on the reasons to the statistical distribution of the collected answers to the first question, to a plurality of respondents, over the computer network;
collecting answers to the second question; and
providing a statistical tabulation of the answers to the second question. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72)
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73. A method of conducting a survey, comprising:
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setting a survey goal on the statistics to be achieved by the survey;
providing a plurality of questions to respondents;
collecting answers to the questions from the respondents;
transferring at least some of the answers to respondents other than those who generated the answers;
comparing a current state of the survey to the goal; and
controlling the providing of the questions or the transferring of the answers responsive to the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (74, 75)
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101. A method of conducting an interactive survey session, comprising:
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providing a plurality of questions to a plurality of respondents, during the session; and
transferring input generated by at least some of the respondents in response to the provided questions to others of the at least some of the plurality of respondents during the session, wherein the plurality of questions are provided to at least two of the respondents in different orders. - View Dependent Claims (102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112)
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