Self-administered survey questionnaire and method
First Claim
1. In a survey questionnaire comprising a plurality of survey questions, and a plurality of selectable responses associated with each of said survey questions;
- the improvement comprising a bar code scannable pattern associated with each response, said bar code scannable pattern comprising a selectable response to a particular survey question and a skip pattern prompt indication embedded therein comprising prompting information corresponding to a next question to be answered in said plurality of survey questions in said survey questionnaire based on selection of said selectable response, said bar code scannable pattern being adapted for scanning by a bar code scanning device having a storage means and a display associated therewith for storing the scanned selectable response and displaying said prompting information, whereby a self-administered survey questionnaire may be provided.
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Abstract
In a method for providing a self-administered survey using a bar coded survey questionnaire having a plurality of survey questions and a plurality of selectable responses to the questions, with the selectable bar coded responses (10) being scannable for storing the selected responses (10); the improvement comprising providing a bar code scannable skip pattern prompt (12a, 12b) embedded in a scannable bar code pattern (10) also containing the selectable response (14a, 14b), the skip pattern prompt (12a, 12b) being dependent on the selected response (14a, 14b); selecting a response to a particular survey question by scanning (22) the bar code pattern (10) associated with the selected response (14a, 14b); storing the selected response (14a, 14b) based on the scanned bar code pattern (10) and displaying (24) a prompt message, indicating a next question to be answered in the survey questionnaire based on the same scanned bar code pattern (10), whereby a single scanning of the selected bar code pattern (10) provides both the response selected (14a, 14b) and the skip pattern (12a, 12b) to the next question to be answered for providing branching directly from the scanned response (10).
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1. In a survey questionnaire comprising a plurality of survey questions, and a plurality of selectable responses associated with each of said survey questions;
- the improvement comprising a bar code scannable pattern associated with each response, said bar code scannable pattern comprising a selectable response to a particular survey question and a skip pattern prompt indication embedded therein comprising prompting information corresponding to a next question to be answered in said plurality of survey questions in said survey questionnaire based on selection of said selectable response, said bar code scannable pattern being adapted for scanning by a bar code scanning device having a storage means and a display associated therewith for storing the scanned selectable response and displaying said prompting information, whereby a self-administered survey questionnaire may be provided.
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5. In a method for providing a self-administered survey using a bar coded survey questionnaire having a plurality of survey questions and a plurality of selectable responses to said questions, with said selectable bar responses being scannable for storing said selected responses;
- the improvement comprising providing a bar code scannable skip pattern prompt embedded in a scannable bar code pattern also containing said selectable response, said skip pattern prompt being dependent on the selected response;
selecting a response to a particular survey question by scanning said bar code pattern associated with said selected response;
storing said selected response based on said scanned bar code pattern and displaying a prompt message, indicating a next question to be answered in said survey questionnaire based on the same scanned bar code pattern, whereby a single scanning of said selected bar code pattern provides both the response selected and the skip pattern to the next question to be answered for providing branching directly from said scanned response. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- the improvement comprising providing a bar code scannable skip pattern prompt embedded in a scannable bar code pattern also containing said selectable response, said skip pattern prompt being dependent on the selected response;
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