Formation IBM SPSS Data Collection Scripting: (Survey Creation) Level I

Chapter 1. Introduction to SPSS IBM Data Collection Scripting About IBM Business Analytics
Product name references
Introduction to the Data Collection Scripting Survey Creation Course
Data Collection Scripting
The Survey Scripting Process
Coding Standards and Conventions
Curly, Square or Round?
The Widgets Inc Customer Satisfaction Survey Chapter 2. The Script Development Environment Introduction
Starting Author Professional
The Main Panels and Menus
Opening and Creating Interview Script
Boilerplate Interview Scripts - Using Templates
Packaging an entire project
Organizing your Survey Files - Using Workspaces
Options Within Author Professional Chapter 3. Accessing Developer Library Introduction
Bookmarks
Sharing DDL Locations
Searching for DDL content
Additional DDL content Chapter 4. Creating Questions with Typed Responses Introduction
Information Items
Basic Question Types
Numeric (Long) Questions
Numeric (Double) Questions
Open Text Questions
Boolean (True/False) Questions
Date and Time Questions
Using AutoAnswer to progress through the interview Chapter 5. Creating Questions with Categorical Response Options Introduction
Simple Categorical Questions
Basic Question Syntax
Response Names and Response Texts
How Many Responses Can Be Chosen
Assigning keycode values to responses
Single-Choice Responses in Multiple Response Lists
Subheadings in Response Lists
Syntax for Specifying Subheadings in a Categorical question Chapter 6. Handling Special Responses Introduction
Additional General Information:
Special Responses in a Categorical Question
Using an "Other" category
Using Other Specify Within Subheadings
Adding Special Category Codes onto Text or Numeric Questions Chapter 7. Sorting and Ordering Categorical Responses Introduction
Responses with Fixed Positions in the Response List Chapter 8. Setting Up for Analysis Introduction
Adding Factor Values to Categories
Preparing for Tabulation of Questions
Adding Alternative Analysis Labels
Adding Analysis Values for Export Chapter 9. Creating Basic Routing Logic Introduction
Routing Section
Your Editing Assistant: Author Professional's ScriptAssist
Organizing Your Windows
Asking Questions
Displaying Answers to Questions
Creating Routing Statements Using the Metadata View Pane
Annotating the Script with Comments
Temporarily Disabling a Section of Script
Finding and Understanding Respondent's Answers to Questions
Setting up Conditional Logic in the Routing Script
Logical Evaluations
Using Functions to Set up Testing Logic
Jump Statements Chapter 10. Sharing Category Lists Across Questions Introduction
Creating a Shared List
Using a Shared List as the Response List of a Categorical Question Chapter 11. Creating and Using Macros Introduction
Working with Macros
Default Routing Script Macros
Using a Macro
Creating a New Macro
Editing Existing Macros
Deleting Existing Macros Chapter 12. Restricting Displayed Responses Introduction
Filtering Categories
Restricting responses to those answered in a previous question
Restricting Responses to Those Not Answered
Defining your Own Filter Categories
Combining Categories from Questions on a Filter
Resetting the Categories Back to the Full List Chapter 13. Testing your Questionnaire Introduction
Testing with Auto Answer
Running Multiple Interviews Automatically
Saving AutoAnswer Data Values to a database
Debugging Different Error Types
Stepping Through the Code
Setting Breakpoints
Skipping to a Specific Place in an Interview Script
Examining the Answers to Questions
Viewing and Setting Answers to Questions
Showing Line Numbers Chapter 14. Asking Grid Questions and Repeating Questions Introduction
How Loops and Grids Work
Creating Categorical Grids
Numeric Grids
Mixing question types in a single grid
Repeating Questions Across Pages - Asking a Loop
Specifying Question Texts on Loops and Grids
Filtering Grids and Loops Chapter 15. Inserting Texts into Questions Introduction
Text Inserts for Question Texts
Inserting Answers to Previous Questions
Specifying the Insertion Text in the Routing Script
Handling Text Insertions with Multi-Language/Multi-Context Studies Chapter 16. Enhancing the Flow of the Survey Introduction
Adding and Controlling Page headings
Controlling Navigation Buttons
Calculating and Storing Values
Setting Initial and Default Response Values
Setting the Size of a Text/Numeric Input Box
Setting Category Ordering in the Routing Section
Setting the Interview Language
Setting the End of Interview Text Chapter 17. Displaying Multiple Questions on a Page Introduction
Listing Multiple Questions on a Page
Page filters Chapter 18. Controlling Page and Question Layout Introduction
Page Templates
Styles
Controlling the Presentation Through Routing Script
Formatting Individual Word in Question Texts
Putting Line Breaks into Texts Chapter 19. Working with Participant Records Introduction
Offline testing of Participant Management
Setting up the Offline Participant Record file
Telling Author Professional to use a Project Specific xsu file.
Retrieving Sample Management Information Within the Script
Saving Sample Information in the Survey Database
Updating Sample Information in the Participant Database Chapter 20. Activating Interview Scripts Introduction
Final scripting options to consider, before deploying
Local or Server deployment
Server Deployment - Before Activating with Author Professional for the First Time
Server Deployment - Using the Activation Option in Author Professional
Survey Deployment - The Activation Process
Survey Deployment - Activation console
Local Deployment
When to Reactivate Interview Scripts
Other deployment options