Snap Surveys Version 9:

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Snap Surveys Version 9 Introduction Stern IT-
March 2007
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• Snap Survey 9 Software
• Create and Edit a Survey
• Publish and Distribute a Survey
• Collect Data and Report on a Survey

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• Overview What is a Survey
• Describes a method of gathering information
• by means of a standardized procedure form
• a sample of individuals
• Wide variety of purposes
• Design
• Analyze Report
• Requirements

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• Snap 9 Design
• Types of questions
• - single, multiple, fill-ins, drop-down
• Font type
• Boxes
• Heading
• Graphics

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• Snap 9 Analyze Report
• Enter the responses from completed surveys
• into Snaps ready for analysis tools
• - tables
• - charts
• - statistics
• Integrate your findings into a word processed
• report directly from Snap

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• Snap 9 Requirements
• Minimal System Requirements
• - Stern Novell connection
• - Windows 2000 or better
• - Pentium III 800MHz or better
• - 256 MB RAM or better
• - 5 GB of available hard disk space

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Snap Surveys Version 9 Install, Create, Save,
Publish Stern IT- March 2007
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• Installing Snap
• Standard method of accessing Snap
• Click on Snap 9 in the NAL
• (Novell App Launcher)
• Must be connected to Stern Novell
• Check for server license validation
• First time access performs an installation

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• Starting Snap
• Standard method of accessing Snap
• Click on Snap 9 in the NAL
• (Novell App Launcher)
• Click Start -gt
• All Programs -gt
• Snap 9 -gt
• Snap 9 Professional

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• Snap Overview
• List of surveys and titles, variables and cases,
  status

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• Snap Buttons Review
• Survey Overview
• Create a New Survey
• Clone a Survey
• Delete an Existing Survey

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• Create a Survey
• Click New Survey
• Enter the following
• Survey snSternIT
• (always begins is sn, no space)
• Title Stern IT
• Publication Web/HTML
• Language English
• Style Template Default.qsf
• Click -gt Ok

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• Enter a Title
• We want to add a Banner image across the top
  (pre-generated)
• Click -gt Insert -gt Image -gt Browse -gt select
  image
• Shift -gt Enter (to skip a line) -gt type Stern IT
  RSVP
• Click -gt Enter (moves to the next section)

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• Enter a Sub-Title
• Enter the Sub-Title -gt type Survey Demo
• Click -gt Enter (moves to the next section)

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• Enter a Survey Question Style
• Next A quick view of the multiple types of
  survey questions

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• Survey Style Multi Choice

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• Survey Style Grid First

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• Survey Style Grid Next

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• Create Survey Open Ended

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• Create Survey Open Ended (continued)
• Select Open Ended for Question 1 -gt type -gt Name
• Click -gt Enter (for Question 2) -gt type -gt Email
• Click -gt Enter (for Question 3)

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• Create Survey Grid First
• Select Grid First (for Q3) -gt type -gt Stern IT
  Services (rate 1 great ... 5 worst)
• Click -gt Grid Label -gt type -gt Stern Helpdesk
• Click -gt Code Label -gt type -gt 1 Tab (next code
  label), 2 Tab, 3 Tab, 4 Tab, 5
• Click -gt Control-Enter (next Grid Label)

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• Create Survey Grid First (continued)
• type -gt Email -gt Click -gt Tab (next code label)
• type -gt Network -gt Click -gt Tab
• type -gt Computer Lab -gt Click -gt Enter (next
  Question)

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• Create Survey Multi Choice
• Select Multi Choice (for Q4) -gt type -gt Portable
  Devices Do you have a(n)
• Click -gt Tab (for Code Label) -gt type -gt Labtop
  -gt Tab -gt Cell/Smart -gt Tab
• iPod / MP3 player -gt Tab -gt GPS -gt Control Enter
  (Done)

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• Save and Publish
• Save Survey
• Click File -gt Save
• Publish
• Click File -gt Publish

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• Publish - Output
• Select Output
• Access Name sternit
• Output Method (options)
• Publish with preview
• Preview Only
• Publish w/o Preview
• Output Path
• c\sternit\Web HTML\
• (where to save HTML)

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• Publish - Replies
• Select Replies
• Responses are saved in a
• text file.
• Script Location
• Name of your CGI script
• SUBMITSNAP.cgi
• (downloadable from the
• Z\PUB\Win32\SNAP Survey)
• Click -gt Publish (makes HTML
• files and allow preview)

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• Preview
• Opens a web browser
• Displays survey
• Note Preview of local HTML
• survey on your PC
• Note Remember the location
• of your HTML survey

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Snap Surveys Version 9 Unix Hosting, Secure
Telnet/FTP Stern IT- March 2007
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• Survey Hosting Overview

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• Hosting Tools
• Secure Telnet - Modify files/directories and set
  rights on a Unix Web Server
• Installation from Z\PUB\Win32\WinSCP
• Secure FTP - Send and Receive files from Unix Web
  Server
• Installation from Z\PUB\Win32\SSH
• Website - URL of Unix Web Server, including
  directories
• In this example we will be using mgees personal
  web page
• We will host the survey in the following URL
• http//pages.stern.nyu.edu/mgee/survey

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• Pre-Survey Setup Secure Telnet
• Secure Telnet to eureka.stern.nyu.edu (host for
  Admin/Staff)
• Faculty can use grid.stern.nyu.edu
• Students can use sales.stern.nyu.edu
• http//www.stern.nyu.edu/it/guides/putty.html
• http//www.stern.nyu.edu/it/guides/unix.html
• cd public_html web directory
• mkdir survey make survey directory
• chmod 775 survey set rights to directory
• touch survey_name.txt create data file
• chmod 666 survey_name.txt set rights to data
  file

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• Pre-Survey Setup Secure FTP
• Secure FTP to eureka.stern.nyu.edu (host for
  Admin/Staff)
• Faculty can use grid.stern.nyu.edu
• Students can use sales.stern.nyu.edu
• http//www.stern.nyu.edu/it/guides/winscp.html
• Upload the survey files and the CGI script
• from your PC to the Unix public_html/survey
  directory
• Close your Secure FTP session
• chmod 775 SUBMITSNAP.cgi set rights to CGI
  script
• (back in Secure Telnet)

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• Secure Telnet - View

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• Survey - Submission

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• Survey Thank You Page

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• Survey Data Response Example
• Data gets saved to a text file
• Each response
• Specialized header information
• Specialized variable naming

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• Survey Download Data
• Download survey data file on Unix system
• 1. Open the data file in your web browser, File
  -gt Save As
• eg. http//pages.stern.nyu.edu/mgee/survey/Ster
  nIT.txt
• 2. Secure FTP the data file down to your PC

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Snap Surveys Version 9 Reporting Stern IT-
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• Restart Snap

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• Import Data

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• Data Entry Screen

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• Import Data
• Click -gt File
• Click -gt Import

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• Data Import
• Format Options
• C(omma) SV
• SDF
• T(ab) SV
• Database link
• Mail format
• Mail format from text file
• Source (data file location)
• downloaded file location
• Extension (txt)
• Click -gt OK

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• Import Folder Scan
• Snap will try to detect and find the
• data file associated with the survey
• definitions you created for your survey.
• eg. Snap found 1 file which contains data
• for this surveys definition
• Note there could have been other
• data files but they may have not have
• the matching definition for this survey.

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• Review Cases
• Per Case
• Name
• Label
• Code
• Reply
• Use the scroll bar to see
• other cases

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• Questionnaire Mode
• 
  Click
  -gt Questionnaire

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• Data View Mode
• 
  Click -gt
  Data View Mode
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  Data View
  Mode allows
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  you to look
  at any case
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  and print
  that specific case
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  In this
  mode, you cannot
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  modify the
  data

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• Case Data / Counts
• 
  Switch
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  Case
  Data -gt Counts

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• Counts - Absolute
• Summary Report
• Count Absolute gives
• the number of respondents
• and the totals for each answer
  
  

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• Counts - Percentage
• Summary Report
• Count Percentage gives
• the number of respondents
• and the totals for each answer
  
  

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• Further Reporting Tools of Snap
• Snap has built-in reporting features
• Analysis in forms of tables and charts
  (exportable)
• Tables Frequency, Cross-tabulation, Grid,
  Holecount
• Charts Area, Bar, Clustered, Horizontal, Pie,
  Doughnut, Line, Step
• Descriptive statistics mean, mode, quartile
  1/3, median, sum, min, max, std
• skewness, kurtosis
• Analysis and Break Fields sub calculations
• Summaries within the questionnaire itself
• Pre-defined analysis (called Batches)
• Macros capability creating a set of instructions

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• Exporting Case Results Part I
• From Data Entry Mode -gt File -gt Export

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• Exporting Case Results Part II
• File -gt Export
• Format Options
• Comma separated (CSV)
• Survey Data Format (SDF, RDF)
• Tab separated (TSV)
• Plain text (TXT)
• Database link

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• Exporting Case Results Part III
• Destination
• Directory to save file
• File name
• Overwrite or Append file
• (or to Clipboard)
• Export Options
• Click -gt OK

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• Exported Case Results Part IV
• Example of ASCII text file opened with Notepad
• Text file can easily be imported to Microsoft
  Excel or any other package

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The End Thank You Stern IT- March 2007