Reports & Statistics


All surveys act as tools to collect information, whether it be for entertainment, business, or anywhere in between. It is this information that users of eSurvey are interested in. Data collected through eSurvey is accessible to all users through the Reports & Statistics screen by clicking View->Reports & Statistics in the main navigation bar. Users may also directly access the Reports & Statistics for a survey by clicking on the rightmost action button (bar graph icon) next to a survey on the Survey List screen.

The Reports & Statistics screen is broken up into three sections. Some of these sections may be hidden from view if the user has accessed this screen through the main navigation bar, and a survey has not yet been selected. The Reports & Statistics screen consists of the following three sections.

Select Survey
This section allows the user to see which survey the current report and statistics belong to. This section also gives users the ability to change which report and statistics are being displayed by choosing a different survey. This section is comprised of two pull down menus and a 'GO' button. The first pull down menu allow users to narrow their search by selecting a survey's status (Draft, Waiting, Running, or Completed). The second pull down menu will update automatically and contain a list of all surveys that match the status chosen in the first pull down menu. If there are no matching surveys for a particular status, the second pull down menu will become disabled until another status is chosen. Once a survey has been selected, clicking the 'GO' button will cause the screen to refresh and display the new report and statistics.

Results
The Results section displays a synopsis of all of the data obtained for a given survey. The Results section is broken up into two areas, the header, and the question list. The header area displays the Survey Respondents, or the total number people who have completed and submitted the survey. The header also contains a button called 'DOWNLOAD REPORT'. Clicking this button will allow users to download a CSV (comma separated variable) file containing all of the data collected for the survey. The CSV file can be opened directly in spreadsheet software like Microsoft Excel, or may be viewed as plain text using a text editor such as Notepad. The first row of the CSV file contains the text of each survey question. Each additional row contains the answers given from a single respondent. For questions that can have multiple answers (check boxes and select boxes), each answer given is separated by a pipe ('|') character.

A majority of the Results section is made up of the question list, which appears below the header. This area is broken down into a summary of statistics for each question. Each summary begins with a row containing the question number and the question's text. The row also contains additional information like whether the question is required, which is visible as a red asterisks to the left of the question text. The type of the question can also be determined by looking at the icon in the upper left hand corner of each summary. The Legend describes each question type icon. The following rows of each summary are divided into three columns (Question, Percentage, and Totals). The two rows below the question text give a general breakdown of how users have answered the question. Some survey questions may not be required, which gives users the option to skip them. These two rows describe the number of people who chose to answer the question, and how many people chose to skip the question. Questions of type Text or Text Box will not have any more rows in the summary because there is an infinite number of responses that people could choose to give. To see answers given for text questions, refer to the CSV file that is generated when clicking the 'DOWNLOAD REPORT' button. For any other type of question (Radio Buttons, Check Boxes, etc.), there is a finite number of answers that a respondent can give. For these types of questions, the following rows describe each answer available to the question, and how many people chose each answer. These statistics are provided both as a Total number of people as well as a Percentage (rounded to the nearest percent). Remember, if a question allows users to choose multiple answers (check boxes, select box), the percentages for each answer may not add up to 100%.

If a question does not appear in the report, make sure that 'Include Stats Report' option has been set when you created the survey. You can check this by going to the Edit/Create Survey screen and looking to make sure that the radio button labeled 'Include Stats Report' has been set to 'Yes'.

Legend
The Legend displays each of eSurvey's six different question types along with the icons used to represent them in the Results section. The Legend is simply there for convenience and as a reference for the user.


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