SPSS Data Collection Author Professional

Create unique, sophisticated surveys with a powerful scripting language

Take many roads to truth with IBM SPSS research technology

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IBM® SPSS® Data Collection Author Professional is a development environment for creating unique and sophisticated surveys.

IBM SPSS Data Collection Author Professional offers a powerful, survey-aware scripting language, based on Microsoft® technology, for creating surveys of any type or level of complexity for deployment through any channel and in any language.

Works seamlessly with IBM SPSS Data Collection Author Desktop and Server, allowing survey scripting experts and business users to collaborate on advanced surveys
Use macros, question templates, and examples at each step of the process to streamline survey creation and re-use time and time again
Create wizards for IBM SPSS Data Collection Author users to ensure consistency and make it easier for survey creators to add more sophisticated logic (for example, constant sum) without the need of technical assistance
Incorporate and re-use functions and routines to minimize errors and save time
Use survey events to define customized actions such as what happens before a survey begins or ends, or define a consistent action before and after each question, making it easier to complete surveys
Take advantage of advanced conditional and control logic including complex logic expressions, For Each, and looping constructs so that surveys can be as sophisticated as they need to be
Use a single questionnaire to conduct global surveys with a translation utility incorporating 100+ languages for global surveys
Simulate and debug your Web and phone interviewing environments with a powerful testing, test data generation and debugging environment
Use IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services (IBM SPSS Author Professional with Collaboration) to secure, store, search for and retrieve your questions, your logic, or both. This minimizes duplication and maintains standards and consistency across the survey creation process.
Operating systems supported: Windows