Survey system, survey program, and survey method

Abstract

Components of a survey contractor computer 1, a data server 2 under the management of the contractor computer 1, a respondent's personal digital assistant 3, and a survey client computer 4 are connected by wired, wireless, or infrared communications media, e.g., the Internet, or virtual private network. The personal digital assistant 3 is provided with a direction key 301 for cursor movement and data selection through key operation. A survey application 201 is storing survey question data 101, and reply option data 102 that is totally or partially associated with the direction key 301 of the personal digital assistant 3 on the direction basis. The survey application 201 is storing also a reply entry module 202 that determines the reply option selected by moving a cursor using the direction key 301 as the reply for the question.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a survey system, survey program and survey method for conducting surveys using a portable information terminal capable of transmitting and receiving data through a communication network. Background technique [0002] When developing new products and new services, it has been a common method for a long time to obtain data related to consumers' desires and preferences from general consumers, that is, to conduct so-called "research". But in the traditional investigation, paper is almost always used as the media, and the questionnaire is used to obtain the answers of the respondents. Therefore, there is often a problem that the answers cannot be collected due to damage or loss of the paper of the questionnaire. In addition, there is also the form of conducting surveys by telephone, but when this form of survey is adopted, for example, the survey phone takes too long to prevent the interviewee from talking with his relative...

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Problems solved by technology

However, there is still the problem that the respondent needs to pay communication costs and time when answering. Therefore, for the respondent, there is not only a problem of how to collect answers, but the main problem is that answering the questionnaire itself is very cumbersome. So it didn't actually have the desired effect.

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