Dynamic Survey System with User-Modifiable Questions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current electronic surveys lack the ability to accurately reflect users' opinions due to static questions and preset responses that do not allow for genuine or nuanced responses, limiting the accuracy and relevance of the information obtained.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for dynamically creating and modifying electronic surveys through a graphical user interface, allowing respondents to modify questions and answers, with the ability to upload and aggregate responses in real-time, using specialized hardware and software components, including databases and incentive systems to encourage participation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If static survey questions and preset responses are used, then the survey structure is simple and easy to administer, but the accuracy of reflecting users' opinions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The survey system transitions from static questions and fixed responses to dynamic, user-modifiable content. Respondents can edit survey questions and create custom responses in real-time, allowing the survey structure to adapt dynamically to user needs while maintaining measurement accuracy
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables respondents to serve themselves by allowing them to modify survey questions and create their own response options without administrator intervention. This self-service capability improves opinion accuracy while the automated processing keeps system complexity manageable
2Measurement precision
If users are allowed to modify survey questions and responses, then the accuracy of user opinions improves, but the complexity of the survey system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements real-time feedback loops where user modifications to survey questions and responses are immediately processed, validated, and integrated. This automated feedback mechanism handles the increased complexity through systematic processing while enabling accurate opinion expression
Solution Approach 2:
The survey platform serves multiple functions: it acts as both a traditional survey administrator and a user-editing tool. The system universally handles both fixed and dynamic content, reducing the need for separate systems and managing complexity through multi-functionality
3Adaptability or versatility
If dynamic survey modification is implemented, then the relevance of survey data improves, but the processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary validation and structuring of user modifications before full processing. By pre-processing user inputs and organizing dynamic content in advance, the system reduces subsequent processing complexity while maintaining data relevance
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses templates and copying mechanisms for survey structures and response formats. When users modify surveys, the system copies and adapts existing validated structures rather than creating from scratch, reducing processing complexity while maintaining adaptability
Data Source
AI summary
A method of dynamically creating and modifying an electronic survey includes providing a website having a database storing previously collected survey results; each of the surveys having survey questions and selectable answers; receiving respondent input, via a GUI, requesting a survey within the database, presenting, a survey matching the respondent input including the survey questions, the selectable survey questions having selectable answer options including question modification, answer provision and answer modification options; receiving a respondent response to the survey questions including one or more of: selecting the question modification option and providing a new or modified question, selecting the answer provision option and providing a selected answer, and selecting the answer modification option and providing a modified answer; uploading the respondent response to the database, and dynamically and automatically modifying the survey by appending the respondent response, and the dynamically altered survey is provided to subsequent users and respondents.