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SurveyWiz and factorWiz: JavaScript Web pages that make HTML forms for research on the Internet
1Department of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton 92834-6846, USA. mbirnbaum@fullerton.edu
Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers : a Journal of the Psychonomic Society, Inc
|June 30, 2000
Summary
SurveyWiz and FactorWiz are web-based tools that simplify creating online surveys and factorial experiments. These wizards enable researchers to efficiently design and deploy web-administered studies for data collection.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Computer Science
- Web Development
Background:
- Traditional methods for creating online surveys and experimental designs can be time-consuming and require technical expertise.
- There is a growing need for accessible tools to facilitate web-based data collection and research administration.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce SurveyWiz and FactorWiz, two web page wizards designed to streamline the creation of HTML forms for data collection.
- To provide researchers and students with efficient tools for developing online surveys and complex factorial experimental designs.
Main Methods:
- SurveyWiz allows users to input survey questions and personality test items using text boxes and radio button scales, with options to add demographic questions.
- FactorWiz generates HTML for within-subjects, two-factor designs (up to 9x9) or higher-order factorial designs (up to 81 cells), supporting text, images, or multimedia stimuli.
- Both programs output HTML code that can be saved, uploaded to a web server, and utilized with CGI scripts for server-side data collection and processing.
Main Results:
- SurveyWiz and FactorWiz successfully generate functional HTML forms for online data collection.
- The tools enable the creation of diverse survey types and complex factorial experimental designs with varying stimulus types.
- The generated web pages, when deployed with CGI scripts, facilitate automated data collection, coding, and saving on a server.
Conclusions:
- SurveyWiz and FactorWiz offer valuable, user-friendly solutions for researchers and students to rapidly develop and administer studies online.
- These tools significantly reduce the technical barrier to entry for creating web-based surveys and experiments, promoting wider adoption of online research methodologies.