During our experiments we use questionnaires to collect some data. So far we have used paper questionnaires. The major advantages of paper questionnaires are: ease of administration (subjects know what to do with them); and ease of creation (using a word processor). On the other hand, there are two major flaws: unintentional incompleteness (subjects miss some questions); and data entry errors (transfer from paper to digital form is error prone). We are looking into an alternative method of questionnaire administration. The most likely solution is the delivery of computerized questionnaires through a survey application, such as LimeSurvey, an open source php based survey application. LimeSurvey allows an easy creation of questionnaires, while providing full control over the survey presentation. The questionnaires and data can be exported/imported using csv format. Questionnaires can also be printed and with the help of queXML and queXF the conversion of the data from paper into digital format can be automatic.
Alexander Shyrokov