Entering the rest of the survey
items:
7) Now, let's enter the items for the Zung Self-Rating Depression
Scale. We want to use a 5-item rating scale, with endpoints of "none
or a little of the time" and "all the time". Changing the Number
of Buttons to "5" and changing the Label at left End and Label
at right End, repeat the procedure from #4 above, but use the following
items:
I feel down-hearted, blue, and sad
Morning is when I feel the best.
I have crying spells or feel like it.
I have trouble sleeping through the night.
I eat as much as I used to.
I enjoy looking at, talking to, and being with attractive
women/men.
I notice that I am losing weight.
I have trouble with constipation.
My heart beats faster than usual.
I get tired for no reason.
My mind is as clear as it used to be.
I find it easy to do the things I used to do.
I am restless and can't keep still.
I feel hopeful about the future.
I am more irritable than usual.
I find it easy to make decisions.
I feel that I am useful and needed.
My life is pretty full.
I feel that others would be better off if I were
dead.
I still enjoy the things I used to do.
8) If you want, you can add another horizontal line to separate this survey from any other material. Just enter the HTML from step #6 above.
Finishing the survey:
9) Now, we just need to finish up our survey. SW has some preset
demographic questions you can add if you want. A little demographic
information is always a good thing, so click the 3c. Demographics
button and it will paste a little more HTML to the webpage.
10) Click the 4. Finish the Form button to add the HTML to close the webpage. OK, THAT'S IT!! Click the 5. Display button to see what you've made.
Adding instructions:
11) After taking a look at the survey, it looks like we need to add
some instructions. Go the the HTML window and find the text "(put
yoru instructions here)" on line 7. Highlight that text and replace
it with the following:
<p> Thank you for completing this survey. We are interested
in the anxiety associated with the <br>
college experience. We've also included a short survey assessing depression.
Please note that is are <br>
NOT assessments, but merely tools for a class exercise. For each item
below, please click the <br>
button that best corresponds to your answer. Please note that
the endpoints of the scale can change, <br>
so make sure to pay attention to them. Thanks again! <br>
After entering the text, you can click the 5. Display button to see the final product.
12) In SW, the only way to save the work is to copy the text from the HTML window and save it in a text editor. Clicking 6. Save brings up a window with this very message. When you close the window, the text is highlighted, so just copy the text and paste it to a text document.
13) Save that text document w/ the name CAS.html. If you open CAS.html in a web browser, THERE'S YOUR SURVEY, ready to be completed. You can take a look at the completed survey here.
Getting the data:
14) OK, so let's say someone completes your survey. When they
finish, they click the finished button at the bottom of the page
(below the demographics). What happens to the data? By
default, the data is stored in a master data file on the server at CSU-Fullerton.
All surveys constructed with SurveyWiz are stored in the same datafile,
but data for the different surveys is distinguished by the Short Name (assigned
in step #2 above). The data can be accessed here
(Note: If you get prompted for a username and password, you can enter
as an Anonymous user to access the data.
You can alter the survey
to either a) save the data to a different site (if you have the appropriate
CGI script) or b) email the data (in a text format) to an email address.
By default, when the data gets submitted, you are redirected to a standard
exit page offering opportunities for further research participation, but
with CSU-Fullerton. In order to change this, you'd need to alter the CGI
script used in collecting the data.
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