Q. What is the difference between CATI and CAPI?

Q. Can WinQuery be used for Web-based interviewing on the Internet?

Q. Can WinQuery jobs be shared with other marketing research companies?

Q. In what format does WinQuery store its data?

Q. Can WinQuery utilize an electronic form of a survey questionnaire/instrument?

Q. Which tabulation packages can be used with the data collected by WinQuery?

Q. Can WinQuery be used with a predictive dialer?

Q. What are the operating system and hardware requirements of WinQuery?

Q. How do I create an auto punch?

Q. How do I create a block rotation?

Q. How can I display first/next using a block rotation?

Q. How do I create a volumetric series?

Q. How do I store and use data captured in a loop?

Q. What is WinQuery Expert version? How do I use it?

Q. Is WinQuery 6.0 compatible with Microsoft's Vista operating system?

Q. When generating data using WinQuery's SP-Link, I'm receiving the error message, "An error has occurred while attempting to write to or read from a temporary file."

Q. Does WinQuery account for the earlier Daylight Savings Time (DST) change beginning March 11, 2007?

Q. What is the difference between CATI and CAPI?

A. CATI means “computer assisted telephone interview” and refers to a type of software used at centrally located phone centers. Here, interviewers dial phone numbers of potential respondents at their home or place of business, with the respondents representing a select sampling of the population.

CAPI means “computer assisted personal interview.” This type of interviewing is usually completed in person at the homes or businesses of selected respondents, or at mall intercept centers. WinQuery can be easily switched between these two modes.

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Q. Can WinQuery be used for Web-based interviewing on the Internet?

A.   Yes. You can save any questionnaire in Web-ready format. You may then easily upload the Web-ready files to a hosting service running QueryWeb (also from TAG). QueryWeb is also available separately so you may do your own hosting, as well as provide a hosting service to others creating WinQuery questionnaires.

Q. Can WinQuery jobs be shared with other marketing research companies?

A.  WinQuery users are able to easily share work with each other. In order to complete large studies in less time, WinQuery users can tap into the capacity of other users located around the world through QueryPartners, a Web-based referral service. All WinQuery users are invited to participate in QueryPartners free of charge.

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Q. In what format does WinQuery store its data?

A. WinQuery data is stored in ASCII files. Using this widely-recognized format, data can easily be output in either a card/column, single record layout, comma delimited or tab delimited format.

Q. Can WinQuery utilize an electronic form of a survey questionnaire/instrument?

A. Using some simple formatting rules, you can import almost any type of survey questionnaire/instrument, then edit it in WinQuery. This can save you a lot of time during the programming process and in duplication of tasks.

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Q. Which tabulation packages can be used with the data collected by WinQuery?

A. Data collected in WinQuery can be directly imported into WinCross the widely popular and powerful crosstabulation software produced by The Analytical Group. With the purchase of an optional linking module, WinQuery data can also be used by SPSS, Uncle, Microtab, Quantum, Merlin or The Survey System.

Q. Can WinQuery be used with a predictive dialer?

A. Used along with a modem and optional dialer software, WinQuery can automatically dial a phone number for the agent/interviewer, thereby increasing productivity. StrataDial, a predictive dialer by StrataSoft, and Pro-T-S, a power dialer by Marketing Systems Group, are two predictive dialing systems WinQuery supports.

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Q. What are the operating system and hardware requirements of WinQuery?

A. Operating system requirements

     Hardware requirements

Interviewing stations running any version of WinQuery are backward-compatible and may coexist on the same network with stations running versions of our earlier (DOS-based) QueryXM and/or ACS-Query software products.

Note: The following links are subject to change at any time without notice. You may visit www.microsoft.com and/or www.novell.com for updated information.

Windows XP/Windows Me/Windows 98 hardware requirements
Windows XP/Windows Me/Windows 98 hardware prices from selected vendors (chosen by Microsoft)

Windows 2000 Professional/Windows NT Workstation 4.0 hardware requirements
Windows 2000 Server/Windows NT Server 4.0 hardware requirements

Novell Small Business Suite 5 hardware requirements

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The following are a series of downloadable Adobe Acrobat PDF files designed to assist you with various aspects of WinQuery.

Q. How do I create an auto punch?
An auto punch is a quick way to punch the market based off of a numeric sample element.
(AUTOPUNCH.PDF, 23K)

Q. How do I create a block rotation?
A block rotation is used to randomly shuffle blocks of questions.
(Create Block Rotation.pdf, 57K)

Q. How can I display first/next using a block rotation?
A block rotation can be used to correctly fill in first/next text.
(First-Next Block Rotation.pdf, 70K)

Q. How do I create a volumetric series?
A volumetric is used to compare a constant value to a numeric question. It can also be used to compare two numeric questions.
(Volumetric.pdf, 44K)

Q. How do I store and use data captured in a loop?
In order to refer back to the data collected in a loop, the data must be stored in a separate dummy question.
(loop data.pdf, 49K)

Q. What is WinQuery Expert version? How do I use it?
Expert version is an optional WinQuery feature, purchased separately. Being the most expedient method of creating a WinQuery questionnaire, it lets you write logic commands using your text editor for inclusion in your questionnaire, thereby bypassing the Build Questionnaire menu options.
(EXPERT.pdf, 61K)

Q. Is WinQuery 6.0/8.0 compatible with Microsoft's Vista operating system?"
WinQuery 6.0 has been tested on the Vista operating system and is compatible. 

WinQuery 8.0 has been tested on the Vista operating system and is compatible. 

Q. When generating data using WinQuery's SP-Link, I'm receiving the error message, "An error has occurred while attempting to write to or read from a temporary file?"
The SPSS dll file, spssio32.dll, used by WinQuery, is not the correct version.  You need to copy the correct spssio32.dll file into the same folder where WinQuery.exe resides. Contact WinQuery Support for the correct spssio32.dll file.

Q. Does WinQuery account for the Daylight Savings Time (DST) change beginning March 11, 2007?
WinQuery 6.0 & 8.0 have been updated to account for this. Please contact WinQuery Support to receive the new files. 

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