Consortium Surveying
A Consortium
A Consortium is a group of similar members or organizations that band together with similar goals.Consortium Surveying
Consortium Surveying is a set of idential surveys to gather similar information and to analyze the data comparatively.This system permits consortium members to formulate a specific "basic consortium" survey using the existing survey system. The consortium members all agree to ask the same questions in the same order in a basic consortium survey. Survey participants select the organization to which they belong, i.e. which survey to take. Each consortium member can have separate "gate-keeping" functions to screen participants, to provide anonymity and to prevent re-surveying. (separate "gate-keeping" is not yet implmented). Upon the completion of the base survey, participants can be directed to a "continuation survey" which ask questions unique to the individual member organizations. Note that the "continuation survey" is not yet implimented.
Data Analysis
Consortium Surveying permits comparative data analysis. In addition to standard question response analysis, a member can select a minimum subset of the full members and see how their results compare to the group. A minimum subset prevents direct comparison with any other member organization. The subset selected can be all other members.The analysis returns two sets of information:
- The results for the individual member giving the survey results and percentages for a selected question, along with distribution of answers for the selected question relative to a selected demographic question.
- The results for the aggragation of the other selected members. This also includes results and percentages for the selected question and the distribution of answers for the selected question relative to a selected demographic question.
Two passwords are provided to participating members. A consortium password and their own member password. These are both checked prior to accessing any of the analysis routines.
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