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Questions and Answers about Perseus Survey Solutions XP

  • What is perseus?

    Perseus Survey Solutions is a tool that can be used to easily develop sophisticated on-line surveys without the need to learn complex HTML or Perl programming. You use software on you computer to create the survey, similar to using a word processor. You then publish your survey to a web page, and use tools UVM provides to collect and analyze the data.

  • Will it run on my computer?

    Perseus will run on any computer running Windows 98, NT4 (SP6+), ME, 2000, or XP. If you have a macintosh, you will need to purchase Virtual PC first (contact Doug or Alan to see if this is a reasonable option).

  • Why did UVM purchase a program that doesn't run on Macintoshes?

    None of the competitors had products for the Macintosh platform either. There was no choice, unfortunately.

  • Is it free?

    CIT purchased a multi-user license for Perseus Survey Solutions XP The purchase included a Web-based data portal to make the data able to be shared and analyzed by others. So yes, it is free for you.

  • How do I learn to use it? Where do I go for help?

    Courses are given periodically, or you can make an appointment with Doug Varney (656-1181) or Alan Howard (656-2009).

  • What do the surveys look like?

    Here is an example survey.

  • How exactly do I get started?

    • Contact Doug Varney (656-1181) or Alan Howard (656-2009) to discuss your data gathering needs.
    • Request that a Perseus account be set up for you by Doug or Alan
    • Download and configure ODBC mySQL connection to your database http://www.perseus.com/customersupp/mysql%20odbc.htm
    • Download and install Perseus Survey Solutions desktop software.
    • Access to your data can be managed from https://scripts.uvm.edu/perseus-bin/pdcportal5.pl
    • Before considering this solution, please contact Doug Varney 656-1181 or Alan Howard (656-2009) to discuss your needs.
    • Create your survey using Perseus desktop software.
    • Test the survey once you are ready, by entering sample data (the first time you submit, a table will be created to receive the data).
    • Connect to the Enterprise database using Perseus (you will see your test data).
    • Place the survey html file where people will be able to get to it (chmod).
    • Connect to Enterprise data using Perseus and build your report (presentation).
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