Software Reviews : Sensus Q & A (Copyright 1996) Publisher: Sawtooth Technologies 1007 Church Street,Suite 402,Evanston,Illinois 60201. Developed in partnership with Adaptive Technologies Inc,Cleveland Ohio and Skim Software Division,Rotterdam,The Netherlands. Version Reviewed: 1.1 Materials: Six 3.5-inch disks,User Manual approximately 200 pages plus appendices and index. System Requirements: For questionnaire design and interviewing (minimum) PC running Windows 3.1 for Workgroups,Windows NT,or Window 95.486 50 MHZ Processor 8 MByte Hard Drive and VGA Display. (recommended) SVGA Display,Pentium Processor,16 MByte Ram. There are,of course,additional requirement for those seeking to incorporate 256 or 64,000 color images,sound,and video. Any study that uses video images and sounds can require up to 50 MBytes or more of free disk space,and a soundblaster compatible sound card,plus Microsoft video for Windows video driver. Price: $2,000. Effectiveness: Excellent User Friendliness: Excellent Documentation: Excellent

Abstract

In reviewing this software, as with any software, your need for the application should be determined first. This is a moderately expensive and specialized piece of software. Having said that, it is first rate! If you are a serious survey researcher who needs a software platform designed primarily for self-administered questionnaires that allows you to incor porate video images, sounds, full color fonts in all sizes, and other Windows programs, Sensus Q & A is definitely worthy of your attention. The questionnaires produced by the program are engaging and limited only by your creativity in using the tools that the program provides you.