WO2013149314A1

WO2013149314A1 - System for gathering group-synchronised evaluation

Info

Publication number: WO2013149314A1
Application number: PCT/BR2013/000105
Authority: WO
Inventors: Alain Christian Fernand FAGOT
Original assignee: Fagot Alain Christian Fernand
Priority date: 2012-04-02
Filing date: 2013-04-01
Publication date: 2013-10-10
Also published as: BR102012007469B1; BR102012007469A2

Abstract

An evaluation gathering system is described, using a plurality of electronic devices operated by respondents and equipped with a computer program that displays on the screen the various possible response options to each question asked by the evaluation moderator. Said electronic devices receive from a central computer controlled by a moderator, via a local area network, the definition of the rhythm of presentation of the questions on the screen.

Description

FIELD OF SYNCHRONIZED ASSESSMENT COLLECTION SYSTEM IN FIELD OF INVENTION

The present invention describes a group synchronized enjoyment collection system utilizing electronic devices interconnected to a central computer. More specifically, it comprises a set of respondent-operated electronic devices interconnected to a central computer that receives responses, analyzes and generates a graphical representation. which allows to evaluate the instinctive reactions of the respondents.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Perception Analyzer® is a North American technology specifically developed for impact and readability assessment of communication and messaging pieces, allowing to evaluate both formal (production, format, graphic and sound, language) and conceptual (content) aspects. .

In general, the dynamics of studies with Perception Analyzer® develop in stages, starting with the completion of a questionnaire with characterization and evaluation questions to be analyzed together with qualitative data; In the second stage, the Perception Analyzer® evaluation is recorded when the research participants manipulate the diais (hand units) and express their likes / dislikes sensations through a variable scale from Ό to 100, generating means of evaluation and graphs - real-time likeability curves, pointing out the main trends of the group's assessment (highs and lows).

State of the art describes opinion gathering devices that conventionally allow selection of a numerical value with the expression of choice or, more narrowly, devices having a rotary knob that allows the respondent to express a variation of their assessment in a certain period of time. Are still systems using electronic devices that basically replace the printed form with an electronic version.

However, these opinion-gathering devices are usually costly (about $ 300 per day from Perception Anatyzer®), and are used for the specific purpose of carrying out assessments, being powered by batteries that, when delivering a lower voltage to a certain extent, provide communication failures in the device. Also, respondents need to refer to some presentation that reminds them of the meaning of each numeric value that the device can accept as a response and that external presentation must be synchronized with the response collection system. Device questions can only be of two types: a) What value do you choose? and b) What is your evaluation during the program you are watching?

WO2Q01053922 presents the interviewee with a sequence of questions synchronized with the video provided by an Internet server, presenting the interviewee's written questions and a graphical representation of the continuous scale of the answer, giving each respondent an immediate feedback summary of the evaluations. made by the other participants. However, for the intended purpose, the fact that the system gives respondents feedback on other participants' opinions may influence the respondent to adjust their response to the average or to try to force a change of the average by an exaggerated opinion, and yet The system requires the interviewee to perform three tasks at once, watch a video, read the text of the questions & answer the questions through a graphical interface that can change with each question. Innovatively, the centrally synchronized group-based appreciation collection system, object of the present invention, presents different types of questions suited at different times of the research, where advance in the sequence of questions is guided. the moderator of the group, respecting the pace of responses to facilitate the concentration of respondents.

WO2004031911 refers to an improvement implemented in the system object of patent WO2001053922, and promotes the introduction of scheduled breaks to allow respondents the time to answer a sequence of questions about the excerpt from the presented video. As the sequence of questions may depend on the answers to previous questions, the preparation of a survey with such a system could only be done by professionals with very specific training and cross-cutting knowledge of various disciplines such as video editing, programming and research questionnaires. The synchronized group appreciation collection system interconnected with a central computer, object of the present invention, provides a simple question sequence editor with a simple graphical interface that can be used by professionals who specialize in questionnaires and research scripts. , with no knowledge of video or image editing, with the sequence moderation module requiring no technical knowledge to use,

Document WO2009124375 allows the classical systems used for the application of structured questionnaires used in quantitative surveys to be used on mobile phones or tablets, similar to the application of printed questionnaires as to the treatment of respondent responses. In the synchronized appreciation collection system in groups linked to a central computer, object of the present invention, the question is orally formulated by a moderator and the answer is given by choosing a graphical representation (image or position on a continuous scale). Response collection is instantaneous but limited to the room where the sequence is being applied. WO2011015878 provides instant assessment of specifically sporting events in order to constitute a form of distributed arbitration among many participants, where the playful aspect is being reinforced by comparing reaction times in making each type of decision. , the group synchronized appreciation collection system connected to a central computer, object of the present invention, separates the overall qualitative appraisal phase from the specific quantitative question phase, making it suitable, for example, for judges to evaluate sports in Judges need to appreciate the overall presentation before giving opinions on every technical aspect of the presentation, such as figure skating, skateboarding and others.

SUMMARY

It is a feature of the invention a group synchronized appreciation collection system utilizing electronic devices interconnected with a central computer that displays on screen the various possible answer options per question, graphically represented by an image.

It is a feature of the invention to have a synchronized appreciation collection system in groups linked to a central computer in which the presentation of options follows the pace set by the evaluation moderator, who orally formulates a question and triggers the system to advance the synchronized presentation across electronic devices of the participants of the said assessment.

It is a feature of the invention a group synchronized appreciation collection system that enables the program installed on the electronic device to be acted upon to provide other types of question presentations without the need to exchange the electronic device.

It is a feature of the invention a group synchronized enjoyment collection system utilizing electronic devices interconnected to a computer center! which enables the OpinionMeter® system, Checklt® and all other systems to be run for the same purpose, providing the investment institute with a better return on investment.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES Figure 1 presents a schematic diagram of the programs and machines involved in applying the group synchronized appreciation collection system.

Figure 2 shows the flowchart of the steps for the elaboration of the sequence of questions. In this situation, five questions are presented as an example.

Figure 3 presents the diagram of the stages of appreciation collection using electronic devices.

Figure 4 presents a schematic diagram of the programs and machines involved in the application of the appraisal collection system using electronic device in the consolidation situations of the results of various groups.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The group synchronized appreciation collection system, object of the present invention, comprises one or more devices with a computer program that displays on screen the various possible answer options for each question posed by the review moderator.

Electronic devices allow you to evaluate, for example, a program displayed on a television screen; a movie theater projection; a radio program; a class with knowledge quizzes; a live event; an auditorium program; a semi-presential test in distance education.

Electronic devices receive from a central computer through a local network the definition of the rate of presentation of questions on the screen, said central computer run by a moderator. The moderator, before moving on to the next question, contextualizes the question (for example, "will you now choose the candidate you would vote for" or "will you now order the artists in the best mood"), and the various answer options possible on the screen of each electronic device.

Each individual response received from the electronic devices by the central computer is recorded and analyzed to generate a graphical representation of the synthesis.

The moderator orally formulates the assessment question and triggers the computer program on the central computer that advances the display of synchronized response options on all respondent electronic devices.

Optionally, the system can display unanswered intermediate screens, such as informational screens.

An electronic wedge-shaped image representing the increasing continuous scales of the acute vertex towards the opposite end is presented on the electronic device screen.

Each question generates a report with a slide where a graphical representation of the answers is displayed overlaying the question representation, ie, the ease curve, the breakdown of the single answers, the breakdown of the order or the range of values.

The report is preferably generated in ISO26300 (Open Document Format) or ISO29500 (Office Open XML) format.

The computer program allows several types of questions, such as: 1- Evaluation every second within a configurable continuous scale (by default from 0 to 100);

2- Choice of a single answer within a set of images, preferably from 2 to 12);

3 ^» Choice of logical or preferred order of 3 or 4 images; 4- Choose from 3 or 4 images, in logical or preferred order, between 6 to 8 options;

5- Assigning a value within a configurable continuous range for 1 to 3 images.

The electronic device may optionally be used to run OpinionMetei® or Checklt® programs, or any program used by research institutes to collect survey questionnaires.

The archive of individual responses can be used to perform a joint analysis of various groups following various evaluations. This analysis can be used to compare or match the assessments of women / men or youth / adults or interior / capital or any other distinctive criteria established in the convening of respondent groups.

As shown in Figure 4, responses collected from multiple respondent groups can be grouped and analyzed as a single set,

In this situation, the group synchronized appreciation collection system using electronic devices connected to a central computer gathers data collected in multiple sessions with multiple groups (possibly at the same time, but in different locations), generating a single report by aggregation or comparison. of the responses collected in each group.

The computer program allows the skilled practitioner to prepare a sequence of questions to be explored with a group of respondents. In this situation, an editor is provided allowing the choice of question types and the configuration of these questions by positioning images and other settings such as color settings, border thicknesses, font size, digit font, extreme values of the continuous scales, the number of of the chosen value, among other possible details of the graphical representation of the questions.

For the elaboration of the sequence of questions, the following steps are followed:

1- selection of the type of question;

2- configuration of the question, namely;

The. images at each position of the question layout,

B. border colors and thicknesses,

ç. font size of digits in questions with continuous scales,

d. fixed or random position at the time of presentation, and. background color or image,

3- Relative repositioning of the question following.

The editor lets you save the sequence as a file for sending and sharing or modifying the sequence of questions.

Claims

CLAIMS:

1. SYNCHRONIZED GROUP ASSESSMENT COLLECTION SYSTEM characterized by comprising one or more devices with a computer program that display on screen various possible answer options for each question asked by the moderator of a qualitative assessment, said electronic devices that receive from a central computer controlled by a moderator, through a local network, setting the pace of the presentation of the questions on the screen.

2. SYNCHRONIZED GROUP ASSESSMENT COLLECTION SYSTEM according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the moderator, before moving on to the next question, contextualizes the question and then the various display options are presented on the screen of each electronic device. possible responses, where the individual response of electronic devices received by the central computer is recorded and then analyzed to generate a graphical representation of the synthesis.

3. SYNCHRONIZED GROUP ASSESSMENT COLLECTION SYSTEM according to claim 1, characterized in that the moderator formulates the evaluation question.

4. SYNCHRONIZED GROUP ASSESSMENT COLLECTION SYSTEM according to claim 1, characterized in that the moderator activates the computer program on the central computer which advances the display of synchronized response options on all respondent electronic devices.

5. SYNCHRONIZED GROUP ASSESSMENT COLLECTION SYSTEM according to claim 1, characterized in that the response options are presented in the form of a wedge-shaped image representing the increasing continuous scales of the acute vertex towards the extremity. opposite.

6. ASSESSMENT OF COLLECTION SYSTEM IN SYNCHRONIZED _groups' according to claim 1, characterized in that each question generate a report with a slide presentation superimposed on the graphical representation of the graphical representation of the inquiry responses.

A group-synchronized assessment collection system according to claim 1, characterized in that the computer program allows the skilled practitioner to prepare a sequence of questions to be explored with a group of respondents through an editor allowing the choosing the types of questions and configuring these questions by positioning images and other settings.

8. ASSESSMENT OF COLLECTION SYSTEM SYNCHRONIZED IN GROUPS _'according to claim 1, characterized in that the program installed in the electronic device is updated.

SYNCHRONIZED GROUP ASSESSMENT COLLECTION SYSTEM according to claim 7, characterized in that the elaboration of the sequence of questions comprises the steps of:

a) selection of the type of question;

b) question configuration;

c) relative repositioning of the question following;

A SYNCHRONIZED GROUP ASSESSMENT COLLECTION SYSTEM according to claim 1, characterized in that the qualitative research appraisal collection system gathers the data collected in multiple sessions with multiple groups and generates a single report by aggregating or comparing the data. constrained responses in each group.