IBM SPSS Data Collection Author

Create compelling and visually appealing surveys that participants will want to answer.

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IBM SPSS Data Collection Author, with its intuitive interface, helps you create surveys. Create one survey and deploy in many mode (online, telephone, offline) and in any language.

IBM SPSS Data Collection Author

IBM SPSS Data Collection Author

What's New in IBM SPSS Data Collection Author

  • Further interface enhancements to improve your user experience
    • Newly designed workspace for increased usability
    • Question preview that reflects changes dynamically
    • Shortcut to your favorite items
    • Enhanced grid creation
    • Formatting toolbar [allows for the formatting of both question and response texts, so you can make surveys more aesthetic or draw attention to specific items]
  • Create a survey from an existing IBM SPSS Statistics (.sav) file
  • Ability to specify FIPS 140-2 compliance during installation process
  • Increased flexibility with shared lists:
  • Custom keycodes and analysis values can be specified during authoring to streamline the process.
  • Local deployment wizard allows you to deploy a survey to one or more IBM SPSS Data Collection Interviewer installations.
  • Spell check your survey automatically
IBM SPSS Data Collection Author: Select New Features

IBM SPSS Data Collection Author: Select New Features

IBM SPSS Data Collection Author: Using IBM SPSS Statistics Data to Create a Survey

IBM SPSS Data Collection Author: Using IBM SPSS Statistics Data to Create a Survey


Create Compelling and Visually Appealing Surveys

  • A single survey created with IBM SPSS Data Collection Author can be deployed in many channels (Web, telephone, or a mobile device such as a laptop) or in any language
  • Easy to use and intuitive interface

A Guided Approach to Survey Experience

  • Use the intelligent Wizards to guide you through the entire survey process from survey authoring right through to reporting
  • Create your own wizards or the ones that are available
  • Share best practice and expert survey creation skills
  • Reuse or edit example questionnaires and templates

Ask the Right Questions

  • Flexibility to incorporate all question types
  • Include visual or interactive question types

Powerful Surveys That Make It Easier for Participants to Respond

  • Tailor surveys to suit the Data Collection channel
  • The ability to create intricate sophisticated surveys

Surveys Primed for Analysis

  • Streamline time to reports by creating analysis ready data
  • Prepare for reporting during survey creation stage.

Surveys That Are Tried and Tested

  • Preview your survey before launching
  • Test surveys before launching

Reuse, Share and Standardize Surveys

  • Collaborate across the enterprise to eliminate duplication and inconsistencies while increasing survey creation efficiencies
    • Save time and use surveys again and again
  • Extend operational efficiency and data consistency
Data Collection Author
Data Collection Author

Data Collection Author

IBM SPSS Data Collection Author: Using Custom Wizards

IBM SPSS Data Collection Author: Using Custom Wizards

IBM SPSS Data Collection Author: Using Custom Wizards

IBM SPSS Data Collection Author with Collaboration


A project with all the tools listed
A project with all the tools listed

A project with all the tools listed


IBM SPSS Data Collection Author

From concept to insight: Create powerful surveys quickly and easily.

IBM SPSS Data Collection for Business

The IBM SPSS Data Collection suite of survey research products empowers you to capture customer input across multiple touch-points and broadcast the “voice of the customer” throughout your organization.


  • Operating System and Software:
    • 32-bit or 64-bit version of Microsoft® Windows® Vista®, with
    • Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0
    • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0
  • OR
    • 32-bit version of Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 and
    • Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8 or later (supplied)
    • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or 7.0
    • Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (supplied)
    • Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 2.0 SP3 required to use Repository (supplied)
  • Hardware:
    • Processor: Intel® Pentium®-class processor operating at 1GHz or faster; 2GHz or faster recommended
    • Memory: 512MB RAM minimum; 1GB or more recommended
    • Disk space: 200MB minimum
    • Display: 1024 x 768 or higher-resolution graphics adapter, supporting minimum 16-bit color quality
    • CD-ROM drive for installation

IBM SPSS Data Collection Author Training

Harness the power of predictive analytics by enrolling in a training program from SPSS, an IBM Company. You have three options to choose from:

  • OnSite Education
  • Live e-learning: train online and in real time with an SPSS instructor (i-WBT)
  • Live instructor training: group or individual one-on-one sessions available (Live)

Dimensions Survey Authoring

This course covers the basics of creating questionnaires for web and telephone data collection using the survey building and testing tools in Dimensions Author.

Dimensions Survey Authoring – Live WBT

A live, web-based version of our popular Dimensions Survey Authoring course.


Need more help?

Contact a sales support specialist at 800.543.2185 or send an email to salesbox@us.ibm.com.

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