Survey 123

INTRODUCTION

For this ESRI online tutorial, Survey 123 was used to create a survey that would help the Homeowner Assoociation assess members' disaster preparedness for earthquakes and home fires. This demonstrates the usefulness of an intuitive data gathering software for creating and analyzing surveys. The created survey consists of three sections: general participant information, the 9 Fix-it prevention safety checks, and emergency asset inventory.

SURVEY CREATION

General Participant Information

Setting parameters for each question is essential in maintaining data integrity.  Default values and required questions can be assigned. For example, requiring the date the survey was taken and assigning an automatic answer as the current date can ensure there is an accurate response. For short answer questions such as participant name, a minimum and maximum character value can be assigned. For more open-ended short answer responses, a hint field can be used to provide the participant with acceptable responses. For example, in requiring a location a participant might be less inclined to answer for security purposes; providing a hint that the address, street name , or nearest cross streets would give the participant a way to safely answer the question and the survey to receive anticipated results. For accuracy and easy mapping, a geotag can also be added. Figure 1 showcases the above features.
Figure 1: Survey 123 questions using default values, hints, required text, and a geotag
Survey 123 also allows multiple choice questions with a specified amount of choices and the ability to choose "other". Survey 123 also allows the capability to make number questions. The survey can then be designed to add or remove additional questions depending on a participant's response to a previous question by setting a rule. For example, as Figure 2 shows, only if the participant answers "Single-family (house)" then the next question will be "How many levels does your home have?".

Figure 2: Question 6 is given depending on the participant's answer to question 5
Other features such as the layout of single-choice questions, range values, and integer restrictions are demonstrated by Figure 3.
Figure 3: Survey 123's ability to format and restrict answers

9 Fix-it Prevention Safety Checks

To identify potential hazards in the home during disasters, a series of 9 yes-or-no questions were asked as Figure 4 shows. 


Figure 4: Yes-or-no response questions for quick and accurate results

Another great feature offered in Survey 123 is the drop-down option for additional precise answers. Figure 5 shows a set of acceptable text choices based on if they answered yes to the previous question.
Figure 5: Drop-down additional question following Safety check 2

Emergency Asset Inventory

Survey 123 also allows for multiple-choice questions; easy import is made available by the batch edit feature, allowing an extensive list to be formatted correctly into the survey as shown by Figure 6.
Figure 6: Multiple-choice checklist for asset inventory using the batch edit feature
The multi-line text question can be useful in providing a place for the participant to voice concerns, reasons or additional thoughts.

SURVEY COLLECTION

Using an ArcGIS online account, custom surveys can be accessed and data collection can begin. As shown by Figure 7, any smartphone can access this app and record data.
Figure 7: Survey 123 survey collection using a smartphone
This can be especially useful within an organization to crowd-source information and communicate in-the-field data instantly. In this case, under my own user enterprise account, I filled in 6 entries to perform basic analysis.

SURVEY ANALYSIS

Using Survey 123, data that was logged can be instantly accessed and used to analyze collection data and trends. Figure 8 shows when each occurrence of data collection happened. 
Figure 8: A histogram representing data collection for the survey
Survey 123's survey analysis report shows a column chart for single choice questions as Figure 9 shows.
Figure 9: Analysis of each survey question
All analysis reports are dynamic and updates as additional surveys are submitted to the ArcGIS organization. Survey results can also be shown on an interactive map as Figure 10 shows. 
Figure 10: Interactive map of survey results
In map viewer, a user can access various types of maps and analyze trends spatially. Figure 11 demonstrates the ability to plot were data was collected for the given survey.
Figure 11: Map viewer heat map of data collected in Survey 123
Finally, a web app can be created with custom themes and options that allow users to upload and view information seamlessly throughout an organization anywhere with a wifi connection. Figure 12 shows the custom web app created from the above survey.
Figure 12: Customization of a web app through Survey 123
Useful information can be attached to points through the use of pop-ups, fields available to users can be customized, and tools and themes can also be tailored to the specific web app.

Data patterns were easily recognizable using Survey 123. Among a few of them were survey results were mostly concentrated near Wisconsin with a few outliers. All responses indicated that computers were in a secured location. The most common items in the emergency asset inventory were flashlights, candles, matches, a portable generator, and a handheld radio. All people lived in a household with a person aged 18-60 years old.

CONCLUSIONS

Survey 123 could be applicable to utility inspections where surveyors are sent to inspect the assets in the field and are required to assess their structural status. Pre-programmed surveys could limit mistakes and improve ease of use in the field by providing a simple user interface to log all assets surveyed. This could then be analyzed by the date last surveyed and monitor important factors such as damages or risks at any section of pipe or wire in the utility industry.

The interactive map and table allows a user to print each individual response and view who submitted the survey and when. In all, Survey 123 allows a user various options for analyzing and displaying the results in charts, tables, and maps. Additionally, a user is able to access and print survey responses and export. 






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