IBM - SPSS Data Collection Data Model

Full support for the survey research lifecycle

The IBM® SPSS® Data Collection Data Model supports the survey research lifecycle from authoring through data collection and reporting. It provides resources, methodologies and technical guidance to help you manage and customize your survey research projects.

The SPSS Data Collection Data Model provides capabilities to help you:

Customize and manage your survey research processes.
Get specialized guidance for specific tasks and functions.
Access resources and documentation for more effective survey research.

Customize and manage survey research

Provides an open, published interface (API) for developers looking to re-engineer and innovate the research process.
Offers a methodology for managing data of differing formats, structures and storage mechanisms.
Offers a methodology that allows applications to read and write data from any source, regardless of the storage technology.
Supplies connections to various data sources through a number of included Data Source Components.
Create data source components to include other data formats.

Get specialized guidance

Assistance for scriptwriters developing automated survey research processes.
Help for software developers wanting to leverage SPSS Data Collection products and technologies.
Educational information for anyone wanting to understand more about Data Collection solutions.

Access resources and documentation

Use the SPSS Data Collection Developer Library to learn and work with our technologies.
Download overviews, white papers and tutorials.
See design documentation, detailed programmers’ reference materials and working source code.
Get sample applications for different degrees of expertise, from beginner to advanced.