JP4874774B2 - Questionnaire implementation device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a questionnaire execution apparatus using a network such as the Internet.

  At sites on the Internet, questionnaires may be conducted for general users who are viewers for various purposes.

  In general, the questionnaire screen includes a question sentence and an option group composed of a plurality of answers, and the respondent selects and votes a suitable answer to the question sentence from the option group.

  In addition, in the case where there is no corresponding item in the option group, a free answer (free answer) field is provided to input a character string of the answer.

  The applicant has not been able to find published prior art documents related to the present invention by the time of filing. Therefore, prior art document information is not disclosed.

  The question texts and option groups described above are prepared by the question creator, and all the possible answers should be covered by the option group. However, it may be considered complete due to time constraints in creating the questions. In some cases, there is no case, and as described above, a free answer column is provided to deal with such cases.

  When the option group is fully examined, the free answers entered in the free answer column are often exceptional minority answers and often do not affect the results of the questionnaire. However, if the answer is difficult to predict or the option group is inadequate, a significant number of answers (popular answers) cannot be taken in the form of voting for the option, which reduces the accuracy of the questionnaire. Of course, it is not impossible to extract popular answers from free answers by analyzing and categorizing a large number of free answers, but automatic natural language analysis has a heavy processing burden and is sufficient. The accuracy cannot be achieved, and the manual work is heavy when both are performed manually.

  Further, even if the answer is popular, the answerer is forced to input in the free answer field because it does not exist in the option group, and the operation is complicated as a whole.

  There are systems that allow respondents to add new options to deal with such cases, but the operation of adding options tends to be tricky, and there are options for exceptional responses. Since it can be freely added, there is a problem that the choice group becomes miscellaneous and it becomes difficult to vote.

  The present invention has been proposed in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and the purpose of the present invention is to automatically incorporate popular answers from the free answers into the options, and to vote thereafter. Is to provide a questionnaire execution device that can be simple and highly accurate.

In order to solve the above-described problems, in the present invention, as described in claim 1, a user terminal can be connected via a network, and a question sentence, an option group, and a free answer column are connected to the user terminal. Is displayed, and a questionnaire is conducted by making a vote after selecting one option from the above option group or inputting a character string into the above free answer field, An approximate free answer presenting means for receiving an input character string, searching for an approximate free answer from the free answers stored in the free answer DB based on the character string, and presenting the approximate free answer to the user terminal in a selectable manner; If the free reply other than the approximate free reply presented to the user terminal is found, it means for storing the free reply that found in the free reply DB, the number that was selected found among the approximate free reply Those reaching the value is summarized as questionnaire device and a selection addition means for storing the additional option DB for retaining the option to add to the option group.

  Further, as described in claim 2, in the questionnaire conducting apparatus according to claim 1, the approximate free answer presenting means searches for an approximate free answer each time a character is input in the free answer field. It can be made to present on the user terminal.

  Further, as described in claim 3, in the questionnaire conducting apparatus according to claim 1, the approximate free answer presenting means searches for an approximate free answer when character input is completed in the free answer field. It can be made to present on the user terminal.

Further, as described in claim 4, in the questionnaire conducting apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , the approximate free answer presenting means includes a forward match, a partial match or an input character string. It is possible to search for approximate free answers by semantic matching or the like.

In addition, as described in claim 5, in the questionnaire execution apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , the option adding means includes a free answer subject using the number of votes of the added option. It can be started from the number of selections .

In addition, as described in claim 6, a question sentence, an option group, and a free answer field are displayed on the user terminal, and one option is selected from the option group or a character string is input to the free answer field. This is a method for conducting a questionnaire by making a vote, and receiving a character string input in the above-mentioned free answer column, and using the character string , the free answer stored in the free answer DB a step of presenting the search to selectably user terminal the approximate free reply from, when the free reply other than the approximate free reply presented to the user terminal is found, voted for the free answers free reply DB questionnaire comprising the steps of: storing in, and a step of storing that number were chosen and voting among the approximate free reply reaches a predetermined value the additional option DB for retaining the option to add to the option group It can be configured as a law.

  In the questionnaire implementation apparatus of the present invention, the popular voting answers are automatically taken into the choices from the free answers, so that the subsequent voting can be made simple and highly accurate.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described.

<System configuration>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a questionnaire system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, the questionnaire system includes a server 1 constituting a questionnaire execution apparatus connected to a network 2 such as the Internet, and PCs (Personal Computers) operated by respondents, clients 31, 32, 33.・ It is composed of

  The server 1 displays a questionnaire by HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) or the like based on the communication control unit 101 that controls communication by HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) or the like via the network 2 and the information of the questionnaire DB 111 and the option DB 112. A questionnaire generation unit 102 that generates data and transmits it to the clients 31, 32, and 33, and a selection answer that updates (increments) the number of votes in the option DB 112 and the additional option DB 114 when the answer to the questionnaire is based on selection of an option And a registration unit 103.

  In addition, when the questionnaire response is an input to the free answer column, the server 1 searches for an approximate free answer from the free answer DB 113 based on the input character string (search for forward match, partial match, semantic match, etc.). An approximate answer search unit 104 that transmits an approximate answer list to the clients 31, 32, and 33, and a free answer registration part that registers the content of the answer in the free answer DB 113 when the questionnaire voted answer is a free answer 105.

  Further, the server 1 updates (increments) the number of times a free answer is selected in the corresponding free answer DB 113 when the voted free answer is selected from the approximate answer list, and determines whether or not a predetermined threshold is exceeded. When the number of selected free responses exceeds the threshold, the free response vote counting unit 106 adds the free response as a new option to the additional option DB 114 and deletes the corresponding free response from the free response DB 113 to generate a questionnaire. A questionnaire option adding unit 107 that causes the unit 102 to regenerate a questionnaire with added options is provided.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the questionnaire DB 111, which includes a “questionnaire ID” field for identifying a questionnaire and a “title” field that is a question text of the questionnaire.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the option DB 112, a field of “option ID” for identifying an option, a field of “questionnaire ID” indicating a corresponding questionnaire, and a field of “option” indicating a character string of options. And a “voting number” field indicating the number of votes for the option.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the free answer DB 113. The “free answer ID” field for identifying the free answer, the “questionnaire ID” field for indicating the corresponding questionnaire, and the “answer” which is a character string of the free answer. ”Field, a“ Kana ”field indicating the reading pseudonym of the answer, and a“ selected number ”field indicating the number of times selected in the input of the free answer.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the additional option DB 114, and includes an “additional option ID” field that identifies the additional option, and a “free answer ID” field that indicates the free answer used as the additional option. , A “questionnaire ID” field indicating the corresponding questionnaire, and a “voting number” field indicating the number of votes for the additional option.

<Operation>
FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram showing a processing example of the above embodiment.

  In FIG. 6, the server 1 generates questionnaire display data based on the information in the questionnaire DB 111 and the option DB 112 by the questionnaire generation unit 102 (step S101).

  Thereafter, when the respondent # 1 client 31 requests the server 1 to display a questionnaire page (step S102), the server 1 transmits the questionnaire display data to the client 31 from the questionnaire generation unit 102 via the communication control unit 101. Then, a questionnaire screen is displayed on the client 31 (step S103). FIG. 7A shows an example of a questionnaire screen, which includes a question sentence 41, an option group 42, a free answer column 43, and a voting button 44.

  Returning to FIG. 6, if respondent # 1 inputs a free answer instead of selecting from a group of options (step S104), characters (including characters in a kana state before conversion) are input. Each time the client 31 transmits an input character string to the server 1 (step S105). FIG. 7B shows a state where the character “Bi” is entered in the free answer field 43.

  Returning to FIG. 6, the server 1 searches the free answer DB 113 for an approximate free answer by the approximate answer searching unit 104 using the received character string as a key (step S106). If there is no corresponding free answer here, no response is made.

  Thereafter, each time a character is input at the client 31, the input character string is transmitted (step S105) and the approximate answer is searched (step S106). Respondent # 1 of the client 31 inputs the free answer to the end. When voting is performed (step S107), the client 31 transmits the final input character string to the server 1 (step S108). FIG. 8 shows a state in which a free answer has been input, and voting is performed by clicking the voting button 44.

  Returning to FIG. 6, when the input character string of the free answer accompanying the vote is received from the client 31, the server 1 registers the input character string received by the free answer registration unit 105 in the free answer DB 113 (step S109). The number of selections at the beginning of registration is “0”. When registering free answers, the same free answers should not be duplicated.

  Next, when the respondent # 2 client 32 makes a request to display the questionnaire page to the server 1 (step S110), the server 1 transmits the questionnaire display data to the client 32 from the questionnaire generation unit 102 via the communication control unit 101. (Step S111), a questionnaire screen is displayed on the client 32. FIG. 9A shows an example of the displayed questionnaire screen.

  Returning to FIG. 6, assuming that respondent # 2 inputs a free answer instead of selecting from a group of options (step S112), the client 32 sends an input character string to the server 1 each time a character is input. The server 1 searches the approximate answer search unit 104 for an approximate answer from the free answer DB 113 using the received character string as a key (step S114).

  Here, if one or more free answers are hit, the approximate answer search unit 104 transmits a list of hit free answers to the client 32 (step S115), and the client 32 displays each list in a selectable manner. To do. FIG. 9B shows a state in which free answers that start reading with the characters “te” input in the free answer field 43 are displayed as the approximate free answer list 45.

  Returning to FIG. 6, each time a character is input in the client 32, the input character string is transmitted (step S 113) and the approximate answer is searched (step S 114), and the hit free answers are transmitted to the client 32 as a list. (Step S115). FIG. 10A shows a state in which free answers that start reading with the characters “Tenshi” input in the free answer field 43 are displayed as the approximate free answer list 45.

  Returning to FIG. 6, when respondent # 2 of client 32 selects a desired free answer from the approximate free answer list (step S116), client 32 transmits the ID of the selected free answer to server 1 (step S117). The server 1 updates the display to set the selected free answer in the free answer field for the client 32 (step S118). FIG. 10B shows a state in which the free answer “when changing jobs” selected immediately before is set in the free answer field 43.

  Returning to FIG. 6, when respondent # 2 of the client 32 votes for the free answer set in the free answer field 43 (step S119), the client 32 transmits a free answer character string or free answer ID to the server 1. (Step S120).

The server 1 updates (increments) the number of selections in the free answer DB 113 by the free answer vote totaling unit 106 for the free answers selected and voted, and determines whether or not a predetermined threshold is reached (step S121).

Here, assuming that a predetermined threshold value has been reached, the option is added to the additional option DB 114 by the questionnaire option adding unit 107 and the corresponding free answer is deleted from the free answer DB 113, and the option is added to the questionnaire generating unit 102 The questionnaire is regenerated (step S122). At this time, the vote number of options added to the additional option DB 114 may be started from “0”, or may be started from the number of selected free answers selected (predetermined threshold).

  Thereafter, when the respondent # 3 client 33 requests the server 1 to display the questionnaire page (step S123), the server 1 transmits the questionnaire display data to the client 32 from the questionnaire generation unit 102 via the communication control unit 101. However (step S124), at this point, the questionnaire screen is in a state where options have been added. FIG. 11 shows a state where an option 46 “when changing jobs” is added to the option group 42.

  Therefore, respondents who want to answer the added options can simply select from the option group without entering in the free answer field, and the option group will be enriched as voting progresses thereafter. To go.

  FIG. 12 is a sequence diagram showing another processing example of the embodiment, in which an approximate free answer is searched when a character string is entered in the free answer field and clicked out (completed input).

  In FIG. 12, the server 1 generates questionnaire display data based on the data of the questionnaire DB 111 and the option DB 112 by the questionnaire generation unit 102 (step S201).

  Thereafter, when the respondent # 1 client 31 requests the server 1 to display a questionnaire page (step S202), the server 1 transmits the questionnaire display data to the client 31 from the questionnaire generation unit 102 via the communication control unit 101. Then, a questionnaire screen is displayed on the client 31 (step S203).

  Next, when the respondent # 1 inputs a free answer instead of selecting from a group of options (step S204), the client 31 inputs the character string into the free answer field and clicks out, so that the client 31 performs the server 1 The input character string is transmitted to (step S205).

  In the server 1, the approximate answer search unit 104 searches for an approximate free answer from the free answer DB 113 using the received character string as a key (step S206). If there is no corresponding free answer here, no response is made.

  Thereafter, when the respondent # 1 of the client 31 votes for the free answer input in the free answer field (step S207), the client 31 transmits the input character string to the server 1 (step S208).

  When the server 1 receives the input character string of the free answer accompanying the vote from the client 31, the server 1 registers the input character string received by the free answer registration unit 105 in the free answer DB 113 (step S209). The number of selections at the beginning of registration is “0”. When registering free answers, the same free answers should not be duplicated.

  Next, when the respondent # 2 client 32 requests the server 1 to display a questionnaire page (step S210), the server 1 transmits the questionnaire display data to the client 32 from the questionnaire generation unit 102 via the communication control unit 101. Then, a questionnaire screen is displayed on the client 32 (step S211). FIG. 13A shows an example of a displayed questionnaire screen, which includes a question sentence 41, an option group 42, a free answer column 43, and a voting button 44.

  Returning to FIG. 12, if respondent # 2 inputs a free answer instead of selecting from a group of choices (step S212), the client 32 inputs a character string in the free answer field and clicks out. Transmits an input character string to the server 1 (step S213), and the server 1 searches the approximate answer search unit 104 for an approximate answer from the free answer DB 113 using the received character string as a key (step S214).

  Here, if one or more free answers are hit, the approximate answer search unit 104 transmits a list of hit free answers to the client 32 (step S215), and the client 32 displays each list in a selectable manner. To do. FIG. 13B shows a state in which the character string has been entered in the free answer column 43, and FIG. 14A shows a state in which the approximate free answer list 45 is displayed after being clicked out.

  Returning to FIG. 12, when respondent # 2 of client 32 selects a desired free answer from the approximate free answer list (step S216), client 32 transmits the ID of the selected free answer to server 1 (step S217). ) The server 1 updates the display to set the selected free answer in the free answer field for the client 32 (step S218). FIG. 14 (b) shows a state in which the free answer “when changing jobs” selected immediately before is set in the free answer field 43.

  Returning to FIG. 12, when the respondent # 2 of the client 32 votes for the free answer set in the free answer field 43 (step S219), the client 32 transmits a free answer character string or free answer ID to the server 1. (Step S220).

The server 1 updates (increments) the number of selections in the free answer DB 113 for the free answers selected and voted, and determines whether or not a predetermined threshold value is reached (step S221).

Here, assuming that a predetermined threshold value has been reached, the option is added to the additional option DB 114 by the questionnaire option adding unit 107 and the corresponding free answer is deleted from the free answer DB 113, and the option is added to the questionnaire generating unit 102 The questionnaire is regenerated (step S222). At this time, the vote number of options added to the additional option DB 114 may be started from “0”, or may be started from the number of selected free answers selected (predetermined threshold).

  Thereafter, when the respondent # 3 client 33 requests the server 1 to display the questionnaire page (step S223), the server 1 transmits the questionnaire display data to the client 32 from the questionnaire generation unit 102 via the communication control unit 101. However (step S224), at this time, the questionnaire screen is in a state where options are added. FIG. 15 shows a state where an option 46 “when changing jobs” is added to the option group 42.

  Therefore, respondents who want to answer the added options can simply select from the option group without entering in the free answer field, and the option group will be enriched as voting progresses thereafter. To go.

<Summary>
As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, since popular answers are automatically taken into the choices from the free answers, the subsequent voting should be simple and highly accurate. Can do. It should be noted that the number of times the free answer is selected as the basis of the added option is also counted as the number of votes for that option, thereby ensuring accuracy back to the point of option addition.

  The present invention has been described above by the preferred embodiments of the present invention. While the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, various modifications and changes may be made to the embodiments without departing from the broad spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims. Obviously you can. In other words, the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the details of the specific examples and the accompanying drawings.

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the questionnaire system concerning one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of questionnaire DB. It is a figure which shows the example of choice DB. It is a figure which shows the example of free answer DB. It is a figure which shows the example of additional choice DB. It is a sequence diagram (the 1) which shows the process example of embodiment. It is a figure (the 1) which shows the example of a questionnaire screen. It is a figure (the 2) which shows the example of a questionnaire screen. It is FIG. (3) which shows the example of a questionnaire screen. It is FIG. (4) which shows the example of a questionnaire screen. It is FIG. (5) which shows the example of a questionnaire screen. It is a sequence diagram (the 2) which shows the process example of embodiment. It is FIG. (6) which shows the example of a questionnaire screen. It is FIG. (7) which shows the example of a questionnaire screen. It is FIG. (8) which shows the example of a questionnaire screen.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Server 101 Communication control part 102 Questionnaire generation part 103 Selection answer registration part 104 Approximate answer search part 105 Free answer registration part 106 Free answer vote total part 107 Questionnaire option addition part 111 Questionnaire DB
112 Choice DB
113 Free answer DB
114 Additional option DB
2 Network 31-33 Client

Claims (6)

It is connectable to a user terminal via a network, displays a question sentence, an option group, and a free answer column on the user terminal, and selects one option from the option group or inputs a character string to the free answer field. It is a device that conducts a questionnaire by letting you vote after making it,
Approximate free answer that receives the character string input in the above-mentioned free answer field, searches the approximate answer from the free answer stored in the free answer DB based on the character string, and presents it to the user terminal so that it can be selected Presentation means;
Storage means for storing the voted free answer in the free answer DB when a free answer other than the approximate free answer presented on the user terminal is voted;
An option adding means for accumulating in an additional option DB that holds options for adding to the option group the number of votes selected and reaching the predetermined value among the approximate free answers. . In the questionnaire implementation device according to claim 1,
The said approximate free answer presentation means searches for an approximate free answer every time a character is inputted into the above free answer column, and presents it to the user terminal. In the questionnaire implementation device according to claim 1,
The approximate free answer presenting means searches for an approximate free answer and presents it on the user terminal when character input is completed in the free answer field. In the questionnaire implementation device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 ,
The approximate free answer presenting means searches for an approximate free answer by forward matching, partial matching or semantic matching with an inputted character string. In the questionnaire implementation device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 ,
The questionnaire adding device, wherein the option adding means starts the number of votes of the added option from the number of selected free answers. The questionnaire is displayed by displaying a question sentence, a group of options, and a free answer field on the user terminal, and selecting a single option from the above group of options or inputting a character string into the above free answer field. A method of performing,
Receiving the character string input in the free answer field, searching for an approximate free answer from the free answer stored in the free answer DB based on the character string, and presenting it to the user terminal so as to be selectable;
When a free answer other than the approximate free answer presented on the user terminal is voted, the step of storing the voted free answer in the free answer DB ;
And a step of accumulating in an additional option DB that holds options for adding to the option group the number of the approximate free answers that have been selected and voted to reach a predetermined value.

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