Surveying of computer users on computer network

摘要

system for obtaining information from a plurality of computer users includes a processing apparatus with an input means via which a survey author may input data, and a survey authoring means enabling construction of a survey questionnaire document including at least one question formulated from data input by the survey author. The survey questionnaire document is transmitted, for example over the internet, to a plurality of respondent users. A processing apparatus including a collating means is arranged to receive transmissions from the internet, to identify response documents which include responses to the at least one question from the plurality of respondent users and to load a database in accordance with the responses.