Product Training

Sawtooth Technologies' WinCati and Sensus Web training are designed to maximize your productivity as quickly as possible. We offer comprehensive and affordable training to ensure that you get the most out of our products. We can also customize courses to suit individual requirements.

Sawtooth Technologies offers on-site WinCati or Sensus Web training or at a facility near Sacramento, California. Trainings are offered on an as needed basis. This flexibility lets you be trained around your schedule. We also offer training in conjunction with our Annual User Group Meeting.

Paul Sanchietti of Praxis Computer Research has conducted all trainings since 1996. Paul has over seventeen years of CATI and research experience and fourteen years experience with Ci3 (the scripting language used for both WinCati and Sensus Web) and WinCati.

Sensus Questionnaire Development Training

The questionnaire development training is designed to take an individual from a novice to a confident, knowledgeable questionnaire author in a very short time. The training is generally a two-day intensive examination of the scripting language based upon a simple but effective learning technique: the introduction of concepts followed by relevant exercises. In addition, the student will receive a training manual filled with examples that will assist with programming questionnaires for years to come.

The first day involves an introduction to the scripting language and the design of basic surveys. After the first day, the student should be able to design simple, basic questionnaires involving the use of a variety of commands. The second day of training introduces the power of lists, the most powerful aspect of Sensus. After the second day, students should be able to understand the more advanced scripting features and begin constructing complex questionnaires. All scripting commands will have been introduced and explained by the end of the second day.

WinCati Training

WinCati training is generally a two-day intensive training that involves detailed instruction on:

• Setting up the most common WinCati projects and
• All WinCati menu items and exporting data
• Mixed-mode instruction (if needed)
   

We discuss the power of WinCati, how questionnaires work with WinCati, how sample and data files work, how reports should be read, how sample and callback information are handled, how quotas are handled, etc. Students will receive a step-by-step training manual filled with examples that will assist with WinCati questions for years to come.

Sensus Fielding Training

Sensus fielding training is generally a two-day intensive training that involves detailed instruction on:

• Setting up the most common Sensus projects and
• All Sensus menu items.

We take you through a step-by-step setup of an actual Sensus Web study including creating questionnaires, defining quotas, composing and managing e-mails, deploying studies to the Web, monitoring study progress, analyzing data, exporting data, etc.

Other WinCati Related Training’s

Advanced Sensus Questionnaire Development Training

Designed for the organization that has already participated in the Sensus Questionnaire Development Training but has many difficult questionnaires and requires extra training and instruction. Three-days of training are recommended which involves a review of lists/constructed lists functions on the first day, how to handle tables and other specify’s in a constructed list on day two, and tackling random selection, unaided and aided questions as well as answering any specific or idiosyncratic situations specific to the organization on day three.

Laboratory Development and Optimization

Efficiency of the CATI laboratory is often a make-or-break area of the research organization.  Over seventeen years of CATI experience behind him, Paul outlines the necessary requirements of a CATI organization’s use of best practices. Designed for the new or struggling company, all essential items are covered including: organizational chart, hiring, position descriptions, interviewer manual (example), supervisor manual (example), interviewer and supervisor training (recommendations), CATI floor design, noise reduction, audio/visual monitoring, communication, productivity improvement, etc.  This is a document only. No instruction involved. Cost: $500.00

What Attendees Are Saying About Sawtooth Technologies Training

Whether in private research firms, universities, or government agencies, our users have given our training high ratings. Here are a few of their comments:

"Well organized. Good relevant examples, hands on stuff was good."

"Paul is a great, patient trainer."

"Overall, I was very impressed with the training."

"The instructor was able to clarify the CATI functions."

"Well thought out, not 'canned.'"

"I enjoyed Paul's 'easy going' presentation. He seemed very knowledgeable and was very easy to work with."

Fees

Training Seminars can be scheduled for Praxis' training center in California's Sacramento Valley, which is within short driving distances of the wine country of Sonoma and Napa Valley, San Francisco, and Lake Tahoe. On-site training can also be scheduled at your facility. Training fees are:

Training (per organization; travel expenses additional)	On-Site	Sacramento Facility
4-day Sensus/WinCati	$3000	$2500
4-day Sensus/Web Deployment	$3000	$2500
Fewer than 4 days (per day)	$900	$695
Daily Beyond 8 Hours (per hour)	$95	$95

To schedule training contact Paul Sanchietti at 888/725-8819 or praxiscr@aol.com or visit his website at www.praxiscr.com.

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