Pricing (as of June 1, 2010)
- 1/10 of a penny per record-datafield
- A record-datafield is a single field for a single record (answer, code or log-entry)
- 1/200 of a penny per stored character (not
currently implemented)
- So a 10-word (50 character) answer to an open-end question would have a fee of 1/10 for the field plus 1/10 of a penny for the characters within it
- No fee for empty fields
- No fee for Record Number and Record Name fields
- No fee for the Cell ID field in a multi-cell (Experimental design) study
- $8.00 per purchase transaction
- Normally, only one purchase is required per project:
After data collection and before analysis begins
- Normally, only one purchase is required per project:
In return for the fee, you receive encrypted digital tickets that license the specified fields for analysis and export operations.
You decide which fields and which records to purchase tickets for:
- Before purchasing a ticket, data fields can be stored, reviewed and edited, one case at a time. They are referred to as "RAW" - for "Read-And-Write"
- Ticketed (purchased) data fields can be aggregated analyzed or exported without limit. They are referred as "PAED" for "Permit Analysis and Export Data"
- PAED data fields keep their status permanently. They only lose it if the stored value is changed.
Sample Fees
- Student interview project
- 20 records with 20 fields $ 8.40
- Exploratory study with 3 questions content-coded
- 100 records with 200 fields $28.00
- Distractor Test of a commercial - with 3 content-coded
questions
- 150 records with 300 fields $53.00
- Custom corporate survey
- 1,000 records with 100 fields $108.00
About GaterWare(r)
- FieldKit(r) is distributed as GaterWare(r)
using the DataGater(tm)software control system from
DataGater, LLC.
Portions covered by US Patent 7,272,582, DataGater, LLC.
