This page provides a brief description of some of the terms you may encounter whilst using/discussing Elicia. We also have a glossary of Annalisa-specific terminology on our Annalisa website.
- Annalisa
- The multi criteria decision aid (MCDA) developed by Maldaba Limited and Professor Jack Dowie. Annalisa is an easy-to-use, single screen interface, that helps you to make decisions when there are multiple factors to take into account, and a range of choices. Annalisa can be embedded within an Elicia questionnaire, creating a powerful, personalised user experience. For more information, visit the Annalisa website.
- Elicia
- The questionnaire-generating software, developed by Maldaba Limited. Elicia allows you to create and manage web-based questionnaires. These can be published to the web and can be freely responded to by site visitors. Elicia can incorporate the Annalisa decision tool, personalising user choice.
- Respondent
- Someone who completes a live questionnaire. All responses are anonymous on the system (apart from any identifying questions you may have included in your questionnaire). Respondents do not need to be logged-in to complete a questionnaire.
- Survey Modifier
- A rule that tells Elicia to change the questionnaire based on a respondent's answer to a question. Survey modifiers can be used to skip questions, or to amend the list of available answers to a question.
- Topic Modifier
- A rule that tells Elicia to change an Annalisa instance based on a respondent's answer to a question. Topic modifiers can change almost every aspect of a respondent's interaction with Annalisa, as well as modify data, add/remove attributes or options, amend or create the data used in the instance.
- User
- Someone who can login to Elicia and create/manage/delete questionnaires.