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# Enter Survey Response Data

Learn how to enter survey response data for a program activity in PEARS, including individual and aggregate responses.

After attaching a survey to a program activity, you can enter response data collected from participants. Responses can be entered individually (one per participant) or as aggregate totals, depending on how the survey was configured.

## Navigate to the Response Form

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#### Open the Program Activity

From the PEARS homepage, hover over the **Engage** menu and click **Program Activities**. Select the program activity from the list to open its detail page.
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#### Go to the Evaluation Section

On the program activity detail page, scroll to the **Evaluation** section, or click **Evaluation** in the progress panel.
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#### Click Enter Response Data

In the list of attached surveys, find the survey you want to enter responses for and click the **Enter Response Data** button.
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## Enter Individual Responses

If the survey is configured for individual responses (not aggregated), you will see a form with the survey questions displayed for one participant at a time.

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#### Complete the Survey Questions

Answer each question on the form as reported by the participant. The question types may include text fields, multiple choice selections, rating scales, and other formats, depending on how the survey was designed.
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#### Save the Response

Click the **Save** button to save the current response. PEARS saves the response and keeps it on screen. If you are viewing a response other than the last one, a **Save and Continue** button also appears, which saves the response and moves to the next one.
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#### Add Additional Responses

To enter a response for the next participant, click **Save and Add New** to save the current response and open a blank form. If the current response has no unsaved changes, click **Add New** instead. Each saved response is added to the list for this survey.

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**TIP:** You can navigate between previously entered responses using the pagination controls above and below the survey questions.
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#### Delete a Response (if needed)

To delete an individual response, navigate to it using the pagination controls and click the **Delete** button, then click **Delete** in the confirmation message.
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**NOTE:** Responses submitted through the survey's public link are marked with a share icon. Only a data manager can save changes to those responses; for everyone else the **Save** button is disabled.
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## Enter Aggregate Responses

If the survey was configured with the **Aggregate responses** option, you will enter summarized totals rather than individual participant responses.

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#### Enter Combined Totals

For each question on the survey, enter the combined totals across all participants. For example, if a question asks participants to rate their knowledge on a scale of 1–5, enter the number of participants who selected each rating.
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#### Save the Aggregate Response

Click the **Save** button to save the aggregate response data.
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#### Clear the Aggregate Response (if needed)

To remove the totals you entered, click the **Clear Response Data** button, then click **Yes, Delete** in the confirmation message.
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**CAUTION:** Aggregate responses provide less detailed data than individual responses. You can change the **Aggregate responses** setting by editing the attached survey, but only before any responses have been entered. Once responses exist, the setting is locked, and switching to individual responses means removing the survey and attaching it again.
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## Return to the Program Activity

After entering all response data, click the **Go Back to Attach Surveys** button at the top of the page. This returns you to the Evaluation page, where you can enter data for another attached survey or continue to the next section of the program activity.