# Introduction ![](/files/-LDBsf5J1t_Vj5wbiu65) ## USERS MANUAL **What is Sprockler?** Sprockler is a tool that combines qualitative and quantitative data. It is based on powerful philosophical and theoretical principles. The standard surveying tools usually gather mere statistics and thus omit the explanatory power of stories. This often leaves us with questions, such as: What is the context of someone’s response? What is their own experiences or interpretation? What does it mean for them, what is their truth? Sprockler uses stories as well as statistics and is, therefore, able to provide information within the context. Participants thus become true co-creators of the outcomes, they do not merely answer pre-drawn boxes. The Sprockler tool consists of three consequent modules: Designer, Collector and Visualizer. In the Designer module, the questions and the overall process are created. Once the Sprockler Credits are purchased, the questions can be sealed and are ready for use in the next module. The Collector module then serves to gather the relevant stories and related data. And the Visualizer brings outcomes into a comprehensive, interactive online report, whose outline may be customised to your needs in order for you to help interpret and share your results. This manual follows the structure of Sprockler’s modules. For more information, make sure to check out [our website](https://github.com/sprockler/sprockler-manual/tree/af0a4df01fd0dcbbcc6c4ccff6b02176a68b568f/www.sprockler.com). If you have any further questions, make sure to check our [Frequently Asked Questions page](http://www.sprockler.com/help#faq) and don’t hesitate to [contact us](mailto:info@sprockler.com)! **Happy Sprockler-ing!** --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://sprockler.gitbook.io/sprockler-manual/master.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.