Creating a survey in acrobat, processing on hard copy, and data compiling via Acrobat scanning

Hi there,
I am new to creating PDF forms using Acrobat Pro 9. I have been asked by my manager to sort out a way we can create a survey (for staff)and have the data input to the survey, processed and compiled ready for an analyst to create a report of the data.
Basically, this is a survey of staff by staff, anonymous and to be completed on hard copy (Printed PDF with survey template).
So, I have started to think about the best way to go about this, can I create a survey in Acrobat, print it, fill out the multiple choice questions, scan it in Adobe, and allow acrobat to gather the data?
Personally I would like to use Acrobat (as I am enjoying learning it), but is this the right tool for that job? Is there a feature that enables multiple choice surveys to be created, printed, filled out, scanned again (with answers filled in), and compiles the data?
I hope I have explained that clear enough...;-)
Kind regards
Kevin

By itself Acrobat does not "compile data".
By the way nothing compiles data from a picture. All scanners output a picture of the scanned paper (that is, an image file such as TIFF).
Acrobat can perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) of the picture of text.
The OCR output is the characters - no format, tables, rows, columns, no text styling, etc.
So harvesting useful information can pose something of a challenge.
You may want to consider manually compiling the results.
Be well...

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