This tutorial will walk you through the creation of a short survey. In this example we will build a number of different question types.
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At the end of this tutorial you will have covered the following concepts:
Short survey containing five questions in a randomized order.
Quick survey
and choose New
as the creation option.Study sequence
by clicking on it in the study tree.Questionnaire
, choosing New
as the creation option and naming it Survey
.Survey
by clicking on its name in the table or in the study tree.Question order
to Random
to randomize the order of questions presented to each participant.A quick and meaningful survey
.Question & answer [Likert]
, choosing New
as the creation option and naming it Extrovert
.Question?
to I see myself as extroverted, enthusiastic.
.Code
: 1, Option
: Strongly disagreeCode
: 2, Option
: DisagreeCode
: 3, Option
: Neither agree nor disagreeCode
: 4, Option
: AgreeCode
: 5, Option
: Strongly agreeQuestion & answer [multiple choice]
, choosing New
as the creation option and naming it Sugar
.When I'm craving a sugar hit, my first preference is...
.Code
: 1, Option
: Ice creamCode
: 2, Option
: CandyCode
: 3, Option
: ChocolateCode
: 4, Option
: None of the aboveQuestion & answer [text]
, choosing New
as the creation option and naming it Movie star
.My favorite movie star is...
.Question & answer [dropdown list]
, choosing New
as the creation option and naming it Color
.My favorite color is...
.Code
: 1, Option
: BlackCode
: 2, Option
: WhiteCode
: 3, Option
: RedQuestion & answer [table]
, choosing New
as the creation option and naming it Languages
.What languages can you speak?
.Answer options
section, select Answer options
section, set the maximum number of answers to 5
in the Maximum answers allowed (max 100)
column.Answer table design
section, click Add column, name the column Language
and select Question & answer [text]
as the type.Years spoken
and select Question & answer [number]
as the type.Fluency
and select Question & answer [dropdown list]
as the type.
Add the following options:
Code
: 1, Option
: Not fluentCode
: 2, Option
: MediocreCode
: 3, Option
: FluentThis time we'll copy the Likert item question we added earlier to save us some time.
Question & answer [Likert]
, choose Copy
as the creation option, select Extrovert
as the question to copy, and name it New experiences
.I see myself as open to new experiences, complex.
.Response - buttons
, New
as the creation option and name it buttons
.buttons
and add a new button.Dark Blue (primary)
, set Label
to Next
and click Add.Alignment
to Center
and then click Save in the bottom right of the editor.
Although our survey design is complete, it's not very friendly, so let's fix that.
Study sequence
and add new instructions, name it Welcome message
and choose New
as the creation option.Welcome message
, click Edit and write a lovely introductory message and then click Save in the bottom right of the editor.Response - buttons
, New
as the creation option and name it buttons
.buttons
and add a new button.Dark Blue (primary)
, set Label
to Next
and click Add.Alignment
to Center
and then click Save in the bottom right of the editor.
Welcome message
to the top position in the Study sequence
table to make it appear before Survey
.Study sequence
and add new instructions, name it Thankyou message
, choose Copy
as the creation option and select Welcome message
as the instructions to copy.Thankyou message
and change the text to a lovely thankyou message. Note: The last screen in your study must include a buttons response or a keyboard response to end the study. Set the response Event
to Go to next study item or trial
.
You now have a fully functional survey whose structure should look like this (Figure 1). Hit Preview study and try it out! To activate the study and allow participants to take part, hit the Distribution
tab in the study tab bar. To download results, hit the Results
tab in the study tab bar.