Wednesday, January 20, 2010
What to Look for in Web Survey Software
Monday, January 4, 2010
Types of Questions for an Online Survey
When creating an online survey there are certain types of questions you should consider using to obtain the information you desire. The choice of questions in a survey is crucial for the analysis of results.
Categorical: respondents make one choice from a group of choices.
Multiple choice: respondents are allowed to make more than one choice from a group.
Ordinal: respondents are asked to rank a series of choices in order of preference;
Matrix: respondents are required to complete a data table. The values entered may be either numbers or text, or they could be asked to select from a list.
Text: respondents are asked to enter text in their own words.