Worksheet7 Surveymonkey


Getting data with SurveyMonkey | 7.3

 

During the course of your collaboration you may want to find out details of how the members of your cluster deal with a particular issue. Or you may want to explore the potential for rolling out a service you have developed to other local voluntary organisations. For these and other similar situations, an on-line survey may be the most efficient and easiest way to collect the information you need.

SurveyMonkey claims to be the world’s most popular web-based survey tool. In our experience, it is certainly a quick and easy way to collect information. It has simple tools which enable you to create your questionnaire, with a wide range of different types of questions available. Gathering your responses and analysing the results are equally easy.

Unless you want to create large, complex surveys, it's also free. Each free survey can contain up to 10 questions, and receive up to 100 responses. There is no limit to the number of free surveys you can carry out. In our experience, this should be enough for clusters in all but the most unusual circumstances

A beginner’s guide to SurveyMonkey

Step 1 - sign up for free

Go to www.surveymonkey.com

Click on the Sign Up button on the right side of the page.

Enter your details in the form and click Create Account. Don’t forget to opt out of spam by unchecking the email updates box

You will now be logged in to SurveyMonkey. To log in again in future, just go to the homepage.

Step 2 - start using SurveyMonkey

Type in the title of your survey in the box and click Create Survey

Click Add question here button

Choose question type from the dropdown menu, e.g. multiple choice

Select your display type (e.g. 1 column, 2 columns) from the dropdown menu

Type your question in the Question box and type your answers in the the Answers box (e.g. for multiple choice)

Check the options boxes for the options you require, e.g. Add comment box

Click Save Changes

Add more questions, or if done, click Add Page After

Fill in the details and finalise your survey

You can now collect responses. Click the Collect Responses tab and select how you would like to collect your data, e.g. via email.

Follow the onscreen instructions on how to link to your survey, either via cutting and pasting into email or onto a webpage

Once you have your results, click the Analyze Results tab to analyze the results

For more detailed and explanatory tutorials, see the help section of the Survey Monkey site