Creating and Designing the Questionnaire

This chapter explains, how to develop an online questionnaire with SoSciSurvey.

The first three tutorials give a quick and practical introduction to SoSciSurvey. The other tutorials present the advanced functions of SoSciSurvey:

• Creating an Account and a Survey Project
  • Access a Shared Project
• Getting Started in 5 Minutes (step by step)
• Instructions for Common Jobs
• Tips for the Survey Design
  • Optimise the Display of Layout and Questions
  • Questioning Visually Impaired Participants (freedom from barriers)
• Question Types
  • Selections
    • Selection (simple Selection, Horizontal Selection, Dropdown Selection, Multiple Choice)
    • Selection Sequence (records response latency)
    • Extended Selection
    • Suggesting Text Input
    • SVG as Selection
    • Zoom Selection (esp. for images)
  • Question Batteries/Matrix Questions
    • Scale (all options labelled or the extremes, only)
    • Slider (analogue scale/VAS)
    • Polarity Profile (semantic differential, also available with an analogue scale/VAS)
    • Image Scale (star rating, kunin rating, …)
  • Text input
    • Text Input (simple Text Input, Free Mentions, Cloze Text, Balloon Test)
  • Special Questions I
    • Ranking
    • Assignment task (records response latency)
    • Implicit Association Test (IAT)
  • Special Questions II
    • File Upload (upload images or documents)
    • Screenshot
    • Visual Placements
    • Captcha
  • Functional Elements
    • Random generator
    • Device and request variables
    • Interal variables
  • Communication
    • Collect Contact Data Separately
    • E-Mail to a Personal Contact
    • Opt-in for the Mailing List

• Advanced Display Options
  • Concatenating Questions
  • Combined Questions
  • Placing Elements Side by Side
  • Free Text Inputs Within a Selection
  • Positioning Input Boxes Freely
  • Using Idiosyncratic Forms
• Questionnaire Layouts
  • Customize Logo and Footer
• Composing the Questionnaire
  • Texts in the Questionnaire
  • Images in the Questionnaire
  • Media files in the Questionnaire (audio, video, documents)
  • Introduction to PHP Code
  • PHP Functions
  • Variables in SoSciSurvey
  • Wildcards in Questions and Items
  • JavaScript in the Questionnaire
  • Questionnaire troubleshooting
• Check Answers and Probe
• Filters
  • Filter by Text Input
  • Linking Multiple Conditions - Logical Operators
  • Conditions With More Than 2 Possibilities - 1, 2 or 3
  • At Least One Item Selected? - Loops
  • Solving Problems with Filters
  • Immediately Show Questions if a Specific Option is Selected
• Use Response in Follow-up Questions
  • Use Selected Items in Another Question
  • Show Answers in a Follow-up Question
• Rotation
• Randomisation
  • Randomisation Using Urns
  • Random Selection for Questionnaires
• Access Restrictions
• Logitudinal Surveys
• Multi-level structure (nested questionnaires)
• Multilingual Questionnaires

• Special Functions
  • Check Answers
  • Timer: Automatically Forward to the Next Page
  • Timer: Display Next Button after Defined Time
  • Timer: Countdown through multiple pages
  • Pop-Up of Information via Mouse Click
  • Playing Music across multiple pages
  • Record Changes of the Browser Window
  • Using Data Fragments in PHP
  • Counting Score for Answers
  • Display Individual Codes or Vouchers
  • Individual Feedback for Participants
  • Questionnaires for Smartphones