Preparing and Launching the Survey

Once the questionnaire is completed, only a few more steps are necessary to launch the survey. Pretests may seem trivial, but they are important for a reliable collection of data and should be carried out diligently.

• Privacy Settings
• Technical Test
• Pretesting the Questionnaire
• Deleting Pretest Data (optional)
• Specifying the Field Time
• Finding Participants
• The Link to the Questionnaire
• Optimising Emails
• Sending Mailings
  • Wildcards in Mailings
  • Downloading Mailing List
  • Multi-Wave Survey and Self-Recruitment
• Working with External Panel Providers

• Good to Know
  • Changing the Questionnaire During the Survey
  • Prevent Multiple Submissions from the Same Respondents

The chapter Data and Documentation describes how to control the return rate and what to do after the administration period has ended.