Developing a Useful  Survey Using Survey Monkey…in less than 60 minutes…1
Why Survey Monkey??2It’s free & easy
Why Survey Monkey??3
Survey Monkey “Help”4
ObjectivesDescribe Uses of SM or other similar productClarify your goals/what you want to knowIdentify sample and sample size to be surveyedWrite questions, aka “Items”Test the survey instrumentDeliver/distribute surveyDisplay and Use data collected5
When would we conduct a survey?Research, formal or otherwiseOpinion gatheringData gatheringEvent planningOther???6
JAMIAE.H.R. Article7
What do you want to know?Is there one or more research question(s)?Is there a decision to be made?8
Whodo you want to survey?All, or a segment?How many responses do you want?How many surveys should you send?9
Consider the overall ‘instrument’Choose the toolChoose color, logo, art, aesthetics, etc.Consider the types of questions to useDesign, experiment, edit, try again10
Write questions, aka “Items”Be clearBe conciseBe spareDon’t ask stuff you are only sort of interested in knowingAsk yourself “what will I do with the answers”?11
Testthe survey instrumentCreate a short, fun one first!FriendsRelativesColleaguesYoung people (for clarity, language)12
Deliver/distribute the surveyIn person?Via email?On paper?Add deadlineand close surveyFollow up as needed13
Start!14www.surveymonkey.com
Getting Started15ahslphoenixtrainingwildcat
Questionnaire Layout Options16
Results Display & Analysis17
Graphics Options18
Some Alternatives to SM19
ResourcesSM help & TutorialsAAPORGoogle ScholarGoogle BooksWikipedia on Response RateWikipedia on SamplingWikipedia on Data CollectionMEDLINE (MeSH)Your librarians20
Steps in the processKnow the variety of uses for surveysKnow “what you want to know”Identify a good sample and sample sizeDesign the instrument (color, appearance…)Write the questions, aka “Items”Test the survey instrument (on colleagues)Determine method and deliver the surveyDisplay and use data collected21
Thanks!  Call any time!Jacque Doyle602-827-2031jddoyle@email.arizona.edu22

Developing a survey using survey monkey

Editor's Notes

  • #2 Whirlwind intro!!
  • #7 Pause—ask them!!
  • #14 Paper-and-pencil vs. Web-based questionnairesThis criterion refers to the medium used to administer the questionnaire. Paper-and-pencilquestionnaires are questionnaires that are used in paper form. Web-based questionnaires arequestionnaires that use the Internet as a medium. Most questionnaires were developed to beused in a paper-and-pencil version. Only recently, with the development of the Internet, ithas become possible to use Web-based questionnaires. There is a wealth of literature on thecomparison between paper-and-pencil and Web-based questionnaires [47,57–60]. However,most of that literature is limited to comparing response rates: response rates for Web-basedquestionnaires tend to be equivalent or slightly higher than response rates for paper-and pencilquestionnaires [47,61,62], although recent evidence suggests that response rates ofWeb-based questionnaires are dropping. Little research has focused on the question ofequivalence: do Web-based versions of questionnaires produce similar results to paper-and pencilquestionnaires? Some limited research shows that this is the case [63–67]. We advisecaution in comparing results of questionnaires used with different modes of administration,unless a test of equivalence has been conducted with the questionnaire in question. Four ofthe 10 end-user satisfaction questionnaires have been used in a Web-based format (see TableII).