Google Forms can be a useful tool for sociological research by allowing researchers to easily create and distribute online surveys. Key steps in using Google Forms include: 1) Creating a questionnaire before designing the form. 2) Designing the form by adding questions, response options, and formatting. 3) Publishing and distributing the form by email, embedding it on a website, or sharing the link. 4) Analyzing responses by viewing response data and reports in Google Forms.

1. Google Forms: Useful ICT
Tool For Sociological
Research
Ubale Amol Baban
Assistant Professor
PVDT College of Education for Women,
SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai.

3. What is Research ?
Systematic
Investigation Study
Of Materials
sources, etc
in order to
establish facts
and reach new
conclusions

4. Sociology Research
Knowledge Research
Methods
Data
Social Surveys
Quantitative
data
Objective
knowledge
Qualitative
data
Subjective
knowledge
Primary data
Ethnographies
Secondary
data
Longitudinal
Studies
Case Studies
Questionnaires
Designed

5. What is Google Form
• Its online survey tools.
• You can plan events, make a survey or poll, give
students a quiz, or collect other information in an
easy, streamlined way with Google Forms.
• It works on desktop computers, laptops, smart
phones on Windows and Android
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6. Uses of Google Form
Various uses of Google Forms for researcher
 Easy to reach larger Sample size in very few time.
 Not possible to reach every sample because of
geographical circumstances. Google form is best way to
reach every sample.
 Technology may support here to overcome few of the
difficulties. Google form is the best tool prepared by
Google for send and analyzes the questionnaire.
 Researcher make instant analysis of the data

7. Steps to Create Google Form:
3.Send your
form for
people to fill
out
1.Create
questionnaire
5.Analyze the
Responses
6.View and
Manage
Responses
4.Receive the
Responses
2.Edit and
format a
survey or quiz

8. 1. Create Questionnaire:
• Before preparation of Google form researcher
should prepare questionnaire about relevant to
the subject. Questionnaire should prepare very
easy and clear.

9. 2. Editing Google Forms:
• a) Creating a New Form
• Step 1: Select the type of form to create.
You can create a blank form, a blank quiz,
or select from a number of form templates.

16. 2. Editing Google Forms
• b) Name a Form
Step 1: Click the
“Untitled Form” name
in the top left corner of
the screen, and then
enter the forms Name.
Hit the “Enter” key to
submit your changes

17. 2. Editing Google Forms
• c) Form Title:
Enter a form title and
description by clicking
on the fields.

18. 3. Edit
Questions
Step 1: Select “Untitled
question” to enter your
first question text.
Step 2: Use the
dropdown to the right of
the question to select the
question type.
Step 3: Select each option
to enter option text.
Step 4: Hit the key to
create a new o“Enter”
ption

19. 4. Add Questions

20. Other Options:
• Copy/Duplicate Question: Copying a question allows you
to quickly add a new question with the same format as your
current question
• Delete Questions: The delete button allows you to delete
the selected question and options from the list.
• Form Colors/Themes: You can change the form color or
theme by clicking the (Color Palate) button in the top right
corner of the page.
• Preview Form: Click the “Preview” button to open a new
browser tab with a final view of your form. Close out of that
tab to return to the “Edit Form” view to make changes

21. 5. Publishing your
Questionnaire (Form)
There are basically two ways of distributing your
questionnaire: send it by email or sharing the web
address.
• Email
• Embed in a website
• Copy Link to Social Networking Sites

22. 6. Analysing The Responses: