Customize Surveys

Customize your surveys through the Settings screen.

1. On My Surveys page, locate the survey to edit .
2. In the Tools section click Settings .

   

The following items are available.

Survey Password

Set the password that participants must enter to reach your survey. Leave this field blank if you don't want to use a password. Passwords can be used creatively - such as changing it for each wave of the same survey (Time1, Time2, Time3, etc.)

Survey Title

Define where the survey title should appear.

• First page only
• All pages
• Don't display the title to participants

Question Numbers

Default: on. PsychData numbers questions consecutively and displays question numbers in a survey.

• To eliminate question numbers or to number questions manually, choose Hide Question Numbers.

Progress Bar

Default: off. Progress through a survey can display to participants by pages or percent.

• To enable a progress bar, click Show Progress Bar, then choose:
  -- position (top or bottom)
  -- mode (number of completed pages and/or percent)

Save and Return

Default: off. Allows participants to save their place in a survey and return later to finish.
Requires each participant to register before starting the survey. You choose that participants register anonymously (using a nickname) or not (using their email address). An advanced feature; click for details.

Survey Linking

Default: off. At the completion of a survey sends participants to a linked survey.

1. To enable linking, choose a linking method:
   -- Direct Link (all participants go directly to the specified survey)
   -- Random Link (each participant is sent to one of the surveys you specify).
2. Specify the survey or surveys to link to.

Note: use random linking to correct for measure order bias. Create several survey versions with instruments in different orders, then randomly link to a version.

Capture Custom Querystring Values

This advanced feature allows you to embed data directly into the URL for your survey - such as an ID# that you set for each participant. The variables you define are immediately stored in your data file when a particpant clicks on your link. This is an advanced feature, click here for details.

Survey Recruitment

Survey Recruitment is a survey-level option that allows your participants to invite a friend to complete one of your surveys. This is a great tool for word-of-mouth marketing of your survey. To turn this option on, simply select the survey that you want newly recruited participants to be sent to. Typically, participants begin and end with the same survey. In more complex designs, however, participants may end at a different survey from the one they start with. You must set this option for every ending survey if you have more than one - and be sure to specify the survey you want them to start with.

End of Survey

Chooser either a "Standard Conclusion Page" (as defined in the Edit Survey page) or a "Custom URL Redirect". (e.g., http://www.google.com).