Being a tech savvy research analyst, I’ve created my fair share of web surveys using all sorts of applications.  The free programs (with the exception of LimeSurvey) are mostly stripped down trial versions of plan based applications.  The next, and most mainstream, line of applications usually fall within the $20 a month price range, a [...]

Problem: You want to connect what you already know about a respondent to a new web data collection. One Solution: URL Variables URL variables are by no means the only way to pre-populate data but they are one way. The premise is simple, you add data to the end of your survey’s invitation web link [...]

This week I am providing some web survey features that act as dividing lines between survey programs and pricing levels. Piping is simply taking information you know about the respondent, either provided within the survey or obtained at a prior date, and using that data to customize survey questions or responses.  Preloading data into the [...]

If you have a simple survey, you can program it using almost any web survey design program.  But as the survey increases in complexity, you lose some of your options.  Figuring out which survey programs match your needs is not always easy.  Every program has a list of things it can do, but unsurprisingly, the [...]