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Online surveys  (formerly BOS)

Powerful, flexible online surveys

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Respondent anonymity and online surveys

Online surveys is designed to protect respondent anonymity. Online surveys does not use cookies for survey completion and external tracking software such as Google Analytics is not supported on online…

Free text questions

Free text questions are typically used to allow respondents to give information, such as their name or email address. They can also be used to ask for people’s opinions, or…

Multiple choice (single answer) questions

…can choose to use instead of the full question text if you export your results data. This alternative text will not be visible to respondents. This field is also used…

Scale/rank questions

…five- or seven-point scale. They are usually used to gauge agreement, importance or likelihood, for example: Semantic differential scales Following a similar principle you can also create a scale between…

Multiple choice (multiple answers) questions

…information to be visible by default, use the survey builder to add a note to the question instead. Alternative question text for use in exports: If your question text is…

Selection list questions

for use in exports: If your question text is long, you can enter a shorter version here which you can choose to use instead of the full question text if…

Date/time questions

…which you can choose to use instead of the full question text if you export your results data. This alternative text will not be visible to respondents. Pre-population parameter: Pre-populate…

Simple routing

used to skip part of a page. If you want to use routing to allow your respondents to skip questions, those questions must be on a separate page. In the…

Creating a grid question

…long, you can enter a shorter version here which you can choose to use instead of the full question text if you export your results data. This alternative text will…