How to create a questionnaire with Google?

Google docs is a great service that helps you do things quickly and efficiently. Google surveys (online questionnaires) from Google docs help you create and analyze polls quickly without the need for a special program, and get results immediately, once users enter their data and feedback in the survey (online questionnaires), the results of the questionnaire can then be summarized at a glance using charts and graphs.

 The concept of Google Survey 

Google docs is a web app and a member of the Drive family of documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and other applications. The Google Survey (online questionnaires) from Google docs provides a quick way to conduct a survey (online questionnaires) and publish it to the web, then get and save responses in the Google docs. You can invite people to answer in a number of ways, including by emailing them or posting the questionnaire on your site or social media. They can answer your questions from any web browser, anytime, anywhere.

 Why use Google Survey 

• Google Forms from Google docs is an effective and free way to obtain information about a particular scientific research, meeting or conference. It can be used to obtain the data of respondents or participants (personal information, ways to communicate with them and the time of the meeting, etc.), for example, before the start of the meeting.
• It can also be used after the meeting to obtain feedback from the attendees and to ensure that the desired results are developed to develop the work mechanism.
• It can be used by companies with their customers to ensure the quality of their product and to seek customer satisfaction and take his opinion about the product in order to develop it and improve it, especially as this will not cost them any extra expenses. It is also used for a simple test with the possibility of assigning a number of points to each question, etc. Its scope of use is therefore extensive.

 Create Google Survey 

There are some procedures and steps you can take to make a Google survey (online questionnaires) from Google docs:

1. Create a new questionnaire: To get started, you must create a new survey (online questionnaires) and add questions to it, and you can create the new survey (online questionnaires) either:

• From forms.google.com, click Blank or choose existing template.
• Or from drive.google.com, click New and then More. Next to Google Forms, point to the arrow and click Blank or (from a template).
• After the questionnaire has been created, you should name it, from the top left corner, click Untitled form or name the form template and enter the new name.
• You can also add a description of the form, under the form name. You can also change the banner image, theme, background color, or font style by simply clicking the color palette and then selecting your options.

2. Add questions: When you are in the process of questionnaire design, there are several considerations you should be aware of, a questionnaire design should follow the following:

• In the process of questionnaire design, click untitled question and enter your question. You will get many suggestions based on the type of question
• In the process of questionnaire design, to change the question type, click the down arrow.
• In the process of questionnaire design, add response options (if appropriate for question type).
• In the process of questionnaire design, determine whether people should answer the question, click required.
• In the process of questionnaire design, add more questions, you can do one of two options:
  • To add a new question, click add Question.
  • To add a copy of the existing question, click repeat.
• In the process of questionnaire design, changes are automatically saved. To preview your changes at any time, click the Preview button in the top right corner.

3. Modifying questions:

• You can add things like photos and videos to the question in the survey (online questionnaires) and you can also rearrange and delete questions.
• To edit questions, select a question and do any of the following:
  • Drag and rearrange answers.
  • Delete a question.
  • Click More to add a description or hint, or to mix the order of answers.
  • To mix the order of questions, click Settings and then a presentation. Check the Shuffle order box and click save.
  • You can also add images to answers or forms.
  • Add a video from YouTube

4. Editing the questionnaire: To edit the survey (online questionnaires), click Settings and then General, and select any of the following options:

• Collect email addresses of participants.
• Restrict participants to members of your organization only. You can uncheck this box to share your form externally.
• Select one response to allow people to complete the questionnaire only once.
• Edit after submission to allow people to change their answers after they are sent.
• View summary charts and text responses, such as allowing everyone to see a summary of the answers of everyone.
• When you are finished making changes, click Save.
• You can allow reviewing and editing the questionnaire by clicking More in the upper left corner and adding collaborators.
• Under Invite people, enter the email addresses of the people you want to share with. Then, click Submit. Anyone you invite can then edit any part of the questionnaire, including responses and where they are saved.

5. Preview:

• While changing the survey (online questionnaires) settings you can preview it to see the shape of the changes.
• From the upper-left corner, click Preview.
• The preview will open in a new window.

6. Send the questionnaire:

• When you are ready to send the survey (online questionnaires), you can email it, copy and paste the survey (online questionnaires) link into a chat or email, embed it on a website, or share its link on social networks.
• From the top right corner, click Submit.
• Choose how you want to send the survey (online questionnaires)

 Analysis of responses 

Google docs offers an analysis of responses as per the online questionnaire fields. The analysis of responses as per the online questionnaire fields provides the researcher with an initial perception of the data.

The importance of the analysis of responses as per the online questionnaire fields enable the researcher to judge on the initial attitudes gathered by the respondents. Researchers should periodically look for the analysis of responses as per the online questionnaire fields to ensure that the collected data meets the expectations.

The analysis of responses as per the online questionnaire fields is also useful to understand the initial findings. Researchers should keep the supervisor aware of the analysis of responses as per the online questionnaire fields, since the analysis of responses as per the online questionnaire fields when presented to the supervisor will enable the supervisor to provide feedback on the submitted analysis of responses as per the online questionnaire fields.

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