Use Google Documents for Surveys

Google is always creating new products and new features for existing products. It has just released a new feature for Google Documents that allows you to create a form, using Google spreadsheet, and send it by email to your chosen target group. They won’t need to sign in, and they can respond directly from the email message or from an automatically generated web page.

All responses are then added to to your spreadsheet and you can manipulate the responses as you would any spreadsheet.

Google has even created a Google Docs forms gadget, which you can add to your iGoogle homepage, that allows you to create forms quickly and also helps you keep a close eye on your responses.

This might save you some time if you are surveying a large group of people by email and it is free as well.

Diarmuid

surveys online

Need to get feedback from people or need survey people as part of your research? Now you can think about doing the easy way - online.

Once again web 2.0 has seen the development of services that simplify the whole process.

Wuffoo allows you to create forms for collecting data, without having to write a line of code. It will also send you results by email, as an RSS feed or as an Excel document.

SurveyMonkey is another service that allows you to quickly an powerful surveys. You can create online you can download a summary of your results in multiple formats and can download all of the raw data you’ve collected either as a spreadsheet, or in database format.

Icebrrg also allows you to do much the same as the other services. It also allows you to embed your survey into your existing website or blog. It will also host it for you if you want on its own website.

All these 3 services offer a basic service that is free. If your needs are ongoing or heavy duty, you might need to pay a little more for the service.

Diarmuid