Random Survey Setup

From a collection of surveys how to randomly assign a survey to participants

If you have a number of different surveys and want to randomly present one to each respondent it is possible to do this using Survey Galaxy by modifying the URL link to the survey.

A problem with long surveys is that respondents may give up before getting to the end or be put off even from starting the survey. A solution to this problem would be to break down a long survey into a number of smaller surveys and then have one chosen at random. The random survey selection is particularly useful when used in conjunction with snap polls where you can ask a question from a list of potential questions.

Setup

All the surveys that are in the collection must first be published.

Modified Survey URL

Invite respondents by sending them a modified link using the format:

http://www.surveygalaxy.com/surPublishes.asp?k=K1,K2,K3,K4

Where K1, K2, K3, K4 are the respective survey 12 character reference.

Please note the following:

When a respondent clicks on the link for the first time they will be randomly offered one of the four surveys (or however many are in the list).

Once a respondent has started the chosen survey then it will be permanently assigned to them. If they return to it at a later time then their previous answers will be retrieved and their response will be edited. This will allow people to partially complete a survey and finish it off at a later time.

When a respondent completes a survey that has a Response setting 'Allow multiple responses per computer' then if they were to redo the survey they will again be randomly presented to redo any of the surveys in the collection.

Important: To detect if someone has already started or completed a survey we use cookies. If a respondent uses a different computer, browser or has deleted their cookie they would be treated as a new survey respondent.