Grad Success Week 2019Luc Boyer, PhD

RESEARCH SURVEY TOOL – UCALGARY QUALTRICS

May 8th, 2019

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CREATE YOUR ACCOUNT OR LOGIN

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University site license, freely available to active University of Calgary undergraduate and graduate students including Students’ Union, Graduate Students’ Association, faculty/researchers, and staff.• For new users without a Qualtrics account

• Go to https://oia.ucalgary.ca/qualtrics-login• Read the Acceptable Use Policies and Regulations• Click Accept and Login

• For users with a Qualtrics account• Go to https://survey.ucalgary.ca/

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ACCESS AND SECURITY

• University site license, freely available to active University of Calgary undergraduate and graduate students, faculty/researchers, staff, including Students’ Union, Graduate Students’ Association

• Access uses single sign-on (MyUofC sign-on)

• Feature restrictions (at first login) based on your current status (Faculty, staff, or student); additional feature requests through OIA survey website

• Data stored in Canadian site

• No personal identifiable information or restricted information (e.g. credit card #, passwords, home address, telephone number, etc.)

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USER SUPPORT AND TRAINING

Qualtrics User

Support

IT Support for login

help

askoia@ucalgary.ca

Qualtrics Webinars &

Best Practices Training

Wayfinding & Account

Management

OIA Website

Lab NEXT Qualtrics &

Best Practices Training

Survey Methodology

Institutional Analytics

OIA survey specialists

Libraries and

Cultural Resources

Qualtrics Support

https://oia.ucalgary.ca/qualtricsaskoia@ucalgary.ca

https://www.qualtrics.com/support-center

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UCALGARY SURVEY TOOL WEBPAGES

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Survey Design Considerations

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SURVEY-BASED RESEARCH

Research Objectives

Measures of Concepts

Population of Interest

Literature Review

Questionnaire Recruitment

BASIC SURVEY ISSUES TO CONSIDER…

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Purpose of the survey:• What needs to be known?• What impact will survey results

have? • Will the results be published?

Survey Questions:• Am I asking the right questions?• Am I asking too many (or two few)

questions?• Am I seeking nuanced answers?• Am I allowing respondent to speak?

Participants Selection:• Who will be selected?• Are they knowledgeable about my

survey topic?• How will they be recruited?• When will I send my request?• Will I provide incentives?

Ethical Concerns:• How will I secure voluntary informed

consent?• How will I prevent harm or

discomfort to the respondents?

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BUILDYOUR SURVEY

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QUALTRICS LANDING PAGE

Top-Menu Bar

Create a new survey “project or shell”; list all your survey “projects”

CREATE A SURVEY PROJECT

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MANAGING YOUR SURVEY PROJECT

Project Menu

Edit your survey “project” (questionnaire, distribution, data analysis, reporting)

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BUILDING YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE

Survey Editor Menu

Survey editor is the default view

READY TO ADD QUESTIONS?

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❺Essential Strategies for Chronic Pain

ORGANIZE YOUR QUESTIONS IN BLOCKS

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❶ Descriptive text question

Multiple choice question, single answer, six choices, vertical layout

PREVIEW YOUR SURVEY

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Preview all questions, survey flow, and logic skips if using…

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Distribute your Survey

REVIEW YOUR SURVEY OPTIONS

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READY TO DISTRIBUTE YOUR SURVEY?

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EXPORTING DATA FOR DATA ANALYSIS

DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS PROCESS

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Distribute Survey Collect Responses

Export to SPSS

Analyze Data

Copy/Paste Tables and Charts

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ANALYZING YOUR COLLECTED RESPONSES

Data Analysis Menu

Table Options

Export results into Excel or SPSS

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DATA VISUALIZATIONS WITH QUALTRICS

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REPORTING YOUR COLLECTED RESPONSES

Reporting Menu

Use Reports “Results”

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SELECTING WHAT TO REPORT

Select which questions; select which records (responses)

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EDITING VISUALIZATIONS

For each question visualization panel, modify the graph…

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EXPORTING VISUALIZATIONS

For each question visualization panel, export into MS Office

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