SUMMARY
Trainees will assess their project’s survey and associated questions to better understand the data. The data (or answers) derived from surveys are the foundation of web maps and Dashboards. To create meaningful visualization and analysis products, trainees will need to understand the collected data (responses).
REQUIRED RESOURCES
- Website url (link) to the project’s survey
- Spreadsheet of the project’s survey
- Survey on Survey123
SURVEY RESPONSE (DATA) BASICS
Just as there are different types of questions, with different purposes, there are different types of answers, with different purposes. Survey responses, input by a data collector, build the data, or evidence, of a survey. In Survey123, there are commonly used questions and answers. The following table outlines a number of common types of questions and answers which can be manually typed as answers to questions:
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Question | Answer | Question | Answer |
integer | Integer (i.e., whole number) input. | How many people are living in the household? | 10 |
decimal | Decimal input. | How many kilometers is the farm from the village? | 2.5 |
text | Free text response. | What is the name of the village? | Kisimi |
As seen in the last chart, there are a number of commonly used questions and answers in Survey123. The following table outlines a few more commonly found types of questions and answers. The next three examples do not allow manual typing-in of answers but are based on choices pre-selected by the project’s program manager.
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Question type | Answer input | Question | Choices | Answer |
select_multiple | Multiple choice question; multiple answers can be selected. | How is the land used? Select all that apply. |
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select_one | Multiple choice question; only one answer can be selected. | What is the head of household’s gender? |
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date | Date input. | What date was the respondent born? | 01/01/2020 |
ASSESSING A SURVEY
This section will use the project’s survey. The survey can be accessed by website url (link); spreadsheet; or on Survey123. The trainer will help guide you to either of these options.
Identify questions that are looking for number answers. These questions and answers can be integers (whole numbers like 5, 10, 30) or decimals (1.25, 5.97, 101.65).
How many questions are interested in number answers?
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Provide at least one example of a number question. This could be found in the survey or an idea.
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Why would a project be interested in number questions and answers?
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Identify questions that are looking for typed-in text answers. These questions and answers should not be pre-set, selectable, answers. HINT: There will not be a choice.
How many questions are interested in text answers?
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Provide at least one example of a fillable text question. This could be found in the survey or an idea.
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Why would a project be interested in text-based questions and answers? Why would a project not be interested in a fillable text answer (i.e. multiple-choice)?
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Identify questions that are looking for multiple-choice answers. These questions and answers should pre-set, selectable, answers. HINT: There will be a choice.
How many questions are interested in multiple-choice answers? These can be select-one or select-more-than-one answer types.
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Provide at least one example of a multiple-choice question. This could be found in the survey or an idea.
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List out at least one example of multiple-choice answer options. This could be found in the survey or an idea.
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Why would a project be interested in multiple-choice questions and answers? Why would a project not be interested in a multiple-choice answer (i.e. fillable-text)?
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Identify questions that are looking for dates as answers. These questions and answers should have something to do with time. HINT: Look for a calendar.
How many questions are interested in date answers?
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Provide at least one example of a date question. This could be found in the survey or an idea.
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List out at least one example of a date answer. This could be found in the survey or an idea.
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Why would a project be interested in date-based questions and answers?
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CRITICAL THINKING
This section allows for the creation of questions as examples of the different types of questions and answers (data) that can be collected during a survey.
Write down an example of an integer question.
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Write down an example of an integer answer to the above question.
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Write down an example of a decimal question.
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Write down an example of a decimal answer to the above question.
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Write down an example of a fillable-text question.
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Write down an example of a fillable-text answer to the above question.
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Write down an example of a single multiple-choice question.
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Write down an example of a single multiple-choice answer to the above question.
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Write down an example of a select-more-than-one multiple-choice question.
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Write down an example of a select-more-than-one multiple-choice answer to the above question.
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Write down an example of a date question.
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Write down an example of a date answer to the above question.
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