There are 2 3 approaches to having several versions of a survey
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Waves are recommended for Longitudinal surveys and Tailoring surveys to specific projects |
What are versions of a survey?
It refers to when you want to ask the same or similar people, the same or similar questions, potentially but not necessarily at different points in time.
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A key factor to determine which approach is best for you is: do you want to be able to aggregate results and connect results from across the different versions of the survey, in spite of the differences in questions across each version?
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Comparison
FUNCTIONALITY | Waves approachSame metrics, same survey | Copy & Adjust approachSame metrics, different surveys | Separate Surveys approachSimilar metrics, different surveys |
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Surveys you need to create | 1 | Several | Several |
How it works | Tailor the wording of a survey question for specific projects | ||
Remove certain quantifiable questions from different versions | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Change the wording of certain quantifiable questions in different versions | Yes | Yes - But you’ll need to create a duplicate metric which means you won’t be able to aggregate results across versions | |
Use Progress Boards to Connect Results from across different versions (e.g. for Longitudinal Surveys) I.e. to calculate
| Yes - Always | Only if all of your quantifiable questions are worded identically in each version (because they use the same Metric) | |
Use Progress Boards and Progress Panels to Aggregate Results from across different versions I.e. to calculate
| Yes - Always | Only if all of your quantifiable questions are worded identically in each version (because they use the same Metric) | |
Metrics you need to create | 1 per quantifiable question | Several per quantifiable question because you need 1 per quantifiable question | |
Ability to change the wording of certain qualitative questions in different versions (using Custom Fields) e.g. Open Text questions | Yes | Yes | |
Custom Fields you need to create | 1 per qualitative question | 1 per qualitative question |