There are 3 approaches two ways to having several versions ‘versions’ of a survey:
Single Survey (these use Core Questions {Waves})
Separate Surveys (these use Reusable Questions and Bespoke Questions)
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Waves are recommended Core Questions (Waves) is the recommended method for Longitudinal surveys and Tailoring surveys to specific projects |
What
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we mean by ‘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 methodSame metrics, same custom fields, same survey | Reusables methodSame, new & revived metrics; same, new & removed custom fields; different surveys | Originals methodSimilar metrics, similar custom fields, different surveys | ||||
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Surveys you need to create | 1 | Several | Several | ||||
SINGLE SURVEY | SEPARATE SURVEYS | ||||||
Core Questions (Waves) | Reusable Questions | Bespoke Questions | |||||
How it works | Tailor the wording of a survey question for specific projects | ||||||
CONTENT CREATION | |||||||
1 | Several | Several | |||||
1 per quantifiable question | 1 per quantifiable question | Several per quantifiable question because you need 1 per quantifiable question | |||||
1 per qualitative question | 1 per qualitative question | 1 per qualitative question | |||||
SURVEY EDITING | |||||||
Remove certain quantifiable questions from different versions | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
Change the wording of certain quantifiable questions in different versions | Yes | No | 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 | ||||
Ability to change the wording of certain qualitative questions in different versions (using Custom Fields) e.g. Open Text questions | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
ANALYSIS: Connecting Results from across different versions (e.g. for Longitudinal Surveys) | |||||||
I.e. to calculate Distribution over Time | Yes | YesOnly if | No - unless all of your quantifiable questions are worded identically in each version (because they use the same Metric) | Distance Travelled | Yes | Yes | No|
Yes | Yes | No - unless all of your quantifiable questions are worded identically in each version (because they use the same Metric) | |||||
ANALYSIS: Aggregating Results from across different versions | |||||||
Use Progress Boards and Progress Panels to Aggregate Results from across different versionsI.e. to calculate Totals | Yes | YesOnly if | No - unless 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 | 1 per quantifiable question | Several per quantifiable question because you need 1 per quantifiable question | ||||
Sequence Series Analysis to connect results from across different versions | Yes | No | No | ||||
Outcome Charts /wiki/spaces/DEV/pages/26017793 to connect results from across versions | Yes | No | No | ||||
Ability to change the wording of certain qualitative questions in different versions (using Custom Fields) e.g. Open Text questions | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
Custom Fields you need to create | 1 per qualitative question | 1 per qualitative question | 1 per qualitative question|||||