Difference between revisions of "Questionnaire Programming"
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The first rule of Questionnaire Programming is to not start programming your survey before you have questionnaire already. If you do not have a questionnaire, go to [[Questionnaire_Design:Questionnaire Design|Questionnaire Design]] | The first rule of Questionnaire Programming is to not start programming your survey before you have questionnaire already. If you do not have a questionnaire, go to [[Questionnaire_Design:Questionnaire Design|Questionnaire Design]] | ||
==Articles often forgotten | ==Articles often forgotten== | ||
*[[Questionnaire_Encryption:|Questionnaire Encryption]] - read before creating your questionnaire | *[[Questionnaire_Encryption:|Questionnaire Encryption]] - read before creating your questionnaire | ||
*[[Data_Quality_Checks:|Survey Data Quality Checks]] - read while you are programming your questionnaire. Best practice is to develop data quality checks in parallel to coding your the questionnaire. | *[[Data_Quality_Checks:|Survey Data Quality Checks]] - read while you are programming your questionnaire. Best practice is to develop data quality checks in parallel to coding your the questionnaire. | ||
*[[Multiple_Versions_Of_Questionnaires:|Updating a Questionnaire already in use]] - Important best practice when you realize that you need to make changes to a survey you have started to use in the field already. | |||
= Choosing Software = | = Choosing Software = | ||
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= Using the Server = | = Using the Server = | ||
You can either set up your own server, but if your project is a DIME project you can use our development server DIMEtest until your project require its own server | |||
= Create a questionnaire = | = Create a questionnaire = | ||
= Updating the version on your server = | |||
Revision as of 17:10, 4 January 2017
This chapters relates to the process of digitization of a questionnaire, and not to the process of developing content for Questionnaire Design.
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You should never start coding your survey before you have a fairly completed
The first rule of Questionnaire Programming is to not start programming your survey before you have questionnaire already. If you do not have a questionnaire, go to Questionnaire Design
Articles often forgotten
- Questionnaire Encryption - read before creating your questionnaire
- Survey Data Quality Checks - read while you are programming your questionnaire. Best practice is to develop data quality checks in parallel to coding your the questionnaire.
- Updating a Questionnaire already in use - Important best practice when you realize that you need to make changes to a survey you have started to use in the field already.
Choosing Software
There are several software on the market for digital data collection. At DIME we have built up
Using the Server
You can either set up your own server, but if your project is a DIME project you can use our development server DIMEtest until your project require its own server
Create a questionnaire
Updating the version on your server
How to start coding your questionnaire
In our experience a lot of the cases with lost data or other types of serious