How to use OpinionPower

How to use OpinionPower.com to create and administer an on-line survey

BEFORE going to the OpinionPower.com website you should do some preliminary work on surveys.
Go to the survey section and read all the related pages.
Complete the information sought in Steps 1-3 and enter it onto a word processing file.
Review Step 4 and decide the format of your questions.
Below are the types you will probably use most often in OpinionPower:
- Either-Or (only two choices available, audience selects only one)
- One of Ten (up to ten choices available, audience selects only one)
- Several Selections (up to ten choices available, audience may select many)
- Text Entry (open-ended type of question where audience types in their response)
Write out the questions and arrange them in the proper order.
Create a title, instructions, and a "Thank You" message for your survey.
Go to the OpinionPower.com website
Click on the "Multiple Questions and Form to E-mail" link
Read the instructions and choose the "question type" that you want for each of your questions.
(If you need less than 10 questions for your survey, do not select a "question type" for the remaining questions.)
Click on the button "I’m ready to enter text."
Enter your survey title (make it a clear title related to your survey topic)
Enter your name or organization (or name of your group, abbreviations, etc)
Begin to type in your survey questions as well as the instructions.
Type in what you want your "final" button to be (i.e., submit, done, send)
Type in what you want your Thank You message to say.
Decide whether you want your respondents to see the results after they submit their survey.
Decide whether you want more than one person to be able to use the same computer. (we suggest you check the second choice)
Decide whether you want to receive each response by email (we STRONGLY suggest that you slect "No.")
IMPORTANT: Type in your e-mail address (or your teacher’s email address).
Click on the "Review and Confirm" button.
A review of your survey will be returned.
(NOTE: Do not click the "Done" button on this page.)
If you want to make any changes, click the "Back" button and edit your questions.
Then click the "Review and Confirm" button again.
If everything looks fine, click on the "I am finished" button which is at the very bottom of the page.
(NOTE: Once you click the "I am finished" button, you can no longer make any corrections or additions)
You will receive a confirmation page with a URL for the Survey and for the Results.
Inform your sample of your survey's URL (webpage address) by e-mail, letter or a face to face meeting.
Check the URL to view the results of those people who have taken the survey.

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