Creating a survey in Google Documents

Recently, I was asked to assist in creating a survey that can be used for a project.  The questionnaire was already completed, but I needed to find a way to create an online version that is free, offered several options for question types, compiles the data that is easy to interpret, and can be completed by at least a 100 people.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that google doc offers a way that met all my needs.  Here is how you create a survey/poll in google docs.



In response to Neil's question, the survey in a previous blog and in the tutorial was created for several reasons.  First off, it is a very simple survey that is mostly multiple choice.  I wanted it to be simple so that the user will more likely fill it out.  I am curious about how often people are online vs. watching television.  Originally, I began creating the survey as a practice run for another project I am working on.  Then I modified it to be more meaningful to issues I am interested in.  For instance, are females more likely to watch tv as opposed to using a computer at home.  Plus there has been a lot of talk about people getting rid of their television cable service and viewing their shows online when available.  The survey doesn't offer a clear correlation between tv programming and getting online to watch shows, but I intend on creating a more comprehensive survey to target that specific variable.  For now, I am curious and want to see what sort of results I get and then create a new poll.