Google form is an awesome tool to use. I have turned on many of my coworkers to this feature. In such a short period, you can already see the time and effort saved because Google summarizes all your results. You can then custom your results to best suit your needs or you can take the ones that Google has preset for you. Under “Form” in your toolbar, click on “Show Summary of Responses”. Take a look at this neat visual.
There is an important concept to remember. Your survey is only as valid as openly and honestly as your responders are. I won’t mention any names but there was one male responder in class who believes he is under 21 (hint – look at the summary above and you will find out who I am talking about). Information like this will misconstrue your results.
Another thing to keep in mind when posting a survey on the Internet, you have no idea how many responses you may receive. In this case, I only had two to date (if I get more I will update the results for you). If I was to email this form to a group of coworkers and it was mandatory that everyone respond, I’m wondering if there is a way that Google will summarize a list of recipients along with the results. This way it would be clear who you may be waiting for a response from. Another part of me says that there couldn’t be a list like this because a lot of surveys are confidential. If you had 90 responses out of 100, you would not be able to tell who responded with what specific answers. You would only be able to tell that they actually did respond. But if you had 10 recipients and only 2 responded – one with negative feedback, one would be able to greatly pinpoint who gave the negative responses. That in turn would not be good practice. Have you used the Google forms feature and found a summarization of who you sent the form to?
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