LimeSurvey
LimeSurvey is a popular open source system for making and publishing surveys. All students and staff of the Faculty of Social Sciences can use it.
Log on to survey.socsci.ru.nl/admin with your university number and password to make a survey. Invitations to surveys can be send with a direct link to the survey (e.g. https://survey.socsci.ru.nl/index.php/148355?lang=en) or by referring to the main survey page survey.socsci.ru.nl. Note that in the latter case the participant has to find the survey in a list. By default surveys are not listed on the main page. Change this in the survey settings if you wish. The preferred way is using direct links.
Tutorial
There is a Limesurvey beginner tutorial for use of Limesurvey on the Radboud University Faculty of Social Sciences
Demonstrations
From survey.socsci.ru.nl you can access several demontration surveys. The pages below show some key elements in how they were made.
- Demo video
- Demo time
- Demo random
- Demo Psychopy Finish your Psychopy experiment with a survey
Collaboration
Do you want multiple people to help creating or altering a survey? Click collaboration.
Sona integration
If you want to use Sona to invite people to take your survey, please follow the manual provided bij Sona.
Data Storage
Surveys and collected data are stored on campus. The server is not to be used for long term data storage. Surveys and data will be removed after a year without prior warning.
Support
The TSG only provides limited technical support for Limesurvey. Users themselves are responsible for the creation and design of their surveys, as well as the data analysis. For questions about the use of Limesurvey, please consult the manual or the community support. For technical support, contact Chi Lieu (system administrator) or Eric Lieffers (server administrator).
Commercial additions
Alternatives
There are many alternatives for LimeSurvey.
Official
- Perseus
- Is the faculty official survey system. Unlike with LimeSurvey, if you use Perseus you can get help building your surveys. Book the room or ask Pieter van Groenestijn for help.
On 2015-01-06 Behavioural Science Institute (BSI) director Toon Cillessen expressed the intension to migrate from Perseus to Limesurvey.
Other
There are many cloud based systems. All but Limesurvey are secret source. They may require payment, sometimes just for advanced features.
- Qualtrics
- Capable of advanced surveys, similar to Limesurvey. Starting Januari 2015 the BSI bought a one year license for the unlimited version.
- Google forms
- Thesistools
- Dutch also
- Lime Support
- EU based
- Limesurvey Consulting
- EU based
- Limeservice
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