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  • 1.  Survey Hosting

    Posted 05-22-2009 11:39
    Hello:
     
    I am preparing to run a large population survey (~3000) and need to find a survey hosting solution.  My university hosting solution cannot handle the population of this size or the likely initial barrage of concurrent respondents.
     
    Does anyone have any feedback/lessons learned to pass on or any recommendations on a secure hosting survey company on the Internet?

    Best regards,
    Charles Watson
    Doctoral Candidate
    The George Washington University


  • 2.  Survey Hosting

    Posted 05-24-2009 08:25
    Hello,

    I use surveymonkey.com. I'm pretty sure they can handle the population you mentioned. In my case, I used it for my dissertation - and only paid $19.99 per month.

    Cheers,
    Silvia Salas, PhD Candidate
    College of Business Administration
    Florida International University

    From: Charles Watson <watson_cb@YAHOO.COM>
    To: "ssala004@yahoo.com" <ssala004@yahoo.com>
    Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 8:22:22 AM
    Subject: [OB-LIST] Survey Hosting

    Hello:
     
    I am preparing to run a large population survey (~3000) and need to find a survey hosting solution.  My university hosting solution cannot handle the population of this size or the likely initial barrage of concurrent respondents.
     
    Does anyone have any feedback/lessons learned to pass on or any recommendations on a secure hosting survey company on the Internet?

    Best regards,
    Charles Watson
    Doctoral Candidate
    The George Washington University


  • 3.  Survey Hosting

    Posted 05-24-2009 08:33
    Hi Charles,

    I recommend using Qualtrics for any survey hosting. Your University might even have an account with them that you don't know about. Some people might recommend Survey Monkey but I have had lots of problems with them so I would not trust them with my dissertation (or any other data collection for that matter). 

    Good luck,
    Cindy 

    On May 22, 2009, at 11:38 AM, Charles Watson <watson_cb@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

    Hello:
     
    I am preparing to run a large population survey (~3000) and need to find a survey hosting solution.  My university hosting solution cannot handle the population of this size or the likely initial barrage of concurrent respondents.
     
    Does anyone have any feedback/lessons learned to pass on or any recommendations on a secure hosting survey company on the Internet?

    Best regards,
    Charles Watson
    Doctoral Candidate
    The George Washington University


  • 4.  Survey Hosting

    Posted 05-24-2009 08:39
    Dear Charles,
     
    We have been enjoying using www.surveygizmo.com/
     
    Best wishes,
    Svetlana
     
    Dr. Svetlana Khapova
    Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior
    PhD Programme Director
    Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
    VU University Amsterdam
    ( +31 20 598 6471

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv on behalf of Charles Watson
    Sent: Fri 5/22/2009 17:38
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: [OB-LIST] Survey Hosting

    Hello:
     
    I am preparing to run a large population survey (~3000) and need to find a survey hosting solution.  My university hosting solution cannot handle the population of this size or the likely initial barrage of concurrent respondents.
     
    Does anyone have any feedback/lessons learned to pass on or any recommendations on a secure hosting survey company on the Internet?

    Best regards,
    Charles Watson
    Doctoral Candidate
    The George Washington University


  • 5.  Survey Hosting

    Posted 05-24-2009 12:28
    Hi Silvia,
     
    I used Psychdata www.psychdata.com for my dissertation data collection and had no problems with it.  However, my school has just switched to qualtrics as it's recommended survey solution so although I have not used it myself it might be good to check into as well.
     
    Good luck,
     
    Stacey

    On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Cindy Zapata <cindy.p.zapata@gmail.com> wrote:
    Hi Charles,

    I recommend using Qualtrics for any survey hosting. Your University might even have an account with them that you don't know about. Some people might recommend Survey Monkey but I have had lots of problems with them so I would not trust them with my dissertation (or any other data collection for that matter). 

    Good luck,
    Cindy 

    On May 22, 2009, at 11:38 AM, Charles Watson <watson_cb@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

    Hello:
     
    I am preparing to run a large population survey (~3000) and need to find a survey hosting solution.  My university hosting solution cannot handle the population of this size or the likely initial barrage of concurrent respondents.
     
    Does anyone have any feedback/lessons learned to pass on or any recommendations on a secure hosting survey company on the Internet?

    Best regards,
    Charles Watson
    Doctoral Candidate
    The George Washington University



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  • 6.  Survey Hosting

    Posted 05-24-2009 15:38
    I'm using Limesurvey, an open source software along with some colleagues. It's not perfect but we get the job done.

    Organizational Behavior Division Listserv <OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU> writes:
    Hello:
     
    I am preparing to run a large population survey (~3000) and need to find a survey hosting solution.  My university hosting solution cannot handle the population of this size or the likely initial barrage of concurrent respondents.
     
    Does anyone have any feedback/lessons learned to pass on or any recommendations on a secure hosting survey company on the Internet?

    Best regards,
    Charles Watson
    Doctoral Candidate
    The George Washington University



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  • 7.  Survey Hosting

    Posted 05-25-2009 15:44
    Hi Charles,

    I have used most of the major providers out there and my favorite is
    QuestionPro (SurveyGizmo is good too). If you need more control over the
    process, you can also try LimeSurvey (open source) which offers reasonable
    paid hosting as well as a 100% free version you can install on your own
    server. Being open source, it's less intuitive than the commercial sites,
    but you get all of the advanced features and total customization over layout
    and design at grad student friendly rate.

    I avoid SurveyMonkey and Zoomerang like the plague.

    I hope this helps!

    Tim

    -------------------------------------------
    Timothy C. Lisk
    Doctoral student, Industrial & Organizational Psychology
    Claremont Graduate University
    http://claremont.academia.edu/TimLisk


    -----Original Message-----
    Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 08:38:52 -0700
    From: Charles Watson <watson_cb@YAHOO.COM>
    Subject: Survey Hosting

    Hello:
    =A0
    I am preparing to run a large population survey (~3000) and need to find a =
    survey hosting solution.=A0 My university hosting solution cannot handle th=
    e population of this size or the likely initial barrage of concurrent respo=
    ndents.
    =A0
    Does anyone have any feedback/lessons learned to pass on or any recommendat=
    ions on a secure hosting survey company on the Internet?

    Best regards,
    Charles Watson
    Doctoral Candidate
    The George Washington University


  • 8.  Survey Hosting

    Posted 05-25-2009 19:53
    Hello,

    I have been using Questionpro for the past couple of years without any problems. The cost is reasonable ($15/mo.) and you can host surveys in any language.

    Best,

    Heather Anne MacDonald, Ph.D.
    Postdoctoral Fellow/Lecturer
    School of Business & Economics
    Wilfrid Laurier University
    Waterloo, ON Canada
    hmacdonald@wlu.ca




    From: Charles Watson <watson_cb@YAHOO.COM>
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 11:38:52 AM
    Subject: [OB-LIST] Survey Hosting

    Hello:
     
    I am preparing to run a large population survey (~3000) and need to find a survey hosting solution.  My university hosting solution cannot handle the population of this size or the likely initial barrage of concurrent respondents.
     
    Does anyone have any feedback/lessons learned to pass on or any recommendations on a secure hosting survey company on the Internet?

    Best regards,
    Charles Watson
    Doctoral Candidate
    The George Washington University


  • 9.  Survey Hosting

    Posted 05-25-2009 23:45
    Charles,

    Openpsy.org has the predecessor to lime survey already installed + a wide
    range of open source statistical packages. Unlimited surveys, items and
    participants. $60 a year,

    Best,

    Dan

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv
    [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Timothy Lisk
    Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 12:44 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: [OB-LIST] Survey Hosting

    Hi Charles,

    I have used most of the major providers out there and my favorite is
    QuestionPro (SurveyGizmo is good too). If you need more control over the
    process, you can also try LimeSurvey (open source) which offers reasonable
    paid hosting as well as a 100% free version you can install on your own
    server. Being open source, it's less intuitive than the commercial sites,
    but you get all of the advanced features and total customization over layout
    and design at grad student friendly rate.

    I avoid SurveyMonkey and Zoomerang like the plague.

    I hope this helps!

    Tim

    -------------------------------------------
    Timothy C. Lisk
    Doctoral student, Industrial & Organizational Psychology
    Claremont Graduate University
    http://claremont.academia.edu/TimLisk


    -----Original Message-----
    Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 08:38:52 -0700
    From: Charles Watson <watson_cb@YAHOO.COM>
    Subject: Survey Hosting

    Hello:
    =A0
    I am preparing to run a large population survey (~3000) and need to find a =
    survey hosting solution.=A0 My university hosting solution cannot handle th=
    e population of this size or the likely initial barrage of concurrent respo=
    ndents.
    =A0
    Does anyone have any feedback/lessons learned to pass on or any recommendat=
    ions on a secure hosting survey company on the Internet?

    Best regards,
    Charles Watson
    Doctoral Candidate
    The George Washington University


  • 10.  Survey Hosting

    Posted 05-26-2009 15:15
    Charles,

    Have you tried www.qualtrics.com?

    Coco

    On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Charles Watson <watson_cb@yahoo.com> wrote:
    Hello:
     
    I am preparing to run a large population survey (~3000) and need to find a survey hosting solution.  My university hosting solution cannot handle the population of this size or the likely initial barrage of concurrent respondents.
     
    Does anyone have any feedback/lessons learned to pass on or any recommendations on a secure hosting survey company on the Internet?

    Best regards,
    Charles Watson
    Doctoral Candidate
    The George Washington University



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