View or Export Open-Ended Responses (e.g. Comments)

If your survey has open-ended questions, such as one-line comment bars, comment boxes, or “if other, please specify”, you may want to view all of those in one place or export them to PDF or Word to distribute. There are several different ways to do this, depending on the report you wish to use: See […]

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Exporting Data as Numerical Values to Upload to Statistical Software

When you export your data to Excel, you can export the actual data or you can choose to export your data as numerical values. When you choose the Export Numerical Data option, the system converts answer options to numerical values. This concept is best explained with an example. Our sample survey contained this question: Exporting […]

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Convert a Report to PowerPoint

SurveyMethods allows you to convert reports generated with the Quick Report Generator to PowerPoint for further editing. This feature is not available on the Results Summary, Individual Results, or Custom Report Builder reports. Those reports can be converted to PDF (all reports) or converted to Word (all except for Individual Results) To use this feature, […]

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Email a PDF Copy of a Report

SurveyMethods allows you to easily email a PDF copy of your Results Summary, Individual Results reports, or Quick Report Generator reports to colleagues, clients or other stakeholders. This saves you time versus exporting the result to PDF and emailing it separately. To email a PDF of your report follow the steps below for the report […]

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Exporting Survey Results to Excel

SurveyMethods makes it easy to export your survey results to Excel, which gives you additional flexibility in analyzing your data and also allows you to upload the data to statistical analysis software if desired. SurveyMethods lets you export your results either as an Excel file or a CSV (Comma Separated Values) file, and also lets […]

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SurveyMethods Custom Report Builder

The Custom Report Builder is SurveyMethods’ powerful drag-and-drop analysis tool that allows you to create custom professional reports that can be built before you have all of your survey results and updated with the latest results at the click of a button. This report includes our most powerful statistical analysis tools, such as cross-tabulations, statistical […]

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SurveyMethods Quick Report Generator

The SurveyMethods Quick Report Generator is similar to the Results Summary report but it provides additional formatting and export options and also allows you to create and save your own custom reports that can be rerun with the latest survey results at your convenience. You can save as many report templates as you’d like. To […]

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Individual Results Report

The Individual Results report displays each survey response in detail. To find this report, log in to your SurveyMethods account, find the survey you wish to analyze and click the Analyze icon () on that row. On the Analyze Survey Results menu, select Individual Results in the Basic Reports section. Elements of the Individual Results […]

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Analyze Survey Results

SurveyMethods provides a variety of survey analysis features, which allow you to view and analyze your survey results in real-time. You can choose from one of our built-in reports or create your own custom reports to get the most out of your data. Once your report is ready, you can export it, depending on the […]

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