Pollograph.com

Thank you! We’re growing!

We’re really getting excited these days, with particularly increased usage by students and Non-Governmental Organizations from all around the world. We’re in the midst of including more free features into our surveys. Soon, pollograph users can expect:
• Customised logo uploads
• More beautiful templates
• Ability to use CSS to customise surveys
• Specify a return URL
These are usually premium features on other sites, and we thought it might be a good idea to make it available to our users. Is there something you’d like? Let us know.
Thanks for your great support, pollograph users!
5 x “Why”

An excerpt from Chic Thompson’s book, “What a Great Idea” urges us to ask “Why” a problem is occuring, and then ask “Why” four more times. Here’s how:
1. Why has the machine stopped??A fuse blew because of an overload?2. Why was there an overload??There wasn’t enough lubrication for the bearings?3. Why wasn’t there enough lubrication??The pump wasn’t pumping enough?4. Why wasn’t lubricant being pumped??The pump shaft was vibrating as a result of abrasion?5. Why was there abrasion??There was no filter, allowing chips of material into the pump
Asking “Why” 5 times lead us to the conclusion: Installation of a filter solves the problem.
This technique of deep probing is useful to understand and define key issues in research. Often, we may incorrectly focus on the obvious symptoms rather than the root cause of the issue. While asking “Why” 5 times explicitly in surveys may be less than desired, it can be a useful thought process to help us phrase questions effectively.

Allowing Survey Recipients to Modify Answers

If there are multiple pages in your survey, you may choose to allow recipients to modify their answers before submitting their responses, by moving back and forth your survey. This option is useful if your survey is of considerable length, and may require recipients to infer on their responses from previous questions.?Allowing survey recipients [...]

Removing Question Numbers In Survey

By default, all questions are automatically numbered in the survey. It’s easy to disable automated numbering so that your survey recipients do not see the question numbers. Here’s how:
Under “Survey Options”, uncheck the option “Show question numbers in survey”.?“Save” your changes.

All done! You will still see questions numbering when you are editing your survey.

Including Videos in Your Survey

Including flash videos in your survey is easy. Here’s how:
Create a new question of type “Header/Text/Img”?Place the HTML code of your flash video into the text field.
All done! Click on “Save” to update and reflect your changes. As we do not host videos, do upload your videos to video hosting websites like Youtube or Dailymotion. [...]
Including Pictures in the Survey
August 29, 2008
Including pictures in your survey is easy. Here’s how:
Create a new question of type “Header/Text/Img”?Place the following HTML tag into the text field of the question: ?Replace http://your-picture-link.jpg with the link to your picture on the web.
All done! Click on “Save” to update and reflect your changes.?Also, see how to include flash videos [...]
How to Create a Free Online Survey
August 25, 2008
Online surveys are effective in reaching a large population with relatively lower cost than personal or mail interviews. They are usually preferred over e-mail surveys because of the interactive media elements that enrich the surveying experience on websites. Online survey responses may also be analysed through the survey software, making the whole process of research [...]
Arranging and Ordering Questions
August 25, 2008
Ordering and arranging (or re-order, or re-arranging!) your survey questions is easy. Here’s two ways to do it:
Click and hold on a question box. Hold onto the question box, and move it to where you want to be.?Under the “Survey Overview” section (right of the page), click and hold on a question title. Hold onto [...]
Deleting A Question
August 25, 2008
Deleting a question is easy in pollograph. There are two ways to delete a question:
By clicking on the ‘x’ icon (delete icon) on the top right corner of each question box?By clicking on the ‘x’ icon of each question title under the “Survey Overview” (right side of the page.)
Clicking the delete icon will mark the [...]
Create Headers For Every Page
August 25, 2008
For better sign posting, you may like to create headers for every page in your survey. It’s easy to achieve this with a Quick Action. Here’s how:
Under “Survey Options” on the right, click on the “Quick Actions” drop down selection.?Click on “Header for every page”.
All done! Give it a while to update, and you will [...]
Make One Question Per Page
August 25, 2008 0 comments. (in How-To, Quick Actions)
Formatting your survey so that only one question appears on each page is easy. Here’s how:
1. Under “Survey Options” on the right, click on the “Quick Actions” drop down selection.
2. Click on “Make one question per page”.
All done! Give it a while to update, and you will notice that page breaks would have been added below every question. Therefore, for the quickest workflow, draft your survey without any page breaks, and use this Quick Action at the end.