Creating a Survey

Many times people need to gather the opinions of the general public in order to better their services or further their research. No matter what information you are trying to gather making a survey is a great way to do it. For example, if you are thinking about opening a store that sells to a specific group of people making a survey to see what the people would like to see in the store is a great way to find out what products your store should carry and what products would sell.

In order to make a survey you need to decide what type of questions you want to put on it. Do you want open answer questions, multiple choice questions, or a little bit of both. Depending on what information you are trying to gather will help determine which types of questions to use. For example, if you are researching the statistics in your school and want to know things such as gender, grade, age, and so forth a multiple choice survey may be the best for you. On the other hand, if you are trying to figure out what you can do to improve school lunches open answer questions may work better.

Now you need to come up with the questions and format of the survey. You need to who to give the survey out to and how to get them back. You can use email, social networks, or even go door to door handing out surveys. The choice is up to you. You are now ready to make a survey in order to gather the information you need.