Needs, questions and design
Give the AI a research purpose, not just a topic.
Describe your audience and research objective to an AI survey generator. Adapt example prompts for training needs, customer experience and community research.
Read the article →Write a question people can understand and answer.
Write neutral survey questions with clear response options. Separate satisfaction from learning and test wording with people from your target group.
Read the article →When does a survey need branching?
Learn when survey branching helps and when it adds complexity. Build a simple conditional path and pilot every route before collecting responses.
Read the article →Recruitment and sampling
How will your survey reach the people you need to hear from?
Choose recruitment channels around your target group. Compare links, QR codes, your panel provider, targeted advertising and interviewer-led fieldwork.
Read the article →How many survey responses do you need?
Plan survey sample size alongside your population, recruitment method and subgroup comparisons. Understand the assumptions behind the familiar 385-response example.
Read the article →Languages and project research
Plan a multilingual survey from meaning to the shared dataset.
Plan language versions, local review and pilot testing together. Collect responses in one dataset without treating translation as proof of comparability.
Read the article →Use multilingual surveys across the Erasmus+ project journey.
Plan multilingual needs assessment and evaluation across an Erasmus+ project. Keep country, language, recruitment and comparison methods visible.
Read the article →Use AI to save preparation time. Keep the research decisions visible.
Use AI for survey drafts, supported translations and speech transcription. Keep human review, pilot testing and documented research decisions in the workflow.
Read the article →Events, learning and change
Event feedback questions that help improve the next event.
Create a short event feedback survey. Ask about content, teaching and organisation separately and use results to improve the next event.
Read the article →Design pre-tests and post-tests around what people should learn.
Translate learning objectives into test items. Plan participant matching, score interpretation and follow-up without overstating what a before/after change proves.
Read the article →A short survey works best when the decision is focused.
Use a one-to-five-question poll for a focused decision or event check-in. Understand when a short survey needs a more detailed research design.
Read the article →Measure project change without turning every result into “impact”.
Separate activities, outputs and observed change. Plan baseline and follow-up measures, interpret project evidence and report the limits of attribution.
Read the article →Analysis and sharing
Analyse survey results from the research question outwards.
Check responses, choose percentage denominators and compare groups. Explore open answers, measurement models, report filters and labelled data exports.
Read the article →Export data that preserves what the survey asked.
Check variable names, labels, multiple-response coding and missing values. Export an SPSS file, CSV table and codebook that preserve your survey design.
Read the article →Let people explain the experience in their own words.
Plan open-ended questions, voice responses and short interviews. Check transcripts, document your interpretation and protect identifying details.
Read the article →Share survey findings in a report readers can use.
Build a live survey report, explain charts in your own voice and enable permitted readers to share images or animated videos with research context.
Read the article →Choose a research tool
Choose survey software by testing the work you need to do.
Evaluate survey software with a small real study. Check multilingual design, recruitment, fieldwork, data export and reporting before choosing a platform.
Read the article →Google Forms or Nuvopoll? Compare the work around your study.
Compare tools around your actual study: simple forms, multilingual research, labelled exports and live reporting. Test the whole workflow before choosing.
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