Qualtrics is an easy-to-use survey tool, offered as a site license by Oakland University. There is no cost to you or your department. Anyone with an OU NetID can access it. Click the logo to access, or go to https://oakland.qualtrics.com/.
• Qualtrics is used for academic research by many universities.
• Qualtrics allows a large array of question types, including "basic" types (multiple choice, text, sliders) and specific types (heat maps, constant sums, timers, file attachments).
• Qualtrics has an easily customizable survey appearance.
• Qualtrics allow sharable editing and makes it easy to work with colleagues or your research.
• Qualtrics has advanced conditional logic tools that allow for complex experimental designs and customizable survey paths.
• Qualtrics has the ability to translate a survey to multiple languages.
• Qualtrics has the ability to add scoring to a survey and can be used to create quizzes for courses or to compute subscale scores on psychometric questionnaires.
• Qualtrics has email distribution capabilities and can send reminder emails to non-responders and thank-you emails to responders.
• Qualtrics allows the user to export data as an SPSS data file (*.sav), comma-delimited file (*.csv), text file (*.txt), HTML, or XML.
| FEATURE |
QUALTRICS |
| Number of Surveys | Unlimited |
| Questions Per Survey | Unlimited |
| Question Types |
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| Templates | Unlimited templates |
| Language | Any, including Unicode |
| Prebuilt Survey Themes | Yes |
| Validate / Require Survey Responses | Yes |
| Randomize / Sort Answer Choices | Yes |
| Accessible and 508 Compliant and Certified Surveys | Yes — Rehabilitation Act / Voice respondent |
| Data Collection | Unlimited |
| Analysis |
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| Exporting Data | Full data exports (CVS, Excel, PDF, PowerPoint, SPSS, Word) |
| Security | Favorable protection under contract |
