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Online surveys Security

…commit to achieving and maintaining a grade of at least A when tested by SSLLabs. You can view the current status at https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=www.onlinesurveys.ac.uk&hideResults=on. Data is not encrypted whilst at rest…

Filtering survey responses

This page explains how to: Filter survey responses by date or question number. Filter responses by answers given. Save a combination of filters and settings. Filtering responses by date or…

Survey access control

…survey password. 3. Create a list of respondents This means that: You have a predefined list of respondents for your survey. Each respondent has their own username/password combination and personalised…

The components of a respondent list

A respondent list contains 14 fields. These are: Username (This is the only information that must be supplied to create a respondent list). Password. Email. Token. 10 fields, named x1-x10,…

Controlling who can complete your survey

…Username box (above “Respondent export / import) and click + Add respondent. A random password and token will be automatically generated. Add any necessary additional information (e.g. an email address…

Cross tabulating responses

…correlations between responses given to a combination of questions. You can cross tabulate one question against another question or one question against all the questions within the survey. Cross tabulation…

What is a "Token"?

…needing to enter a username/password combination. A personalised URL looks like this: https://accountname.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/surveyname?token=xxxxxxxx If you leave the token field blank when providing respondent data, online surveys will generate random, non-guessable…