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Online surveys  (formerly BOS)

Powerful, flexible online surveys

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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…

Respondent anonymity and online surveys

Online surveys is designed to protect respondent anonymity. Online surveys does not use cookies for survey completion and external tracking software such as Google Analytics is not supported on online…

Why should I always pilot my survey?

…up with the same answer reported in so many different ways that sorting the data usefully becomes incredibly difficult. Equally, you may find that a selection list question does not…

Managing users

…permanently deletes their user account. This does not delete any surveys created by the user but the surveys may become inaccessible if the user has not shared them with anyone…

How do I refresh the Analyse page?

Refreshing your Analyse page pulls through any new responses and includes them in the Summary report. If your Analyse page does not appear to be displaying the correct number of…

Providing limited access to results data

…If the user hold permissions on your survey their username (email address) will be listed in the Survey permissions table. If the user does not already hold any permissions on…