PE_3 Google Forms, pt.3

I'm done with Survey Monkey. Why pay for something, when it can be had (with better customization and result reporting) for free. I'm completely sold on Google Forms/Spreadsheets. Like I said earlier, the menu items and navigation take a little practice for a rookie. But once you have it mastered, you begin to understand why Google is where it is today.


The simple integration of form and spreadsheet as one document. The elegance of the results graphs. The universal access by anyone or everyone. It all adds up to a powerful set of tools for gathering and analyzing  data, opinion and trends.


I have found the perfect survey tool of my Action Research Project.

PE_2 Google Forms, pt. 2

After entering some sample data in my Google Form I clicked over to the results page. I was greeted with colorful graphs of the bar, line and pie variety. Very nice, clear representations of the data.

results graphs

It took me a few minutes to sort through the navigation. The results are stored in a spreadsheet that is automatically generated, and as I can discern, becomes a view option rather than a new file. 


When I revisited the doc today it remembered the last view I was in when I closed the file last night. Or maybe it defaults to the spreadsheet view. I have not figured this out yet.

spreadsheet view

I'll play with it some more today and post additional findings this evening in PE_3 Google Forms, pt. 3. Stay tuned...