This tutorial shows all question elements of EUSurvey

in use

Fields marked with * are mandatory.

Welcome to EUSurvey - the survey making tool of the European Commission. In this tutorial we will
present the different possibilities for creating surveys. In the beginning we will show basic elements
(single or multiple questions, date questions, free text etc.) in use. Afterwards you can choose
whether to see more complex elements such as dependency elements or other more advanced
elements. The actual questions are marked in blue throughout this tutorial.

1 Basic Survey Elements

We will show you the following elements in use:

Free text element

Single choice question
Multiple choice question
Number question
Matrix element
Table element
Date element

Let's start!

1.1 This is a Free text question. As an answer the participant can write any text s/he wants.

What is your name?

1.2 This is a Single Choice Question.The participant can only choose one option here.

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Do you prefer cats or dogs?
Cats
Dogs

1.3 This is a Multiple Choice Question. The participant can choose several answers to this
question.

Do you like cats, dogs or both?

Cats
Dogs

1.4 This is a Number Question. You can only input a number here.

How old are you?

years

1.5 This is a Matrix Question. The participant can choose as many options as s/he likes here.

What do you usually do on these days?

Eating in Checking
Going Watching Meeting
Cooking a my
to work TV friends
restaurant emails

Monday -
Friday

Saturday

Sunday

1.6 This is a Table Question. You can use it to get text answers from your participants.

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What do you do when you are on holidays in...
Spring Summer Autumn Winter
... Spain?
... Germany?
... France?

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 1.7 This is a Date Question. The participant can choose a date out of the calendar here.

What is the date today?

You can also make each element in your survey mandatory. This means participants have to fill it
out. You will see this by the little red asterisk next to the question. If the participants click on "Submit"
without having answered a mandatory question, there will be an error message and the participant
will be directed to the missing question.

1.8 This is a mandatory Single Choice Question.

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1.9 You have seen all basic elements of EUSurvey in use.You can now choose to see more
advanced elements.

Do you want to see more advanced survey elements in use?

Yes
No

2 Advanced Survey Elements

In the advanced section you will first see the use of dependency elements. Afterwards you can
decide whether to see other special elements as e.g. file upload or download, images or even matrix
questions with the interdependency of answers.

2.1 Let's start with the dependency questions. You can ask your participant a question and
depending on the answer, the participant will see a different question. Here is an example:

What did you do today?

I wrote an email
I answered the telephone
Neither

2.1.a This is an Email Question. The participant can introduce an email address here.

What was the email address you wrote to today?

Make sure to introduce the text as "Mickey.Mouse@entenhausen.de".

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 2.1.b You can also choose only certain values for a Number Question. In this case only numbers
between 1 and 60 are allowed.

How many minutes did you talk on the phone?

between 1 and 60
min

2.1.c Are you sure about that? You can still change your answer! See what other question will pop
up.

2.2 As you can see, dependency questions are very useful. In EUSurvey you can combine them with
all different elements. Just create the question, then the answer and mark both as dependent using
the little arrow flag that will show up once you've hovered over the question in the survey "Editor".

We will use this feature through the rest of this template. Please now decide what other elements you
would like to see and the respective sections will open up:
More Special Elements
Possibilities of Free Text Question Elements
Possibilities of Matrix Question Elements
Regular Expression Question Elements

2.1 More Special Elements

2.1.1 Here the File Upload Elment is in use, the participants can upload a file. The maximum
upload limit is 1.0MB.

What ideas do you have to improve this template? Please upload a file.

2.1.2 As survey creator you can also provide more information to the participants. With the File
Download Element the participants can download a file you provided them. The maximum file size
is 1.0MB.

As an example you can download here the EUSurvey Quick start guide:
eusurvey_quick_start_guide_1_0.pdf

2.1.3 This is a Gallery Question. You can show different pictures and allow a selection for the
participant.

What sport do you like? Please select a maximum of two images.

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New Gallery

Squash.png Tennis.png

Rugby.png Skating.png

Hockey.png Boxing.png

Baseball.png Badminton.png

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2.2 Possibilities of Free Text Question Elements

In this section you will discover additional possibilities of questions using the Free Text Question
Element. All of these options can be chosen from the "Advanced" tab once you open the element for
editing.

2.2.1 You can allow the participant to put in a maximum number of characters.

In which country do you live?

10 character(s) maximum

2.2.2 You can also define a range of characters.

What is the name of the street you live in?

Text of 10 to 20 characters will be accepted

2.2.3 You can ask for unique answers for each participant.

Please create a username!

The system will ensure that every answer to this question will be unique for all submissions of this survey.

2.2.4 You can make sure that the user puts in a correct entry.

What is your name?

Creates two input fields instead of one (the system checks if both inputs match)

2.2.5 You can also make the entry the user puts in invisible after introducing.

Please put in a password!

Replaces user's input by asterisks to hide its input from curious eyes.

2.3 Possibilities of Matrix Question Elements

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 In this section you will discover the different possibilities you have using a Matrix Question Element
. You can always decide whether some matrix questions are mandatory or optional.

2.3.1 Here the Single Choice option is used. The participant can tick one column per line. This
element can be used for rating questions.

Please rate these statements!

Totally Totally
Agree Neutral Disagree
agree disagree

*I like sleeping.
I like reading.

I like jogging.

2.3.2 Here the Interdependency of Answers is used. This means the participant can tick a line and
column only once. This element can be used for ranking questions.

Please rank the following communication channels in your daily work!

1 being most important, 5 being least important

1 2 3 4 5

Email

Telephone

SMS or instant messages

Letter

Face to face meeting

2.3.3 Here the Multiple Choice option is used. The participant can tick several fields per line.

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How was the weather on...

sunny rainy windy cloudy

*... Monday?
... Tuesday?

*...
Wednesday?

... Thursday?

... Friday?

... Saturday?

... Sunday?

2.4 Regular Expression Question Elements

In this section the Regular Expression Element Question is shown. If you don't know what a
regular expression is, you can find out more here. This element can be used if you need specific
input from the participant which is not covered by any other element.

2.4.1 Here only the input of a correct telephone number in the Commission format +352 4301
XXXXX is allowed.

What is your telephone number at the Commission?

Use the regluar expression: ^[+]\d{3}\s\d{4}\s\d{5}$

2.4.2 Here only words with the ending "at" are allowed.

What rhymes with "cat"?

Use the regluar expression:^[a-zA-Z]*at$

2.4.3 Here you can only put in a date in the format yyyy-MM-dd.

When is your birthday?

Use the regular expression: ^(19|20)\d\d([- /.])(0[1-9]|1[012])\2(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])$

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You have now reached the end of this tutorial and you have seen the elements EUSurvey offers in
use.

If you wish you can now submit your answers.Remember to fill out all mandatory questions before
the submission!

We hope you had fun exploring the features. Good luck creating your survey.

If you have any questions you can always contact the EUSurvey support.

In order to treat your request as soon as possible, please contact your local service desk and ask to
create an incident for DIGIT EUSURVEY SUPPORT. Please describe the incident as precisely as
possible.

External users are requested to contact the Commission's CENTRAL HELPDESK.

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