Conducting Surveys
WU employees and students can use soscisurvey to conduct online surveys. After logging in, you create a project and design your survey form. To put the survey online, students contact a WU staff member (supervisor, lecturer). Potential participants will be invited via email.
SoSciSurvey
You can create your surveys on the page https://soscisurvey.wu.ac.at.
Students and employees can log in immediately with their WU account.
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A link for participants is available during the survey period. Only WU employees can determine the beginning and end of the survey period.
Information for students
SoSciSurvey is available to all students of WU Vienna who are writing a master or bachelor thesis at WU. You have to add your supervisor to the survey - your supervisor can make the survey accessible for participants.
Support
Online user guides (overview)
Online support platform (read-only)
For additional help, please refer to the FAQs on this page.
If you have any problems, please contact us by email to survey@wu.ac.at or create a support request.
Create survey
WU students and staff can create new surveys.
Log in
Please open the page https://soscisurvey.wu.ac.at.
Log in with your WU account.Create a survey project
Click on Projects > Start new Survey Project in the left directory. Enter the given parameters (project name, project folder, base language).Create section(s)
To organize your questions and/or data you need sections. For this purpose, enter the corresponding parameters (ID, name).Generate questions and answers
Create as many questions as you like by clicking on one of the icon images (depending on which question type you want to use).Design questionnaire
In the left directory, click Compose Questionnaire > Create a new Questionnaire. Drag the questions accordingly from right to left and add additional pages as you like. Click on the green arrow to preview your questionnaire.Share questionnaire
Share your questionnaire with your supervisor (so they can set a survey period for you and publish the survey).
Click on the left under Controls > Survey Project > Project Settings > Release the Survey. In the "Share project with email(s)" field, enter your supervisor's email address.
Advice for students: Consult with your supervisor regarding the survey period and the publication of the questionnaire.
Publish survey
WU employees can publish questionnaires and enter survey periods. Students should contact their supervisor or course instructor.
Log in
Log in with your WU account (firstame.lastname@wu.ac.at).Accept share
Please open:
Your user account (top right icon) > Projects > Join projectEnter survey period, publish questionnaire
Please click:
Controls > Survey Project > Project Settings > Release the Survey.
Advice: Do not publish the questionnaire until your student is ready for it.
Data protection
The collection and processing of personal and especially sensitive data (e.g. health data) using SoSciSurvey should be avoided whenever possible!
Students of WU Vienna who are writing a Master's or Bachelor's thesis at WU are generally responsible for processing personal data and for complying with data protection regulations.
In case you want to conduct a survey as a WU employee and collect personal data, the data protection regulations, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation, must be complied with.
For more information on the lawful processing of personal data, please visit the SharePoint website GDPR. If you have any questions, please contact datenschutz@wu.ac.at.
Invite participants
We recommend sending the invitations via your email program. You can use it to freely design the text. With the mail merge function you can create individualized invitations.
Please use the mailing list umfragen@wu.ac.at to send your survey to WU students. The use is subject to certain guidelines and restrictions - please be sure to read the FAQ entry. WU students can also unsubscribe from the mailing list. It is therefore not guaranteed that you will reach everyone in your intended target group.