Hey Sneaks,

It sound plausible then, originally I was going to do it hard-copy and mail out the pre-coded surveys however response rates can be poor on this method, Also, most of my participants would be engineers- thus likely to work from computer making the survey easier for them.

Could you recommend the best package to get from survey monkey? SELECT, GOLD or PLATINUM? Or what package have you used in your own research?
(I expect approximately 280 employees and naturally 280 supervisor reports of performance for those respondents.)

Thanks for getting back to me :-)

Hi Pink_numbers- thanks for getting in touch,

When i say 'anonymous' I guess I mean 'confidential' - basically the only person who will have access to surveys is me. A code will be allocated to each participant, I want to code their surveys so they will not have to enter their name on the survey.

Supervisors will also respond to a short questionnaire rating that employees performance and rate employees by name which will be sent directly to me via email. I need to match these pairs thus need to be able to enter a code on each online survey to link to the participating employee

The question is whether anyone knows if it is possible to code questionnaires for confidentially purposes through say survey gizmo or survey monkey?

(I dont know why my post jumped ahead of yours there)

Hi Pink_numbers- thanks for getting in touch,

When i say 'anonymous' I guess I mean 'confidential' - basically the only person who will have access to surveys is me. A code will be allocated to each participant, I want to code their surveys so they will not have to enter their name on the survey.

Supervisors will also respond to a short questionnaire rating that employees performance and rate employees by name which will be sent directly to me via email. I need to match these pairs thus need to be able to enter a code on each online survey to link to the participating employee

The question is whether anyone knows if it is possible to code questionnaires for confidentially purposes through say survey gizmo or survey monkey?

Hello All,

I wonder can you guys help me out...

1. I am considering distributing my surveys online and trying to decide which is the best online method to use survey monkey survey gizmo etc.?

2. My surveys need to be coded as some items can be quite intrusive, and want participants to feel they can answer their questionnaires honestly. Also, I will be gathering supervisors reports of these employees performance so, I need to match respondents surveys with their supervisors reports?

As a result I need to be able to identify through a coding process who each participant is, does anyone know if this is possible online?

Hello All,

I wonder can you guys help me out...

1. I am considering distributing my surveys online and trying to decide which is the best online method to use survey monkey survey gizmo etc.?

2. My surveys need to be coded as some items can be quite intrusive, and want participants to feel they can answer their questionnaires honestly. Also, I will be gathering supervisors reports of these employees performance so, I need to match respondents surveys with their supervisors reports?

As a result I need to be able to identify through a coding process who each participant is, does anyone know if this is possible online?

Sue, thank you so much for getting back to me I'm having a temporary meltdown- I am a natural stress head but I just want to get away from it- first conference next week so thats panicking me I suppose. Do you still think I can turn it around? I got IRCHSS starting this Oct so thats the only thing keeping me in the programme but to be honest my supervisors not ideal and my co-sup doesn't seem to be available theres also obvious personality clash between them which puts me in an awkward position. I'm not a natural academic I just worked my arse off for my Masters and kinda fell into the PhD cause I did well. I'm having my second reeview in Oct and I'm going to get leathered. They already set me off after the first one which knocked my confidence and then felt guilty and tried to pick me up.My main supervisor has his own agendas and gives me loads of his work to do on the first yr and at the review sat back silently while I got taken apart. It really frustrating and as result my research suffered- Im at a point mow where I need to do massive catching up and I don't know if its possible at this late stage. My research topic has gone to dust - can't find a suitable gap and thing I'm flogging a dead horse with it. I will try the plans though.

Thanks for getting back to me, I really needed advice from someone who's been through/going through the process - (laughing at myself now for crying but its soul destroying- Im a good worker generally its all just sunk on me).

Hi everyone,

This is my first post- I follow this forum when I need to understand what faces me in my relentless PhD journey. I'm nearing the end of my first yr and haven't a clue. I started happy with my research but now its come to a slump. I havent done much work since mid July my supervisors don't even know how I feel about whats going on. I'm feeling like I should drop out because I feel like I'm not being productive- I can't work cause I hate sitting into it but when Im not doning I feel unsettled. Can anyone here give me advice, my friends are great but they don't understand what doing a PhD is like. Social life has also gone to pot cause each day I want to work thus, I wont go out so I can work and don't do work. Thinking of running away? Anyone wver experience this, honest advice please