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    • Survey

    Owned by Annabel Pinkney (Unlicensed)
    Last updated: Aug 24, 2022
    2 min read

    Goals: Design a pop-up containing a survey or a link to a survey that will appear to users. We want to determine…

    • Who uses the digital collections and why? A.K.A. Who are we designing for/who is our audience?

    • What information about our users are we not capturing in Google Analytics that we want to know?

    Participant Screener

    Is there anyone we don't want to participate?

    → We DO want respondents to be people who organically navigate to the digital collections. Not just the homepage, but any first entry into the application should be prompted with the survey.

    → We DON’T want to survey minors. Individuals under 18 legally cannot give consent, and therefore cannot participate in data collection surveys without signed consent from a guardian.

    Participant Identification

    How will study participants be identified in the results?

    → Survey participants have the option to enter their email, but otherwise will be anonymous.

    How do we avoid repeat survey takers? Based on IP address or do we just assume that people will refuse to take it a second time?

    → Ask tech team what the options are!

    SURVEY OUTLINE

    Pop-up Window

    Welcome to the Science History Institute Digital Collections. We are gathering feedback about the use and users of our website and would love your feedback! Please consider taking our short, 5 question survey.

    OPT1: Take survey. (either link to a new page - forms or some other survey option, or make the pop-up the survey itself.)

    OPT2: No thanks, take me to browse.

    Welcome screen

    Welcome, and thank you for participating in our survey.

    The activity shouldn't take longer than 1 to 3 minutes to complete.

    Questionnaire

    1. How old are you?

      1. Under 18 (Survey automatically concludes - minors legally must have consent to participate in a study)

      2. 18-25

      3. 26-35

      4. 36-45

      5. 46-55

      6. 56-65

      7. 65+

    2. Is this your first time visiting the Science History Institute Digital Collections website?

      1. Yes - Welcome!

      2. No - Welcome back!

    3. How would you describe your highest level of education?

      1. Some High School

      2. High School

      3. Bachelor's Degree

      4. Master's Degree

      5. Ph.D. or higher

      6. Trade School

      7. Other (Write in response)

    4. What brings you to our website today?

      1. I’m doing research for school

      2. I’m doing research for my profession

      3. I’m doing personal research

      4. I’m browsing for fun

      5. I’m not sure how I got here

      6. Other (Write in response)

    5. Could you please tell us a little about what you’re looking for and why?

      1. Free response

    6. Great! One last thing…

    Would you like to be signed up for our biweekly newsletter?
    Would you be interested in participating in future usability studies?
    No thanks!

    6a. (If they select either or both of the top two options in 6)

    Awesome! Please enter your email below so we can get in touch.

    Thank you screen

    All done! Thanks again for your participation. Your feedback is incredibly useful and we appreciate all your time and effort.

    You may now close this window, navigate to another web page, or head back to the Digital Collections homepage here.

    If you wish to provide us with more feedback, please email us at digital@sciencehistory.org!