LimeSurvey
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A LimeSurvey in action for the Wikimania 2021's call for volunteers.
LimeSurvey is a free software useful to create forms or surveys.
Ti̍k-sik
Some key features of LimeSurvey:
- full data ownership
- support to encrypt answers at database level (e.g. to encrypt name, surname, email, etc.)
- ability to translate questions in multiple languages[1]
- support for different question types[2]
- support for custom configurations and dependencies between questions
- backup and restore
- ability to export answers in multiple open formats (to process them with your favorite tools)[3]
- ability to edit an already-started survey without losing answers (but please design a good questionnaire from the beginning)[4]
- e-mail notifications (to monitor survey adoption)
Kiong-ìng-hong
There are numerous LimeSurvey hosting providers.
| Manager | Provider | Type | Domain | Tracking | Volunteers can add survey | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikimedia IT | Wikimedia IT | self-hosted | wikimedia.it | No | Yes | info |
| Wikimedia CH | Wikimedia CH | self-hosted | wikimedia.ch | No | No | |
| Wikimedia Foundation | LimeSurvey GmbH | as a service | limesurvey.net | No | No | |
Iōng-tsiá
See also: Category:LimeSurvey skills
Here are some human beings who can help you with this tool:
Feel free to add yourself in this category to provide help!
Tō-tik kè-ta̍t-kuan
Features apart, LimeSurvey can also be appreciated for some ethical values dear to Wikimedia projects (think about MediaWiki):
| Kheh-hōo Bián-huì | Ho̍k-bū-khì Bián-huì | Bô tē-sann hong | Risk of data leak by mistake[5] | Provided by WMF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LimeSurvey | Yes[6][7] | Yes[8] | Yes[9] | Yes[10] | Yes [1] |
| Google Forms | No[11][7] | No[12] | No[12] | No[13] | No |
| Qualtrics | No[11][7] | No[12] | No[12] | (please add this info) | Yes |
Tsù-kái
- ↑ Translating LimeSurvey
- ↑ Question types in LimeSurvey
- ↑ Export responses in LimeSurvey
- ↑ How-to update or add questions to a live LimeSurvey
- ↑ Some solutions are designed to in no way allow the ability to show all survey data to the public.
- ↑ This solution works without proprietary JavaScript executed on your computer.
- ↑ a b c https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html
- ↑ The server of this application is free software.
- ↑ This solution allows you to exclude any third party company.
- ↑ LimeSurvey has an option to show aggregate statistics; it does not support exposing specific responses in the open. This avoids many issues caused by human mistake.
- ↑ a b This solution requires some proprietary JavaScript to be executed on your computer or device.
- ↑ a b c d In this solution it is not possible to manage everything on your server (on-premise) or it is not possible to do it using only free software.
- ↑ Google Forms has an option that, if set by mistake, can publicly display all personal and sensitive information to all survey participants (such as first name, last name, nickname, email, sexual identification, etc.). This already happened in an official Wikimedia survey on Google Forms.