Creating a Question Set

The question set library was created because we saw a need for data comparability between data sets and between surveys. If you have expertise in an area that may be useful to others and want to contribute to the question set library the first step is to create a survey that only contains the questions you want in the set.

When you've finished creating and thoroughly testing your question set survey, select the three dots next to the survey name and click Add to library. The survey will then prompt you to add information (description, maintainers, applications) about the question set before adding it to the library. Again, please make sure you have thoroughly tested the survey logic before adding it to the library. It is much easier to make changes before adding it to the library.

After adding the survey to the library you can go through and decide if you want to allow question set users to hide or modify each question. Think carefully about which questions are modifiable as this will change the data sets that you recieve.

Updating a Question Set

Once you've published your question set, users can add it to their own surveys. You can see which surveys are submitting to your question set by navigating to the Results page, selecting Show metadata, and looking at the meta.survey.origin column. This corresponds to the address of the survey where the submission originated.

When you modify your question set, include information about the changes and version history so that those users will know what to expect.

If the maintainers of a question set have published changes, users who have that question set in a survey then have some options for updates.

Here is a video walking through the process of updating a question set: