University of Michigan Qualtrics Wiki

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Qualtrics is a generalized survey service permitting the creation of survey instruments, distribution of the surveys, data storage and analysis. It now is available for free to all University of Michigan campuses and units.

Qualtrics is user-friendly but can handle complex designs. Simple surveys can be produced in minutes. Complex studies, involving randomization and embedded and longitudinal data, are possible. Qualtrics offers features that similar survey engines do not. A survey sharing mechanism enables collaboration. “Libraries” can store commonly used surveys, such as course evaluations.

Qualtrics is restricted to university-related work. Conducting research or surveying students, club members or administrative units is acceptable. Using Qualtrics on behalf of outside, for-profit organizations is not, nor is personal use not related to the university. Individuals should ensure their data collection complies with Institutional Review Board standards and the university’s policies regarding e-mail. Data are stored securely on servers maintained at Qualtrics. Individual accounts are password protected, and respondents’ data can be anonymous.

How do I sign up for my free account? Where do I log in?

There are several ways to obtain a Qualtrics account.

1. Enroll for a free account at http://qualtrics.com/ (click "free account at the top of the page) and use your uniqname@umich.edu email address as your username. You will be prompted to select the department at UM to which you belong.
2. Self-enroll at your unit's login page or contact the Brand Administrator for your unit. Find your administrator and correct login page here: http://umich.qualtrics.com/. You must use your uniqname@umich.edu as your email username to create an account.

Please note that you may have only one account with Qualtrics, so it is important that you identify the correct home unit to which you will be assigned. This does not affect your ability to write surveys that may involve cross-unit cooperation, but your home unit should be with the school or unit where you do most of your survey creation.

To identify your home unit, click on your name in the top right hand corner of the screen when logged in. The URL you use to log in does not uniquely identify your unit.

Why Qualtrics?

Qualtrics offers one of the most flexible and robust research tools available

• Audio and video presentation
• Simple intuitive interface for creating and editing questions
• Collaborate with anyone within and outside of the university
• Easily integrates with panels, databases of respondents, and can build your own panels using the survey
• Complex research designs using Survey Flow, Display Logic, Randomization tool
• Flexible question types for collecting quantitative and qualitative data
• Results downloaded in many file types (SPSS, Excel, XML); cool-looking graphs and tables available for direct export
• Database of templates

Qualtrics Basics

Qualtrics functions best with the Mozilla FireFox browser.

• Tasks toolbar
• Creating a Survey
• Editing a Survey
• Distributing a Survey
• Viewing Survey Results
• Panel: an uploadable database of survey recipients that contains previously stored data and can be updated dynamically according to survey responses
• Library: a shared database of templates for messages, graphics, surveys and questions
• Polls

Advanced Topics

Help

For additional help with Qualtrics, please contact your brand administrator listed at http://umich.qualtrics.com/.

Contribute to the Wiki

To contribute to the wiki, join the University of Michigan Online Directory (UMOD) group "QualtricsUsers". Then Click "login with CoSign" at the top right to start editing.