如今，您可能每周通过Buzzfeed 或 Facebook(Buzzfeed or Facebook)或新闻网站等进行几次某种形式的调查。尽管我们进行了大量调查，但我们中没有多少人进行自己的调查。主要原因主要是因为没有超级简单快捷的方法来创建调查、发送、跟踪响应并将结果显示给每个人。
在使用了几种在线工具之后，我更喜欢创建简单调查(creating simple surveys)以发送给朋友或家人的一种方法是使用Google 表单(Google Forms)。它允许您创建完全自定义的调查或表格，将它们发送给任何人并在一个地方跟踪他们的所有回复。在本文中，我将向您展示如何使用Google 文档(Google Docs)轻松创建自己的调查。
在开始之前，需要注意的是，在Google Docs中创建表单有两种方法。第一种方法是从Google Drive创建一个新表单，第二种方法在我看来更好，是从Google Sheets创建表单，它将电子表格链接到表单并将所有数据加载(form and load)到工作表中稍后分析。
开始一个表格
要从Google 表格(Google Sheets)创建表单，请继续单击“插入”选项卡(Insert tab)，然后单击“表单”(Form)。
将打开一个带有表单仪表板(form dashboard)的新选项卡。在这里您可以开始添加问题等，我将在下面进一步解释。您会注意到，当您返回电子表格时，您会看到一条新表单已创建的消息。此外，如果您单击表单选项卡(Form tab)，您将能够编辑表单、发送表单、查看实时表单等。
您还将在电子表格中看到一个名为Form Responses的新工作表，其中将保存每个问题的所有答复。
要从Google Drive创建表单，请单击左侧的大New按钮或单击My Drive，然后单击New file，然后单击 Google Forms。
创建调查表
现在是有趣的部分：创建我们的表单！新表单屏幕(form screen)如下所示。我喜欢它的是它的使用和计算非常直观。
默认情况下，您处于编辑问题(Edit questions)模式，但您也可以使用顶部的按钮切换到更改主题( Change theme)、查看回复(View responses)或查看实时表单。(View live form)有很多主题可供选择，因此您可以使您的调查看起来专业、愚蠢或任何您喜欢的。
下一部分是表单设置( Form Settings)，其中会显示一个进度条(progress bar)，以便用户可以查看他们完成了多少调查。您也可以强制它，以便每个用户只有一个响应，并且您可以根据需要随机播放问题。
如果您要向员工或学生进行调查，并且您需要确保回答准确并且可以与特定人员相关联，则第一个选项很有用。
在进入中间部分之前，让我们跳到底部的Confirmation Page。这些是用户在完成调查后将看到的最终页面的选项。您可以向他们提供提交另一个回复的链接，发布表单结果的链接供所有人查看，并允许回复者在提交表单后编辑他们的回复。
中间部分实际上是您创建表单的地方。默认情况下，如果您从电子表格创建表单，它将被赋予相同的名称，但您可以更改它。下面你可以给它一个描述，下面是实际问题。默认情况下，第一个问题是多项选择选项(choice option)。继续并单击问题，它将展开，以便您可以自定义问题。
给你的问题一个标题，然后添加一些帮助文本，如果你想澄清一些事情或向问题添加更多信息。问题类型(question type)是很酷的部分！您可以从一堆不同的选项中进行选择，例如文本(Text)、段落文本(Paragraph text)、多项选择(Multiple choice)、复选框(Checkboxes)、从列表中选择、(Choose)比例(Scale)、网格(Grid)、日期和时间(Date and Time)。
文本非常漂亮，因为您可以使用它让用户输入电子邮件地址、电话号码等信息，然后实际验证数据以确保其符合要求。
创建自己的表单后，继续并单击查看(View)实时表单按钮(form button)以查看它的外观。这是我的假假期调查(vacation survey)：
继续并关闭该选项卡，然后单击“发送表单(Send form)”按钮，然后将其发送到您的Google 圈子，或者输入(Google Circles or type)您想要包含在调查中的人员的电子邮件地址。就是这样！它是如此简单，您可以在不到半小时的时间内创建一个表单并将其发送出去。享受！
How to Create an Online Survey for Free using Google Docs
Nowadays, you probably take a surveу of some sort a couple of times a week through Buzzfeed or Facebook or news sites, etc. Even though we take a ton of surveys, not many of us take our own surveys. The main reason is mainly becausе there is no super easy and fast way to create a survey, send it out, track resрonses and show the results to everyone.
After using several online tools, the one method I prefer for creating simple surveys to send to friends or family is to use Google Forms. It allows you to create completely custom surveys or forms, send them out to anyone and track all their responses in one place. In this article, I’ll show you how you can use Google Docs to create your own surveys easily.
Before we get started, it should be noted that there are two ways to create a form in Google Docs. The first way is to create a new form from Google Drive and the second way, which is better in my opinion, is to create the form from Google Sheets, which will link the spreadsheet to the form and load all the data into the sheet for later analysis.
Starting a Form
To create a form from Google Sheets, go ahead and click on the Insert tab and then click on Form.
A new tab will open with the form dashboard. Here you can start adding questions, etc, which I will explain further down. You’ll notice that when you go back to your spreadsheet, you’ll see a message that a new form has been created. Also, if you click on the Form tab, you’ll be able to edit the form, send it, see the live form, etc.
You’ll also see a new sheet in the spreadsheet called Form Responses, which is where all the responses for each question will be saved.
To create a form from Google Drive, either click the big New button at the left or click on My Drive, then New file and then click on Google Forms.
Creating a Survey Form
Now for the fun part: creating our form! Here’s what the new form screen looks like below. What I like about it is that it’s very intuitive to use and figure out.
By default you are in the Edit questions mode, but you can also switch to Change theme, View responses or View live form using the buttons across the top. There are lots of themes to choose from, so you can make your survey look professional, silly or whatever you like.
The next section is Form Settings where have a progress bar appear so users can see how much of the survey they have completed. You can also force it so that there is only one response per user and you can shuffle the questions if desired.
The first option is useful if you are giving a survey to your employees or to your students and you need to ensure that the responses are accurate and can be linked to a specific person.
Before we get to the middle section, let’s skip to the bottom where is says Confirmation Page. These are the options for the final page the users will see after they finish the survey. You can provide them with a link to submit another response, publish a link to the form results for everyone to see and allow responders to edit their responses after they have submitted the form.
The middle section is actually the where you create the form. By default, it you created the form from a spreadsheet, it will be given the same name, but you can change it. Below that you can give it a description and below that are the actual questions. By default the first question is a multiple choice option. Go ahead and click on the question and it’ll expand out so that you can customize the question.
Give your question a title and then add some help text if you want to clarify something or add some more information to the question. The question type is the cool part! You can choose from a bunch of different options like Text, Paragraph text, Multiple choice, Checkboxes, Choose from a list, Scale, Grid, Date and Time.
Text is really nifty because you can use it to have users enter information like email addresses, phone numbers, etc and then actually validate the data to make sure it complies.
After you create your own, go ahead and click the View live form button to see what it looks like. Here’s my fake vacation survey:
Go ahead and close that tab and then click the Send form button and either send it to your Google Circles or type in email addresses for the people you want to include in the survey. That’s about it! It’s so simple that you can create a form and send it out in less than half an hour. Enjoy!
