The survey builder builds your survey using three steps. After logging in to WWW.surveyz.com

1. Name Your Survey: each survey must have an identifying name by which it can be located and accessed.

2. Create Your Survey: your survey can be created
(a) by writing and entering your own questions one at a time,
(b) by loading a complete survey template from the template library and then editing to meet your needs,
(c) by loading individual questions from the template library and then editing to meet your needs, or
(d) by a combination of a,b,c... write a few questions yourself, add from the library, etc.

3. Preview Survey, View Results, and Survey Administration.
(a) Preview Survey tests the survey within the editor by allowing you to take and test the survey.
(b) View Results does a real-time an analysis of the data and presents tabulations of individual on all questions.
Data can also be graphed using horizontal and vertical bar charts, or pie charts.
(c) Survey Administration shows the options and settings for the survey, as well as the header and footer information.

Each of these options, are found on the menu tabs of the build page.

The Survey Library Tab shows a menu of survey templates that may be viewed or copied into your survey.

When your questions are finalized, branching may be added by selecting the "Branching" button at the right of each question in the build menu. We recommend caution in using a branching survey. Branching creates an "opportunity for disruption" of the survey.  Meaning that the respondent suddenly sees a new page of survey questions.  Respondents often look at this new page and rationalize not completing the survey because they are pressed for time, lack interest, or do not know how many additional questions they have to answer.   We have observed discontinuation effects as high as 25% when a short first page of the survey branches to a long second stage survey.