We are conducting a pre-/post-survey where we will need to match respondents to their previous responses. To do so, we’re asking for their name in the post-survey. But in the post-survey, we also want to ask them to provide feedback on the program. We believe that we will get better responses if the respondents know the survey is anonymous. Our solution at the moment is to have them complete two surveys: one where they self-identify and the other where they do not.
But it got me thinking, is there a way to set up a survey so that part of the survey isn’t linked to a particular respondent? I’m thinking this could be helpful in blinded trials where you wouldn’t want the researcher to have access to certain aspects of the responses.
I hope this makes sense. Interested to hear if you all have a solution that doesn’t entail having the respondents complete two surveys (we’re worried about low response numbers if we ask them to do two surveys).
Thanks!
