At SurveyMonkey, we are constantly talking to our customers—trying to better understand how you create surveys, what could be improved, and how we can help. One thing we frequently hear is that as a survey creator, you want confidence that the questions you’re asking are the right ones. How should you word them? What answer options are the best ones for your question? How can you eliminate bias in responses?
We’re excited to announce a new feature that aims to make survey creation much easier, much faster, and give you confidence in the questions and answers you use: SurveyMonkey Question Bank. Question Bank is basically exactly what it sounds like—a bank, or library, of thousands of questions (that we’ll keep adding to) that allows you to find and add commonly asked questions by category. Every question and response set has been written in a methodologically sound way to reduce bias and give you the most accurate answers.
Using Question Bank is Easy
When you create a survey, you’ll be asked what type of survey you’re creating. This isn’t mandatory, but will help us show you the most relevant questions in that category.
Once you’re in the survey editor, you will see Question Bank on the left.
Browse or Search for Questions
When you select Question Bank you’ll see questions that match the category of your survey. If your survey doesn’t have a category, feel free to browse around the other categories or to search for questions. (Question Bank search tip: Search by keyword or concept to get the best results.)
For each question, you’ll also see the variables that you can select or edit, to customize the question for your needs. Each question and response set in Question Bank has been very carefully vetted by our team of survey methodologists.
We have also updated all of our survey templates to use questions from Question Bank, to give you another way to quickly and confidently get started with your next survey.
To learn more about the process of how we developed these questions and answers, check out this post from our methodology team on how Question Bank was built.
As always, we’d love to hear your feedback, so let us know what you think in the comment section below:
Pastor Nathan Teye Odonkor, Jul 20, 2011
Surveymonkey, a very helping site for research
vikas, Jun 14, 2012
don’t know….using first time.
Hanna J, Jun 14, 2012
Hi Vikas, Getting started with your first survey? Check out this video to help get you going: http://svy.mk/KxKvdU We’re always here to help you with your survey needs, so feel free to reach out if you have any more questions. Thanks!
Michael Karanja, Jul 20, 2011
Thank you so much or the question bank. It makes life easier.
Eric Suesz, Jul 20, 2011
This is an excellent, excellent idea. Well done.
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ken, chen, Jul 20, 2011
It is a very good idea for you to create this function for it do save a lot of time for designing questionnaire
but if you could offer other languages version(like Chinese or Japanese)
It woud be more better.
If you need some one to help about this, I would be very glad to do this.
Marsha Griffin, Jul 20, 2011
How much does it cost?
Anne R, Jul 28, 2011
Hi Marsha–Question Bank is free. It’s included in all of our plans, including our free one. Let us know if you have any feedback!
RACHELLE, Aug 11, 2012
how much does this cost and getting people to answer, how much will that cost?
tim volk, Jul 21, 2011
Good feature
Pam Jaben, Jul 21, 2011
Is the question bank included in our subscription to Survey Monkey or does it require an upgrade?
Anne R, Jul 28, 2011
Hi Pam–Question Bank is available for all customers on any plan (including our free one!). Would love to hear your feedback once you try it out.
Glynis Jolly, Jul 21, 2011
Thank you! I’m new at doing surveys and trying to get the questions worded right has been my main problem. This will help tremendously.
UTTAM ROY, Jul 22, 2011
nice to recive this type of question ,which are easy to use
Nasser Munyagwa, Jul 22, 2011
It is so awesome
bobby spruill, Jul 22, 2011
i think the revisions are a good idea.
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Indra Roy, Aug 9, 2011
Hello Madam / Sir:
We are a stealth-mode startup and want to do a survey of a netflix-like product where the goal is fine-tune pricing and messaging.
Wondering if your question bank might have questions of this type. If not, can you pls refer to me a website where I might find similar sample surveys or questions.
Regards,
Indra Roy
Molly K, Aug 10, 2011
are there plans to let users create their own question banks? or can you do this now already
Tim CH, Aug 10, 2011
You can’t do it yet, but it’s certainly a feature we’d like to add at some point. Stay tuned.
Sharon Woolley, Jun 28, 2012
Tim – is this a feature that is likely to be added soon? We would like to create our own bank of questions and store this within our SM account for future reference. Not possible at the moment?
Thanks
Tim CH, Jun 28, 2012
I can’t provide a timeline unfortunately, but we still think it’d be a great feature. We now have question history, so that as you’re typing a question, and have auto-suggest enabled, we will allow you to select past questions that are similar and have it copy that previous question into your survey.
Jan S, Aug 26, 2011
I imagine that the Question Bank is language dependent. Is there any plan to develop in non English languages ?
Tim CH, Aug 26, 2011
That’s correct Jan, and yes, we are planning on rolling Question Bank in other languages.
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Donna, Jan 18, 2012
I am new to survey monkey. What are the steps involved to set up a survey using this method and how do I go about settting up my own questions?
This is really agreat service. It is quick and convenient.
Carol Etienne, Jan 22, 2012
Not sure how to finish my survey and include the Thank you message
MychalH, Jan 26, 2012
Hi Carol – You have two options for creating a Thank You page. check out this FAQ on your different options and how to create them: http://help.surveymonkey.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/44 If you need further help, please send an email to support@surveymonkey.com and we will respond within the hour.
rohit, Jan 28, 2012
i think you make the sports , political ouestins
dagmawi, Mar 4, 2012
i really find it hellp full
Hanna J, Mar 5, 2012
Thanks Dagmawi! We’re happy to help
ajay, Mar 12, 2012
what is this i dont no please inform me about this
Hanna J, Mar 13, 2012
Hi Ajay – Question bank is a resource or library of thousands of questions (that we’ll keep adding to) that allows you to find and add commonly asked questions by category. Every question and response set has been written in a methodologically sound way to reduce bias and give you the most accurate answers. Read more here: http://blog.surveymonkey.com/2011/07/question-bank/
G.Jothi, Mar 19, 2012
I am new to survey monkey. What are the steps involved to set up a survey using this method and how do I go about settting up my own questions?
Hanna J, Mar 20, 2012
Hi G – Welcome to SurveyMonkey! We have a help center article to get you started using help center. You can check it out here: http://help.surveymonkey.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5166/~/use-surveymonkey-certified-questions-to-minimize-bias-and-provide-the-most
shoumandra b dev, Apr 6, 2012
Hi,I am new in online surveys.Want to participate ansawiring .
Hanna J, Apr 10, 2012
Hi Shoumandra – Sign up for SurveyMonkey Contribute, and you can share your opinion by answering surveys, and raise money for charity, all at the same time. Learn more here: https://contribute.surveymonkey.com/ Thanks!
Mukesh Kumar Aanand, Apr 8, 2012
Please send me affiliate website link , banners with my special code. I have already completed and submit at least 5completed surveys , but didn’t get any confirmation about this, please explain it.
Hanna J, Apr 11, 2012
Hi Mukesh – Are you referring to surveys you took as a part of our Contribute panel, or another survey? Either way, send us an email at support@surveymonkey with a few more details than you posted here, and we’ll take care of you. Thanks!
Li Na, Apr 9, 2012
Surveymonkey, a very helping site for research
helen38, Apr 11, 2012
great!, site??
Hanna J, Apr 12, 2012
Hi Helen, Thank you for your comment. You made our day. Thanks!
Vicky Patrick, Apr 29, 2012
I am new at SurveyMonkey but I don’t know how to send it out.Could you please send me the steps to send my survey?
Hanna J, Apr 30, 2012
Hi Vicky – Check out this Get Started video on our blog for some simple instruction on making and sending out your first survey. http://blog.surveymonkey.com/blog/2011/10/11/video-demo-your-first-survey/ If you need more help, just reach out on our blog or send an email directly to support@surveymonkey.com. Thanks!
mrs diane redman-heath, May 16, 2012
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sakhawat hussain, May 19, 2012
how i am practice on your site.what is good facilities for service this survey monkey
Hanna J, May 21, 2012
Hi Sakhawat – Check out this video to get started making your first survey: http://blog.surveymonkey.com/blog/2011/10/11/video-demo-your-first-survey/ Then let us know if you have any more questions. We’re looking forward to creating surveys with you! Thanks.
ashenafi, Jul 2, 2012
how i get researches on beliefs and practices of teachers and students on teaching and learning?
Bennett P, Jul 2, 2012
Hello –
We have lots of templates that you could send out to get insights from both students, parents and teachers. Check them out here:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/mp/education-surveys/
Good luck!
PS – If you need teachers and students to respond to your survey, you can use SurveyMonkey Audience to find teachers and students to survey. More info here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/mp/audience/
bulbs, Jul 4, 2012
I every time used to study piece of writing in news
papers but now as I am a user of internet so from now I am using net for articles, thanks to web.
AMINU M BELLO, Jul 21, 2012
Gud
barkah, Jul 21, 2012
thank you,,,,, make easier to survey
SUZANA, Aug 24, 2012
Good feature
Sheila G, Sep 11, 2012
Thanks Suzana! Have you given Question Bank a try?
Muzafar Iqbal, Nov 3, 2012
Good Feature
Sheila G, Nov 5, 2012
Thanks Muzafar! Give it a try and tell us what you think!
kavita kannan, Apr 13, 2013
good feature for good knowledge.