In QDL, you can easily set up a simple survey with multiple-choice answers to questions.

 

To set up a survey:

• Create a new blank document.
  • Go to your Sandbox.
  • Click the Action Menu icon (), and select the New Inside option ().
  • Enter a title.
  • Create a numbered list with all of the questions.
  • Create the answers indented under the questions.
    • For mutually exclusive answers, use a numbered sub-list.
      • When taking the survey, another option is automatically added, named "none of the above", which users can select.
    • For "check all that apply" answers, use a bulleted sub-list.
    • To allow users to supply their own answers, add an answer named "other". When taking the survey, this enables a user to enter his/her own answer. The "other" option doesn't display when just viewing the survey — it only shows up when taking the survey. (Please note that using this feature forces QDL to only allow one person at a time to take the survey, since users might change the options. In the event that somebody else is taking the survey, the next user will see a notice to that effect, and will be told to wait a few minutes before trying again. For surveys to get taken by a lot of people, this might be inconvenient.)
  • Click Submit.
• Set it to act like a survey.
  • Click the Action Menu icon (), and next to the Metadata option (), click edit.
  • In the Data Type section, set the "new post" button to Take Survey.
  • In the Rights section, assign adder rights to those who will be able to participate.
  • Click Submit.
• Take the survey yourself, to make sure that it works.
  • Click the Take Survey button.
  • Make your selections.
  • Click Submit.
• Paste a link to the survey into the target folder.
  • Click the Action Menu icon (), and select the Copy Link option ().
  • Navigate to where you want the survey to appear.
  • Click the Action Menu icon (), and select the Paste Link option ().

Surveys can be edited after the fact. To close the survey, just remove the adder rights.

 

Here's an example of a survey:

 

Sample Survey

 

More elaborate data collection can be accomplished using Forms.