Answers.Body: <p>While you could certainly use CiviCRM in the method you're describing, I'm not sure it's a great fit.  CRMs are inherently about tracking constituent info; this data must be separate from your constituents.  And while CiviCRM's webforms are adequate, it's certainly not such a great feature that I'd try to work against the software.</p>
  
  <p>I think a third-party tool, or something like Caldera Forms for WordPress is a better option.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I get that 'normally' you'd want to verify survey respondents by email, but there are instances where that's not possible / desirable. Is it possible to set up an anonymous survey on CiviCRM that would function?</p>
  
  <p>I have a situation where I'd like to survey children's thoughts on some services we're offering. They are all under 13yrs.</p>
  
  <p>They're all using laptops in a coding club (provided by us), so an online survey seems obvious. I could use GoogleDocs or Typeforms, but I'm using CiviCRM so wondered about using the built in survey / petition functions.</p>
  
  <p>I could set up a dummy 'Anon' account and use that to collect the data, but would that then work from an analysis perspective? I'd have hundreds of responses (as activities), but against a single individual.</p>
  
  <p>Or should I stick to Typeforms &amp; dump the csv into excel?</p>
  
  <p>Using WP 4.9.5 / Civi 4.7.31</p>
  
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Comments.Text: What is wrong with having all the Activities against the one contact? It doesn't sound like it makes the analysis any harder.
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Tags: <civipetiton><civisurvey>
Title: Anonymous surveys
ThreadText: # Anonymous surveys
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-05-08)
  
  I get that 'normally' you'd want to verify survey respondents by email, but there are instances where that's not possible / desirable. Is it possible to set up an anonymous survey on CiviCRM that would function?
  
  I have a situation where I'd like to survey children's thoughts on some services we're offering. They are all under 13yrs.
  
  They're all using laptops in a coding club (provided by us), so an online survey seems obvious. I could use GoogleDocs or Typeforms, but I'm using CiviCRM so wondered about using the built in survey / petition functions.
  
  I could set up a dummy 'Anon' account and use that to collect the data, but would that then work from an analysis perspective? I'd have hundreds of responses (as activities), but against a single individual.
  
  Or should I stick to Typeforms & dump the csv into excel?
  
  Using WP 4.9.5 / Civi 4.7.31
  
  **Tags:** civipetiton, civisurvey
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: What is wrong with having all the Activities against the one contact? It doesn't sound like it makes the analysis any harder.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2018-05-08. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  While you could certainly use CiviCRM in the method you're describing, I'm not sure it's a great fit. CRMs are inherently about tracking constituent info; this data must be separate from your constituents. And while CiviCRM's webforms are adequate, it's certainly not such a great feature that I'd try to work against the software.
  
  I think a third-party tool, or something like Caldera Forms for WordPress is a better option.
  
  
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