I'm currently trying to do a research project through my college - it's a program evaluation of my online community.
I was able to sift through Josh's "Contact Us" mod to create a survey that collects users' responses and then emails it to me.
The problem is this:
I'm not allowed to collect identifying information - IPs, user numbers, etc.
But, I need to figure out a way to set a cookie or something so that users can't take the survey again. I thought about creating a flag in the database, but then I could still track what users have completed the survey and the ethics committee at school won't like that.
I can't have any clue about who participated.
Sooooo, anyone have any thoughts? I understand that if I did it with a cookie people could just delete it, and retake it, but it seems like the only way for me to do it without having extra information, which could identify the participants.
I'm open to any suggestions or ideas.
-peter
