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# Creating a Google Form for Research

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Google Forms offers a number of features that assists with data collection. 
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## Why use Google Forms?

**1. Collaborative form building:** Add collaborators—just like with Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides—to build questions together in real-time. Then analyze results together without having to share multiple versions of the file.&#x20;

**2. Work with clean data**: Use built-in intelligence to set response validation rules. For example, ensure that email addresses are properly formatted or that numbers fall within a specified range.

**3. Easily shareable** (email, link, or website): It's easy to share forms with specific people or with a broad audience by embedding forms on your website or sharing the links on social media.

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### Get a head start with templates

#### Choose from a variety of surveys, questionnaires, and other professionally-designed templates to kick things off quickly.

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If you do not have a google account, click link here to [Sign up for free](https://accounts.google.com/signup/v2/webcreateaccount?biz=false\&flowName=GlifWebSignIn\&flowEntry=SignUp\&hl=en).
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