New Template: “Paper Survey Template”
December 2025
About the author: Kim Desjarlais is an Evaluation Assistant with Three Hive Consulting, with a background in administrative and managerial roles across nonprofit and community organizations. She brings experience managing data, overseeing enriched programs, and supporting operational functions, with strengths in program evaluation, staff coordination, and system management to enhance organizational effectiveness.
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This Paper Survey Template is a simple, ready-to-use tool that helps you create clear, well-structured paper surveys without the formatting headache.
Who’s it for?
This template is ideal for anyone who needs to collect data using paper surveys. If you’ve ever struggled with formatting survey questions or making paper surveys easy for participants to complete, this resource is for you.
What’s the purpose?
The purpose of this template is to make drafting paper surveys easier and more consistent by providing clear examples of how to format common question types. It helps streamline your process so you can focus on collecting reliable data rather than troubleshooting Word documents.
What’s included?
This resource in Word includes:
Examples of common survey question types – Select one, select all that apply, open-ended, ranking, and matrix-style questions.
A customizable introduction section – Outline the purpose, confidentiality, consent, and survey length.
Formatting tips – Guidance on removing unwanted page breaks, replacing placeholders, and adding your own branding.
Copy-and-use layouts – Clear layouts you can duplicate, edit, or remove depending on your survey needs.
Why use it?
This template is especially helpful if you want to:
Create clean, participant-friendly paper surveys.
Save time by using ready-made formats instead of building from scratch.
Ensure consistency across surveys and teams.
Reduce formatting issues and focus on collecting meaningful data.