How should I code the following questions in the survey, e.g which are nominal ordinal etc??

Question 1. Have you ever operated a cloud computing infrastructure before?

Option 1- Yes

Option 2- No

Question 2. At what stage is your SME currently at is regards to cloud computing?

Option 1- Not involved or Discussing

Option 2- Discussion

Option 3- Trial

Option 4- Using

Question 3. How much confidence do you currently have in your knowledge of the cloud

Option 1- Have little to 0 knowledge

Option 2- I am just beginning to familiarize myself

Option 3- I am relatively familiar

Option 4- I am familiar

Option 5- I am extremely familiar

Question 4. How many employees do you employ

Option 1- 1-9

Option 2- 10-49

Option 3- 50-149

Option 4- 150-250

Question 5. What sector does your SME currently operate in?

Option 1- Manufacturing and Industrial market

Option 2- Financial Services

Option 3- Public sector & Healthcare

Option 4- Business Sector

Option 5 - ICT Services

Option 6 - Trading Sector

Option 7 - Other (Please Specify)

Question 6. If you plan to utilize Cloud Computing services, what do you intend to use it for?Choose as many as applicable.

Option 1- An existing business operation

Option 2- A new business operation

Option 3- A new product launch

Option 3- Not planned yet

Option 4- Other (Please specify)

Question 7. How important does your organisation view the following potential benefits of cloud computing? Please rank each benefit from 1 to 5 with 1 being the least important

Benefits

1

2

3

4

5

Cost Reduction

Convenience and Mobility

IT efficiency

Flexibility and scalability of IT resources

Ease of new product launches

Greater Collaboration

Question 8. What is you SMEs gross yearly Income

Option 1- < 50,000

Option 2- 50,000 - 100,000

Option 3- 100,000 - 200,000

Option 4- 200,000 - 400,000

Option 5- 400,000 - 600,000

Option 6- > 600,000

Question 9. In what province of Ireland are your SMEs main operations?

Option 1- Munster

Option 2- Leinster

Option 3- Connaught

Option 4- Ulster

Question 10. Do you see your SME adopting to a cloud computing infrastructure?

Option 1- Yes, within the next year.

Option 2- Yes, within the next 5 years.

Option 3- Yes, within the next 10 years.

Option 4- No.

Question 11. The cloud computing market is the future of technological advancement for SMEs in Ireland.

Option 1- Strongly Agree

Option 2- Agree

Option 3- I don't know

Option 4- Disagree

Option 5- Strongly Disagree