KB: Creating Surveys

Deleting A Question

Deleting a question is easy in pollograph. There are two ways to delete a question:

By clicking on the ‘x’ icon (delete icon) on the top right corner of each question box
By clicking on the ‘x’ icon of each question title under the “Survey Overview” (right side of the page.)

Clicking the delete icon will mark the [...]

Create Headers For Every Page

For better sign posting, you may like to create headers for every page in your survey. It’s easy to achieve this with a Quick Action. Here’s how:

Under “Survey Options” on the right, click on the “Quick Actions” drop down selection.
Click on “Header for every page”.

All done! Give it a while to update, and you will [...]

Make One Question Per Page

Formatting your survey so that only one question appears on each page is easy. Here’s how:

Under “Survey Options” on the right, click on the “Quick Actions” drop down selection.
Click on “Make one question per page”.

All done! Give it a while to update, and you will notice that page breaks would have been added below every [...]

Order of the Questions

The order of how questions are presented can affect the way people respond. Grouping questions that are on a similar topic will make the survey easier to complete, and the respondents feel more comfortable. Questions should be clustered into logically coherent sections, but here are some other points for consideration.

Writing Good Survey Questions

Short short short
Keep your questions short, but keep your questionaires short too. When crafting your survey, make a mental distinction between what is essential to know, what would be useful to know and what would be redundant. Ask all essential questions, perhaps a few other useful questions to add value to your study, and forgo [...]

Designing a Survey

The steps in Designing a Survey

Establish the Goals - What is the intent?
Decide on the Segment - Who the survey will target
Choose an Interview Methodology - Ways to conduct the survey
Craft the Questions - What and how to ask
Conduct the Survey - Ask the questions
Data Analysis - Comprehend the results

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