You can use the Slider question type when you have a group of items that can be rated on the same scale, such as level of awareness of different brands, or level of satisfaction with different aspects of a product or service.
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- In the Survey Editor, click the Sliders Icon in the question menu, or drag the icon into place.
- Type or paste your question into the Question field.
- Type or paste your entities or sub-questions into the Matrix Sub-Question fields, and click the + icon to add additional answer options, up to 12. Use copy/paste to automatically populate answer options.
Note: Sub-Questions are optional—delete the placeholders to apply the slider matrix to the main question only.
- Hover over the Sub-Question number and click the X to delete a Sub-Question.
- Check the Randomize checkbox to shuffle the answer orders for each respondent.
- Click the anchor icon to the right of an answer option to lock the option in place on the list, despite randomization.
- Type a Custom Scale into the Matrix Answer Option fields, or click the Custom scale dropdown to choose a pre-written Likert scale.
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On the Results page, ratings for each sub are color coded on a stacked bar chart. Line-by-line data for each Sub-Question is displayed below the Summary chart.
- Hover over a bar to see the percentage and number of respondents who selected each answer option.
- Click the chart icon in the upper right corner of the Question results to toggle the view to a horizontal chart.
- Click on a Sub-Question header to view a different breakdown for that particular question.
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