One of the great additions this year to the Qualtrics Research Suite is the Test Survey option in the Advanced Options menu. This allows you to ask the system to take the survey for you multiple times. This will help sort out any issues you might have with your survey before it is activated. You [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Writing Great Survey Questions: Week 2
We are fortunate that Qualtrics users are comfortable asking us questions. Many of our questions are about writing better survey questions. Here are a few tips to remember while writing questions: Use Mutually Exclusive Responses: Be sure to make your response categories mutually exclusive. Consider the question: What is your age? 18-31 31-40 40-55 55+ [...]
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Editing Answer Choices without a Rich Text Editor
Many clients appreciate the rich text editor feature in Qualtrics. They can edit the text (bold, add color, etc.) to any question throughout their survey. Because of this feature, clients have asked if they can edit answer choices (underline, highlight, etc.) without a rich text editor designed specifically for the answer choices. Although the answer [...]
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Cross-Tabs Data Highlighter
With Qualtrics you can use the Data Highlighter to automatically highlight cells based on criteria that you set. This means you can highlight parts of your data that you want to stick out. This makes it easier to scan your data and quickly see results. For example, if I want to highlight cells that have [...]
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How to Write Great Survey Questions: Week 1
Once you join the world of research, we know you will want to produce the best survey possible. To answer to some frequent questions, we are going to post question tips every Wednesday. Avoid loaded or leading questions: Slight wording changes can make a huge difference in results. For instance, the words could, should, or [...]
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