Different types of Survey Questions

There are five different question types that can be added to a Survey. This article will explain them.

When you are adding a question to a Survey, you will notice that there are five different question types that can be added to a Survey.

This article will explain them.

Free-text 

  • The user will be able to answer the question in a Free-text Box.

Creating the question:

How the question will appear:

Radio button

  • Selecting 'Radio button' will allow the user answering the question to select one answer only.

Creating the question:

How the question will appear on the quiz:

Drop-down

  • Selecting 'Drop-down' will only allow the user answering the Quiz to select one answer.

Creating the question:

 

How the question will appear on the Quiz:

Multiple Choice

  • The person setting the Quiz can allow the respondee to select as many answers as they like.

  • Within a Multiple Choice Question, the user answering the Quiz can select as many answers as they like.

Creating the question:

How the question will appear on the quiz:

Poll:

  • Creating a Poll can be used to gauge feedback and opinion.

Creating the question:

How the Poll will appear on the Quiz:

Adding Weights to Polls:

  • Adding Weights to Poll answers is a useful tool if you want to assign a numerical value to the Poll answers. This can be helpful when analysing the data. 

  • It can also help to add a positive or negative feeling towards the responses.

 

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