The Case for 5-Point Unipolar Scales

The Case for 5-Point Unipolar Scales

As teams assemble questionnaires for us to review, these draft survey instruments often end up with a mishmash of scales, with different questions having scales with three, four, five, seven, eleven, or more items, as everyone incorporates their favorite scale. One of...
10 Tips for Questionnaire Design

10 Tips for Questionnaire Design

When I’m reviewing a questionnaire, here are the top 10 things I remind my co-authors: Keep the respondent in mind – Write from their point of view, think of question order as a conversation, explain jargon, give them lists of choices that apply to them and allow them...