Creating a Grid Question

The next question will ask the respondents to rate the attributes of a hotel - .

Figure 1 - The Grid question to be imported

To create this Grid question:

1. Select the rows and columns in the grid that are to be imported - .

Note: When the columns have a common header, as in the grid here (Satisfaction), select only the numbered headers (1 to 5 and N/A) and the rows. The rows will then become the Answers while the number and N/A columns will become the Scale. If you select the complete table including the Satisfaction header, the rows will still become the Answers but Satisfaction will be the only Scale option.



Figure 2 - Creating the Grid question

2. Click the Create a Grid question button.

Note: A new question will always be positioned immediately below the selected question in the Survey Tree.

The question is created in the Survey Tree, and the Answers and Scale are added to the Question Details. Note that Answers and Scales are given special treatment to remove any leading or trailing spaces, underscores tabs etc. In this case you will now also need to create the question Title, Text and Instruction if necessary.

3. Select the text Please rate the following attributes of this hotel, then click the Text button.

The selected text is copied into the Text field.

4. For the Title for this example, select the word attributes then click the Title button.
5. For the Instruction, select the text (where 1 is very good and 5 is very poor) and click the Instr button.
6. You can preview the question by clicking the Preview button in the Question Details column - .

Figure 3 - Previewing the Grid question