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Ranking a strongly agree to strongly disagree scale is a new one for me…

1 month ago 2 1 0 0
What decade were you born in?
1990s
2000s
1980s
1970s
1960s or earlier

What decade were you born in? 1990s 2000s 1980s 1970s 1960s or earlier

Hi, I'd like to report a response option order crime

4 months ago 19 1 3 0
I never buy luxury brands inconsistent with the characteristics with which I describe myself (seven point scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree)

I never buy luxury brands inconsistent with the characteristics with which I describe myself (seven point scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree)

Guys today is a red-letter day for bad survey questions. Look at this lovely double negative that just rolled in!

8 months ago 17 3 4 0
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I'm giving a training session on survey design soon. I've got one or two examples of bad practice as illustration - anyone got any other really good zingers I might use?

10 months ago 52 11 17 0
Scale from 0 - Not Likely to 10 - Very Likely organized as rectangles for 0 and 10 that span the width of three squares, with numbers 1 - 9 organized in three rows.

Scale from 0 - Not Likely to 10 - Very Likely organized as rectangles for 0 and 10 that span the width of three squares, with numbers 1 - 9 organized in three rows.

This is up there with the craziest survey design I’ve seen.

10 months ago 68 12 2 3

We finally made it over onto this app! Here for all of your best examples of bad survey questions!

9 months ago 2 0 0 0