Conditional Logic in Surveys
Conditional Logic lets you create dynamic surveys that change what a respondent sees and what happens based on their responses.
Entries by Mark Sinclair
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Why are survey goals and objectives important?
Establishing clear survey goals and objectives is essential to get valid and valuable data. The objectives should guide your survey design.
Use feedback to get teams engaged and aligned
There is an important link between feedback and teamwork. Teams and leaders quickly get engaged with survey results.
How do you compare to the average leader?
Here are some common leadership themes. How does your leadership style compare? How would your team describe your leadership?
Focused on the right business priorities? Conduct a SWOT Analysis!
SWOT Analysis is an important tool to identify short term operational priorities and quickly improve the performance of an organisation or team.
Do you suffer from Leadership Osmosis?
If you want to be a better leader, here is a simple tip and some questions to ask yourself. Avoid Osmosis.
Customer survey? Follow these 10 easy tips!
Creating a useful customer survey can be challenging, but the investment is worthwhile and can give a lot of data quickly.
Quick guide to making a great employee survey
In this guide we discuss some principles to apply in order to create an effective employee survey.
The importance of clear survey policies
Clearly communicated polices guide the actions of those who manage survey projects and also protect respondents.
Delegation is fundamental for leaders!
No matter what size or type of organisation you work in, delegation matters. If you are a leader then invest the time to learn.
Understand and improve your survey response rate
What response rate is reasonable? Follow best practice to maximise your survey response rate.
Tips to conduct a survey pilot
Conducting a survey pilot helps confirm the validity of your questions and the effectiveness of the messages in your communication.
10 easy steps to design survey questions
A great survey needs to be well thought-out, and well planned. Here is a simple 10-step plan to help design your survey.
How to improve your survey question design
It’s easy to get “too close” to the topic, and to end up with content that doesn’t lead to reliable results.
How to increase survey response rates
Getting people to complete surveys requires careful planning. Here are some common design guidelines.
4 Survey Success Tips to get Quality Feedback
The best surveys begin with a clear design process, and a knowledge of the desired outcome.
Introduction to survey writing: goals and objectives
Survey writing that gets you good data is almost impossible without establishing clear survey goals and objectives.
6 simple ways to make your survey incentives effective
When you issue a survey, it’s vital to give your audience good motivation for doing it. Incentives can help.
5 ways to make survey respondents want to help you
When survey recipients understand how their responses will be used, they are more likely to give up their time to help.
Writing survey questions
When writing survey questions, design them to achieve your survey goals and objectives and don’t ask anything irrelevant.
Common survey pitfalls to avoid
It’s common to focus on writing engaging questions. The piece that is often missed is the all-important pre-launch work.
How to send inviting survey emails
Great survey invitations make people want to help you and maximise participant engagement.
Informed survey consent: some guidelines
What is informed consent? When should you get it? When do you have to get it? How do you collect it?
How do you write survey questions?
Writing questions is easy, but writing effective survey questions means avoiding some common mistakes.
How to embed a survey into a Website
Embedding a survey can provide a less intrusive experience for respondents and a professional impression.
How to create survey rating scales that guide respondents effectively
Rating scales are one essential component of survey questions and need careful consideration.
How to design great surveys to get the best data
Here are some tips to help you think about the best way to get the information that you need from your survey.
Survey mistakes – four ways to sabotage your survey
Sometimes it’s helpful to see things the other way around. How would you sabotage your survey?
How to write good scale questions
Getting s survey scale right is essential to ensure reliable data and also to not frustrate or confuse the survey participants.
4 cause-and-effect survey tips when designing surveys
Consider cause-and-effect elements as a simple check when designing surveys.
Scrolling versus multiple pages in surveys: What’s best?
One question to get right when designing surveys is whether to make people scroll or use multiple pages.
How to use multiple choice survey questions
Multiple choice questions are simple and easy to answer on all types of screen sizes.
The basics of good survey design
Here are some tips on the basics of good survey design to help you start thinking about the best way to get the information that you need.
GDPR Compliance and Spark Chart
Spark Chart will comply with the EU GDPR. Data protection and privacy are critically important.
SourceForge Q&A with Spark Chart on the crucial value of feedback
Spark Chart Co-founder, Mark Sinclair, was recently by interviewed by SourceForge about the importance of feedback.
Spark Chart wins CompareCamp Awards
Spark Chart awarded 2019 Great User Experience and Rising Star Distinctions from a Leading Software Review Platform.
New Survey Software Features in Spark Chart, May 2019
New features released | configuration layout in reports, compound charts for rating scale questions, flexible text blocks, statistics panel, data tables & more.
New survey software features, April 2019
We have released some new features, including live survey editing, automated NPS scoring, an NPS Gauge, logic scanner, new question layouts and a copy question feature.
New survey software features and User Interface changes released, February 2019
We have released a significant range of new survey software features and User Interface changes to ehance your Spark Chart experience.
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