A multiple choice grid allows you to create different rating questions (e.g. Strongly agree – Strongly disagree; rate on a scale from 1 to 5) or ask respondents questions about behavior and preferences (e.g. Daily – Never)
The Choose one question can also be used to ask similar questions, but using the Multiple choice grid will save you time and present the response data in one simple chart.
How to use this element:
Add the question to your questionnaire.
Main question is e.g. "How often do you commute to work/school..." in the example above.
Rows are the statements or items that you want respondents to think about, e.g. the different transportation modes.
Answer options are the different options that they can select, e.g. Strongly agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree, Strongly disagree.
To add more rows and options, click the + symbol
If instead you want the respondent to pick their answer on a scale with only the extremes (poles) and the middle named (as in the image below), follow these instructions:
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Under the Basic settings tab of the element, add as many Answer options as you want there to be options on the scale. Don't write any text in the answer option boxes.
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Go to the Extra settings tab and write the titles of the pole headers. Check the Hide individual column headers box.
Extra settings
- Minimum and maximum responses – You can use this setting to set a mandatory number of answers that the respondent has to give.
- Randomize the order of sub-questions
- Priority assessment – If you want the respondent to be able to choose each answer option only once.
Tip!
If you have several answer options and are worried about how the grid will look like in the survey, it's a good idea to set the layout of that survey page to be wide. You can do that by going to the page settings.
FAQ
Q: I'm using a multiple choice grid with many answer options, which means that the grid will be quite wide. Will this affect respondents on mobile phones negatively?
A: No, as on mobile the answer options will be automatically shown as a series of drop-down menus.