Web Survey Question Types - Page 7

1.3.1 Questions with ordinal measurement: radio buttons

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Layout formats, sub-types and examples

Layout example of frequentness

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How often do you eat fruits?

Frequencies of event: general/commonly used scale vs. content specific/natural scale

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Please indicate how often you currently visit the cinema?

Genera/commonly used scale

Please indicate how often you currently visit the cinema?

Content specific/natural scale

Layout example of rating scale

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To what extend do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Fruits are tastier than vegetables"?

Rating scale variations: verbal/numeric

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To what extend do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Fruits are better than vegetables"?

Verbal layout

To what extend do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Fruits are better than vegetables"?

Numeric layout

To what extend do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Fruits are better than vegetables"?

Combined verbal and numeric layout 

To what extend do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Fruits are better than vegetables"?

Labelled end-points layout

Rating scale variations: layout variations

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To what extend do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Fruits are better than vegetables"?

Horizontal layout

To what extend do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Fruits are tastier than vegetables"?

Vertical layout

Rating scale variations: number of points​ - layout variations

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How interested are you into healthy diet?

3-point scale layout

To what extend do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Fruits are tastier than vegetables"?

4-point scale layout

How interested are you into healthy diet?

5-point scale layout

How satisfied are you with your last meal?

7-point scale layout

How satisfied are you with your last meal?

9-point scale layout

To what extend do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Fruits are tastier than vegetables"?

10-point scale layout

How important is exercise to you?

11-point scale layout

How important is exercise to you?

11-point scale layout

Rating scale variations: negative/positive values​

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How does your last meal compare to other meals you had before?

Rating scale variations : unipolar/bipolar concept

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How important is exercise to you?

Unipolar concept layout

I like going to Chinese restaurants 

Bipolar concept layout

Rating scale variations : general/commonly used scale vs. content specific/natural scale

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To what extent do you agree strongly or disagree strongly that your health is excellent?

General/commonly used scale

How would you rate your health?

Content specific/natural scale

Rating scale variations: nonsubstantive answer option layouts

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To what extend do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Fruits are tastier than vegetables"?

Horizontal layout

To what extend do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Fruits are tastier than vegetables"?

Vertical layout

Rating scale variations: even/odd number of points

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To what extend do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Fruits are tastier than vegetables"?

Even number of points

To what extend do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Fruits are tastier than vegetables"?

Odd number of points

One against another layout (when two options are offered horizontally)

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Which kind of potato recipe do you prefer more?

Mashed potatoes or French fries

Semantic differential - layout variations

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How would you describe yourself?

Labelled layout

very much some-what neither some-what very much
Ugly Beautiful

How would you describe yourself?

Numbered layout

1 2 3 4 5
Ugly Beautiful

How would you describe yourself?

Numbered layout with negative and positive values

-2 -1 0 1 2
Ugly Beautiful

How would you describe yourself?

Labelled end-point options

Ugly Beautiful

Stapel scale (unipolar vertically oriented scale, with a middle point)

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How does 'delicious' describe apples?