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Rating scales have been popularly used by brands to collect customer feedback on product or service reviews. These questions are easy to recognize and understand that sometimes respondents don’t even need to read the question. We see smiley ratings or star ratings and know what we have to do.
In this blog, we’ll discuss in detail the different types and how you can use them in your surveys to collect customer feedback.
This type of scale is one of the popularly used question types for online as well as offline surveys. It is a close-ended question along with a set of categories as options for respondents. It helps gain information on the qualitative and quantitative attributes.
The most common example is the Likert scale, star rating, and slider. For example, when you visit an online shopping site, you see a rating scale question when it asks you to rate your shopping experience.
It is a popular choice for conducting market research. It can serve the purpose of gathering more relative information about a product or certain aspects of the product. The scale is commonly used to gain quantifiable feedback. It can be used to gain insight into the performance of a product, employee satisfaction or skill, customer service performance, etc.
It is divided into two categories: ordinal scale and interval scale. Some data are measured at the ordinal level, and some at the interval level.
Ordinal Scale: An ordinal scale gathers data by putting them in a rank without a degree of difference.
Interval Scale: An interval scale measures data with equal distance between two adjacent attributes.
Robust online survey tools should allow you to create interactive surveys with rating questions to keep the respondents engaged.
Now that we have learned what it is and the two categories of the collected data, let’s look into the different types.
You can use this type of scale in your survey in six different ways. These six scales gather data based on the categories mentioned above.
We have explained these six rating scale types in detail to help you determine the right time to use the right question.
These are the six types of rating questions that you can use in your surveys to make it an engaging and fun experience for the survey takers.
While rating scale questions are simple to create and easy to understand, there are certain factors you need to be mindful of to ensure it doesn’t confuse the respondents. Let’s look at some tips to learn how you can create a rating survey.
The first step is identifying the right scale for your survey question and its scale points/response options. The scale should reflect the purpose of the research, and the scale points should resonate with the idea of the selected scale.
The aim is to ensure that the respondents can interpret the meaning and purpose of your rating questions easily and accurately.
The six rating scale types should help you understand which rating scale you should use in your survey.
If you can’t determine which scale best fits the research, then consider running a test with the rating questions you wish to use. Evaluate the result to see which scale helps you collect the intended data.
Maintain consistency in your survey by using the same order/value in scale points. The best way to do this is by assigning the lowest end of the scale as 1 and the highest end as 5. This order is easy to follow as it shows that the more you move to the right, the bigger the numbers.
This not only helps your survey respondents but also allows for easier analysis.
A balanced scale helps minimize response bias and non-response bias. This ensures that the respondent has the option to simply opt for the middle value and not show any priority. In contrast, for others, the security of the middle value influences them to provide honest opinions.
Prevent combining multiple concepts in a single question. This will confuse the respondents and muddle your result.
We have discussed the factors that contribute to the popularity of this question type, among others.
Let’s also see the disadvantages of using this scale in surveys.
The scale allows you to gather a large volume of quantifiable responses. The data you gather can help you identify patterns in feedback and determine what needs priority.
→ You can use it to gather information on a particular topic. For example, you can use it in market research surveys to collect the following data:
→ You can use it to gather information about a service or product from the target audience for the purpose of comparison and analysis.
→ You can measure the frequency to assess how often a survey respondent engages in certain behavior.
→ You can identify the importance and priority respondents assign to certain products.
Before we conclude our blog, let’s look at some rating question examples you can use for your research purpose.
This sums up all you need to know about rating scales. However, here are some tips to ensure that your scale questions are easy to understand for the audience.
Various rating scale question types are available in Voxco’s market research software, each serving a different purpose. Hence, before selecting a scale, it is important to figure out the purpose of the survey and the kind of information you wish to gain.
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