Skipper Draft

When you arrive on the Survey Editor page, The Skipper Draft text box will automatically appear. Please note that Skipper Draft displays only one draft at a time. Your prompts and the survey draft will be saved in your Survey History. Therefore, even if you delete all questions, the previously generated draft will remain accessible. Learn more about Survey History here

1. Type your survey prompts into the Skipper Draft text box. 
2. Click Generate survey draft. Skipper Draft will develop a survey draft.
3. Review your survey. Read through each question and answer option to make sure your study's needs are being met. Feel free to add questions, entirely delete questions that aren't relevant to your objectives, and always preview your survey!

Note: Skipper Draft utilizes aytm Logic! As you review the draft and make tweaks to any aliases as you see fit. If you do edit the logic, it's best to fully preview your survey in Respondent Mode before you launch, to ensure the logic is working properly.

Skipper - suggest answers: When you have a question drafted, but might be lacking answer options:

1. Hover over the question.
2. Click Skipper - suggest answers. This will allow Skipper to generate a list of appropriate answer options, sub-questions, or alternatives according to your question type and content.

Skipper - suggest next question: When you're stuck in your drafting, unsure what to ask next:

1. Click Skipper - suggest next question at the bottom of the page. 
2. In the text box, enter the number of additional questions you want to add to your survey, along with any other criteria. This will enable Skipper to assess your existing survey draft, review your specific needs, and suggest new questions. Skipper's rationale for each suggested question/type can be found in the comments section of your survey.

Skipper - modify: When you need to adapt an existing question with specific prompts, or insert new question sets into your existing survey draft.

1. Click the Modify button above the specific question.
2. Select from our prompts to see examples that might get you started, or type in your own command detailing how you would like the question or answer options to change.

Resolve to fit: If a question in your survey throws an error for excessive characters or excessive answer options, Resolve to Fit will take various approaches to address the issue. 

1. Hover over or click on the red question number to view the error.
2. Click Resolve to fit. Skipper will shorten text or move excess characters to an Instruction text question. For answer options, it may eliminate duplicates, evaluate the least suitable options, preserve options with aytm Logic, or remove options from the end to fit limitations.

Learn more in Skipper Draft Features!

Skipper is a specialized tool designed for crafting surveys, not a general-purpose AI, like ChatGPT. To maximize its effectiveness, clearly outline your study objectives instead of posing questions as you would to a search engine. When writing prompts for Skipper Draft, it is important to be specific about the objectives of the study. The goal is not to create a list of questions to ask, but to allow Skipper to use survey best practices to generate questions that will address the study’s objectives.

Here are some best practices to keep in mind when writing survey prompts:

• What do you want to learn? Narrow parameters and precise language will help Skipper give you a product closer to what you want
• Give context to objectives—who you're trying to reach, what you'd like to do with the information, why you're conducting the study, etc.
• Remind Skipper of the target audience to receive more appropriate prequalification questions.
• Always review and edit your survey! Skipper Draft is intended to be a starting point for building a survey; review and customize the draft to ensure it fits your research needs.