The Reorder ranking question type is a great way to determine respondent preference among a list of options. Respondents see an easy-to-use drag-and-drop interface, allowing them to quickly rank options from top to bottom.

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Building a Reorder Question

1. In the Survey Editor, click the Reorder icon in the question menu, or drag the icon into place.
2. Type or paste your question into the Question field.
3. Type entities into the Item to Reorder field and click the + icon to add additional options (up to 10). Use copy/paste to automatically populate answer options.
4. Hover over the answer number and click the X to delete an answer.
5. Activate the Randomize checkbox to shuffle the answer order for each respondent.
6. Click the anchor icon to the right of an answer option to lock it in place on the list, despite randomization.

⚠️ Note: Anchoring is not usually recommended for this question type.

Analyzing Reorder Questions

On the Results page, Reorder questions display as a summary bar chart comparing all answer options against each other.

1. Click the Stacked dropdown to view results as a stacked bar chart, an Area map, or by Score Average.
2. When Stacked or Area are selected, click the second dropdown to view each answer option as Entities (answer choices on the x-axis, rank-order as colored bars) or as Positions (how many or what percentage of respondents rated each option as first, second, third, etc.).
3. Click the icon in the upper right corner of an answer option to visualize as a Pie, Column, Percent Column, Bar, or Percent Bar Chart.
4. Click Expand on an individual answer header to see how that answer option was ranked across all responses.

⚠️ Note: When Score Average is selected, each answer option's average rank is displayed. Rank values are reverse-scored: for example, if four items were ranked, first place has a score value of 4, second is 3, third is 2, and fourth is 1. A higher Score Average indicates a higher average rank.

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