Use the Slider question type when you have a group of items that can be rated on the same scale, such as level of awareness of different brands or level of satisfaction with different aspects of a product or service.

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Building a Slider Question

1. In the Survey Editor, click the Sliders icon in the question menu, or drag the icon into place.
2. Type or paste your question into the Question field.
3. Type or paste your entities or sub-questions into the Matrix Sub-Question fields and click the + icon to add additional options (up to 12). Use copy/paste to automatically populate answer options.
4. Hover over the Sub-Question number and click the X to delete a Sub-Question.
5. Check 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.
7. Type a Custom Scale into the Matrix Answer Option fields, or click the Custom scale dropdown to choose a pre-written Likert scale.

💡 Tip: Sub-Questions are optional — delete the placeholders to apply the slider matrix to the main question only.

Analyzing Slider Questions

On the Results page, the default view (Stacked 100%) shows answer percentages stacked in color-coded columns, with expandable data on the sub-question level displayed below.

1. Hover over a bar to see the percentage and number of respondents who selected each answer option.
2. Click the Stacked 100% dropdown to choose another visualization:
   • Stacked Counts — shows the actual number of respondents for each answer along the y-axis. If all sub-questions have the same base size, this view won't differ much from Stacked 100%.
   • Means — shows averages for each sub-question compared side by side, with drill-down statistics for each.
   • Box Scores — shows calculations for Top 1 box, Top 2 box, Top 3 box, Top weighted, Bottom 1 box, Bottom 2 box, Bottom 3 box, and Bottom-weighted.
3. Click the chart icon in the upper right corner of the question results to toggle to a horizontal chart.
4. Click on a Sub-Question header to view a different breakdown for that particular question.

💡 Tip: Click the help bubble next to a Box Score selection to see how it is calculated. The "top" recognized by the system is always Answer Option 1, and the "bottom" is always the last answer option programmed.

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