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Sometimes, I feel like options for adding logic to an online survey can seem super complicated and overwhelming. Let’s clear up that myth.
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Adding Logic to An Online Survey<\/h2>\n

\"\"I recently put together a short survey that was an event follow-up questions<\/a> for survey. As I was looking through the questions one last time, not having added any logic to the survey, I suddenly realized I had missed a prime opportunity to avoid being redundant to my respondents. I had asked early in the survey whether the event the respondents were providing feedback on was the first event of its type they had attended. Later, I asked how this event compared to other such events they may have attended. In order to acknowledge those for whom this was their first event, I did the traditional thing: add an option that said, “I have not attended other events.”<\/p>\n

Oops! Rewind. Let’s try doing this a different way by adding logic to an online survey.<\/p>\n

LEARN ABOUT:<\/strong> Event Surveys<\/a><\/p>\n

Instead of making respondents who already<\/em> told me this was their first event tell me again<\/em> that this was their first event, I could use show\/hide question logic<\/a>. Sound complicated? It isn’t – at all.<\/p>\n

I went to the “how did this compare”<\/em> question, clicked on Logic,<\/strong><\/em> selected Show\/Hide Question Logic,<\/strong><\/em> and created my criteria (respondents said this was their first event). Using this criteria\u00a0I decided to show the question by default but hide the question if respondents did say this had been their first event.<\/p>\n

So now, for those who said this had been their first event, they don’t have to tell me one more time that they haven’t attended another event feedback<\/a>. In fact, they won’t even know<\/em> the “how did this compare to other events” question exists (unless they’re reading this post). That’s the magic of adding logic to an online survey<\/p>\n

This example is a simple illustration of the fact that any time<\/em> you can spare respondents from having to repeat themselves unnecessarily, or from having to see questions that just don’t apply to them, it’s a great time to use logic in your surveys<\/a>. Even short, 5-minute surveys can benefit from using logic!<\/p>\n

LEARN ABOUT: Top 12 Tips to Create A Good Survey<\/a><\/p>\n

Logic options available<\/h2>\n

I’m not going to dive into the many logic options available to our QuestionPro clients, but let’s review three of the more common options.<\/p>\n