{"id":564161,"date":"2008-05-19T18:53:14","date_gmt":"2008-05-19T18:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/questionpro.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/19\/keep_you_survey_respondents_in\/"},"modified":"2008-05-19T18:53:14","modified_gmt":"2008-05-19T18:53:14","slug":"keep_you_survey_respondents_in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/keep_you_survey_respondents_in\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep your survey respondents in the loop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/www.filebuzz.com\/software_screenshot\/full\/24360-vb_progress_bar_activex__ocx_.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/www.filebuzz.com\/findsoftware\/Chess_Titans_For_Vista\/5.html&amp;h=348&amp;w=466&amp;sz=22&amp;hl=en&amp;start=16&amp;sig2=Ra0TRhU4E8oZfXsQmuQqBg&amp;um=1&amp;tbnid=4nFAoI5lGwg2vM:&amp;tbnh=96&amp;tbnw=128&amp;ei=smUvSKqROZGegQO2qMnAAg&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Dprogress%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:4nFAoI5lGwg2vM:http:\/\/www.filebuzz.com\/software_screenshot\/full\/24360-vb_progress_bar_activex__ocx_.jpg\"alt=\"image\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s almost considered &#8220;standard practice&#8221; to have a &#8220;Progress Bar&#8221; &#8212; indicator that tells the respondents where they are in a branched or multi-page survey. However, if you think about this for a minute there are a few other strategies that you can use to keep your users engaged :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Single Page Survey<\/i> &#8212; In some cases if you can fit the entire survey into one single scrolling page. The argument here is that users know _exactly_ how long the survey is. The browser scroll bar (Vertical Scroll Bar) on the right gives a visual indicator on how long the survey is and how much of it has been completed. Usually there is not much sense in having a &#8220;Progress Bar&#8221; in such a model (cause there is really only one submit button for the entire survey.)<\/li>\n<li><i>Creative Progress Bar Schemes<\/i> &#8212; Another creative way would be to make the progress bar &#8220;engaging&#8221; &#8212; what do I mean by this &#8212; Lets say we are doing a automobile\/car dealership survey &#8212; the progress bar can be a tachometer or a fuel gauge. These kinds of progress bars obviously require customized programming since it&#8217;ll probably only make sense in a particular industry vertical.<\/li>\n<li><i>Using text to engage respondents<\/i> &#8212; When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/features\/survey-design\/\">designing the survey questions<\/a> you can make the wordings more informal &#8212; &#8220;Finally we would like to ask &#8230;..&#8221; or have some to the effect &#8220;Almost there &#8211; 4 more questions&#8230;&#8221; etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to note that, having a &#8220;Progress Bar&#8221; is not the <i>only<\/i> way to give relevant contextual information to your respondents. 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