{"id":6597,"date":"2012-11-07T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T14:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/?p=6597"},"modified":"2023-08-03T08:13:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T08:13:03","slug":"how-to-organize-your-survey-for-best-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/how-to-organize-your-survey-for-best-results\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Organize Your Survey for Best Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

How often have you been asked to create a survey and then been completely overwhelmed by the process?<\/p>\n

It’s not unusual especially because so many people put their focus on the questions rather then the ultimate result they want. Here is a quick primer on overcoming the overwhelm of putting a survey together.<\/p>\n

BEFORE you create the survey<\/strong><\/h4>\n

There are three BIG questions to answer for yourself before you sit down to design your survey:<\/p>\n

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  1. What decision are you trying to make?<\/li>\n
  2. What criteria are you using to make your decision?<\/li>\n
  3. Whose opinion do you need to make that decision?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If people have already thrown you a list of questions, put them aside and answer these three questions first.<\/p>\n

    Your next step is to take any questions you’ve already been given or come up with and match them to the three questions above. \u00a0You can use the following bullet points to help you organize them:<\/p>\n