Creating a semantic scale question from scratch

Semantic scale questions allow you to measure people's attitudes towards contrasting adjectives or objects. Each pair of items is at opposite ends of a bipolar scale.

You can insert a group of semantic scale questions together.

You can display them using an interactive slider.

You need to update older surveys to use a Snap 11 template to use this type of question.

1. Press [Enter] to create a new question.

   Use the button to change the Style to Semantic Scale First. If it is not available in the list, select More Styles... and scroll to Semantic Scale First in the Style Picker dialog, then click [OK].

   

2. An empty question will be created with two codes.

   

   Type your question text, for example "How would you describe the product?" Press the [] key to move to the first label. Type the adjective at one end of the scale (such as "Cheap").

3. Press the [] key to move to the first code in the question.

   

   Press [Tab] to add further codes

   Press the [] key to move to the second label and type the adjective at the other end of the scale (such as "Expensive").

   

4. Press [Tab] if you wish to create a grid of semantic scale questions or press [Enter] to create a different type of question.

See Also Inserting Multi Choice questions Inserting an "Other" question Inserting a Grid question Inserting an Open question Editing question text and code labels Finding text in the questionnaire window Spell checking your questionnaire