{"id":22664,"date":"2016-07-05T15:27:24","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T14:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/?page_id=22664"},"modified":"2023-02-15T11:00:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T11:00:02","slug":"summarise-rating-scale-responses-group-variables","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/worksheets\/summarise-rating-scale-responses-group-variables\/","title":{"rendered":"Summarise rating scale responses with Group Variables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22893 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ChartTop-1.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ChartTop-1.png 500w, https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ChartTop-1-150x96.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/help\/#21172\">Group variables<\/a> are used to create a summary analysis of questions which share a common set of answer choices, making it easier to evaluate overall responses to questions in a grid, and make comparisons between separate question grids in your survey.<\/p>\n<p>This worksheet shows how to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Build\u00a0a horizontal bar chart of rating scale responses<\/li>\n<li>Create an &#8216;Overall&#8217; Group Variable to combine responses from all questions<\/li>\n<li>Add the \u2018Overall\u2019 category to\u00a0the Horizontal bar chart<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This example uses\u00a0the &#8216;Satisfaction&#8217; survey supplied with Snap. Alternatively, use any survey which includes one or more question grids.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 1 &#8211; Build a\u00a0horizontal bar chart of rating scale responses<\/h3>\n<p>Start by building a horizontal bar chart to summarise the responses to a typical question grid.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Click <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/BuildChart.png\" alt=\"BuildChart\" width=\"24\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0to build a chart.<\/li>\n<li>Select the\u00a0Style \u2018<strong>Horizontal Stacked Bar Percent Transposed<\/strong>\u2019.<\/li>\n<li>Type the grid questions into the analysis field.<\/li>\n<li>Select the option <strong>Analysis Percents<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Select &#8216;<strong>Transpose<\/strong>&#8216;.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22887 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AnalysisDef-3.png\" width=\"506\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AnalysisDef-3.png 506w, https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AnalysisDef-3-150x92.png 150w, https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AnalysisDef-3-500x306.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Click &#8216;<strong>OK<\/strong>&#8216;. The chart will\u00a0look like this:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22888\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Chart1-3.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Chart1-3.png 707w, https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Chart1-3-150x108.png 150w, https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Chart1-3-500x359.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Click <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Save.png\" alt=\"Save\" width=\"24\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0to save. Note the name of the chart as you will need to retrieve it in a later step.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Step 2 &#8211;\u00a0Create an &#8216;Overall&#8217; Group Variable to combine responses from all questions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Click\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AnalysisVariables.png\" alt=\"AnalysisVariables\" width=\"24\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0to open the &#8216;<strong>Analysis Variables<\/strong>&#8216; window.<\/li>\n<li>Click <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Plus.png\" alt=\"Plus\" width=\"24\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0and select \u2018<strong>New Group Variable<\/strong>\u2019:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22889 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NewGV-1.png\" width=\"326\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NewGV-1.png 326w, https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NewGV-1-150x128.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/help\/#21172\">group variable<\/a>\u00a0will be given the name &#8216;<strong>GV1<\/strong>&#8216;. Type \u2018<strong>Overall<\/strong>\u2019 in the label field.<\/li>\n<li>Type the list of questions to be \u2018grouped\u2019 into the source field (if you are using the satisfaction survey supplied with Snap, type &#8216;Q8a to Q8d&#8217;).<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22890 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/GVdialog-1.png\" width=\"363\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/GVdialog-1.png 363w, https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/GVdialog-1-150x93.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Save.png\" alt=\"Save\" width=\"24\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0to save.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Step 3 &#8211;\u00a0Add the \u2018Overall\u2019 category to\u00a0the Horizontal bar chart<\/h3>\n<p>Now you can add the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/help\/#21172\">group variable<\/a> to your horizontal bar chart.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Click <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SavedAnalyses.png\" alt=\"SavedAnalyses\" width=\"24\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0to retrieve the saved bar chart.<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Properties.png\" alt=\"Properties\" width=\"24\" height=\"22\" \/>\u00a0to open &#8216;Analysis Properties&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>In the Analysis field, type &#8216;<strong>GV1<\/strong>&#8216; followed by a comma, immediately before the grid questions:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22891 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AnalysisDef2-1.png\" width=\"506\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AnalysisDef2-1.png 506w, https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AnalysisDef2-1-150x72.png 150w, https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AnalysisDef2-1-500x240.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Click &#8216;OK&#8217;. Your chart will now include an &#8216;Overall&#8217; category.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>What else could I do with group variables?<\/h3>\n<h4>Create a chart to summarise overall responses to multiple question grids<\/h4>\n<p>If your survey contains more than one question grid, try repeating the steps above to create a group variable for each one <em>(GV1, GV2, GV3<\/em> etc). Then, build a Horizontal bar chart including the group variables only.<\/p>\n<h4>Create an overall satisfaction index of responses<\/h4>\n<p>Create a new group variable including questions contained in multiple question grids, for example type &#8216;<em>Q8a to Q8d, Q9a to Q9d, Q10a to Q10d&#8217; <\/em>into the source<em>\u00a0<\/em>field (if the\u00a0grid questions are sequential, you could also type <em>Q8a to Q10d)<\/em>.\u00a0This will produce an\u00a0overall score <em>for all grid questions<\/em>&#8211; perfect for a top level summary in your report.<\/p>\n<h2>Further Resources<\/h2>\n<p>For a detailed introduction to analysis in Snap, including a description of all variable types, how to create data\u00a0filters\u00a0and more,\u00a0view the \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/interactive-tutorials\/analysis-essentials\/\">Analysis Essentials<\/a>\u2019 interactive tutorial.\u00a0If you\u2019d like to learn more about reporting your survey results, including how to add your own analyses to the default reports, watch the\u00a0\u2019<a href=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/interactive-tutorials\/viewing-customising-the-default-questionnaire-and-summary-reports\/\">Viewing, customising the default Questionnaire and Summary reports<\/a>\u2019 interactive tutorial.<\/p>\n<h3>Other worksheets you may be interested in:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/worksheets\/create-chart-of-positive-responses-rating-scale\/\">Create a chart of positive responses to rating scale questions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/worksheets\/change-colour-charts\/\">Change\u00a0category colours in charts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/worksheets\/working-rating-scale-questions\/\">Working with rating scale questions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Find more resources in the &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/analysing-rating-scale-questions\/\">Analysing Rating Scale Questions&#8217;<\/a> section of the Support Hub.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"ninja_pages_read_more\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snap11\/worksheets\/summarise-rating-scale-responses-group-variables\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"parent":43,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/child-page.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-22664","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"search_category-support-hub"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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