Enhancing slider questions for clarity
When using the slider answer option, clearly define what each end of the slider represents to provide context for respondents. Specify units for measurements like currency to ensure consistency in responses.
Example likert scales:
Sentiment:
- Very positive
- Somewhat positive
- Neutral
- Somewhat negative
- Very negative
Agreement:
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
Priority:
- Essential
- High priority
- Medium priority
- Low priority
- Not a priority
Likelihood:
- Very likely
- Somewhat likely
- Neither likely nor unlikely
- Somewhat unlikely
- Very unlikely
Comparison (to another):
- Much better
- A bit better
- No better or worse
- A bit worse
- Much worse
Importance:
- Extremely important
- Moderately important
- Somewhat important
- Not particularly important
- Not at all important
Frequency:
- Always
- Often
- Sometimes
- Rarely
- Never
Participation:
- Yes, have participated
- No, but have considered
- No, and haven’t considered