Managing Respondent Cognitive Load
Advanced Question Types
Data Collection
(For) Survey Nerds
100

True or false: The more complicated and longer a survey we write the smarter we seem and the better data quality we get back

What is false.

Key to good data quality are short, focused surveys with clear research objectives and survey questions

100

Measures customer loyalty and satisfaction to a product, service, or company

What is Net Promoter Score (NPS) 

100

Tyton team that pulls contact lists from MDR and does a whole lot of other stuff

What is Market Research Plus One

100

Question type that estimates demand at different price levels and ideal price for maximizing revenue

What is Gabor Granger 

200

True or False: It is better to repeat simple question types in a survey than to put many different types of questions in a survey

What is true.

Repeating simple question types contributes to respondent learning and faster pacing.

200

Measures how customers value different attributes of product design, pricing strategy, feature prioritization

What is a Conjoint 

200

Tyton standard incentive card provided to internal survey respondents

What are Amazon gift cards 

200

One method for reducing order bias or position bias for respondents picking answers in a survey

What is response choice randomization 

300

Ideal number of answer response options per question 

What is five to ten 

300

Determines price setting and adjustments using four standard questions

What is a Van Westendorp 

300

Tyton's trusted survey panel provider

What/who is Veridata 

300

Any one of several considerations for determining an appropriate sample size

What are:

Population size

Margin of Error (Confidence Interval)

Confidence Level

Response Rate

Time and Budget Constraints

Survey Objectives

400

Avoid any of these language pitfalls when writing survey questions

What are: double-barreled items; jargon; consultant-speak 

400

Measures emotional attitudes towards a specific product, brand, company or concept on a scale with impactful opposing phrases

What are Semantic Differentials 

400

Queen of the prompt incentive ordering and the other person who should also be cc'd on all incentive requests

Who are Esther and Natasha 

400

True or false: On survey scales we must put words next to each scale point

What is False. 

Reducing word count in surveys is extremely important to reducing cognitive load and moves respondents faster through the survey. 

500

Maximum recommended parent and student audiences VOC survey length

What is 10 minutes

500

Unofficial "Natasha" name for closed open-ended item that allows a respondent to describe a concept in their own words with the support of guardrails 

What is the People Magazine question 

500

Typical response rate to survey outreach for Tyton internal sends

What is 1-3%

500

What is easier for survey reviewers to follow in a survey template: Display logic or administered to? 

What is administered to 

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