{"id":3046,"date":"2016-11-17T11:10:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T11:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/?p=3046"},"modified":"2018-12-17T13:32:46","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T13:32:46","slug":"organizing-survey-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/organizing-survey-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Survey: Organizing Survey Questions or Sections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Credit: iStock.com\/Artist&#8217;s nirat<\/p>\n<p>A high response rate is the main goal of the survey creator  because more responses lead to better data and ultimately better insights. Surveys  that are easy to fill out get the most responses. When putting together a  survey, the designer needs to think carefully about question phrasing, question  types, and the order of questions. <\/p>\n<p>These three factors are more important when you opt for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/how-to-choose-from-a-pre-designed-survey\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>pre-designed survey<\/strong><\/a> templates. Another trick to maximize response rate is to group  similar questions under separate sections. These divisions will lessen survey  fatigue and make the survey a breeze to fill. <\/p>\n<p>Once you have come up with suitable questions, simply use an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>online survey tool<\/strong><\/a> to create and distribute your survey. Most of these tools  have tons of survey templates that have pre-written questions that you can  simply tweak to fit your needs.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have selected a suitable template, you are free to  change the questions. This short tutorial will show you how to organize  questions and question grouping in SurveyCrest surveys.<\/p>\n<h2>Step #1. Create The Questions And Sections<\/h2>\n<p>First, create your questions or use one of the pre-designed survey templates.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Step-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Step-1.png\" alt=\"Create The Questions And Sections\" title=\"Create The Questions And Sections\" width=\"624\" height=\"468\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Step-1.png 624w, https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Step-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Step-1-400x300.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Step #2. Access The Survey Organizer Panel<\/h2>\n<p>Locate the small four-sided arrow icon on top of the Survey Editor panel. This is the Survey Organizer icons, click it to open the organizer controls.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Step-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Step-2.png\" alt=\"Survey Organizer Panel\" title=\"Survey Organizer Panel\" width=\"624\" height=\"468\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Step-2.png 624w, https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Step-2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Step-2-400x300.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Survey Organizer panel will open, from this you can easily reorder and group your questions.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Step-2-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Step-2-2.png\" alt=\"Access The Survey Organizer Panel\" title=\"Access The Survey Organizer Panel\" width=\"624\" height=\"468\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Step-2-2.png 624w, https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Step-2-2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Step-2-2-400x300.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ebookdwnbut\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/survey-templates\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cta-button\">Find A Survey Template!<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Step #3. Reorder Questions\/Sections<\/h2>\n<p>As you hover over the question a green four-pointed arrow  will appear, use it to as a reordering tool. To move a particular question up  or down, click and drag it to the desired position. The same method is used to  organize the question sections, click, and drag to rearrange the sections.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Step-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Step-3.png\" alt=\"Reorder Questions\/Sections\" title=\"Reorder Questions\/Sections\" width=\"624\" height=\"468\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Step-3.png 624w, https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Step-3-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Step-3-400x300.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Step #4. Successful Reordering <\/h2>\n<p>After you move a section\/question, a green notification bar  will appear at the top of the panel. This indicates that your changes have been  implemented and saved successfully.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Step-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Step-4.png\" alt=\"Successful Reordering\" title=\"Successful Reordering\" width=\"624\" height=\"468\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Step-4.png 624w, https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Step-4-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Step-4-400x300.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s it! You have fully customized the question order. Keep reading for more easy-to-follow SurveyCrest tutorials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Credit: iStock.com\/Artist&#8217;s nirat A high response rate is the main goal of the survey creator because more responses lead to better data and ultimately better insights. Surveys that are easy to fill out get the most responses. 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