{"id":2497,"date":"2015-04-20T06:30:25","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T10:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/?p=2497"},"modified":"2019-09-24T08:35:22","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T12:35:22","slug":"survey-phenomena-that-make-the-best-surveys-faulty-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/survey-phenomena-that-make-the-best-surveys-faulty-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey Phenomena That Make the Best Surveys Faulty (Part II)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we shared some of the reasons why surveys do not deliver the expected results. Here&#8217;s the second and final installment of some survey phenomena that make the best surveys faulty. Avoid these survey mistakes and you&#8217;ll be happy with the results.<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-minispacer\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/All-Crosses_Apr-20_PJN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2500 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/All-Crosses_Apr-20_PJN-1024x269.jpg\" alt=\"All Crosses_Apr 20_PJN\" width=\"631\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/All-Crosses_Apr-20_PJN-1024x269.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/All-Crosses_Apr-20_PJN-300x78.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"div-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Straight Line<\/strong><br \/>\nSometimes participants, for the sake of completing a survey, tend to indulge in \u2018straight-line\u2019 responding, i.e. choosing answers down the same column on a page.<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-minispacer\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Solution:<\/span><br \/>\nAvoid asking too many sub-questions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-minispacer\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Alabama Effect<\/strong><br \/>\nParticipants tend to choose the default answer option when in a hurry. This phenomenon is known as Alabama effect.<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-minispacer\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Solution:<\/span><br \/>\nAvoid setting a default answer option if the list is too long. Set such questions as mandatory.<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-minispacer\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Ballot-box Stuffing<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen a person participates in a survey multiple times and skews the results, it is known as ballot-box stuffing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-minispacer\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Solution:<\/span><br \/>\n1. Allow participants to take a survey only once.<br \/>\n2. Restrict your participants IP address once they have participated in your survey.<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-minispacer\"><\/div>\n<p>Keep an eye on avoiding these common survey mistakes, and you&#8217;ll have results you can trust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we shared some of the reasons why surveys do not deliver the expected results. Here&#8217;s the second and final installment of some survey phenomena that make the best surveys faulty. Avoid these survey mistakes and you&#8217;ll be happy with the results. Straight Line Sometimes participants, for the sake of completing a survey, tend to indulge in \u2018straight-line\u2019 responding, i.e. choosing answers down the same column on a page. Solution: Avoid asking too many sub-questions. Alabama Effect Participants tend to choose the default answer option when in a hurry. This phenomenon is known as Alabama effect. Solution: Avoid setting a default answer option if the list is too long. Set such questions as mandatory. Ballot-box Stuffing When a person participates in a survey multiple times and skews the results, it is known as ballot-box stuffing. Solution: 1. Allow participants to take a survey only once. 2. Restrict your participants IP address once they have participated in your survey. Keep an eye on avoiding these common survey mistakes, and you&#8217;ll have results you can trust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5050,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[60,242,221,67,347,257],"class_list":["post-2497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-survey-tips","tag-sogosurvey","tag-survey-distribution-2","tag-survey-report","tag-survey-response","tag-survey-solution","tag-survey-tool"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Survey Phenomena That Make the Best Surveys Faulty (Part II) - Sogolytics Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Survey phenomena that can make the best surveys faulty like Straight Line, Alabama Effect and Ballot-box Stuffing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/survey-phenomena-that-make-the-best-surveys-faulty-part-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Survey Phenomena That Make the Best Surveys Faulty (Part II) - 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