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Last week we shared some of the reasons why surveys do not deliver the expected results. Here’s the second and final installment of some survey phenomena that make the best surveys faulty. Avoid these survey mistakes and you’ll be happy with the results.<\/p>\n

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Straight Line<\/strong>
\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

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Solution:<\/span>
\nAvoid asking too many sub-questions.<\/p>\n

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Alabama Effect<\/strong>
\nParticipants tend to choose the default answer option when in a hurry. This phenomenon is known as Alabama effect.<\/p>\n

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Solution:<\/span>
\nAvoid setting a default answer option if the list is too long. Set such questions as mandatory.<\/p>\n

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Ballot-box Stuffing<\/strong>
\nWhen a person participates in a survey multiple times and skews the results, it is known as ballot-box stuffing.<\/p>\n

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Solution:<\/span>
\n1. Allow participants to take a survey only once.
\n2. Restrict your participants IP address once they have participated in your survey.<\/p>\n

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Keep an eye on avoiding these common survey mistakes, and you’ll have results you can trust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week we shared some of the reasons why surveys do not deliver the expected results. Here’s the second and final installment of some survey phenomena that make the best surveys faulty. Avoid these survey mistakes and you’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’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":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[60,242,221,67,347,257],"yoast_head":"\nSurvey 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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