Quality Questions are powerful pre-survey screening tools designed to ensure the authenticity, attention, and qualification of survey participants. By incorporating these checks, you can greatly enhance your data accuracy, leading to more reliable insights and informed decision-making.
How Quality Questions Work
Quality Questions appear prior to your survey and serve as a quick filter to validate respondents before they progress further. They help identify and eliminate inattentive, disengaged, or unqualified participants.
Types of Quality Questions
Quality Questions are categorized into two distinct types to best match your audience and research objectives:
B2B Audience Validation
Purpose:
To confirm that respondents possess genuine expertise relevant to specific professional roles, ensuring accurate insights from specialized or niche audiences.
How it Works:
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Select from a targeted list of professional roles.
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Respondents are presented with randomized, single-choice questions related to their professional expertise.
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You can set the minimum accuracy level required to qualify respondents.
Best For:
Surveys targeting specialized professional groups where validation of specific expertise is essential.
Response Validation
Purpose:
To detect and filter out inattentive, disengaged, or dishonest respondents by presenting subtle yet clearly illogical or incorrect options within general survey questions.
How it Works:
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Choose from categories: Consumer/Shopper, Travel, Entertainment, Finance and Banking, and General.
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Participants are shown questions with incorrect or illogical answers.
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Those selecting these incorrect responses are flagged and disqualified from proceeding further.
Best For:
General population surveys, consumer studies, or any research where respondent attention and honesty are crucial.
Best Practices for Using Quality Questions
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Align with your goals: Choose the appropriate type based on whether your priority is validating professional expertise or ensuring general respondent attentiveness.
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Monitor results: Periodically check pass rates and adjust the difficulty of your questions to maintain the right balance between quality control and respondent accessibility.
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Integrate with other security features: Combine Quality Questions with other security features available within dtect to create comprehensive protection against fraudulent responses and data quality issues.
Quality Questions empower your surveys by ensuring that the data collected is from attentive, authentic, and qualified respondents, driving better research outcomes and insights.