I first thought of a multi-choice with comments or something like your suggestion but I wanted something that looked good but was simple otherwise the participants are not going to understand what they need to do.
On paper they just circle an answer and put a number next to it.

I thought that I could do this with a slider so that they didn't need to type - they just slide the dot to their preference (number) - they then see it graphically.

AND if they didn't pick an answer it would be easy to see (to ignore) in the results (which would be "0").

Thanks,

-Graham-

Please ignore this topic

- I was completely off track.

This isn't what I want or the way to do it.

Sorry.

No worries, let us know how you handle it.

I'm now thinking along the lines in this forum entry: www.limesurvey.org/forum/installation-a-...rrays-and-statistics

I'm not sure if I can create the graph though.

Hello,

I have looked through the forum and found answers about similar questions but I didn't find this exact question.

I have a question with an array of 10 sub-questions with answers with are priorities from 1(high) to 10(low).

At the end of the survey, when all the participants have answered, is there a way of displaying a statistic (bar chart) of which of the 10 sub-questions was considered to be the most important?

Looking at some real data it looks like the equation is the inverse of the number of participants AND I should count no answer as the lowest priority (in this case "10") assuming that if they don't include it then it's because it's not important.

So, _for each answer_ the value I'm looking for is :
(number of participants) / (the priority * {number of answers of this priority})

If I could plot this number for each answer I think I have a graph which shows which answer is the most important overall.

Does the math look OK?

Can I graph this?

Thanks,
-Graham-

I realise that I think I should ask my question differently.

I am trying to find out how to produce the correct statistics for a ranking question (rather than how to formulate the questions).

I need the statistics to show which answer in a ranking question (array) is the most popular of all the answers to the survey.

I'd like to create charts with the options:

• Weighted Average: Charts the average ranking for each answer choice
• Distribution: Charts the absolute number or percentage of respondents that selected each answer choice

Any ideas/suggestions?

Thanks,

-Graham-

I need the statistics to show which answer in a ranking question (array) is the most popular of all the answers to the survey.

Limesurvey is a data collection tool, not a statistics/analytics tool. Thus, the statistics and reporting options are basic, just to get a first glimpse on the results while the survey is still running.

For analyzing data you would use other tools, be it SPSS/PSPP, Excel, etc.

I don't think analyzing ranking questions is in the scope of a simple web reporting tool, especially as a ranking question can be analyzed in many different ways.

Export your results and analyze them via Excel for example.

Thanks.
This is the conclusion I was coming to as well.

I was being swayed by systems such as SurveyMonkey where apparently this feature is included.

In the case of straight-forward ranking questions I think you are right, Excel can produce the graphs wanted.

Thanks.

I was being swayed by systems such as SurveyMonkey where apparently this feature is included.

I don't know how advanced the reporting system of Survey Monkey is, but the systems I had seen I was often disappointed by the reporting system, especially for the big professional ones. This might have changed over the last couple of years, though.

So in Survey Monkey you have a good analysis of the ranking question, the way you want it? Do you have a screenshot? Might be interesting for the developers. Not that this will come any time soon, but might be an inspiration.

That is beyond the capabilities of the LimeSurvey statistics feature. You will need to do it with a third party data analysis package.