Questions in IS1

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Questions in IS1
The library of questions in CivicScience’s InsightStore is the foundation of all the data we collect and analyze. We use questions to gather information from voluntary respondents. Questions are asked through a network of websites (each a medi...
Question Categories
Questions fall into three categories. Only two categories, value and profile questions, are used for analysis. Engagement Questions The first question presented to a respondent is usually an engagement question. Engagement questions are typically ...
Question Ownership
Questions fall into two ownership types: shared and custom. Shared Questions Shared questions are owned by CivicScience and launched in the engagement, value, or profile slots . They are available to all accounts in the InsightStore. They are s...
Backstop Questions
You may have seen certain questions more frequently than others and wondered why that happens. Those are probably backstop questions.  The poll unit loads engagement questions first, followed by one or two value questions, and then a profile...
Searching for a Question
There are thousands of questions in the InsightStore library. You can find them using any search terms, sort options, and filters. To quickly find the questions you are most interested in, choose your search terms, sort the list, and then use the m...
The Question ID
Making a note of the question ID will make it easier to search for a Qqestion again on the InsightStore. Once you are on a question’s page in the InsightStore, the easiest way to locate the question ID is in the URL. The question ID is the num...
Question Writing Guidelines
All questions should: Be neutral/balanced/show no bias Be sensitive to current events Use language recognizable to humans, not robots or professional survey-takers Have mutually exclusive answer choices - each answer option must be completely d...
Creating a Question
Before creating a new question, please refer to the question writing guidelines . After that, there are a couple of other things to consider. Identify what type of question you are asking. You can create two types of questions. Engagement q...
Sharing Engagement Questions on Social Media
It is very easy to share engagement questions on social media. Doing so is a great way to drive traffic from your social media to your poll question. Simply go to the page where your poll is posted and click on the kebab menu (the three dots at t...
Deployments
To find out if a Question is currently Live (collecting responses) or if it has ever been Live, go to the Deployments section. You may reach it by clicking on the Question's text to go to the Question Results page, clicking on the  Settings...
Answer Groupings
Answer groupings provide you with an alternative view of question results. Combining answer options allows for applying unique labels that mirror your research objectives. For example, consider the question,  How much do you like to eat at Chi...