Display a summary based on user response

  • Resolved droyed

    (@droyed)


    4 years, 3 months ago

    Hi there,

    How do I design a survey with statements that are rated on a 5-point Likert scale and then display a summary (text/paragraph) of results based on the user’s responses?

    The Likert scale is designed so that they fall on one of eight factors. All of these eight factors will have a text/paragraph associated with them.

    And so, at the end of the survey, users will see one of those paragraphs (based on their responses). That is, the paragraph that the user’s responses most identify with, will be displayed.

    How do I achieve this?

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  • Plugin Support Laura – WPMU DEV Support

    (@wpmudev-support8)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    Hi @droyed

    I hope you’re well today and thank you for your question!

    You can create a form that would “match” typical “Likert-scale” type of form but I’m afraid Forminator doesn’t have built-in support for Likert scale so it’d be difficult to get necessary results.

    The questions’ “structure” would be fine (you can use e.g. radio box with five options, assigning numerical value to each option) but, as far as I understand, assigning results requires – in the simplest version – at least way to find median or mode which are both not supported out of the box. There’s no “distribution chart” either.

    The closest you could possibly get without custom coding would be getting an average (simple mean), using

    avg()

    calculation operator that Forminator supports (it’s not in calculation editor but it can by “copy-pasted” into it) but if I’m not mistaken it’s not correct so most likely won’t do the job here.

    I’m afraid currently it would only be possible with quite a bit of custom code that would utilize Forminator API and/or built-in hooks in order to get submitted data first, then do full score calculation and then inject relevant response.

    Adding a Likert scale support is one of the improvement ideas that our Forminator Team already has on list so there is a chance it may be implemented in future but I don’t have any details nor ETA on it.

    Kind regards,
    Adam

    Thread Starter droyed

    (@droyed)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    Hi Adam @wpmudev-support8

    Thank you for your response.

    I have been scouring the net to find a tool that I could use to build a Likert-scale survey (and use it on my site). I have been using Forminator for a while and love how it’s built. I tried to create a survey but got stuck with the calculations. And that’s when I thought I’d reach out to you.

    I understand that your dev team is working on this. In the meantime, what would you suggest I use to create a Likert-scale survey?

    Plugin Support Imran – WPMU DEV Support

    (@wpmudev-support9)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    Hello @droyed !

    I see there are some plugins designed for this specific reason. We haven’t tested any of them, but looks like those are promising:

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/likert-survey-master/
    https://wpforms.com/how-to-add-a-likert-scale-to-your-wordpress-forms-step-by-step/

    Hope those help in the meantime!

    Kind regards,
    Pawel

    Plugin Support Amin – WPMU DEV Support

    (@wpmudev-support2)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    Hello @droyed ,

    We haven’t heard from you for a while now, so it looks like you don’t need our assistance anymore.

    Feel free to re-open this ticket if needed.

    Kind regards
    Kasia

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