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7 Survey mistakes that you must avoid

SurveySensum

Double-barreled questions. Putting two separate ideas in the same question, like a double-barreled weapon, is a bad idea if you are looking for honest answers. is a double-barreled question. Closing the loop is the biggest gap in feedback practices today.

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22 Best Practices for Surveys: Tips for Writing, Design, and Analysis

InteractionMetrics

This is different from double-barreled questions (which well cover shortly). Here, were talking about maintaining focus across the full survey, so every question fits together in a coherent, logical order. But it’s not the same as asking a leading question. It introduces noise instead of clarity.