# Creating a Questionnaire

Quantifying qualitative data can save significant time and make the study more comparable across respondents. The Biosignal Platform has a built-in **Questionnaire Maker** which will help you achieve just this.

### Creating and Designing Questionnaires

To create a questionnaire, you must head to the Analysis tab.

Questionnaire are project-dependent. That means that you can have one questionnaire design per study. Questionnaire answers, on the other hand, are individual for each respondent.

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 In the future, this will be moved to the Testing tab for a better user experience
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#### **Step 1: Select the Analysis Environment**

* In the **Analysis** panel, next to Respondent Info, click the Questionnaire tab.
* At the bottom of this tab, click on **+ Add Questions.** The Questionnaire Builder panel will appear.

#### Step 2: Navigating the Questionnaire Builder

In the **Questionnaire Builder**, you can define question **Categories** and add individual questions to capture respondents' reactions.

* Each question can be customized by selecting one of the following **Question Types**:
  * **Short Answer**: A single-line text box for brief responses.
  * **Paragraph**: A larger text box for more detailed responses.
  * **Number**: Input a specific numerical value.
  * **Dropdown**: A menu that allows selection from predefined options.
  * **Single Choice**: Choose one answer from a set of predefined choices.
  * **Multiple Choice**: Select multiple answers from a list of predefined options.
  * **Linear Scale**: Rate something on a scale (e.g., 1 to 10) to measure opinions or levels.
* For every question, you can add a **Description** to clarify its purpose or provide additional instructions.
* For certain question types, such as **Linear Scale** questions, specify the **Minimum** and **Maximum values** (e.g., "1" for least and "10" for most) and add descriptive labels for clarity (e.g., "The least" to "The most").
* When you've finished adding questions, click **Apply** to save the questionnaire design. These changes will be applied throughout the study, impacting all respondents' questionnaires.

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Changing the questionnaire structure during the study will affect existing data that has already been recorded. It’s advisable to finalize the survey design survey designs before the start of the study.
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#### **Step 5: Filling in Questionnaires for Respondents**

* After creating the questionnaire, select a respondent. The questions will now appear in the questionnaire tab.
* Input each respondent's responses based on the analysis phase of the study. 

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Unless your study requirements say otherwise, avoid allowing the respondents to complete the questionnaire themselves. Doing so will allow them to view their biometric reaction, potentially influencing the results. 

In a future update, we plan to move the questionnaire answering from the Analysis environment to to a separate tab, allowing respondents to answer independently.
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### Viewing Questionnaire Results

To view the results of your questionnaire, head to the **Overview** environment in **Cinematronic Biosignal Platform**.

The software will automatically show the right type of graph depending on the type of question:

* For **numerical or scale questions**, the software automatically generates appropriate graphs and charts to help you easily compare responses across all participants.
* **Open-ended questions** can't be directly quantified, but Cinematronic Biosignal Platform uses **AI technology** to create summaries of different responses, grouping similar answers to give you a clear overview. This is an optional feature.