Drag & Drop Ranking Question Type

What is this?

The Drag and Drop question type can be used to have your respondents rank a list of items of your choosing in a visual, and interactive manner. It also has the ability to switch to a Table Ranking question type to allow ease of use for screen readers. To learn more, please see Table Ranking

When would I use this?

Drag and Drop Ranking is best used when you’re looking for a question type that allows a survey taker to visualize their choices and allows them to easily rearrange the items prior to submission. It’s generally used when you’d like to have an opinion on where a particular item ranks in a pre-determined list. This allows your respondents to feel as if they are physically interacting with their survey, and helps them to feel empowered.

How does this Report?

Reporting Example

Within Summary Reports, the Drag and Drop Ranking question can only be represented in a table element. The Report will show you three columns. The first will be your answer options. The second will be your Total Score, and your third will be your Overall Rank. To learn more about how to calculate the total score, and how to weight the overall rank, please see Question Types: Drag and Drop Ranking

Exporting Example

Within our CSV/EXCEL exports, multiple columns are present for each answer possible within the Drag and Drop Ranking question. The column headers will first display the answer option, then the question itself. It will then display the reporting value of the answer option the respondent selected.

Articles Related to Drag and Drop Ranking Question Type

To learn more about the specifics of this particular question type, please see the links below:

• Tutorial: Question Types: Drag and Drop Ranking
• Tutorial: Question Types: Table Ranking