In all likelihood, you have used a Likert scale (or something you’ve called a Likert scale) in a survey before. It might surprise you to learn that Likert scales are a very specific format and what you have been calling Likert may not be. Not to worry — researchers that have been doing surveys for… Read More »
Profile Reports
What is this?
Profile reports allow you to compare the results of one individual’s response to the overall responses of the survey. They provide you an easy way to visually distinguish between your response and the rest of the respondents.
When would I use this
Profile reports can be particularly helpful to teachers when running tests or quizzes. You may want to show your test takers how they did as compared to everyone else who took the test. Profile reports can do this, and also show the respondent the percentage of other people that answered the same way.
Example Report
Our Profile reports allow you to select which question identifies the label of the profile. In the example report above, we asked the respondent what their “First Name” was.
Each individual profile is then labeled by that question (so you’d see Bob, Jason, and Clair’s survey separately. Once you choose a particular name to view, their answer will be labeled with a yellow marker, and all other respondents will look like a normal report. To learn more, please see our Tutorial: Profile Report.
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