Overview
Ranking allows you to program options for participants to arrange in rank order based upon number.
Example Participant View (Live)
Example Moderator View (Live)
How it Works
Build your Ranking question in the discussion guide or ad-hoc during a live conversation. First, select Rank as a question type. Then type your question, options, and set time duration. You can add a minimum of three options to be ranked by your audience. As you add ranking options, the Remesh platform may recommend you give participants extra time to respond. You can accept or dismiss this recommendation
Ranking question data points:
- Absolute Rank - Position in the list: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.
- Average Rank - Used to sort the list and determine an option's absolute rank position.
- Ranking Distribution - The number of participants that ranked each option in each position. Used to calculate the Average Rank.
- Weighted Score: Rank Weighted Score produces an intuitive output, with a high value corresponding to a high preference. This results in fewer ambiguous ties than a simple mean (average), while preserving the possibility for true, distribution ties.
The Weighted Score calculation accounts for total number of items to rank, number of votes for each rank position, and total number of participants for the question. Items with higher rank position are given a corresponding high numeric value, then weighted exponentially, before being scaled down. You can read additional information about how the Weighted Score is calculated here. Use the Analyze tab to dive in further and view how different segments responded. You can see an example of this below.
Participant Experience
When asked a Ranking question, users simply click the option's box to rank each item. Participants can click on a ranked option to clear out the answer.
Exporting Ranking Data
PowerPoint Slides
When you export the PowerPoint topline report, each Ranking question will have a summary slide with Absolute Rank, Average Rank, and Ranking Distribution.
CSV
Conversation Data: Each Ranking question is sorted by question ID. The Ranking options are listed in rows, with the distribution of rankings for all participants and average rankings across all segments
Participant Data: Rank number and the question are brought together to show how each participant ranked each option.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the maximum number of ranking options I can program?
While there is not a platform limit to the number of ranking options, for the best participant experience we recommend between 3-10.