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Survey Health Score

Poor data qualityoften starts beforethe first response.

Survey Health Score screens a survey before fieldwork for common design and respondent-experience risks that can weaken measurement quality.

Question QualityScale DesignSurvey LengthRespondent Experience

Survey Health Score
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Hover a check area to highlight its flagged rows in the draft.

Why it matters

Analysis cannot repair a weak survey design after the fact.

Unclear questions, unnecessary length, poorly designed scales, or a tiring survey flow can affect how people respond. Survey quality should therefore be checked before data collection begins.

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Question quality

Common risks in unclear, leading, or difficult-to-answer questions.

Scale design

Common issues in response options and scale structure that can weaken measurement.

Survey length

Length-related risks that can increase respondent burden and survey fatigue.

Respondent experience

Whether the survey flow and question structure are clear and manageable for the respondent.

What the result says

The goal is not to label a survey as simply good or bad.

Survey Health Score is a quick pre-fieldwork screen that highlights areas that may need closer review. Where needed, scale quality, validity, and the wider research design should be evaluated separately in greater depth.

Survey Health Score

Is your survey ready for fieldwork?

Complete the short pre-assessment to identify key areas that may need review before you start collecting responses.