How to Apply Randomization

Survey professionals often apply randomization as a method to combat survey bias and ensure data integrity. By shuffling the order of choices, questions, and/or pages, the survey owner minimizes the possibility of survey fatigue. This feature can be applied to a specific set of questions or all of the questions on the page. SurveyOL makes this randomizing feature simple and effortless so it can be incorporated, if needed, into all of your surveys.

Choice Randomization

1. On the Dashboard page, click on the Edit link for your survey.
2. Click on the Advanced Options link from the header menu, or the icon from the side menu. Then click on the Randomization link.
3. Under Choice Randomization, choose "Randomize choices", "Rotate choices", or "Flip choices". By default, this is "off".
4. Click on the Save button.

Question randomization

1. On the Dashboard page, click on the Edit link for your survey.
2. Click on the Advanced Options link from the header menu, or the icon from the side menu. Then click on the Randomization link.
3. Under Question Randomization, choose "Randomize choices", "Rotate choices", or "Flip choices". By default, this is "off".
4. Click on the Save button.

Page randomization

1. On the Dashboard page, click on the Edit link for your survey.
2. Click on the Advanced Options link from the header menu, or the icon from the side menu. Then click on the Randomization link.
3. Under Page Randomization, choose "Randomize choices", "Rotate choices", or "Flip choices". By default, this is "off".
4. Click on the Save button.

Please note that pages constrained by survey logic will be skipped.