As there is an unlimited range of potential answers respondents could give to open-ended questions, you have a choice in the way you want to analyse them.
Searching for Keywords in Open-Ended Answers
- Go to My Surveys
- Click the Results icon next to your chosen survey
- Hover over More in the white navigation bar and click Search
- In Search Text Data type your search term in the Keyword box - start with one key word
- Click Search
Setting up a Text Analysis
- Go to My Surveys
- Click the Results icon next to your chosen survey
- In the white navigation bar hover over More and click on Text Analysis
- Click Select next to the question you wish to analyse
- Click on Categories in the menu on the left
- In the box provided give each category of answers a name and colour (from the drop-down list)
Categorising Responses
- Click the Results icon next to your chosen survey
- Click on Responses in the grey menu on the left
- Tick the relevant question boxes to apply categories - alternatively tick the greyed out Categorise As button to select all
- Click the Categorise As button to assign a category
- You can also use the Search Responses box by entering a keyword