Bad Survey Question

Ranking a strongly agree to strongly disagree scale is a new one for me…

What decade were you born in? 1990s 2000s 1980s 1970s 1960s or earlier

Hi, I'd like to report a response option order crime

I never buy luxury brands inconsistent with the characteristics with which I describe myself (seven point scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree)

Guys today is a red-letter day for bad survey questions. Look at this lovely double negative that just rolled in!

I'm giving a training session on survey design soon. I've got one or two examples of bad practice as illustration - anyone got any other really good zingers I might use?

Scale from 0 - Not Likely to 10 - Very Likely organized as rectangles for 0 and 10 that span the width of three squares, with numbers 1 - 9 organized in three rows.

This is up there with the craziest survey design I’ve seen.

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