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  1. Creating a Question

    Before creating a new question, please refer to the question writing guidelines . After that, there are a couple of other things to consider. Identify what type of question you are asking. You can create two types of questions. Engagement questi...
  2. Question Writing Guidelines

    All questions should: Be neutral/balanced/show no bias Be sensitive to current events Use language recognizable to humans, not robots or professional survey-takers Have mutually exclusive answer choices - each answer option must be completely d...
  3. The Question ID

    Making a note of the question ID will make it easier to search for a Qqestion again on the InsightStore. Once you are on a question’s page in the InsightStore, the easiest way to locate the question ID is in the URL. The question ID is the number in...
  4. Searching for a Question

    There are thousands of questions in the InsightStore library. You can find them using any search terms, sort options, and filters. To quickly find the questions you are most interested in, choose your search terms, sort the list, and then use the m...
  5. Filtering & Weighting a Question's Data

    Filtering and weighting your data allows you to limit what you see to only those responses that are relevant to your research needs. As a media partner, whenever you search for a question and view the responses, you're seeing them in the context of...
  6. Backstop Questions

    You may have seen certain questions more frequently than others and wondered why that happens. Those are probably backstop questions.  The poll unit loads engagement questions first, followed by one or two value questions, and then a profile ques...
  7. Question Ownership

    Questions fall into two ownership types: shared and custom. Shared Questions Shared questions are owned by CivicScience and launched in the engagement, value, or profile slots . They are available to all accounts in the InsightStore. They are s...
  8. Question Categories

    Questions fall into three categories. Only two categories, value and profile questions, are used for analysis. Engagement Questions The first question presented to a respondent is usually an engagement question. Engagement questions are typically ...
  9. Questions in IS1

    The library of questions in CivicScience’s InsightStore is the foundation of all the data we collect and analyze. We use questions to gather information from voluntary respondents. Questions are asked through a network of websites (each a media part...
  10. Feeds in IS1

    A feed is a publication or group of publications to which engagement questions are published. They normally represent topics such as Finance, Food, Health, News, Parenting, Politics, Religion, Science, Shopping, Sports, Technology, Travel, and Weath...