You can tag your survey to carry out a robust analysis of the survey results. Tagging surveys is especially important when analyzing responses from open-ended questions using your list of indicators/tags or if you are coding your survey inductively.
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Follow the steps below to tag your survey. An example is used for this how-to article to better illustrate the steps.
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1. Open the survey you want to tag.
In our example, we are selecting Mobile Health Clinic Survey as the survey study to tag. This sample survey collected feedback from women who accessed the services of a mobile health clinic in their area.
2. Go to the Responses page where the survey responses are listed. Click a survey you want to tag.
3. Once the selected survey is opened, toggle on the Edit survey answers.
4. Select the survey question you want to tag.
In this example, we want to analyze answers to the open-ended question “What improvements would you suggest for the mobile health clinic services based on your experience? ” By adding tags to the responses, we will be able to analyze trends/patterns around the question.
To apply the tags to the response, click the plus (+) icon at the lower left portion of the screen.
A dialog box appears which displays the question and answer you want to tag. At the lower left, click the plus (+) icon.'
Clicking the plus (+) icon:
Directs you to a list of tags you already have
Allows you to create a new tag
Using your existing tag list to tag a survey response:
In this example, the existing list of tags was displayed after clicking the plus (+) icon. You can select from this list the appropriate tag for the survey response. After selecting a tag, it will appear at the lower left corner of the interface highlighted in yellow.
Note: You can apply multiple tags to a survey response.
Creating a new tag
Click Create new found at the bottom of the screen if you need to create a new tag. Creating a new tag usually occurs in inductive coding.
A new dialog box opens where you select the appropriate Tag Group and the new tag name you will enter.
In our example, I created the tag ’Awareness raising' for the survey response, which I categorized under the ‘Health Education’ tag group. It appeared on the bottom of the screen, signifying that the tag had been successfully applied.
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