Bipoles

One of the special types of questions is a bipole. A bipole is a slider that has a description at both ends and it looks something like this:

There are three types of bipoles and it is important to distinguish them as mixing them will have effects on their results:

1. Scale

The first type of bipole is a more traditional scale or degree slider. In a traditional type of slider, the elements at each side are nouns or stand-alone values. For example:

2. Negative - Positive

As the name suggests, a negative–positive bipole has a positive element on one end of the slider and a negative element on the other. An example of such a question could be:

3. Golden Mean

The third type of bipoles uses a Golden Mean to determine the elements on both sides of the slider. You can create this by thinking about what the best answer to a question would be and then taking either two negative or two positive extremes of that mean. This bipole is useful as it hides the true intent of the question. An example is:

For more examples of bipoles, please consult our example inquiries or our database.