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# Opinion Scale

Opinion Scale questions present choices as a ranged set of numbered steps, making them useful for quick opinions and scored answers.

How satisfied are you with the signup experience?

1. 0
2. 1
3. 2
4. 3
5. 4
6. 5

Opinion Scale questions make numeric feedback fast to answer and easy to compare.

## Settings

After adding an Opinion Scale question to your survey, click or tap on it to activate edit mode and access the settings panel.

Opinion Scale offers the customization possibilities below.

Field type Opinion Scale

- [Answer is required](https://www.surveylegend.com/user-guide/opinion-scale/#answer-is-required)
- [Enable picture for question](https://www.surveylegend.com/user-guide/opinion-scale/#enable-picture-for-question)
- [Instructions for respondents](https://www.surveylegend.com/user-guide/opinion-scale/#instructions-for-respondents)
- [Total steps](https://www.surveylegend.com/user-guide/opinion-scale/#total-steps)
- [Start from 0](https://www.surveylegend.com/user-guide/opinion-scale/#start-from-one)

Answer is required

### Answer is required

Require respondents to answer this question before they can continue or submit the survey.

Read more about when you should or should not [make answering compulsory ](https://www.surveylegend.com/user-guide/demand-required-answer/).

Enable picture for question

Add redirect link for picture

### Enable picture for question

Add a picture under the question when a visual explanation helps respondents understand what you are asking.

Instructions for respondents

Always visible instructions

### Instructions for respondents

Add tips or instructions when respondents need extra guidance before answering.

Total steps

### Total steps

Choose how many steps the scale should show. Use enough steps to capture nuance without making the choice harder than needed.

Start from 0

### Start from 0

Choose whether the scale starts at 0 or 1 based on how you want the score to be interpreted.

The Opinion Scale question is a new and redesigned variation of the Likert-type question, which is presented in a visually different way. In our new design, choices are visually presented on a “scaled” or “ranged” clickable set of choices. This new visual presentation helps respondents perceive the concept of the “scaled answers” more easily.

![SurveyLegend user guide visual example](https://www.surveylegend.com/wordpress/wp-content/themes/sage/resources/images/img/modal/upgrade-opinion-scale-likert-type-survey.png)

Likert Scale is typically a five, seven, or nine point scale used to measure respondents’ agreement with a variety of statements. Originally, Rensis Likert an Organizational Psychologist developed the Likert Scale questions, in order to measure the level of agreement or disagreement of a symmetric agree-disagree scale. The great thing about this way of assessing people’s opinions is that it works very well across different disciplines, it is just as applicable to a social science construct as it is a marketing one. The Likert Scale survey questions are usually asked to measure a respondent’s opinion or attitude about a subject....

![SurveyLegend user guide visual example](https://www.surveylegend.com/wordpress/wp-content/themes/sage/resources/images/tutorials/opinion-scale-likert-type-examples.png)

[![](https://www.surveylegend.com/user-guide-media/icons/tutorial.svg) Likert Scale best practices](https://www.surveylegend.com/likert-scales/using-and-analysing-likert-scales-correctly/)