What is the Matrix: Max Diff variation?

MaxDiff Objective:

As a Human Resources Manager, determine the 2 benefits your organisation could offer that are most important to your employees.

1. Benefit 1
2. Benefit 2
3. Benefit 3
4. Benefit 4
5. Benefit 5
6. Benefit 6
7. Benefit 7
8. Benefit 8
9. Benefit 9
10. Benefit 10
11. Benefit 11

MaxDiff Design:

• Choices: 11 benefits
• Choices p/Set: 5 out of 11
• Total Sets: 7

MaxDiff Builder:

To create a maxdiff question

1. Go to any survey.
2. Create a Matrix question type and type in your question. Example: Of these benefits that your organisation could offer its employees, please indicate the benefits that have the most and least value to you?
3. In the Statement fields, input a binary choice (i.e. 2 choices), e.g. best/worst, most important/least important, most value/ least value etc.
4. In the Choice fields, input all the initiatives you wish to test and compare.
5. Randomize your Choices (optional)

1. Tick Sample Choices and input the number of choices p/set you want, e.g. 5 out of 11
2. Tick Flip table axis
3. Tick Unique Selection
4. Click Save & close

You have now created the 1st maxdiff set 🎉.

To create multiple sets, e.g. 7 sets

1. Duplicate your 1st maxdiff set by clicking on the 3-dot menu "..." in your question and selecting Duplicate.
2. Repeat for however many sets you wish to show. So if you want to show 5 sets, then duplicate your question 4 times. If you have 7 sets, then duplicate your question 6 times

MaxDiff Preview:

• Click here for MaxDiff Survey Preview
• See screenshot below for MaxDiff in Survey Preview

MaxDiff Response Data

To export your MaxDiff response data, go to Analyse > Export > Responses and go to the maxdiff questions in your data.

Each question is a set.

0 - choice was displayed but not selected by respondent

1 - choice was selected as worst

2 - choice was selected as best

MaxDiff Analysis

Using the response data above, you can count, sum, divide, and score the best and worst for each initiatve across all your sets like in the table below (table not yet provided by platform).

And produce charts from that data in excel (chart not yet provided by platform).