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Survey Validator · before you send it

Catch the problems you didn't know your survey had.

It validates the survey you wrote: wording that leans, questions that ask two things, scales that don't fit, and topics your goal needs but nothing measures. Then it suggests fixes, and you decide which to keep.

One PIN, both apps. This Validator and the Survey Analyzer, six months for $49.99 USD.

A validation score and verdict for a sample employee survey, with the things to fix first
A sample employee survey, first check.

What it checks

Ten independent checks, each explained in plain words, with the reason it matters for your results.

Biased wording

Leading and loaded questions, agree-by-default statements, social desirability, and filler like "Overall" that adds nothing.

Two questions in one

"How clear and helpful was it?" One answer to two ideas can't be read. It flags them so you can split or reword.

Scales that don't fit

A "How satisfied…" question with an agree–disagree scale quietly spoils the data. Each section gets one scale, and each choice is explained.

Readability

Grade level for your audience, question by question, so you can see which ones push the reading level up.

Overlap and gaps

Questions that measure the same thing twice, and topics your goal needs that no question covers.

Will it hold together?

Simulated responses estimate whether each group of questions will form a reliable scale, before anyone answers.

What you'll be able to report

Tell it how you'll report and how many people will answer. It shows what each topic will support, using the Survey Analyzer's own thresholds.

A second opinion

A second AI model reviews every question independently, so you see where the two agree and where it's a judgment call.

Published instruments

Recognises well-known validated question sets and leaves them as written, rather than "improving" them.

How a session goes

1. Bring your surveyPaste it, or upload Word, a Qualtrics .qsf, .csv or .xlsx.
2. Say what it's forYour goal, who will answer, and how you'll report. Everything is judged against these.
3. ValidateA score out of 100, a verdict, and the few things to fix first.
4. ReviseAccept wording fixes and structural moves (split, merge, drop, add) one at a time.
5. Re-check, then saveRe-validate as often as you like. Save the final survey as a Word file.

What the score means

75 is the line. At 75 and above the real defects are cleared, and the points above it are optional rigour, not problems.

78–100Ready to send
72–77Borderline · read the remaining findings and decide
65–71Almost ready · worth another pass
Below 65Needs design work · wording alone won't fix it

Re-checking the same survey can move the score by a few points, so the app says when a change is just noise.

The file you keep

The saved Word survey travels with your work, to a colleague, a reviewer or your future self.

  1. Title, date and your survey goal
  2. A validation summary: score, checks run, and how it got there
  3. The final questions, ready to load into your survey tool
  4. Design decisions you own: each trade-off left to you, with the context and your call

Plus the full report as a web page and a findings spreadsheet.

The AI suggests. You decide.

Every change is shown with its reason, and nothing is applied without your tick. Where a choice is genuinely yours (keeping a sensitive question, say), it says so and records your decision.

What it doesn't do

It doesn't replace collecting real answers, a pilot, or a methodologist on a high-stakes instrument, and it can't promise a response rate. It gives you the checks most teams skip, and a record of why the survey is the way it is.

Ready to check your survey?

One PIN, six months from your first sign-in, both apps. As many surveys and re-checks as you need, with $12 of AI included.