Form & Survey Glossary: 22 Terms for Form Builders and Researchers

Plain definitions of form building, survey research, and customer feedback terms, with examples, FAQs, and links to related terms.

22 terms

Calculated Fields

A calculated field is a form field whose value comes from a formula that uses other answers, such as a total price or a quiz score.

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Closed-Ended Questions

A closed-ended question gives respondents a fixed set of answers to choose from, such as yes or no, multiple choice, or a rating scale.

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Conditional Logic

Conditional logic is a set of rules that shows, hides, or changes form fields based on the answers a respondent has already given.

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Conversational Form

A conversational form shows one question at a time, like a chat, instead of showing every field on one page.

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Customer Effort Score (CES)

Customer Effort Score (CES) measures how easy it was for a customer to get something done, such as solving a problem with support.

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Customer Satisfaction Score (CSAT)

Customer Satisfaction Score (CSAT) is the percentage of customers who say they are satisfied with a product, service, or interaction, usually on a 1 to 5 scale.

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Form Completion Rate

Form completion rate is the percentage of people who submit a form out of the people who started it or viewed it.

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Hidden Fields

A hidden field is a form field that respondents do not see. It stores data such as a campaign source or customer ID, usually filled in from the form link.

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Honeypot Field

A honeypot field is a hidden form field that people cannot see but spam bots fill in, so the form can reject those submissions.

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Intake Form

An intake form collects the information a business needs from a new client, patient, or customer before work starts.

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Lead Capture Form

A lead capture form collects contact details from people who are interested in a product or service, so a business can follow up.

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Likert Scale

A Likert scale measures attitudes by asking how much a respondent agrees or disagrees with statements, usually on a 5 or 7 point scale.

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Matrix Question

A matrix question is a grid that asks respondents to rate several items on the same scale, with items in rows and answer choices in columns.

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Multi-Step Form

A multi-step form splits its fields across several screens, with a progress indicator, instead of showing every field on one long page.

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Net Promoter Score (NPS)

Net Promoter Score (NPS) measures customer loyalty with one question: how likely are you to recommend us, on a scale of 0 to 10. The score runs from -100 to +100.

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Open-Ended Questions

An open-ended question lets respondents answer in their own words instead of choosing from a list of options.

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Response Bias

Response bias is any tendency that makes survey answers differ from what respondents really think or do, often because of question wording or survey design.

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Skip Logic

Skip logic sends a respondent past questions that do not apply to them, based on an earlier answer. It is also called branching logic or logic jumps.

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Survey Fatigue

Survey fatigue is when people become tired of surveys, so they stop responding or answer with less care.

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Survey Response Rate

Survey response rate is the percentage of people invited to a survey who complete it.

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UTM Parameters

UTM parameters are tags added to the end of a URL that tell analytics tools which source, medium, and campaign sent a visitor.

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Webhook

A webhook is an automatic HTTP request that one app sends to a URL you choose when an event happens, such as a new form submission.

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