The Candor Blog
Practical guides for people who don’t create surveys every day.
How many questions should a survey have?
Published on: 09/22/2026
About five, and you can go longer when a question changes what you decide. Why short surveys get better answers, and three questions to cut first.
Small surveys between the big studies
Published on: 09/18/2026
Twelve questions for thirty partners is a different job from a study. What a quick stakeholder check needs, and how to keep it from being over-read.
Survey documentation your funder can follow
Published on: 09/15/2026
The funder asks how the survey data were collected. The answer is assembled before collection starts, not after the report goes out.
Surveying people in person
Published on: 09/11/2026
Ask at the exit when you need to hear from whoever was in the building. Keep those answers separate from the email ones and compare them before you merge.
