# Creating a questionnaire

You can create a questionnaire either from scratch or by using pre-prepared templates. To do so, you can click on either the 'Create Questionnaire' button or the 'Browse Templates' button.

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## Questions

To add a question, just type the question you want to ask in the "Add Question Text" box and then click "Add Question"

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## Sections

Sections are a very important element in Boardforms and allows you to organise your survey into distinct parts. Each section is visible to respondents and is a **mandatory field**. Use sections to group related questions, making your survey clearer and easier to navigate for participants, and to streamline data analysis.

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## Factors

Factors provide an additional way to categorize your data, offering a more nuanced analysis of survey results based on specific criteria or attributes. This allows for comprehensive insights that transcend individual sections. Note: Factors are not visible to respondents and are used purely for data organization and analysis purposes.

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## Force comments

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## Reverse scales

Apply this feature to align the wording of your question with a consistent response scale, where 5 always represents the most positive answer. Use it when the question's phrasing is negative (e.g., 'Did you have a bad day?'). Reversing the scale ensures that 5 **aligns with the most positive response,** maintaining consistency across your survey. Do not reverse for positively worded questions (e.g., 'Did you have a good day?').

## Skip respondents

If you prefer that a certain individual does not respond to a specific question (eg a Chair), you can utilize this option. This is particularly useful in scenarios where you have several questions about a specific person, and you wish to exclude them from these questions while still distributing a single questionnaire to all respondents.

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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://manual.boardforms.com/questionnaires/creating-a-questionnaire.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.