Standard Test: RATA With CATA and Connections

Standard Test: RATA With CATA and Connections

Overview

Rate-All-That-Apply, or RATA, lets panelists first select the attributes they perceive in a sample, and then rate the intensity of only the attributes they selected. In Compusense, there is more than one way to set up a RATA question, so you can choose the approach that best fits your study.

One option is to use a wheel question, where panelists choose the attributes that apply and rate each one from a single Category wheel or Line scale wheel question. To set up RATA this way, see Standard Test: RATA Wheel.

The other option, which this article covers, is to combine a Choose question with a follow-up Category or Line Scale question, and then use connections to show each rating only when the panelist selected that attribute. This article walks you through setting up the Choose question, creating the rating attributes, adding the entrance criteria connections, and generating reports once you have results.

ℹ Info: We recommend adding all of your questions to the test before you set up connections. To learn more about the different connection types, see Build: Connections.













Add the Choose Question

  1. Add a Choose question to your test.
  2. Set the question type to Choose n or Check all that apply.
  3. Add all of the attributes you want panelists to select from.


Add the Rating Question

Next, add the question panelists will use to rate each attribute they selected. You need one rating attribute for each attribute in your Choose question.

  1. Insert a Category or Line Scale question after the Choose question.
  2. Click the scale to open Attribute options and set up the scale as needed.
  3. When your scale is ready, click Save.
  4. Click the scale again and select Clone attribute.
  5. Update the Attribute name of the clone you just created so it matches the next attribute in your Choose question.
  6. Repeat the cloning steps until you have one rating attribute for each attribute in your Choose question.

✎ Note: Set up the first attribute completely before you clone it, so every clone keeps the same scale and formatting.



Create the Connections

Connections show each rating attribute only when the panelist selected the matching attribute in the Choose question.

  1. Scroll up to the top of the page and click Connections.
  2. Select Entrance criteria.
  3. Set the entrance criteria for the first attribute:
    • Show: select the rating attribute, for example 2.1. Sweet.
    • Only if: select your Choose question, for example 1. CATA.
    • Response is: select Contains any of, and then select the matching attribute, for example Sweet.


  4. Click Save.
  5. Repeat these steps to create one entrance criteria connection for each attribute in your Choose question.

⚠ Warning: Each rating attribute needs its own entrance criteria connection. A rating attribute without a connection is shown to every panelist, even if they did not select that attribute.



Analysis

Panelists only rate the attributes they selected, so some attributes will not have a rating from every panelist. To account for this, use zero for missing data when you create your report.

  1. From your test results, select Reports > Create a report.
  2. Under 2. Select options, select the Use zero for missing data checkbox.


  3. Review all the remaining options, generate and download the report.