Scales and ratings: measure agreement instead of guessing it
“How strongly do you agree?” — answered on a scale, that produces a distribution rather than a gut feeling. Several statements on the same scale, a mean per statement, your own labels on the endpoints. For retrospectives, feedback and every question whose answer is a degree, not an either/or.
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2 × skipped — its own outcome, excluded from the mean.
1 × skipped — its own outcome, excluded from the mean.
4 × skipped — its own outcome, excluded from the mean.
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What the scales slide does
One scale, several statements, one clear picture
Your own range and labels
From 1 to 5, from 0 to 10, whatever you need. The endpoints carry your own labels, and intermediate values can be labelled too.
Several statements on one slide
A list of statements, the same scale, one answer per person per statement — six questions don't need six slides.
Distribution and mean
Beside the distribution sits the mean per statement, computed over the answers actually given. The spread is often more interesting than the average.
Skipping is an answer
Statements can be made skippable. A skip is stored as its own outcome — distinguishable from “not answered” — and is excluded from the mean.
Live or on your cue
As in every format, you decide whether the tally grows live, appears on your signal, or is collected quietly.
Export as spreadsheet and PDF
Distributions and means per statement, exportable for the report afterwards — plus a shareable results link.
In practice
When a scale is the right slide
Whenever the answer is a degree rather than an either/or:
- Retrospective: several statements about the sprint on a 1-to-5 scale — one look shows where the team agrees and where it doesn't.
- Feedback after training: clarity, pace and practical value on the same scale, right there in the room instead of a form afterwards.
- Agreement with proposals: before you vote, the distribution shows whether there's a majority at all.
- Self-assessment at the start of a workshop: where does the group stand? The same statements at the end show the movement.
- When it's about priorities rather than agreement, ranking, the 100-point allocation or the 2×2 grid fit better — and they live in the same deck.
Staying honest
No trend across sessions
omul keeps no time series: the same scale in four quarterly retros gives you four sets of results, not a curve. If you need the trend, export the sessions as spreadsheets and put them side by side. Within one session, though, a scale can be broken down by an earlier single-select question — with groups below five answers deliberately not reported.
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A skip is an answer, not a missing value
Skip a statement above: the counter under the distribution rises, the columns stay put and the mean does not move. That is exactly how the product behaves — a skip is distinguishable from never reaching the statement at all.
When it is about priorities, not agreement
Three neighbouring slide types live in the same deck. They appear here as outlines rather than demos: they have no page of their own, so they have no claim to a demonstration of their own.
Ranking
2×2 grid
100 points
The other formats
Combine them in one deck
Formats mix inside a single presentation: a poll, a word cloud, a quiz, one after another.
Live polls
Ask a question and watch results appear instantly as animated bars. Multiple choice, images and several questions per session included.
Learn moreWord clouds
Capture the mood in real time. Frequent words visibly grow — perfect for ice-breakers, brainstorms and sentiment checks.
Learn moreQuizzes
Points, leaderboard and countdown for playful learning. Ideal for training, onboarding and conferences with a competitive edge.
Learn moreQ&A & open text
Your audience asks questions, others upvote them. The most important topics rise to the top — show the list to the room, or keep it to yourself at first.
Learn more
Frequently asked questions about scales
How do I create a scale question?
Add a scales slide, set the numeric range and the labels for the endpoints, and write the statements underneath. Every statement on a slide shares the same scale.
Can I ask about several statements?
Yes. A scales slide carries a list of statements rated on the same scale — with one stored answer per person per statement.
Is a mean shown?
Yes, per statement and beside the distribution — computed over the answers that were actually given. Skipped statements don't count towards it.
Can participants skip a statement?
If you allow it. A skip is its own outcome, distinguishable from someone never reaching the statement, and it doesn't feed into the mean.
Does this work for NPS or a Likert scale?
You set the range and the labels yourself, so both shapes are covered — a 0-to-10 question as much as a five-point agreement scale. What omul doesn't ship is a ready-made NPS calculation with promoters and detractors: you get the distribution and the mean, and do the rest in the export.
Can I break the results down by group?
Within a session, yes: by the answers to an earlier single-select question. Groups with fewer than five answers are not reported, so that a small room doesn't make it obvious who answered what.
Try it
Ask the room how much — not just whether
One scale, several statements, a distribution that speaks for itself. No setup, no credit card, no sign-up for your audience.
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