Rating Question

When and Why to Use

Use this to capture how strongly a respondent feels about a given item or concept on a numeric scale. Ideal for:

• Measuring attitudes or satisfaction
• Capturing degrees of liking, agreement, or importance
• Top-box / bottom-box analysis with recodes

Other Names and Formats

A Rating Question is a rating scale, numeric rating scale, or numerical rating scale. Its input styles include slider rating, button rating, and star rating. With ordered agreement labels, it is an agreement scale or Likert-type item, often searched for as a Likert scale question. A single agreement item can form part of a multi-item Likert scale.

Chat Experience

• Slider, button, or star-style input depending on style
• Labels shown inline or at ends of the scale
• Optional "Don't know" button at the bottom if configured

Button style with image	Slider style	Star style with image

Traditional Experience

• Input rendered more horizontally with larger interactive area
• Works well with remote or keyboard input

Button style with an image	Slider style, mobile optimized	Star style with an image

Configuration Options

Option	Type	Required	Default	Description
question	string	yes	-	Text prompt shown to respondent
number_of_points	int	no	5 or label count	Number of points on the scale
first_point	int	no	1 or first label	Starting value on the scale
style	string	no	slider	"slider", "button", or "star"
labels	Dict[int, str]	no	-	Labels for specific points on the scale
image	MediaItem	no	-	Optional image shown above the question
image_size	Tuple[int, int]	no	(600, 600)	Bounding box size for a displayed image
default	int | List[int]	no	random	Default value used in test mode, or a list of candidate values — each simulated respondent picks one at random
dont_know_option	str	no	-	Adds a "Don't know" option with this label
recodes	Dict[str, str]	no	-	Map numeric responses into grouped outputs
custom_validator	Callable[[int | str], str | None]	no	-	Called with the parsed integer (the "Don't know" option arrives as its text); return an error message to reject
number_seconds	int	no	0	Seconds to wait before allowing the respondent to continue
tags	s.tag()	no	-	For token substitution in text and grouped reporting
id	str | None	no	None	Optional stable identifier for this question

Example Code

Basic 5-point slider:

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s.rating_question( "How much do you like this product?", number_of_points=5, style="slider", labels={ 1: "Dislike", 3: "Neutral", 5: "Like" } )

With recodes:

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s.rating_question(
    "How much do you like this product?",
    number_of_points=5,
    recodes={
        "1": "dislike",
        "2": "dislike",
        "3": "neutral",
        "4": "like",
        "5": "like"
    }
)

With "Don't know" and tag token:

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s.rating_question(
    "How do you rate {brand} cars?",
    number_of_points=5,
    labels={
        1: "Dislike",
        3: "Neutral",
        5: "Like"
    },
    dont_know_option="Don't know",
    tags=s.tag(brand="Ford")
)

Notes

• Returns an IntResponse — the selected scale point behaves like a standard Python integer
• slider and button styles include numeric values with labels
• dont_know_option responses are recorded as -999 in the survey data and reported as the configured text
• Use recodes to collapse scale points for reporting
• custom_validator is helpful for attention checks or edge case handling