{"id":5178,"date":"2016-03-17T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/venngage.com\/?p=5178"},"modified":"2025-09-02T05:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T09:37:15","slug":"how-to-make-an-infographic-from-your-poll-and-survey-data-in-4-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venngage.com\/blog\/how-to-make-an-infographic-from-your-poll-and-survey-data-in-4-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make An Infographic From Your Poll And Survey Data In 4 Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Survey and poll data are one of the most common types of content you see in infographics. That\u2019s because poll and survey data typically translates beautifully into charts and graphs. When done right, visualization brings data to life. An infographic can make information more easy to interpret and easier to connect with. It can become a highly compelling visual that will get people\u2019s attention, regardless of whether or not they actually read the entire accompanying article or report. Infographics also have the potential to go viral, when longer, text-based forms of content are much less likely to.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let’s say you’re a nonprofit organization working on a campaign for more better school library funding in lower income neighbourhoods. Part of your data collection would involve collecting data from surveys asking for information like the number of books per school library, the literacy scores of students in those schools, how often students borrow books from the library, etc. You\u2019ll need a survey creation tool to collect your data, like SurveySparrow<\/a>, Typeform<\/a>, Survey Anyplace<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Pollfish<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>SurveyMonkey<\/a>\u00a0or 123 Form Builder<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once you\u2019ve collected your data you will, of course, write up the results in a report. But you shouldn\u2019t stop there–you’ve also created a perfect opportunity to make an infographic summarizing your findings, which you can use for your campaign. That\u2019s where a data visualization tool like Venngage comes in.<\/span><\/p>\n

This article will walk you through the steps for turning your poll and survey data into a beautiful, educational and shareable infographic.<\/span><\/p>\n

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1. Collect Your Data<\/h3>\n

When it comes to creating a survey, you’ll want to have a clear idea of what specific sorts of information you hope to collect. Pollfish<\/a> outlines the four key tips\u00a0to keep in mind when creating a survey:<\/p>\n

1. Know the point you are trying to prove.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What central question are you trying to answer or what central point are you trying to make with your survey data? Tailor your questions towards answering that question.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Design your questionnaire having in mind the point you are trying to prove.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Make sure all your questions correlate with the central point or question behind your survey. Don’t overburden your survey with extraneous questions–if your survey runs too long, you run the risk of fatiguing respondents, which can lead to lower quality responses. Be sure to include a variety of different question types to prevent respondents from falling into a response pattern. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Distribute your survey to a statistically significant audience.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Make sure that each sub-segment of respondents you reach out to is a significant number so that your results will be statistically sound. You can re-open your survey to receive more responses from sub-segments if you don’t receive enough responses in the first round.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Analyze results.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You’re going to need to be able to explain why each data point is important, so take the time to analyze your data in-depth. It’s at this stage that you’ll be able to identify and pull your data story.<\/p>\n

2. Find Your Data\u2019s Story<\/h3>\n

In every set of data there\u2019s a story. Once you have collected your data, your next step is to find that story and bring it to the forefront. The story should be something that connects the data to human experiences–basically, something that will connect emotionally\/intellectually with audiences and hopefully resonate with them.<\/p>\n

This will be easy if yours survey deals with a topic that is already emotional for audiences. For example, we did a study investigating whether or not people could form romantic connections in a controlled setting through text message. Our study involved an exit survey after the conversation period, collecting both quantitative and qualitative data. Because the study dealt with the topic of love, it was easy to spin a love story from the results.<\/p>\n

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But for topics that are more dry or technical, it may be harder to find the compelling story within the results.<\/p>\n

The trick is to pull the relevant points that will bring your story to the forefront, without skewing the information. For example, if you are a business that wants to show your steady growth in the third and fourth quarter, you can highlight the last two quarters to show your success. That being said, you should also show the first two quarters, even if your business dipped during that period. Choosing the right graphs and charts will allow you to highlight the data you want to highlight while also being transparent in your data reporting.<\/p>\n

3. Choose the Right Charts and Graphs<\/h3>\n

Once you have collected your survey results, it\u2019s time to decide how you are going to present the data. It\u2019s important to keep in mind that visualizing data comes with a risk: there is the potential for data to become skewed in the process, either through poor design, unclear labelling or mismanagement of the data. Nothing frustrates people faster than confusing and poorly presented data (except information that is flat-out wrong).<\/span><\/p>\n

When creating your infographic, you can use any combination of these charts:<\/p>\n

– Data map
\n– Pictogram
\n– Pie chart
\n– Bar graph
\n– Line chart
\n– Stacked line graph<\/p>\n


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