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QUESTIONNAIRE AUDIT

Get an analytical expert review of your questionnaire before you field it

ChatGPT or Claude drafted your questionnaire? Our AI auditor reads it through the Knowsis analytical lens and emails you a structured report covering routing logic, analytical readiness, and what the data will actually support.

R50flat fee·Delivered within minutes

AI-powered audit using the Knowsis framework

Word, markdown, or plain text accepted. Confidential, deleted within 7 days.

How it works

Three steps from upload to expert review in your inbox.

1. Tell us about your study

A short brief on your objective, audience, sample size, and mode. Two minutes, no account needed.

2. Upload your questionnaire

Word, markdown, or plain text. PDFs not accepted because a working questionnaire should be editable.

3. Receive your audit

A structured PDF and editable Word document arrive in your inbox within minutes of payment.

What you get

A practitioner-grounded review structured the way a senior analyst would write it: severity-ranked, sample-aware, and prescriptive enough to act on.

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PDF and Word document

The audit arrives in two formats. The PDF for reading, the Word document for marking up or copying findings into your working brief.

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Severity-ranked findings

Findings are grouped Critical, Important, and Optional. Critical means the data will be corrupted; Important means it will be weakened; Optional is polish.

Routing audit

A separate explicit pass on routing logic, with a summary table identifying every gap and the specific fix. The highest-value audit activity for most questionnaires.

Analytical readiness

A walk through your stated objectives one by one. What can your data support as designed, and what cannot it support without changes. Sample-aware.

Suggested order of fixes

A prioritised action list. Critical fixes first (must do before fielding), then Important, then Optional. Action-oriented, not academic.

Honest about strengths

The audit names what is working as well as what isn't. A purely critical review is less useful and less credible.

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See a sample audit

An illustrative audit of a fictional QSR satisfaction tracker. Shows the document structure, the depth of finding, and the format you will receive in your inbox.

Download sample (PDF)

Why trust the Knowsis lens

The audit is automated. The methodology behind it is not.

20+ Years of Analytics Practice

Knowsis is an analytics consultancy founded by a researcher who has been building questionnaires and analysing the data they produce for over twenty years across consumer, B2B, financial services, FMCG, and tobacco categories.

Methods Used by Serious Brands

The analytical methods that power this audit are the same ones in use with our clients today.

JTI · Capitec · FT Longitude · dunnhumby · NielsenIQ · Shoprite · Trade Intelligence · Embark Insight

POPIA Compliant

Your questionnaire is processed in confidence, used only to generate your report, and deleted from our systems within 7 days of delivery. Not used to train any model. Not shared with third parties.

Common questions

Honest answers to the questions most people ask before they upload.

Why R50, not free?

It covers the AI processing cost and signals genuine intent, which lets us deliver expert-level review without limit on volume. Free audits get treated as throwaway; paid ones get treated as work that matters. Both are true here.

Who reviews my questionnaire?

An AI auditor trained on Knowsis questionnaire design principles, with the report structure and analytical lens of a senior analyst. The auditor walks the same workflow a Knowsis analyst would: research design check, principle-by-principle review, dedicated routing audit pass, sample-aware analytical readiness assessment.

For higher-stakes studies, or if your data warrants deeper analytical work, you can book a conversation with Greg to discuss whether Knowsis can help.

What format do you accept?

Word documents (.docx), markdown (.md), and plain text (.txt). Maximum file size 5MB, which is generous for a questionnaire.

PDFs are not accepted because a PDF questionnaire is usually not editable, which means it is not a working draft. If you have a PDF, copy the text into a Word document or markdown file before uploading.

Is my questionnaire confidential?

Yes. Your questionnaire and brief are used only to generate your audit report. They are deleted from our systems within 7 days of delivery. They are not used to train any model and are not shared with any third party.

Knowsis is POPIA compliant. The audit document itself is retained for 90 days for support purposes (so we can re-send it if you lose the email), and then deleted.

What if the audit isn't useful?

The audit is generated by AI working from the Knowsis questionnaire design framework. AI can make mistakes, and a R50 automated review isn't a replacement for an experienced researcher reviewing your work in detail. Think of it as a useful first pass that catches the issues a busy team is most likely to miss before fielding, with severity-ranked findings you can act on immediately. For higher-stakes studies or if your study warrants deeper analytical work, you can book a free 30-minute call to discuss whether Knowsis can help. The booking link is in the audit follow-up email.

Because the audit is delivered immediately on payment and the work is done as soon as it's in your inbox, we don't offer refunds on this specific product. If something in your audit is clearly wrong or unclear, email greg@knowsis.net and Greg will come back to you personally.

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R50 flat fee · Delivered within minutes · AI-powered using the Knowsis framework