Has anyone used Qualtrics for a "speed dating" type function?

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My office host an annual event where students met faculty and discuss research opportunities happening on campus. This is set in a 3 round speed dating type format. In the past we have always had faculty complete/sign up using one survey and students the other than match by hand which with about 300 students is a long process.  I am new to Qualtrics and hope to learn more this week at X4, but I feel that there would be a way to utilize Qualtrics to accomplish the matching process. Students get to choose 3-4 disciplines from a list of about 80 and faculty choose 1 discipline to represent at the event.

Any and all feedback, tips and suggestions welcome....thank you!

Kate · Accepted Answer

I would piggy back on what your first respondent said and utilize the score function- acknowledging it will still take some hand work. Design it like a personality quiz- answering A gets 1 pt, B gets 2 points. Sum them up. Those in the 1-10 range are a good fit for Professor X. 20-30 range are a good fit for Professor Z. Of course, you may get too students for Professor X and you will need to hand-review answers to give some to Professor Z. But I bet it would significantly reduce your time to process.

Michael_Campbell_RedPepper · Answer

I think there might be a solution for you with Qualtrics!  If I were you, I would recreate the survey in Qualtrics, and then create a Dashboard to process the data.You could score 'Compatability' for each user with others and then rank them.  It might get a bit difficult coming up with an algorithm to give the most 'optimal match' for each of the respondents, but I know it's not impossible!  Are you trying to pair the students in groups?  Or individually?

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