Export data from an AI moderated study
If you want to share data from your study outside Dscout, you have several options to export it. You can export study responses, customize crosstab analysis, and more.
To export data from an AI moderated study:
Navigate to the Responses tab of your study.
Click the Export study data button in the top-right corner. The export modal is displayed.
Choose what you want to export. For more information, see the sections below.
Click Download selected. A progress modal is displayed.
When prompted, click Download in the progress modal to complete your export.
Refer to the sections below for what's available on each tab of the export modal.
Basic
From the Basic tab, you can download full participant responses (.csv), session recordings (.mp4), and more. Make your selections and click Download selected, then click Download in the progress modal when prompted.
Here's a breakdown of each option:
Entry data (.csv)
Download a spreadsheet that includes:
Participant information.
Study questions and responses.
Screener questions and responses (if auto-recruiting).
The number of clicks and time on Task questions (if applicable).
AI themes (if generated prior to export).
AI summaries (.csv)
Download a spreadsheet of your Talk out loud and Task questions along with their AI-generated summaries.
Clicks (.csv)
Download a spreadsheet of all click data captured on Task questions, including elements clicked and navigation between URLs and Figma frames.
Entry notes (.csv)
Download a spreadsheet of all researcher-entered notes on participant entries.
Chart data (.zip)
Download a .zip containing every chart from your study as .png images.
These are the charts you see when viewing responses by question. For example, multiple choice and scale questions.
Full session recordings (.zip)
Download a .zip file containing .mp4 videos of each participant's entire session recording.
Transcripts (.zip)
Download a .zip file containing .csv files of each participant's session transcript. Questions are divided into rows for easy identification.
Study stimuli (.zip)
Download a .zip file containing all stimuli you added to questions when building the study.
This export does not include any data from participant responses. It only includes the stimuli you added to questions when designing your study.
Print/PDF
On the Print/PDF tab, you can customize a PDF version of your data. Choose how you want your PDF formatted and click Download selected, then click Download in the progress modal when prompted.
Here's a breakdown of each option:
Layout
Determines how many responses appear on a given page of your exported PDF. By default, PDFs include one response per page.
Sorting
Determines the order responses are sorted in your PDF:
Participants (alphabetical by participant first name).
Newest to oldest.
Oldest to newest.
Included data
Determines which data from each response is included in your exported PDF. Select from the following options:
Participant name and profile picture.
Entry responses.
Researcher notes and highlights.
Extended participant demographics.
Tags.
Crosstab
Crosstab analysis is useful when you want to understand the relationship between two factors in your study—for example, how many participants of a certain age gave a particular answer. On the Crosstab tab, make your selections and click Download selected to export your crosstab as a .csv file, then click Download in the progress modal when prompted.
Here's a breakdown of each option:
Answers
Displays every possible answer to your study questions.
Tags
Displays all researcher-created tags in your study.
Participants
Displays each study participant's name.
Group
Displays each researcher-created participant group, counting the participants in each as it relates to your other selection(s).
Days
Displays the days of the week, counting the participants who completed their response on each day.
Times
Displays each hour of the day, counting the participants who completed their response within each hour.
Age
Displays ages 13 and up, counting the participants who fall into each group.
Gender
Displays the following options, counting the number of participants who fall into each group as it relates to your other selection(s):
Prefer not to say.
Prefer to self-identify.
Non-binary.
Man.
Woman.
N/A.
Home city
Displays the home cities provided by participants, counting the participants who reside in each.
Home country
Displays the home countries provided by participants, counting the participants who reside in each.
Demographics
Displays other demographics, like education level and employment status, counting the participants each applies to.
Tags
On the Tags tab, you can download your data structured around the tags you've applied throughout your study responses—count data for each tag, the tagged responses themselves, and more. Make a selection and click Download selected, then click Download in the progress modal when prompted.
Here's a breakdown of each option:
Tag counts (.csv)
A .csv file listing every tag in your study and the number of responses, participants, and entries it's applied to.
Tagged responses (.csv)
A .csv file of all responses that have been given a tag in your study.
Tag groups and tags (.csv)
A .csv file listing all tags in your study and the tag group they belong to. Tags without a group are labeled Ungrouped.
Past exports
On the Past exports tab, you can view a history of previous exports completed in your study. This is useful if you want to quickly re-download a file or see what data your collaborators have exported. To download a past export, click the download icon beside it in the list.
