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Debate Performance Feedback Survey

Captures how judges, audience members, and competitors experienced a specific debate — argument quality, delivery, and persuasiveness — plus an AI follow-up that reconstructs the single moment that most shaped who 'won' the room. Built for debate coaches, tournament organizers, and educators running practice rounds or competitions.

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11 questions · ~6 min
Q01
Message

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this debate! Your feedback helps the debaters improve and helps organizers plan better rounds. Your responses are completely confidential and anonymized. This will take about 5 minutes.

Q02
Multiple ChoiceRequired

Which best describes your role at this debate?

  • Judge
  • Audience member
  • Competitor / debater
  • Coach or mentor
  • Other
Q03
MatrixRequired

Rate the debate on each of the following, considering both sides overall:

5 rows × 5 columns
  • Argument clarity
  • Use of evidence
  • Quality of rebuttals
  • Delivery and stage presence
  • Time management
Columns: Poor · Fair · Good · Very good · Excellent
Q04
Opinion ScaleRequired

How persuasive did you find the case made by the side you believe won this debate?

Scale: 0 – 10
Min:Not persuasive at allMax:Completely persuasive
Q05
Rating ScaleRequired

Compared to other debates you've watched or judged, how would you rate this one overall?

Range: 1 – 5
Min:Well below averageMax:Well above average
Q06
Best–Worst Trade-off (MaxDiff)Required

Thinking about the debaters in this round, which skills most need improvement and which are already strongest? Pick the best and worst from each set shown.

  • Argument structure and logic
  • Use of evidence and sources
  • Rebuttal timing and precision
  • Public speaking delivery
  • Cross-examination technique
  • Time management
  • Handling hostile or tough questions
  • Persuasive framing and rhetoric
Pick best & worst per setBest:Strongest skill shownWorst:Most in need of improvement
Q07
AI Interview

Reconstruct the single moment in this debate that most shaped the respondent's view of who was more convincing — which speaker, which argument or rebuttal, and exactly what made it land or fall flat. If the respondent rated the debate as average or below on quality, probe what specifically was missing (structure, evidence, delivery, or engagement with the other side) rather than accepting a generic complaint.

Q08
Opinion Scale

How likely are you to attend or judge another debate in this series?

Scale: 0 – 10
Min:Not at all likelyMax:Extremely likely
Q09
Long Text

Anything else you'd like the debaters or organizers to know — feedback, suggestions, or specific praise?

Q10
Multiple Choice

How would you describe your experience level with debate (as a participant, judge, or coach)?

  • New to debate
  • Some experience (a few rounds/events)
  • Experienced (many rounds/seasons)
  • Highly experienced (competitive or professional level)
  • Prefer not to say
Q11
Message

Thank you for your feedback! Responses are compiled into a summary report shared with the debaters and organizers to help sharpen arguments and delivery for next time.

What’s included

  • AI follow-ups

    Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.

  • Attention checks

    Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.

  • AI-drafted copy

    Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.

  • Auto report

    Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.

How it compares

We reviewed the closest templates from other survey tools. Here’s what they do well — and where this template goes further.

Why this template

  • Includes a dedicated matrix rating block covering argument quality, delivery, and persuasiveness from multiple respondent types (judges, audience, competitors) in one flow
  • Features an AI follow-up interview question that reconstructs the single moment that most shaped who 'won' the room, going beyond static rating scales
  • Uses a max-diff question to identify which debater skills most need improvement, giving actionable coaching signal rather than just satisfaction scores
  • Auto-generates a summary report shared back with debaters and organizers, closing the feedback loop without manual compilation

SurveySparrow

Debate Platform Survey Form Template for Feedback

This is a genuinely debate-specific fielding-ready template, directly comparable to ours in subject matter. It appears built around standard rating/multiple-choice question types rather than adaptive interviewing. Good baseline option for teams wanting a quick static form rather than deeper qualitative reconstruction of key moments.

What it does well

  • Purpose-built for debate feedback rather than generic event feedback
  • Likely quick to deploy with pre-set rating and multiple-choice questions
  • Part of a broader survey platform with standard reporting/export tools

Where it falls short

  • No indication of adaptive AI follow-up questioning to probe why a respondent felt a certain way
  • No mention of voice AI interviews or guided screen-share tasks for richer debate analysis
  • No published methodology on how responses are scored or weighted

Jotform

Create Free Event Feedback Forms - Event Feedback Form Templates

This is a generic event feedback template category page, not a debate- or competition-specific survey, so it would need heavy customization to capture argument quality, persuasiveness, or judge/audience/competitor role distinctions. It's useful mainly as a broad starting form-builder page rather than a ready-made debate tool. Best suited for organizers who want a general-purpose form and plan to build debate-specific questions from scratch.

What it does well

  • Large library of customizable form templates and drag-and-drop builder
  • Free tier available for basic event feedback collection
  • Familiar form-builder ecosystem with integrations

Where it falls short

  • No debate-specific question set (argument quality, persuasiveness, role-based branching) out of the box
  • Static form fields only, no adaptive AI follow-up or voice interview capability
  • No automated per-response quality scoring or AI-generated performance report

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