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Cross-Tabbing

Cross-tabbing is a paid feature, available as part of Category Intelligence. It lets you compare how different Segments or Occasions respond to key questions, so you can quickly spot patterns and differences across your category.

Updated over 3 weeks ago

What you can do with Cross-Tabbing

  • Compare Segments or Occasions side-by-side

  • View response differences by index or percentage

  • Highlight the top answer choices

  • Identify standout behaviours or gaps at a glance


How to view a cross-tab

  1. Open your Category and go to the Compare tab.

  2. By default, Segments are selected as your comparison baseline.

    • This determines the columns in your matrix.

  3. Select the U&A questions you want to analyse.

    • Each selected question will appear as a row in your cross-tab.

  4. Your matrix updates automatically as you add or adjust questions.


Customise your cross-tab

Show top answer choices

Use the dropdown to display only the top 3–5 answer options for each question.

This helps keep the matrix focused and easier to scan.


Choose how differences are displayed

You can switch between:

  • Index difference

    Shows how much more or less likely a segment is to choose an answer compared to the baseline index, ie. the highest over index or under index will pull out the answers that may have a smaller overall percentage, but the biggest skews from the total sample average.

  • Percentage point difference

    Shows the raw gap in percentage points. This uses the absolute percentage to show the volume of responses ie. these are the highest clicked responses in the survey. The colour coding uses the indexing scores to define if this is above or below what the total sample average was.

You can also sort results from highest → lowest to surface the biggest differences instantly.


Change your comparison baseline

Use the toggle at the top to switch between:

  • Segments

  • Occasions

Changing the baseline will update the columns in your matrix.


Tips for getting the most out of cross-tabbing

  • Sort by highest differences to identify standout behaviours quickly.

  • Compare Segments first for broad behavioural insight, then switch to Occasions for context-specific patterns.

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