A useful recommendation explains why an option fits and what ruled the others out. Start with the person's requirements, use a preference only to rank eligible choices, and leave room for a tie or no fit. An email address does not make an unexplained answer more useful.
Try the format matcher below. It compares three fictional adult craft-workshop formats using three required answers and one optional preference. The rules belong to this example; they are not a diagnosis, aptitude score, or a claim about another quiz's algorithm.
Try the format matcher
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Incomplete — no recommendation yet
Answer all three required questions to compare the options.
The rules remain visible
First check eligibility. Then, if the preferred format is eligible, recommend it and keep the other eligible options visible. Otherwise, show the one eligible option, all tied options, or no suitable option. The display order is workbook, group, one-to-one; order is not a score.
Scroll horizontally to compare the rule columns.
| Option | Can attend live | Private feedback required | Willing to join group |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-paced workbook | Either answer | Must be No | Either answer |
| Group studio | Must be Yes | Must be No | Must be Yes |
| One-to-one session | Must be Yes | Either answer; feedback is available | Either answer |
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- Write down all three required answers. If any is missing, stop: the result is incomplete.
- Cross out each option that fails any required rule in the table.
- If nothing remains, these choices have no fit. Keep your requirements and consider another offering; do not invent a winner.
- If your preferred format remains, rank it first. Otherwise keep all remaining options tied. With one option remaining, that option is the sole fit.
- Show the reasons beside the result. Recheck every rule whenever an earlier answer changes.
Download the editable rule matrix · Download all 32 answer cases
This aid runs locally in the page. It does not save a profile, ask for an email, call a model, or send your answers. Reloading or leaving the page clears them. Its rules belong to this fictional example.
Change one answer and inspect the reason
Choose Yes for live attendance, No for required private feedback, Yes for joining a group, and No preference. All three options qualify. The result asks you to compare them because the rules do not establish a winner.
Now prefer Group studio. It ranks first, while the workbook and one-to-one session remain visible as eligible alternatives. Change willingness to join a group to No: the group is excluded despite the preference, and the workbook and one-to-one session are tied. The preference never makes an ineligible option fit.
Finally, require private feedback and set live attendance to No. None of these three options fits. The useful response is to explain the conflict and consider another offering, such as asynchronous feedback, or revisit a requirement. The tool should not silently change an answer to manufacture a recommendation.
Clear a required answer and the previous result disappears. Reset clears all three requirements and returns the preference to No preference. Answers stay on this page; the aid does not ask for contact details or save a profile.
Keep requirements separate from preferences
The editable rule matrix gives each option an explicit eligibility rule. A workbook does not need live attendance but offers no private instructor feedback. The group needs live attendance and willingness to join a group; it also lacks private feedback. A one-to-one session needs live attendance and can supply private feedback.
“Can attend live” is permission, not a demand for a live format. Someone who can attend live may still choose the workbook. Likewise, not requiring feedback does not exclude an option that offers it.
Every option keeps an eligible or excluded explanation. Tied options stay tied; display order is workbook, group, one-to-one and does not imply a score. A preferred eligible option ranks first, but the other eligible choices remain inspectable.
Check the full answer space
Three yes/no requirements and four preference choices create 32 complete combinations. For this rule set, 21 yield one recommendation, 3 yield a comparison, and 8 yield no suitable option. The complete answer table lists the eligible and recommended option IDs for every case.
A missing requirement is a separate state. It produces Incomplete, even if the answers already entered appear to suggest an outcome. Test changing earlier answers as well as completing the quiz in order: a correct initial result is not enough if an old recommendation survives a change.
The rule table and manual comparison remain available without JavaScript. Before publishing an adapted quiz, test its native controls with a keyboard, read the result changes with a screen reader, check narrow screens, and compare the downloaded answer key with the actual result.
Use a template with your own verified offer
Compass is a relevant starting point for a quiz with self-paced, group, and individual program formats. Inspect its question flow, then verify your own recommendation rules, contact collection, and delivery before launch.
The preview also contains sample coach and marketing claims. Replace those with your own verified offer and evidence before publishing a remix. Do not reuse its sample numbers as proof of your business.
Inspect the Compass remix entry, then bring your explicit rules and expected cases into the app brief. The lead-magnet guide helps choose the useful decision to support. Add optional contact collection only after the answer itself works, and test that separate flow before promising delivery.