Enter Question Details

Explanation

This activity is used to modify the details of the questions already defined in the Survey/Questions tab. If the question is of type Multi-Choice, you are required to enter alternative answers to the question. And if the question of type Yes/No, optionally a remark can be requested with the answer or can convert the question to a terminating question with a terminating text.

In the Qualifying Question section, you can link the question you are modifying to a previously defined question. The question you are modifying will then be dependant on the answer given by the participant to that previous question. Only Yes/No type questions and Multi-Choice type questions that are linked to alternative lists of alternative type Categorized and Scaling are allowed to be specified as qualifying questions.

Prerequisites

• A question has to be already entered in the Survey/Questions tab.
• Alternative lists of type Scaling are required to be defined in the Answer Options window.

System Effects

There are no system effects.

Window

Survey

Related Window Descriptions

Survey

Procedure

1. Open the Survey/Question Detail tab.
2. Select the question from the list in the Question No field. The question and the type of the question already defined will appear in the Question and Question Type fields.
3. You may modify the question type by selecting an option from the list.
4. If the question type is Multi-Choice, enter or modify the alternative ID by selecting from the List of Values. The description of the alternative ID and the number of answers that can be selected will appear in their respective fields. The answer options available to the question will be listed in the table.
5. If the question type is Yes/No, enter or modify values in fields Remark Required and/or Terminating Question.
6. You may enter the number of a previous question defined for the survey as the qualifying question for the current question. You can only enter Multi-Choice and Yes/No type questions.
7. If you have entered a qualifying question, select the qualifying answer from the list in the Qualifying Answer field. The answer options available to the qualifying question will be listed in this field.
8. Save the information.