Demographics Page- Editing Questions

Demographics Page- Editing Questions

To edit questions in the demographic survey, you first need to edit the topic in order to be able to add your questions to it. Use the Edit tool, found on the main Demographics Tab:

Once you are editing a topic, you can then develop your questions by clicking the Edit icon in the actions column for each question (see below).

Selecting the Edit icon takes you to the Edit Question screen, shown below:

Question = The prompt or question you provide to the respondents.
Topic = Select a pre-defined topic to group this question under.
Abbrev. = A short phrase or word for the question. This helps in the later analysis when you choose what data you want top see and will present better in reports.
Description = An elaboration on the question, to clarify it where necessary.
Choices = The alternative answers for the question
If chosen, branch to = You can determine which questions will be asked next according to the answer given. This drop down shows the list of Topics that it is possible to ask next if this particular answer is given. Read more about these branching questions.
Selection/Response = The type of response that must be given: a single or multiple choice, or a response that has been typed such as a number.
Include in new surveys = If this does not have a check mark in it, it will not appear in new surveys. This lets you remove a question from a survey without actually deleting it, keeping it for reference or inclusion at a later date.

Special settings for questions:

Near the bottom of any question template you will find the options below. These are relevant when you creating or editing your questions.

Procedure:

First decide if your question will need more than 10 choices of answer. If it requires 10 or less, use the form as is.
If more than 10 choices of answer are required, click the "More choices" link at bottom of the screen. This will present you with a new question template with up to 30 choices of answer.
Enter the text of the question in the "Question" blank.
Enter all of the possible choices of answer.
Decide if the respondent can choose more than one possible answer. If so, select "Allow multiple selections (check boxes)". In this case, rather than radio buttons, the respondent will see check boxes for them to use when choosing a response.
You can also choose to make the response a small "Textbox". Caution: This question type allows the entry of any characters. We would urge you to use this ONLY to gather numeric data such as scores or student numbers. This feature should NOT be used as an open, free form text box in which the user enters a subjective response. You cannot conduct data analysis on an open text response.
If you decide that the question is to not appear in any new survey, un-check the "Include in new surveys" box. This means that anyone taking a new survey won't see this question, but it is still available for you to edit and re-include in a future survey if you wish.
Click the "OK" button to save the changes and to return to the main demographics page.

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