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By lsprute - 9/26/2013

Hello,

I am building a survey of questions that I would like a participant to have the option of skipping and then returning to after they have been through all the questions. I can't quite figure out if I can do this with Inquisit. My current code is below. I have also tried / skip=[radiobuttons.Q1 != "Skip"], and using the skip attribute in the survey element. These options skip all the questions before a participant has had the option of choosing skip.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Lisa

<radiobuttons Q1>

/ caption = "Here is the first type of question?"

/ options = ("Yes",

"No",

"I am not sure",

"Skip")

/ optionvalues = ("0", "1", "Not sure","skip")

</radiobuttons>

<image 8shapes>

/ position = (40%,10%)

/ items = ("8shapes.png")

</image>

<radiobuttons Q3>

/ caption = "This is my second type of question"

/ options = ("#1", "#2", "#3", "#4", "Answer not here","Skip")

/ optionvalues = ("0","0","1","0","Not here","skip")

/ position = (40%,60%)

</radiobuttons>

<surveypage Ques1>

/ questions = [1=Q1]

/ showquestionnumbers = false

/ skip=[radiobuttons.Q1 >= 0]

</surveypage>

<surveypage Ques3>

/ questions = [1=8shapes; 2=Q3]

/ showquestionnumbers = false

/ skip=[radiobuttons.Q3 >= 0]

</surveypage>

<survey RNAssessment>

/ pages = [1=Ques1; 2=Ques3]

</survey>

By Dave - 9/26/2013

/skip works at the page level, so there is no way to skip individual questions. It means *skip the entire page if some condition is met*. Thus

/ questions = [1=Q1]

/ showquestionnumbers = false

/ skip=[radiobuttons.Q1 >= 0]

</surveypage>

does not make much sense to me. How are you going to skip the page based on an event that has not occurred yet? Moreover

/ skip=[radiobuttons.Q1 >= 0]

can't do anything anyway, because radiobuttons.Q1 does not mean anything (it is not a property and does not return any value). You are probably looking for something like radiobuttons.Q1.response (see the documentation for the <radiobuttons> element for other available properties).

Finally, if you want participants to be able to not answer questions and review them later, you should simply (a) set the respective question's /required attribute to 'false' and (b) allow backnavigation in your <survey>.

By lsprute - 9/26/2013

Thanks for the quick response!

The back button option unfortunately won't work with my design; the participant must eventually respond to the question. I have come up with the following that works. Thanks again for clarifying the functionality of skip.

Best,

Lisa

------------------------

/ caption = "Here is the first question?"

/ options = ("Yes",

"No",

"I am not sure",

"Skip")

/ optionvalues = ("0", "1", "5","Skip")

</radiobuttons>

/ caption = "Here is the first question?"

/ options = ("Yes",

"No",

"I am not sure")

/ optionvalues = ("0", "1", "5")

</radiobuttons>

------------------------

/ position = (40%,10%)

/ items = ("8shapes.png")

</image>

/ caption = "This is my second question"

/ options = ("#1", "#2", "#3", "#4", "Answer not here","Skip")

/ optionvalues = ("0","0","1","0","5","Skip")

/ position = (40%,50%)

</radiobuttons>

/ caption = "This is my second question"

/ options = ("#1", "#2", "#3", "#4", "Answer not here")

/ optionvalues = ("0","0","1","0","5")

/ position = (40%,50%)

</radiobuttons>

-----Survey Pages-----

/ questions = [1=Q1]

/ showquestionnumbers = false

</surveypage>

/ questions = [1=8shapes; 2=Q3]

/ showquestionnumbers = false

</surveypage>

/ questions = [1=Q1again]

/ showquestionnumbers = false

/ skip=[radiobuttons.Q1.response != "Skip"]

</surveypage>

/ questions = [1=8shapes; 2=Q3again]

/ showquestionnumbers = false

/ skip=[radiobuttons.Q3.response != "Skip"]

</surveypage>

/ pages = [1=Ques1; 2=Ques3; 3=Ques1again; 4=Ques3again]

</survey>

By Dave - 9/26/2013

The back button option unfortunately won't work with my design; the participant must eventually respond to the question.

Ok, I see.

I have come up with the following that works [...]

Indeed, that's a good idea. Once could also do something along the lines of (posted for the sake of posterity):

<block myblock>
/ trials = [1-2=sequence(pg1,pg2,pg3)]
</block>

<surveypage pg1>
/ caption = "Page 1"
/ questions = [1=rb1]
/ skip = [radiobuttons.rb1.response=="A" || radiobuttons.rb1.response=="B" || radiobuttons.rb1.response=="C"]
</surveypage>

<surveypage pg2>
/ caption = "Page 2"
/ questions = [1=rb2]
/ skip = [radiobuttons.rb2.response=="A" || radiobuttons.rb2.response=="B" || radiobuttons.rb2.response=="C"]
</surveypage>

<surveypage pg3>
/ caption = "Page 3"
/ questions = [1=rb3]
/ skip = [radiobuttons.rb3.response=="A" || radiobuttons.rb3.response=="B" || radiobuttons.rb3.response=="C"]
</surveypage>

<radiobuttons rb1>
/ options = ("A", "B", "C", "Skip")
</radiobuttons>

<radiobuttons rb2>
/ options = ("A", "B", "C", "Skip")
</radiobuttons>

<radiobuttons rb3>
/ options = ("A", "B", "C", "Skip")
</radiobuttons>

By ibaxendine - 7/19/2015

Hi!

I realise this post is quite old, but the above script is almost perfect for what I want.

I'm completely new to inquisit, and am using it for a research project. I'd like to create a questionnaire as above, but in addition to having the ability to skip and return to a question, I'd also like to time how long it takes respondents to answer the question.

Can anyone offer any help as to how I can add this to the above tutorial?

By Dave - 7/19/2015

The latency column(s) tell you when responses on a <surveypage> were submitted (by clicking the "Next" button). There is no way to get latencies for individual questions if you have several on a page, because there is no unambiguous way to say what that latency should be. After all, you can move back and forth between questions on a page, change your responses, etc.

In addition, if you want to be able to move back and forth between *pages*, you ought to run the surveypages via <survey> element, not a <block>. This, however, may create problems with the /skip logic and/or data recording (survey data is recorded as a single row, each question represented via several columns; i.e., you'd only get the latency and response for the *last* time someone answered a given question).

If all you want is making answering questions *not mandatory*, set their /required attributes to false and run pages via a <survey>. That way, a participant can skip certain questions on a page and revisit them later if s/he so chooses.

By ibaxendine - 7/24/2015

Is there a way I can get this script to mark if someone's initial response was 'skip'?

Also, if some answers are typed, can I get the time it took to start / finish typing?

By Dave - 7/26/2015

Re. #1: If you run pages via a <survey>: No, not really. If you run pages via a <block>: Yes, you'll see that in the response column.

Re. #2: With <textbox> elements on a <surveypage>: No. If running an <openended> trial via a <block> instead: Yes, you can log the firstchar- and lastcharlatency properties to the data file.