<slider news>
/ caption = "How oftern do you follow U.S. political news on average?"
/ labels = ("rarely", "very frequently")
/ range = (1, 10)
/ slidersize = (60%, 5%)
/ showtooltips = false
</slider>
<slider american>
/ caption = "How much do you identify as an American?"
/ labels = ("not at all", "very much")
/ range = (1, 10)
/ slidersize = (60%, 5%)
/ showtooltips = false
</slider>
<slider us>
/ caption = "How much do you love the United States?"
/ labels = ("not at all", "a great deal")
/ range = (1, 10)
/ slidersize = (60%, 5%)
/ showtooltips = false
</slider>
<slider political>
/ caption = "Which political party do you identify with more strongly?"
/ labels = ("strong Democrat", "strong Republican")
/ range = (1, 10)
/ slidersize = (60%, 5%)
/ showtooltips = false
</slider>
<slider ideology>
/ caption = "How would you describe your political ideology?"
/ labels = ("very liberal", "very conservative")
/ range = (1, 10)
/ slidersize = (60%, 5%)
/ showtooltips = false
</slider>
<textbox age>
/ caption = "Age"
/ mask = positiveinteger
/ range = (7, 110)
</textbox>
<dropdown gender>
/ caption = "Gender"
/ options = ("female", "male")
</dropdown>
<surveypage news ideology>
/ caption = "Please answer the following questions about yourself."
/ fontstyle = ("Verdana", -16, true, false, false, false, 5, 0)
/ questions = [1=news; 2=american; 3=us; 4=political; 5=ideology; 6=age; 7=gender]
</surveypage>
<survey news ideology>
/ pages = [1=news ideology]
/ responsefontstyle = ("Verdana", -12, false, false, false, false, 5, 0)
/ itemfontstyle = ("Verdana", -13, false, false, false, false, 5, 0)
/ itemspacing = 2%
/ showpagenumbers = false
</survey>
thanks for the help. it's much appreciated!