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Strange Happenings When Incorrect Value Is Given During Survey

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vlw0045	vlw0045 posted 11 Years Ago Topic Details Share Topic
Group: Forum Members Posts: 12, Visits: 71	Hi Dave, I have looked through this forum for any prior instance of this and I think I might not be looking in the right place, but I am afraid this is something I need resolved very soon. I hate to pester you with this, but I am hoping you can shed some light on the issue. Our team likes to code instructions and diagrams as pictures, and the pages that are effected by the following problem include an instruction picture, a picture of a "patient", a picture of a scale, and some text boxes. The current study involves a questionnaire with a number of text boxes that only accept numerical entries in a tight range (1-10 or 1-7). Should the pp answer with an out of range response (no response or a too-high/too-low response), the pictures with disappear or will only be halfway shown. This is extremely problematic as the picture with the scale on it (and therefore their guide to know what numbers to put in the textboxes) disappears and the pp will feel like they can't continue. Here is the text for one of the instruction pictures that disappears: "Please rate the degree to which you experienced each of the following emotional reaction while viewing the video and reading the description of this patient. Use the following scale to make your ratings: Not at all- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7- Extremely" Attached is the code (We have a Mac and a Windows version of the study because of video compatibility issues, this is the Mac version): Thank you for any knowledge or insight you have to give, as we have struggled a bit with this and am not sure if it is user error or perhaps a glitch? Tori Attachments Obesity I Actual Mac Version.iqx (136 views, 57.00 KB)
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Dave	Dave posted 11 Years Ago ANSWER Post Details Share Post
Group: Administrators Posts: 13K, Visits: 108K	In general you should prefer <image> elements displayed via a <surveypage>'s /questions attribute instead of <picture> elements displayed via /stimulusframes. This is especially true for things you require to remain onscreen, even if responses on a given page are missing or invalid. So, if it's an option, use an <image> element to display the rating instructions stimulus. Hope this helps.
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