Choice based questions
This page covers everything you need to know about choice based questions
Last updated
This page covers everything you need to know about choice based questions
Last updated
Choice based question types are shown in the right hand column
Single checkbox- Respondents can check a single box. Useful for asking respondents to give consent.
Checkbox group- Useful if you want respondnets to be able to select more than 1 option from a list of options.
Dropdown group- Allows respondents to select a single option from a list of options. Useful if the list of options is large and you don't want them all to be displayed initially.
Radio group- Like the dropdown group, it allows respondents to select a single option from a list of options. However the options are displayed on the screen. Useful if a small number of options is available.
The Question is edited as follows:
And appears to repondents as follows:
Edit the question in the usual way and select 'options'
Under 'options' you can enter the options you want to be presented to respondents
You can decide whether you want the options to appear on their own line or side-by-side
You can ask respondents to specify an answer if they select the 'other' option. You can also customise the prompt label that is presented by entering it into the 'specify other text label' field
You can decide whether the option is exclusive or not. If an option is exclusive respondents will not be able to select other options if they have already selected an exclusive option. They can deselect an exclusive option and choose another option.
Checkbox groups question appear to respondents like this:
The question label and opions are entered in a similar way to that for checkbox group questions.
The dropdown Question appears to Respondents like this:
The radio group question appears to respondents like this:
It is easy to alter the type of options question used without recreating the question. This short video shows you how this can be done.
The 'Validity' logic mode can be used to specify the exact number of checkbox options you require a respondent to select. See the guidance note '' for detailed instruction.
