I have a an array (flexible labels) question in Limesurvey Version 1.71 that looks like this:

Question:
For what reasons do you do X?

Answers:
- Reason A
- Reason B
- Other

For each answers, you can choose within the range "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree". The question is mandatory. In the next question, I ask to specify "other" in case it applies.

Problem:
Since the question is mandatory, everyone has to choose a value for the "other" category, altough choosing a value for "other" does not make sense if "other" does not apply. Is there any way I can prevent people from having to specify an answer for "other" if I do not want to make the entire question non-mandatory?

Solutions I thought of, but where I am not sure whether they work:
- Choose a default value for "other" (strongly disagree). I do not want to have a default value for the other answers.
- Make "other" answer non-mandatory

I would highly apprecicate any ideas how to solve my problem!

Thanks,
Johannes

Perhaps you'll need to work around the problem by asking an additional question in advance of the mandatory one to establish whether the 'other' option will be required. Your trouble stems, I think, from the fact that you're really asking for two pieces of information - what reasons there are, and how much those reasons influence the behaviour. You might be able to make it work by dealing separately with them.

Also look at someone's solution for the opposite in case it suggests a solution to you.

Regards.