Welcome to the LimeSurvey Community Forum

Ask the community, share ideas, and connect with other LimeSurvey users!

Can I do this with a Slider?

  • advanz_lu
  • advanz_lu's Avatar Topic Author
  • Offline
  • Junior Member
  • Junior Member
More
5 years 3 months ago #177695 by advanz_lu
Can I do this with a Slider? was created by advanz_lu
Hello everybody,

I have a question which can be answered by selecting (or not) from a list of answers and optionally giving the answer a priority.

For example:
Which animals do you like (optionally, put your answer in order of preference)
1. Cats
2. Dogs
3. Horses
3. Mules
4. Elephants

I have set this up as follows:

Type: Multiple numerical input
Mandatory: No
Relevance equation: 1
Use slider layout: 1
Slider minimum value: 0
Slider maximum value: 10
Slider accuracy: 1
Slider initial value: 0

My questions for this forum are:

1. Is this going to give the result I want ?
i.e. all questions not answered have a value "0" the answered questions the value set by the participant.

2. Why does the slider start in the middle of the range (in my case "5")?
I have set Slider initial value set at start to ON
The setting of Slider starts at the middle position to OFF

Any ideas???

Thanks,

-Graham-

I have uploaded the question (as a .txt file because .lsq wasn't allowed)

File Attachment:

File Name: limesurvey...2-03.txt
File Size:9 KB
The topic has been locked.
  • holch
  • holch's Avatar
  • Offline
  • LimeSurvey Community Team
  • LimeSurvey Community Team
More
5 years 3 months ago #177705 by holch
Replied by holch on topic Can I do this with a Slider?
It is never good to use a .lsq file here, not only because it is not allowed to upload, but also because helpers need to create a survey first do be able to look at it. As people are responding quite a few posts here, if they have to set up a survey first for everyone, then it becomes a lot more time consuming. Ideally you already deliver a survey file (LSS) with just the question that is important.

Next thing you need to inform is what exact Limesurvey version you are using.

I answer at the LimeSurvey forum in my spare time, I'm not a LimeSurvey GmbH employee.
No support via private message.

The following user(s) said Thank You: DenisChenu
The topic has been locked.
  • tpartner
  • tpartner's Avatar
  • Offline
  • LimeSurvey Community Team
  • LimeSurvey Community Team
More
5 years 3 months ago #177721 by tpartner
Replied by tpartner on topic Can I do this with a Slider?
Why not use a multiple-choice question and then a ranking type question (with array-filter enabled) - manual.limesurvey.org/Question_type_-_Ra...r_.28array_filter.29

Cheers,
Tony Partner

Solutions, code and workarounds presented in these forums are given without any warranty, implied or otherwise.
The topic has been locked.
  • advanz_lu
  • advanz_lu's Avatar Topic Author
  • Offline
  • Junior Member
  • Junior Member
More
5 years 3 months ago #177735 by advanz_lu
Replied by advanz_lu on topic Can I do this with a Slider?
Good point!

Here's the .lss zip

I'm using Version 3.15.3+181108

Thanks,

-Graham-

File Attachment:

File Name: Slider_Tes...hive.zip
File Size:4 KB
The topic has been locked.
  • advanz_lu
  • advanz_lu's Avatar Topic Author
  • Offline
  • Junior Member
  • Junior Member
More
5 years 3 months ago - 5 years 3 months ago #177736 by advanz_lu
Replied by advanz_lu on topic Can I do this with a Slider?
I first thought of a multi-choice with comments or something like your suggestion but I wanted something that looked good but was simple otherwise the participants are not going to understand what they need to do.
On paper they just circle an answer and put a number next to it.

I thought that I could do this with a slider so that they didn't need to type - they just slide the dot to their preference (number) - they then see it graphically.

AND if they didn't pick an answer it would be easy to see (to ignore) in the results (which would be "0").

Thanks,

-Graham-
Last edit: 5 years 3 months ago by advanz_lu.
The topic has been locked.
  • advanz_lu
  • advanz_lu's Avatar Topic Author
  • Offline
  • Junior Member
  • Junior Member
More
5 years 3 months ago #177892 by advanz_lu
Replied by advanz_lu on topic Can I do this with a Slider?
Please ignore this topic

- I was completely off track.

This isn't what I want or the way to do it.

Sorry.
The topic has been locked.
  • tpartner
  • tpartner's Avatar
  • Offline
  • LimeSurvey Community Team
  • LimeSurvey Community Team
More
5 years 3 months ago #177896 by tpartner
Replied by tpartner on topic Can I do this with a Slider?
No worries, let us know how you handle it.

Cheers,
Tony Partner

Solutions, code and workarounds presented in these forums are given without any warranty, implied or otherwise.
The topic has been locked.
  • advanz_lu
  • advanz_lu's Avatar Topic Author
  • Offline
  • Junior Member
  • Junior Member
More
5 years 3 months ago #177905 by advanz_lu
Replied by advanz_lu on topic Can I do this with a Slider?
I'm now thinking along the lines in this forum entry: www.limesurvey.org/forum/installation-a-...rrays-and-statistics

I'm not sure if I can create the graph though.
The topic has been locked.
  • advanz_lu
  • advanz_lu's Avatar Topic Author
  • Offline
  • Junior Member
  • Junior Member
More
5 years 3 months ago #177906 by advanz_lu
Replied by advanz_lu on topic Can I do this with a Slider?
Hello,

I have looked through the forum and found answers about similar questions but I didn't find this exact question.

I have a question with an array of 10 sub-questions with answers with are priorities from 1(high) to 10(low).

At the end of the survey, when all the participants have answered, is there a way of displaying a statistic (bar chart) of which of the 10 sub-questions was considered to be the most important?

Looking at some real data it looks like the equation is the inverse of the number of participants AND I should count no answer as the lowest priority (in this case "10") assuming that if they don't include it then it's because it's not important.

So, _for each answer_ the value I'm looking for is :
(number of participants) / (the priority * {number of answers of this priority})

If I could plot this number for each answer I think I have a graph which shows which answer is the most important overall.

Does the math look OK?

Can I graph this?

Thanks,
-Graham-
The topic has been locked.
  • advanz_lu
  • advanz_lu's Avatar Topic Author
  • Offline
  • Junior Member
  • Junior Member
More
5 years 3 months ago #178247 by advanz_lu
Replied by advanz_lu on topic Can I do this with a Slider?
I realise that I think I should ask my question differently.

I am trying to find out how to produce the correct statistics for a ranking question (rather than how to formulate the questions).

I need the statistics to show which answer in a ranking question (array) is the most popular of all the answers to the survey.

I'd like to create charts with the options:
  • Weighted Average: Charts the average ranking for each answer choice
  • Distribution: Charts the absolute number or percentage of respondents that selected each answer choice

Any ideas/suggestions?

Thanks,

-Graham-
The topic has been locked.
  • holch
  • holch's Avatar
  • Offline
  • LimeSurvey Community Team
  • LimeSurvey Community Team
More
5 years 3 months ago #178251 by holch
Replied by holch on topic Can I do this with a Slider?

I need the statistics to show which answer in a ranking question (array) is the most popular of all the answers to the survey.

Limesurvey is a data collection tool, not a statistics/analytics tool. Thus, the statistics and reporting options are basic, just to get a first glimpse on the results while the survey is still running.

For analyzing data you would use other tools, be it SPSS/PSPP, Excel, etc.

I don't think analyzing ranking questions is in the scope of a simple web reporting tool, especially as a ranking question can be analyzed in many different ways.

Export your results and analyze them via Excel for example.

I answer at the LimeSurvey forum in my spare time, I'm not a LimeSurvey GmbH employee.
No support via private message.

The following user(s) said Thank You: advanz_lu
The topic has been locked.
  • advanz_lu
  • advanz_lu's Avatar Topic Author
  • Offline
  • Junior Member
  • Junior Member
More
5 years 3 months ago #178254 by advanz_lu
Replied by advanz_lu on topic Can I do this with a Slider?
Thanks.
This is the conclusion I was coming to as well.

I was being swayed by systems such as SurveyMonkey where apparently this feature is included.

In the case of straight-forward ranking questions I think you are right, Excel can produce the graphs wanted.

Thanks.
The topic has been locked.

Lime-years ahead

Online-surveys for every purse and purpose