is there any possibility, that a proband get a message/popup if he didn't answerd a question, but has the choice between like 'It was on purpose, I don't want to answer' and 'Oh, I forgot to answer' and led him to the next question block or leave him on the page to answer. It just should be a hint, it shouldn't be a mandatory question.
I hope you understand what I mean.
I wonderd if there is no onboard possibility, I saw it often in other questionnaires.
Is there already a solution, or any ideas of a workaround?
This sounds like feature request for "Request Response" . It that really that common?
I know that Qualtrics offer mandatory and request response in combination with different validation rules.
That way you can define when to ask for response.
I don't see an easy workaround. You would need a Popup, which asks if the proband wants to answer the questions or just continue without answering the questions.
Sometime it would be nice to check, if a proband has answered a question at all. Think about a slider with a default value. How can we check if the default value is the answer? Or if the proband just overlooked the question?
Here's a quick example of checking a multiple-short-text question for answered items:
Code:
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
$(document).ready(function(){// Identify this questionvar thisQuestion = $('#question{QID}');// Interrupt the Next/Submit click
$('#movenextbtn, #movesubmitbtn').bind('click',function(){var unanswered =false;// Loop through all text inputs
$('input.text', thisQuestion).each(function(i){var thisValue = $(this).val();if(thisValue ==''){
unanswered =true;}});// Pop up confirm if we found an unanswered itemvar cont =true;if(unanswered ==true){
cont = confirm('You have an unanswered item.\nDo you want to continue?');}return cont;});});</script>
Cheers,
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Is that code able to check if two sliders on a Multiple numerical input question are untouched?
Is unanswered the case when there are default values defined? E.g. the two silders are on 100 and you want to ensure that probands answer is 100.
No, that script won't work for sliders with default values set - the hidden text inputs will already have values on page load.
I think I remember a similar post but can't find it. Basically, you will need to put listeners on the sliders (with the slidechange event?) to set a variable when they are moved. I would also add a hidden question to record that, so you could prevent the check from happening if a respondent returns to the page.
Sadly, details of this workaround will have to wait - I don't have a computer with me this weekend and writing code on my phone is not one of my strengths
Cheers,
Tony Partner Solutions, code and workarounds presented in these forums are given without any warranty, implied or otherwise.
Is that code able to check if two sliders on a Multiple numerical input question are untouched?
To achieve something like this for sliders with default values set, I would...
1) Add a multiple-short-text question in the same group, directly after the slider question. This question has the same sub-questions as the sliders (to record when a slider is manipulated) plus one extra sub-question (to record whether the page has been visited). We'll hide this question with JavaSccript.
2) Add the following script to the source of the slider question. If you want to apply this to several slider questions, you can move the handleSliders() function to template.js. I think the comments in the function adequately describe what's happening.
Code:
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
$(document).ready(function(){// Apply the handleSliders() function to this question
handleSliders($('#question{QID}'));});function handleSliders(thisQuestion){// Identify and hide the hidden questionvar qHidden = $(thisQuestion).nextAll('.multiple-short-txt:eq(0)');
$(qHidden).hide();// Initial classes on the slider sub-question items (rows)
$('li.question-item', thisQuestion).addClass('slider-unmoved');
$('input.text', qHidden).each(function(i){if($(this).val()==1){
$('li.question-item:eq('+i+')', thisQuestion).removeClass('slider-unmoved').addClass('slider-moved');}});// Listener on the sliders
$('.ui-slider', thisQuestion).on('slidechange',function(event, ui){var thisRow = $(this).closest('li.question-item');var thisRowIndex = $('li.question-item', $(this).closest('ul.questions-list')).index(thisRow);// Set the value in the hidden questionif($('input.text', thisRow).val()!=''){
thisRow.removeClass('slider-unmoved').addClass('slider-moved');
$('input.text:eq('+thisRowIndex+')', qHidden).val(1);}});// Interrupt the Next/Submit click
$('#movenextbtn, #movesubmitbtn').bind('click',function(){// Pop up confirm if we found an unmoved slider// Pop up only occurs once and only if the page has not been previously visitedvar cont =true;if($('.slider-unmoved', thisQuestion).length >0&& $('input.text:last', qHidden).val()!=1){
$('.slider-unmoved', thisQuestion).addClass('highlight');
cont = confirm('You have an unanswered item(s).\nDo you want to continue?');}
$('input.text:last', qHidden).val(1);return cont;});}</script>
3) Then you have 3 new classes on the slider question sub-question items (<li> elements):
- li.slider-unmoved
- li.slider-unmoved.highlight
- li.slider-moved
So, you could do something like this in template.css:
Thanks. This looks very sophisticated. But my JQuery book is still shrinkwraped. So just the statement of greenhorn.
Would you mind to tell me how much time do you invest for such a solution? This might be all lost when LS 3.0 is coming out. Not sure if a Plugin/API will allow to keep such workaround scripts more compatible.
One question: Which other surveytools do you use or have used in the past?
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