Survey Items¶

Several types of items can be added to a survey.

Static Content¶

Descriptive Text: Static text to be displayed to the user, but that does not collect information.
Note: A note that provides documentation or context about the survey, but that is not intended for the respondent.

Multiple Choice: A question where the respondent selects from a number of options.
Text Entry: A question where the respondent answers with open-ended text.
Numeric Entry: A question where the respondent answers with a number.
Date: A question where the respondent answers with a date.
Time: A question where the respondent answers with a time.

Choice Grids: A question followed by a table, allowing you to ask about multiple items with a single question.
Question Grids: A question used to collect multiple responses for a set of labeled rows.
Rosters: A series of questions repeated for multiple entities (for example, member of a household).
Blaise 5 Data Lookup: Searches for a record from a database, and records one or more values from the record.

Sequences: A section that can contain questions or nested sequences, used to organize a survey.
Edit Checks: A validation check that can involve one or more previous responses, and present a warning message to the respondent if validation fails.
Computations: A computation can create one or more output fields, based on the values of previous fields. Computations can be specified using Blaise source code. Computations can also specify arbitrary code to be included in the Blaise RULES section.

The item types in the Repository section allow you to reuse questions from a question bank, powered by Colectica Repository.

Question: Add a single question from a remote repository.
Composite Question: Add a single composite question from a remote repository.
Descriptive Text: Add a statement from a remote repository.
Sequence: Add a sequence of questions from a remote repository.