Choice Grids

A choice grid shows a table, allowing you to ask about multiple items with a single question.

Basic Properties

Name

A short name used to refer to the question in display logic or in the output data.

Question

The question text.

Instructions

Instructions for the interviewer or respondent.

Metadata

Label

A questions’s label is used instead of the question text when showing the question in a table (for example, when used inside a Roster that is displayed as a table).

Description

General information about the question.

Additional Metadata

Additional fields may appear in this area. See Custom Fields for more information.

Response Options

Selection Style

Determines how many choices a respondent may select in each row; one, or more than one.

Rows

Lists the rows of the choice grid. For each row, the respondent may indicate one or more choices.

Columns

Lists the columns of the choice grid. These are the choices that may be selected for each row.

When rows and columns are specified, a preview of the choice grid is displayed.

Question Attributes

The QuestionAttributes tab allows you to edit additional properties about a question.

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Override Instrument Attributes

Indicates whether survey-level settings should be overridden for this question. See Survey Properties for details.

Allow Empty

Indicates that the respondent is allowed to skip the question.

Allow Don’t Know

Indicates that the respondent is allowed to respond that they do not know the how to respond.

Allow Refused

Indicates that the respondent is allowed to refuse to answer.