For my master's thesis I'm thinking of a rather complex survey design. I want to study the thoughts and opinions of people on a set of occasions in which they consumed news, which they also need to describe themselves.

My question is: is it possible to let users add fields in a Multiple short text question? I could of course set the amount of rows, but that either limits the respondent (if I create for example 5 rows) or is too big/looks too intimidating (if I create 15 rows)

Example:
1. select subjects you read/saw/heard news about: [Multiple choice]
1a [user input = ✓ treaty between the EU and Ukraine]
1a.1 where and when did you get news about it? [Multiple short text]
1a.1a [user input = in the morning train to work]
1a.1b [user input = on facebook when laying in bed before sleeping]
1a.1x "Add additional occasion"-button
1a.2 which medium did you use to get news about this subject? [Multiple short text]
1a.2a [user input = Metro]
1a.2b [user input = CNN]
1a.2x "Add additional medium"-button
1b [user input = ✓ US presidential elections]
1b.1 where and when did you read about it? [Multiple short text]
1a.1a [user input = on the evening news]
Etc...

Yes, but you have to define the answer options on forehand. Then you can hide them using Expression Manager on sub-question-level untill something is typed in the previous text field.

Example with 10 input fields: www.surveyonderzoek.nl/onderzoek/index.php/798391?newtest=Y#

lss-file as attachement

Hi Coeneisma,

I downloaded your .lss file and imported it to test. But somehow nothing happens. I found the relevance equations, but somehow they don't do anything. Seems like in the latest version, the experessions are not read via Javascript, so your input doesn't have any impact on what you are doing. What version of LS are you running? I tested it on my localhost with the latest version 160317

It runs on 2.06+ Build 160129, so that might be the problem.. :dry:

Hahaha, the problem is not that your's runs on 2.06. The problem is that mine runs on 2.5. Unfortunately still quite a few things that need fixing I guess...

Thanks for your answer. I already reported a bug.

Haha, ok, thanks. Was allready testing it on my local system and also just noticed it didn't work in the 2.5 version. Thanks for bug report.

Here the link to the bug report. Feel free to add any observations:
bugs.limesurvey.org/view.php?id=10816

Actually, I reported it in another "bug". Should create a separate one, because this one is a lot more important than the GUI one.

Here the actual bug report just for this issue:
bugs.limesurvey.org/view.php?id=10818

Dear Coen,

Thanks for replying so quickly I've only now started to actually transfer the questionnaire from LO Writer to LimeSurvey and don't really understand what I need to do to get "Expression Manager on sub-question-level".

I tried importing your lss file into my university's system, but that results in an error so I can't check what exactly you did. What I suspect, based on your comment & the xml file:
- use a 'multiple short text' question type
- add [maximum amount I want] of subquestions
- somehow add [tt]!is_empty(inputfields_n)[/tt] per subquestion. But where can I set this? Based on www.limesurvey.org/manual/Expression_Manager_HowTos I think I should add it as [tt]array_filter[/tt], but I can't think of a way that makes the subquestion name (inputfields_n) generic (so that it changes n).

Thanks again for your help! (And sorry if my questions don't make a lot of sense)

Hi Keunes,

Your assumptions are correct. See screenshots in attachement:

1. screenshot of logic file
2 & 3 show where the subquestion relevance can be found (on my work computer, so couldn't draw a nice red arrow to point to the buttion )

This in done in LS 2.06+ Build 160129. You should check the version your university uses, it could be a old version that doesn't have this feature.

Coen

Oh crap. Seems like that nice button without the red arrow is not present in my university's installation
They have "Version 2.00+ Build 130802". I'll see if they can update, and otherwise install LimeSurvey myself.

Thanks again anyway for the quick reply!!

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