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Single-coded and multi-coded questions have a response list.
Responses are always numbered 1 upwards.
For data entry the response keys can be numbered starting at zero, but this numbering is only used when entering data, and the first response must still be referred to as response 1 in any definitions.
You can reserve responses without allocating texts for open-ended questions or for later coding, see Reference manual, Questions, Reserve responses.
The list of responses is shown on the Entry details window main tab for convenience. All editing is done with "Responses" tab and there is a toolbar to manipulate selected responses. You can also insert new responses or paste them from the clipboard. There is an "Add responses" toolbar button that opens Responses add to insert a number of responses at once.
Responses can be copied and pasted from one question to another, including other open projects.
Responses can be made unavailable by referring to an earlier question or variable as a "response restrictor".
If one response is selected or added then a number of things can be set for that response:
•Text for the response which can include Carry forward text, see also Text rules
•Make the response a supplemental reject, the response is not stored in the data but is used for analysis and filtering if no other response is selected
•Data location and code if using individual response locations
IMPORTANT: a "Supplemental reject" response must be the final one in the list.
Input settings are applied to all selected responses with the "Response input settings" tool window:
•Single response only - this response cannot be selected with any other response in a multi-coded question
•Fixed position - this response will not be randomised if the question is set to randomise the response list during input
•Ignore response restrictor - this response is always available for selection regardless of any response filters applied to the question, see Applying a filter
•Embedded reject - used if no other response is selected (not recommended)
•Refuse input - this response is never allowed, it is there to reserve the response number
•Suspend input - this response cannot be selected when inputting data but is allowed in existing data files
•Response filter - a named filter entry is applied to this individual response
•Routing:
oIneligible - if this response is selected it will terminate the input and treat as ineligible (CATI)
oClose - if this response is selected it will terminate the input but treat as a valid interview
oQuestion routing - this prints this question name in the appropriate place
oText routing - this prints the text specified (usually "close") in the appropriate place
IMPORTANT: none of the routing settings above will route past questions in analysis and the last two routing settings above will not route past questions in data input either, see Applying a filter.
IMPORTANT: question routing will be used if this question is referred to in carry forward text.
Report settings are applied to all selected responses with the "Response analysis settings" tool window:
•Value score to be used for mean score calculations (averages), the selected response score can be put into a variable
•Zero suppress - do not show this response in tables if it is empty
•Suppress always - never show this response in tables
•Rank start - begin ranking the responses with this response, ranking is reordering the responses printed so that the response selected most often appears first and the remainder in descending order to the least selected response
•Rank finish - stop ranking responses with this response, following responses will not be ranked
•Rank level - used for multi-level ranking, see below
•New page - start a new page (overflow) for this and following responses
•Base for following responses - percentages for subsequent responses use this response as the base
•No figures - only show percentages for this response
•Sum rows - this response will be the sum of previous responses
•Ignore for sum - do not include in a following"sum" response
Multi-level ranking
This is not used for questions which do not have summary rows, so is described in Variable responses.