This section describes the different question types.
All available responses are shown, with a number in front of each. Only one response can be selected.
If response filters have been used on your questionnaire, the response list will only show those responses available for this questionnaire.
Using your keyboard, simply type in the appropriate response number. Note that you must type the number exactly as shown in the box at the screen - if leading zeros are shown, they must be typed. For example you may need to type 01, or 001 rather than 1, depending on the number of responses allocated to the question.
Using your mouse, point at the response and click your mouse button.
If the list of responses is too long to display on screen at once it is possible to make appropriate selections from the [Responses] pull down menu to view the previous or next block of responses, or the first or last block in the list. Special buttons [Page Up], [Page Down], [Home] and [End] buttons are also displayed on the screen for this purpose.
The procedure for entering data for multi-coded questions is exactly the same as that for entering data for single-coded questions, except when you want to enter more than one response:
Using your keyboard, begin by pressing "/" forward slash. Then enter the responses in any order, remembering to type the appropriate number of digits for each response (any leading zeros must be entered). When you have typed in all of the responses to the multi-coded question, press the [Enter] key.
Using your mouse, once you have selected all appropriate responses, click the [Next] button to move on to the next question.
TIP: Ctrl+A can be used to select ALL responses to a multi-coded question.
If the list of responses is too long to display on screen at once it is possible to make appropriate selections from the [Responses] menu to view the previous or next block of responses, or the first or last block in the list. Special buttons [Pg Up], [Pg Dn], [Home] and [End] buttons are also displayed on the screen for this purpose.
IMPORTANT: If you make a mistake when entering data and need to return to a multi-coded question to add some more responses, if you use your mouse to add extra responses, any responses already entered will remain (any extra responses will be added to them). If, however, you enter extra responses using your keyboard, existing responses will be removed and must be re-entered (if they are required).
TIP: the plus sign (+), followed by a response number may be used to add to a list of responses and minus (-) followed by a response number, may be used to remove a response.
Only whole numbers can be entered. Valid responses may be restricted to a range of values - usually only positive values are allowed. Where applicable use a minus sign for negative numbers. The minus sign uses up one of the allocated spaces, so for example -99 would need at least 3 spaces allocated.
Using your keyboard simply type in the value (number) required and press the [Enter] key when you have finished. Leading zeros need not be typed, the number will be right-adjusted within the allocated data locations; note that the number must not be too big to fit in the allocated space.
Using your mouse simply select the numbers required from the numeric keypad display. If you make a mistake, use the [Clear] button and begin again. When you have finished, use the [Next] button, or the [Move to fresh entry] toolbar icon, or press the [Ctrl] and [PgDn] keys, to move down to the next question which requires a response to be entered.
The procedure for entering data for a float question is the same as for integer questions, except that the response may contain a decimal point. A decimal point key [.] is included in the numeric keypad display.
Note that the number of digits you type, or select, including the decimal point, must not be greater than the allocated space including ".0" if it is a whole number. For example, 4999 would need 6 spaces, because QPSMR would treat it as 4999.0.
When entering data for a character question, such as a postcode, you should type in the required characters and press the [Enter] key when you have finished.
Depending on the setting used for the particular question, your text may be automatically converted to upper or lower case.
Trailing blanks need not be typed - the text string will be left adjusted.
The text string must not be too big to fit in the allocated space.
These are the same as character questions except that they are saved to a different file and the limit on the number of characters allowed is always large (over 1000 spaces).
During data entry when a date question is reached, the current date is displayed with a check box alongside. If the date is correct simply use your mouse to tick the check box. To modify the day, month or year use your mouse to point at the pull down arrow (on the left of the box) and select the appropriate information from the calendar display. Use the [Left] and [Right] arrows alongside the month to modify the month and year, and point at the appropriate number to change the day.
TIP: it is also possible to click the day, month, or year using your mouse, and then type the appropriate number using your keyboard.
During data entry information entered into "Date" questions is checked by the program, to ensure that it represents a valid date; invalid dates will not be accepted.
During data entry when the time question is reached, the current time is displayed (even if this is outside the range allowed) with a check box alongside. If the time is correct simply use your mouse to tick the check box. To modify the time use your mouse to point at the appropriate section (hours, minutes or seconds) and then use your keyboard to enter the correct information, or use the [Up] or [Down] arrows at the right of the box to increase or decrease the time shown for each section (hours, minutes or seconds).
During data entry information entered into "time" questions is checked by the program, to ensure that it represents a valid time; invalid times will not be accepted.
This type of question is used for CAPI mode and Telephone mode to show additional text for which there are no responses.
For CAPI surveys, an interviewer text may also contain a picture (BMP) file or a video (WMV) file to be displayed on screen (with audio) during input.
Any picture or video clip will be displayed centre screen after the interviewer text. To move on to the next question, press [Enter].
NOTE: The picture or clip will not be shown when moving backwards up the questionnaire.