[Solved] Is it possible to present different question text based on a previous response.

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SurveyMasterinTraining 34 Rep. 31 Jan, 2018

Hi,
I would like to be able to change the wording of a question based on ta previous answer to tailor the survey to a respondent without duplicating the questions.

For example I might have a question

Are you a patient or carer?

If patient the question would be : Q1. Do you often feel on edge?

If carer the question would be: Q1. Does your loved one often feel on edge?

Is this possible?

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Steve

Paritosh Mehta99759 answered 19 Feb, 2018

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Dominic Sharpe 17.36K Rep. 31 Jan, 2018

There is not an option to change the question text entirely based on a previous answer. Typically, this type of situation is handled by having two separate follow-up questions (one for patient, one for carer) and using Question Logic to trigger the appropriate question based on the answer to the first question:

https://help.surveygizmo.com/help/setup-question-logic

You could also explore using merge codes, in case it’s something that you can apply to your use case:

https://help.surveygizmo.com/help/simple-piping

Hope this helps!

Dominic Sharpe selected as best answer 01 Feb, 2018

SurveyMasterinTraining - 31 Jan, 2018

I did not think it would be possible, I just wanted to check as it would save some work in the later data analysis.

Thanks for the help!

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score 1 · Answer 1 · 2018-02-19T20:09:51+00:00

Hi,

I think this is possible. If you can use a little bit of custom scripting, you could change the question text as per the response to a previous question.

https://script.surveygizmo.com/help/sgapisettitle

so if QuestionID 1 is where you are asking if they are a patient or carer, and if Question ID 2 is where you want the question text to be customized, here is a sample script that will do the work (without the need to duplicate the question):

%%varQ1 = sgapiGetValue(1);

if (%%varQ1 == “Patient”){

sgapiSetTitle(2,”Do you often feel on edge?”);

}

if (%%varQ1 == “Carer”){

sgapiSetTitle(2,”Does your loved one often feel on edge?”);

}

hope this helps!

Thanks

Paritosh

score 0 · Answer 2 · 2018-01-31T17:45:08+00:00

In this case if you have more than one follow-up questions, you could make use of page-skip logic. That would allow you to ask a complete question set for patient and a complete question set for the carer.

If the questions are the same, you could even use some custom script or default merge codes to make a third set that is hidden but brings everything together for easier overall analysis.

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