Creating groups (of questions)

Definitions

What do we mean by “groups” ?

Sections

What do we mean by “groups” ?

Sections

Sub-sections

Sections

How they look on paper

How they look on paper

How they look in CAPI

Designer

Interviewer

One is system-generated

• Section like any other
• With two exeptions:
  1. Cannot be deleted
  2. Questions here appear as ID vars

How to create the rest

• Click on
• Click on ADD NEW SECTION
• Provide attributes
  • Title
  • Variable name (optional)
  • Enabling condition (optional)

How to make the title better

Make it short

Consider emojis

Make it short

Principles

• Consider form factor
• Consider function

Practices

• Check whether it fits in UI
  • Navigation bar
  • Title bar

Consider emojis

Principles

• Communicate ideas quickly
• Make sections distinctive

Practices

Check that it works:

• Communicates clearly
• Appears correctly

How to put questions in sections

Add them

Move them

Add them

• Open a section
• Create a question inside
  • Either ADD A QUESTION or
  • Right click and select Add question after

Move them

• Click on the target question
• Scroll to the bottom of the right-hand panel
• Click on MOVE TO
• Select the destination section

Sub-sections

How they look on paper

How they look on paper

How they look in CAPI

Designer

Interviewer

How to create

• Either click on ADD SUB-SECTION
• Or right-click and select Add sub-section after

How to put questions in sub-sections

Add them there

Move them there

Add them there

• Right-click on question in sub-section
• Select Add question after

Move them there

• Hover over the left-hand part of the question
• Drag near the desired sub-section
• Drag to the right under the sub-section
• Confirm that the question is indented under the sub-section