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