How to place “conditions” on questions to govern whether they will
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1. question the one that will or will not be displayed depending on the respondent s answer to an earlier determining question Figure 1 The conditional question has been selected LimeSurve Administration Logged in as ccsdemo a Surveys Apples X ian 017 Survey Apples ID 62419 aA D Ro R R fa B Question groups Consumer preferences P a Question group Consumer preferences ID 1906 P LJ A ol E B Questions why_not Please tell us why yot w A aa Co Question Please tell us why you do not like apples ID 23390 dmm The conditional B Eid eS question has been Bee Code Why_not Optional question selected Question Please tell us why you do not like apples Help Type Short free text Mandatory No Step 2 Click the Set conditions for this question icon on the Question toolbar The location of the icon is pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 2 below Computing and Communications Services 3 How to place conditions on questions to govern 2011 whether they will be displayed Figure 2 The location of the Set conditions for this question icon on the Question toolbar LimeSurve Administration Logged in as ccsdemo F e F 6 Survey Apples 1D 62419 ia D He R Pr fa Ez Question groups Consumer preferences X s A a Question group Consumer preferences 1D 1906 A A ai Es B Questions Why_not Please tell2. apples Question 1 asks if you like apples and lets the respondent reply either Yes or No In LimeSurvey this is a List Radio question type Question 2 should only be displayed if the respondent answered No to Question 1 In LimeSurvey you determine whether Question 2 will be displayed by placing a condition on this question In terms of terminology Question 1 is referred to as the determining question the response to this question determines whether Question 2 will be displayed or will be not displayed Question 2 is referred to as the conditional question whether it is displayed or not displayed is conditional on the respondent s response to the earlier determining question You use LimeSurvey s tools to place the appropriate conditions on this question Basically the conditions say Only show this question IF THE ANSWER TO PRECEDING QUESTION X IS some expression In the case of our example the condition we would place on Question 2 would read Only show this question IF THE ANSWER TO PRECEDING QUESTION 1 IS equal to No Computing and Communications Services 2 How to place conditions on questions to govern 2011 whether they will be displayed TO PLACE A CONDITION ON A QUESTION FOLLOW THESE STEPS Step 1 Access the Question toolbar for the conditional question as show in Figure 1 below Remember you place the condition on the conditional
3. case a question type where the possible answers are pre defined i e the choices the respondent can make in response to the determining question are either Yes or No 5 As pointed to by red arrow 5 select the specific answer for the determining question that will cause the conditional question to be shown This is often referred to as the test value 6 As pointed to by red arrow 6 click the Add condition button to add this condition to the conditional question After adding the condition to your conditional question you can then Add another condition to the question by repeating steps 1 6 above or select another conditional question to add conditions to from the drop down list pointed to by red arrow 7 in Figure 3 or you can click the Return to survey administration icon pointed to by red arrow 8 in Figure 3 to return to the previous multi toolbar display Note that a conditional question can have numerous conditions assigned to it to determine whether it will or will not be displayed Computing and Communications Services 6 How to place conditions on questions to govern 2011 whether they will be displayed An example where the determining question is of type Numeric In the above example the determining question is of type List the respondent chooses a reply from the question s pre defined answer options The following example
4. click the Add condition button to add this condition to the conditional question After adding the condition to your question you can then Add another condition to the question by repeating steps 1 6 above or select another conditional question to add conditions to from the drop down list pointed to by red arrow 7 in Figure 4 or you can click the Return to survey administration icon pointed to by red arrow 8 in Figure 4 to return to the previous multi toolbar display TO REVIEW EDIT THE CONDITIONS ON A QUESTION To review edit the conditions you have placed on a question follow these steps Step 1 Access the Question toolbar for the conditional question as show in Figure 1 above Step 2 Click the Set conditions for this question icon on the Question toolbar The location of the icon is pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 2 above Clicking this icon will cause the cascading toolbars to be replaced by the single Conditions designer toolbar as shown in Figure 5 below Computing and Communications Services 9 How to place conditions on questions to govern 2011 whether they will be displayed Figure 5 The Conditions designer toolbar LimeSurvey Conditions designer mi B Questions Why_not You indicated you eat J Only show question Why_not You indicated you ea Like How many apples do you eat in a typical week qid23389 Less
5. illustrates how to set the condition on the conditional question when the determining question is of type Numeric the respondent enters a numeric value Let s change the questions in the survey to be QUESTION 1 How many apples do you eat in a typical week please enter a number e g 1 2 3 etc QUESTION 2 You indicate you eat less than 3 apples per week What would cause you to eat more apples In this case Question 1 is again the determining question but this time it is asking for a numeric response We only want to display Question 2 if the respondent replied to Question 1 with a number less than 3 In the case of this example the condition we would place on Question 2 would read Only show this question IF THE ANSWER TO PRECEDING QUESTION 1 IS less than 3 Figure 4 illustrates what the completed form should look like to cause Question 2 in our example You indicate you eat less than 3 apples per week What would cause you to eat more apples to appear only if the respondent replies with a number less than 3 to Question 1 How many apples do you eat in a typical week Computing and Communications Services 7 How to place conditions on questions to govern 2011 whether they will be displayed Figure 4 How to complete the conditions form when the determining question is Numeric LimeSurvey Conditions designer gt m kz E Questions Why_not You indicated you eat J Only sh
6. question Clear Add condition Complete the form illustrated in Figure 3 as follows 1 As pointed to by red arrow 1 ensure the Previous questions tab is selected 2 Inthe area pointed to by red arrow 2 you will see all the questions that are located previous i e will be shown earlier to the conditional question in your survey As pointed to by red arrow 2 select the determining question from the list of previous questions Remember that the determining question must be asked before the conditional question As pointed to by red arrow 3 select the appropriate comparison operator This is the operator that will be used to compare the response given to the determining question with the test value defined in point 5 below This comparison operator is usually Equals or Not equal to when as is the case with our example a your determining question is of type List Radio and b you are providing the respondent with a list of choices which are text as in this example where the choices are Yes or No Computing and Communications Services How to place conditions on questions to govern 2011 whether they will be displayed see below for an example where the determining question is of type Numeric 4 As pointed to by red arrow 4 ensure the Predefined tab is selected you need to select this tab because your determining question is in this
7. Opening doors through technology E m www uoguelph ca ccs University of Guelph How to place conditions on questions to govern whether they will be displayed LimeSurvey Drill Down Document Note The author of this guide is the University of Guelph s Computing and Communication Services and was downloaded from this website https www uoguelph ca ccs software supported products limesurvey Although this is an annotated version created to be compatible with our LimeSurvey Website the authorship and credit for this entire document is to be considered unchanged Identifying annotations 1 insertions are in red font 2 deletions are marked Hke this and other comments are in red framed text boxes Travis Seymour April 2013 Computing and Communications Services 7 11 2011 How to place conditions on questions to govern 2011 whether they will be displayed By default all questions in a survey are displayed to the respondent However there are often scenarios where the decision to display or not display a question depends on the respondent s answer to an earlier question In LimeSurvey whether a particular question is displayed or not displayed is governed by conditions you place on the question For the example used in the next section of this document assume your survey has two questions as below QUESTION 1 Do you like apples o Yes o No QUESTION 2 Please tell us why you do not like
8. ow Why_not You indicated you ea Pir This question is always shown Add condition Scenario Default scena Question z Previous questions Token fields Comparison operator Less than Answer Predefined Constant Questions Token fields Constant value 4 Clear Add condition Referring to Figure 4 1 As pointed to by red arrow 1 ensure the Previous questions tab is selected 2 As pointed to by red arrow 2 select the determining question from the list of previous questions 3 As pointed to by red arrow 3 select the appropriate comparison operator In this case itis Less than This is the operator that determines how the answer to the determining question should be compared to the target value you specify in step 5 below 4 As pointed to by red arrow 4 ensure the Constant tab is selected you need to select this tab because you are comparing the response for the determining question to a constant i e 3 Computing and Communications Services 8 How to place conditions on questions to govern 2011 whether they will be displayed 5 As pointed to by red arrow 5 enter the test value for the determining question that will cause the conditional question to be shown In this case weenter 3 Remember we are building this expression Only show this question IF THE ANSWER TO PRECEDING QUESTION 1 IS less than 3 6 As pointed to by red arrow 6
9. than 3 Scenario Default scenario Question Previous questions Token fields Comparison operator Less than X Answer Predefined Constant Questions Token fields 3 Constant value Clear Add condition de Like it Donate to Referring to Figure 5 above The condition s on the question are displayed in the area outlined by the red ellipse You can remove all the conditions on the question by clicking the X icon pointed to by red arrow 1 You can remove a specific condition on the question recall that you can have multiple conditions to determine whether a question is or is not displayed by clicking the X icon associated with that specific condition as pointed to by red arrow 2 You can edit a specific condition on a question by clicking the pencil icon associated with that specific condition as pointed to by red arrow 3 To learn more about conditions please consult the relevant section of the LimeSurvey User Manual Computing and Communications Services 10
10. us why you w bd PA BE Question Please tell us why you do not like apples ID 23390 PTAC DR nN Code Why_not Optional TORTE Seats Ee ie op Set conditions for this question Question Please tell us why y Help Type Short free text Mandatory No Step 3 The cascading toolbars will be replaced with the single Conditions designer toolbar and a form similar to that illustrated in Figure 3 will appear Recall that in LimeSurvey forms always appear beneath the lowest toolbar After completing the form s fields you click the form s associated Save button to save your configurations Figure 3 illustrates what the completed form should look like to cause Question 2 in our example Please tell us why you do not like apples to appear only if the respondent replies No to Question 1 Do you like apples Computing and Communications Services 4 How to place conditions on questions to govern 2011 whether they will be displayed Figure 3 How to complete the conditions form LimeSurve Conditions designer m Questions Why_not Please tell us why you w Only show question Why_not Please tell us why y DF This question is always shown 1 Add condition Scenario Default scenario Question Previous questions gt Token fields Comparison operator equals 5 3 Answer 4 oe Predefined Constant Questions Token fields Yes F No answer z Predefined answer options for this
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