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How do I evenly assign ONE concept to each respondent? (Power Surveys)

Lisa Wong
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Tip: Random distribution and Least Filled concept testing are available for surveys! Both of these methods allow you to achieve even distribution without scripting. For more information, see Quick comparison: Random distribution, Least Filled concept testing, even distribution scripts.

These templates will allow you to assign one concept to each respondent. The single concept will be assigned randomly to the lowest count concept and piped into one set of questions. You can expect an even distribution across all concepts once the study is out of field.

Piping technique is used in these templates. It is the preferred way because:

  • Only one set of questions is authored and tested instead of having a copy of them per concept so less setup time
  • You can run crosstabs using the concept hidden question as banner to compare results across all concepts in one table

There are 3 separate templates within this article you can choose from, depending on your study requirements:
Please use the template with the lowest number of concepts that corresponds to your requirements, to avoid unwanted elements in your study (E.g. do not use the 40 concept template if you only have 5 concepts in your study)

  • Template 1 - Assign 1 of up to 5 concepts to each respondent.
  • Template 2 - Assign 1 of up to 15 concepts to each respondent.
  • Template 3 - Assign 1 of up to 40 concepts to each respondent.

Note: We have deprecated the script that assigns uneven distribution. If you require this, please contact your Customer Success Manager or Technical Support.

Detailed Steps

  1. Import the necessary template into your panel:
    • Download the PXML template:
      • For template 1 (up to 5 concepts), click here.
      • For template 2 (up to 15 concepts), click here.
      • For template 3 (up to 40 concepts), click here.
    • On the Home page or Activities page, click New Project.
    • In the Activities section, under Power Survey, click Create.
    • On the Getting Started page, click Upload from PXML.
    • To select the file, click Choose File, navigate to the file on your computer, and then click Open.
    • Give the template study a descriptive Internal Name. You will need to find this study in your library using the name, so make it as descriptive as possible.
    • Click Upload > OK.
  2. Add the template to your study:
    • Create/author your power survey as required.
    • Go to the Questionnaire tab of your study.
    • Click Library on the Authoring toolbar.
    • In the Library Browser, look for the template study in the Studies section, under Pending Studies (the study you created in step 1).
    • Expand the template study in the Library Browser and drag the block into your Questionnaire Tree as required.
  3. Set up Even Distribution:
    • Note: When you see "EDS#_..." in the following instructions, # can vary depending on which template you use:
      • Template 1 (max 5 concepts): question names start with EDS5_
      • Template 2 (max 15 concepts): question names start with EDS15_
      • Template 3 (max 40 concepts): question name starts with EDS40_
    • Click on the EDS#_CONCEPT hidden question.
    • Update the answer options with the list of your concepts. Delete any extra answer options.
    • (Optional) If you want to add images to your concepts, click on EDS#_HIDDEN block, then click on EDS#_CONCEPT_IMG. Update the answer options with the images for your concepts. Number of options and option order must match the list in EDS#_CONCEPT. To show concept image in a question, you can insert [%EDS#_CONCEPT_IMG%] in the question text. Click here to see an example on how to update and pipe in images in this template.
  4. Create your concept questions:
    • Click on the EDS#_QUESTIONS_HERE block and author your concept questions in here. For this template, you only need to author one set of questions for all concepts.
    • To pipe in the assigned concept into your concept questions, click on the EDS#_CONCEPT_PIPE_EXAMPLE text instruction and copy the pipe that will be used.
      Note: If you are using different sets of questions per concept, please refer to the article How do I evenly assign ONE OR MORE concepts to each respondent found in the More Information section below.
    • (Optional) If you need to pipe in the concept image into your concept questions, you need to refer to the question that is holding your concept images (see previous steps on how to create it). Review one of the examples further below to see more details and screenshots.
    • Delete the EDS#_CONCEPT_PIPE_EXAMPLE text instruction. This is just a placeholder.
  5. Validate and test your survey.

Examples

Please click on the links below to see details steps of the examples:

More Information

Read this Knowledge Base article to learn more about How do I evenly assign ONE OR MORE concepts to each respondent (Power Surveys)

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