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Create a Single Choice Grid Sliders question

Lisa Wong
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Ask participants to use sliders to select one of two or more possible scalar answers for a series of question items.

Single Choice Grid Sliders questions ask participants to use sliders to select one scalar answer each for a series of question items.

With Single Choice Grid Sliders, you can:

  • Include off-scale answers
  • Show automatically generated values for your scale

Use sliders when asking participants to rate items on a numbered scale. Your answer text will ensure participants understand the meaning of the scale numbers.

Tip: Sliders allow you to highlight Don't know or Not applicable answers by placing them off-scale.

In modern surveys, Table: Slider displays the question as a slider grid to desktop participants.

Modern survey (desktop):

In a modern survey, Carousel: Button and Carousel: Slider are available as display options for desktop participants. Carousel is also the default display option whenever:
  • Participants are on mobile devices.
  • There are 7+ columns and the screen is less than 900 pixels wide.
  • There are 12 columns and the screen is less than 1280 pixels wide.
  • You are viewing Grid questions in survey preview and your screen isn't wide enough. To preview them as grids, get a test activity link.
In a carousel, one grid row appears at a time as a statement card. Participants answer each card. When an answer is provided, the statement card automatically slide transitions to the next one. Navigation buttons and the bottom panel allow participants to navigate between cards. The bottom panel also shows which cards are completed (completed cards appear with a green check mark). Participants can click the incomplete cards to open them directly and respond. Alternately, when participants click Next, they are brought back to the first incomplete card if the number of complete cards is less than what is required. They must complete all the cards before they can proceed.

Modern survey (mobile):

Classic view

This display for Single Choice Grid questions is available to desktop participants only; mobile participants who access Single Choice Grid Sliders questions will see the Grid display.

If you create a question with more than five on-scale answer options, only the rightmost and leftmost answer text (the endpoints) will appear to participants. Other answer text will be hidden unless the scale has an odd number of answers, in which case the midpoint answer text will also be shown.

Single Choice Grid Sliders from the participant's perspective

Classic survey (desktop):

Note: On mobile devices, Single Choice Grid Sliders questions are displayed as Single Choice Grid questions.
  1. From the Survey Builder Toolbox, under Core Questions > Choice Questions, do one of the following:
    • Drag the Single Choice Grid question to the Table of Contents.
    • Click the Single Choice Grid question.
  2. In the Table of Contents, click the Single Choice Grid question.
    The Edit Pane appears.
  3. Optional: Edit the Question name.

    Question names:

    • Should be unique.
    • Can contain symbols and all alphanumeric characters.
    • Are not displayed to participants.
  4. In the Question text field, enter the question text.
    Note: The recommended character limit is 2500.
  5. If this is a classic survey, from the Display answers as list, select Slider.
  6. If this is a modern survey, select a display option:
    • Carousel: Slider
      • The Columns are Answers.
      • The Rows are Statements.
    • Table: Slider
  7. In the Columns fields, enter the category text.
    Tip:
    • The recommended character limit is 40.
    • To create a line break within an answer, type Shift+Enter if you are on a PC, or Shift+Return if you are on a Mac.
    • To create a new column, type Enter if you are on a PC, or Return if you are on a Mac.
    • To enter multiple columns at the same time, click Add Columns in Batch. For more information, see Add answers in a batch.
  8. Optional: Add another category by clicking Add under the Columns fields.
    Note: In a classic survey, the maximum number of columns is 12. (This limit does not apply to modern surveys.)
  9. Optional: To display values on your scales, select Display scale numbers.
    An automatically generated integer will appear for each answer on the scale, beginning with 1.
  10. In the Rows fields, enter your question item text.
    Tip:
    • To create a line break within an answer, type Shift+Enter if you are on a PC, or Shift+Return if you are on a Mac.
    • To create a new row, type Enter if you are on a PC, or Return if you are on a Mac.
    • To enter multiple values at the same time, click Add Rows in Batch. For more information, see Add answers in a batch.
  11. Optional: Add another question item by clicking Add under the Rows fields.
  12. Optional: Move a column or row by doing one of the following:
    • Grab the Handle on the left side of the column or row and move it up or down.
    • Click Options and select Move up or Move down.
  13. Delete a column or row by clicking Delete.
  14. Optional: Once you have authored your question, you can also:
  15. Optional: To preview the question in desktop or mobile view, in the Edit Pane, click Preview.
    A preview of your survey appears, starting with the selected question.
    Note: Preview in mobile view simulates the mobile experience. For best results, preview your question on a mobile device.
Parent topic: Single Choice Grid questions
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