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Multiple Choice Question
The multiple choice question type lets a user select one answer per question. If you wish to allow a user to select more than one answer, you will want to use the Checkbox question type instead.
How to Add a Multiple Choice Question
- Within your form, click on the Questions tab.
- Under Basic Questions, double-click or click and drag the Multiple Choice question to add it to your form.
- Optional: Add an Identifier to your question
- Enter the Question Title
- Optional: Add a Description
- Add your Choices.
- Set the Choice Settings
- Optional: If you have an added text response, set the +Additional Options of each Variable, in order to set the Validation and Initial Value of the Variable.
- Set the +Display settings
- Set the +Options settings
i. Decide if the Variable will be Required or Optional
NOTE: You can add the Choices individually by clicking Add or by clicking the Bulk button. You can add the variables in a list within the Bulk Editor. You can also Add Other Choice which will automatically add a choice with an additional text response field to collect more information.
Choice Settings
| Choice Setting | Description |
| Add Text Response | Adds a text response field next to the question choice. When checked, you also have the option of adding validation and marking the text response as mandatory when that choice is selected. |
| Static Choice | This option can be used with question randomization logic. When this logic is applied, a question choice with static choice enabled will remain in the same location for every user. TIP! If you have an "Other" choice, and wish to Randomize or Alphabetize your choices, this will ensure that Other is always at the bottom of the list. |
| Score | Scoring allows you to assign a value to each choice. This is commonly used in Advanced Reviewer Forms. Choices will have Default Scoring applied automatically. |
Display Settings
| Display | Description |
| Appearance | Changes the layout and appearance of the question’s answer choices. - Default: The choices will be displayed vertically within your form - Horizontal: The choices will be displayed horizontally within the form - Star Rating: The choices will be displayed using star for the number of choices you have added to the question. - Slide Bar: The choices will be displayed horizontally with a slide bar underneath to select the choice - Combo box: The choices will be displayed in a box format, similar to a Drill Down question |
| Columns | This will determine how many columns your list of choices are displayed in. By default the choices will be displayed in one column. This can be useful if you have a long list of choices. |
| Display side-by-side | Display this question side by side with another question. This will need to be enabled on the other question as well. |
| Append to previous question | This question type appends to the question before it to make it appear that they are connected within the form. NOTE: Any Branching Logic, such as to hide or show the previous question, will also apply to this question. However, the requirement settings won't be. If it is meant to be hidden it will need to be included in the branching logic as well. |
| Width | You can adjust the width based on a percentage of the size of the page. By default, the value is 100% to make it to the fit the page size. |
Options Settings
| Options | Description |
| Optional | Enabling this will make the question Optional. When a user enters the form, if the question is Optional they will be able to proceed and complete the form without providing a response to this question. |
| Randomize Choices | Selecting this option randomizes the choices within the Multiple Choice upon each form refresh. |
| Alphabetize choices | Choices within your Multiple Choice question will appear in alphabetical order (A-Z). TIP! Use this if you are going to be adding choices to your form after already collecting data. This will allow you to maintain your alphabetical order without jeopardizing your data. Refer to How to Safely Make Changes to a Live Form for more information. |
| Initial Value | Allows you to specify pre-populated answers to questions in your form. By default, this option is blank "---". |