How to create a certain type of question for a survey?

  • jurullc
    Asked on March 7, 2016 at 4:21 PM

    I need to be able to create a survey with questions similar to the following:

     

    What are your key organizational characteristics?  For example, can you define your organization’s product offerings, vision and mission, workforce profile, and regulatory requirements? 

    1-2 = ineffective
    2-3 = somewhat ineffective
    4-5 = somewhat effective
    5-7 = effective
    8-10 = very effective

     

    For each response I need to assign the corresponding score so if someone selects 2 ineffective (it should calculate 2 points for this question).

     

     

  • Chriistian Jotform Support
    Replied on March 7, 2016 at 9:37 PM

    You can use the Numeric Slider Widget to have a range from 1 to 10.

    http://widgets.jotform.com/widget/numeric_slider 

    Or you can simply use a Number field so that the user can input the value that they want from 1 to 10. So if a user inputs 2, the result should show 2 for this question.

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    You can check out a demo form of the two options by following this link: https://form.jotform.com/60668497609977

    You can clone it to your account by following this guide: How To Clone A Form

    If you need further assistance, do let us know.

     

  • jurullc
    Replied on March 8, 2016 at 11:12 AM

    Will this option combine the scores for each section.  

  • Charlie
    Replied on March 8, 2016 at 1:27 PM

    If you want to calculate the scores and use it more flexibly, there are a couple of ways to do this. However, your scoring is a range, I am not sure how you are calculating it? When use selects "Ineffective" there's a possibility of 1-2 score? Or does it depend on your questions?

    Here are some of my suggestions:

    Method 1:

    1. You can use drop down fields, check boxes and or radio field for the options and assign values on them. Here's a guide about it: http://www.jotform.com/help/301-How-to-Assign-Calculation-Value 

    I'll use a radio button field in my case, added the options and clicked the "Edit Properties" on the gear icon.

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    In the "Properties" window, we can easily assign calculation values, in my case, I'll assign a straight forward 1-5 scoring range for the 5 options that I have.

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    2. After assigning values on them, you can simply do a form calculation by following this guide: http://www.jotform.com/help/259-How-to-perform-calculation-in-the-form 

    Here I added the form calculation widget where the calculation happens.

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    For demo purposes, I have created a copy of my question with the same value. In the form calculation widget, I'll sum the two questions that I have.

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    3. You can see how it looks like in this demo form: https://form.jotform.com/60675298820969 

     

     

    Method 2:

    With the same approach in method 1 BUT instead of using radio button fields, we will use the matrix field. Here's a guide about it: http://www.jotform.com/help/343-How-to-perform-form-calculation-in-the-Matrix-field 

     

     

    I hope that helps. Do let us know if you need more information on this.