Randomize two sets of answer choices - by: Joffm

Hi, wendyt,
maybe there is a way to do this with Javascript.
But here are two ways to do it just out of the box.

1. Create two questions (Q1A and Q1B) with answer options:
Q1A:
1 =Strongly agree
2 =Agree
3 =Neutral
4=Disagree
5=Strongly disagree
9=Don't know

Q1B:
5=Strongly disagree
4=Disagree
3=Neutral
2=Agree
1=Strongly agree
9=Don't know

Create a random number and display the questions according to that number. For analysis you get always the same codes.

2. Tayloring:
Create a random number. (rn)
create your answer options like:
1 = {if(rn==1,"Strongly agree","Strongly disagree")}
2 = {if(rn==1,"Agree","Disagree")}
...
9=Don't know

In this case you have only one question, but you have to recode the codes for analysis.
E.g. "if (rn=2) and (code<>9) then code=6-code"

You can do this either in your analysis software, EXCEL, OpenOffice, SPSS, or whatever.
But you can do it in LS by Expression Manager, too.

sample attached


Best regards
Joffm