• Follow-up Questions can be added to Parent Questions with a Response type of Yes/No, Numeric, 1-10 Scale and Multiple Choice. 
    • The Parent Questions are under the Categories in the Available Questions list.


To Add a Follow-up Question to a Parent Question:

  1. Select the Parent Question to which you want to add a follow-up question.
  2. When a follow-up question is to be added to a Parent Question with a Response Type of Yes/No, the user will be prompted to select for which response a follow up question is to be added. 
    1. The system allows the user to create follow-up questions to both Yes and No responses to the same Parent Question.


Numeric or 10-Point Scale Response Type:

  • When a follow-up question is to be added to a Parent Question with a response type of numeric or 10-point scale question the user is prompted with the following text:

  

If the participant’s answer is:

  1. Equal to or above           or
  2. Equal to or below           
     ask the following:

Note: You may enter a value in line 1 OR line 2 OR both line 1 and line 2.

  • The user is able to enter any numeric value into the text boxes. In the case of 10-point scale questions, the number must be between 0 and 10.


Multiple-Choice Response Type:

  • When a multiple-choice question is highlighted in the “Available Questions” tree and the “Add a New Question” button is clicked, the user is prompted with the following text:

 

If the participant’s answer is:

<list of possible multiple-choice answers goes here with checkboxes> ask the following:

 

The user is able to select one or many answers that would trigger the follow-up question.

  1. Add the question text and select the response type for the follow-up question
  2. Click on Save Question

 

A Parent Question can have unlimited follow-up questions. The system logic for follow-up questions is as follows:

  • If the response to the Parent Question = “Yes” then ask this follow-up question .
  • If the response to the Parent Question = “No” then ask this follow-up question.

 

Follow-up questions can also be added to follow-up questions. To add a follow up to a follow up question use the same steps as in creating a follow-up question, above. There is no system limit to the number of levels of follow-up questions.

 

The system stores follow-up questions in alphabetical order or numerical order. For you to control the sequential order of more than one follow-up question to one Parent Question you will have to ensure that follow-up questions are in alphabetical order or number them in the desired order as you create them.

 

When follow-up questions are added to a Parent Question the system treats that Parent Question and all follow-up questions as a single entity. When a Parent Question is added to a Series, all associated follow-up questions are automatically part of that Parent Question in the Series.