Question Looping
Our question looping feature enables researchers to present the same set of questions repeatedly until the participant has finished reporting.
One example of how this functionality can be used is food waste research, where participants need to record the type, weight, and other details for every kind of food waste. Researchers can set up a looping question set, allowing participants to answer the same set of questions for each type of food waste until all kinds have been reported.
How to Enable Question Looping
You can enable question looping for a block of questions (either 'question group' or 'group') by clicking the 'loop' icon indicated by the orange arrow in the screenshot below. Once enabled (the 'loop' icon turns green), you will need to configure the message and option text on the right side of the screen as shown in the orange box.
Note: Question looping will not be enabled if the message and option text are left empty.
Once you have filled out the message and option text, as shown below, the question looping functionality for this question block will be enabled.
Note: Media-related question types cannot be included in the looping question block. This includes the 'Media' question type and 'Text' question type if the 'Text or Audio' response type is selected. An error message will appear, as shown below. You will not be able to choose these question types and must change them to other question types.
Additionally, if you already have a media-related question type (either 'Media' or 'Text' question type with 'Text or Audio' response type selected) in your question block and attempt to enable question looping, an error message will appear, as shown below. Question looping will not be enabled until these question types have been removed.
Lastly, question looping cannot be enabled alongside any other randomization functionalities. If you attempt to add such functionalities to the question block, a pop-up will appear to confirm the change in the group settings, allowing only the latest selection to be applied.
Participant's Mobile View
On the mobile end, the screenshot below shows what participants will see after completing one set of questions. They can either click 'Yes' to continue reporting more and repeat the same set of questions or 'No' to move on to the next part of the survey.
Note: The message and option text can be personalized during the survey setup for question looping.
CSV Download View
The following screenshots are example CSVs for various question types. If a particular question is within the question looping block, the word '(loop)' (as indicated by the red box) will be found at the top row of the CSV. The responses to each looped question are in order, as indicated by the purple box below.
Example CSV for 'Single Selection' (multiple choice) and 'Multiple Selection' (checkbox) question types
Example CSV for 'Text', 'Rating', and 'Dropdown' question types
Example CSV for 'Counter' and 'Scale' question types
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