Structuring Questions Into Blocks

In the case of a large number of questions (more than 30), it is appropriate to structure the questionnaire in blocks to increase clarity and structure. 1KA therefore reminds the user of this option whenever a questionnaire reaches 30 questions.

Blocks are added using the B icon in the left side menu of the 'EDIT' - 'Questionnaire' tab:

1. First, click on the add block icon and drag it in front of the first question you want to include in the block.
2. Then, click and drag the 'ENDBLOCK' tag to position it after the last question you want to have in that block.

An example of a questionnaire structured into blocks can be found in the public questionnaire library (section '1KA Surveys and Questions', 'Conditions and Filters', 'Structuring Into blocks'). In practice, you can only see an example of a block in the 'EDIT' - 'Questionnaire'tab, for which you need to be logged in. The structuring of questions in blocks is even more clearly visible if you use the 'Collapsed view' option, which is located in the menu above the questionnaire.

Displaying blocks as tabs

When editing blocks, you have the option to select the 'Block as a tab' display. If this is selected, respondents can scroll through the questionnaire as usual (by clicking on Next page) or through the blocks or tabs that are always displayed above all questions. Clicking on a tab or block will only show you the questions in the selected tab.
Similarly, when editing the questionnaire, the questions in the blocks will be displayed in the same way, where if you select 'ALL', the questions are displayed normally, but you can also scroll through the questions via the tabs, which are always displayed above all the questions.

Example of survey with blocks in the form of tabs>>

Using blocks to display a condensed sequence of (hierarchical) questions

The layout of questions in a block is set to 'standard' by default. In this case, the questions are sequenced vertically one after the other. In some cases, when you want to display several questions in a horizontal row, you can use the horizontal layouut instead. In the case of a horizontal layout, the questions are narrowed and displayed in columns. Each question is in its own column, so they are placed horizontally next to each other.

The horizontal layout is especially useful for sequential filtering of questions (drill-down).

Randomizing questions in a block

In the block settings, we have the option to randomize the questions in a block, which means that the questions in that block are displayed to the respondent randomly. In this case, we have the additional possibility of specifying the number of questions displayed. We can set to show all questions to the respondents or only a part of them, e.g. randomly 5 questions from a block of 10 questions.

Example: we have a quiz with 100 questions, we want to display 10 questions randomly to each respondent.

1. Add all the questions from the 'Add Question' menu on the left
2. Add a block in front of the first question you want to place in the block.
3. Drag the 'ENDBLOCK' tag after the last question in the block.
4. Click on edit block and under 'Randomize block content' select 'Questions'
5. Under 'Number of displayed questions', select '10'.

The respondent will be shown 10 questions at random from the block of 100 questions.

Random sorting of several different blocks

In case the survey consists of a large number of blocks, we have the possibility to randomise several different blocks in the block settings.

Example: we have a survey with three different blocks that we want to be displayed randomly to the respondents.

1. Add all the questions from the 'Add Question' menu on the left
2. Add a block in front of the first question you want to place in the block.
3. Drag the 'ENDBLOCK' tag after the last question in the block.
4. Do this for all individual blocks before putting all the created blocks in a new (main) block
5. Click on edit block and under 'Randomize block content' select 'Blocks'

The randomization of questions, answers and blocks is also recorded as paradata in the 'DATA' - 'Browse' tab, where it is recorded for each respondent in what order the blocks, answers or questions were shown to them.

Note: If any of the settings described above (horizontal layout of questions, random sorting of questions, displaying the block as a tab) are activated, the block must not contain any page breaks.

The functionality is available for users of the 2KA and 3KA packages for individuals, and for users of the business packages for groups.