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Type

Whether the options are ranked on one question, against several criteria, or in sections that each have their own options.

Options

One Question (default) · One Question, Several Criteria · Multiple Sections

What it changes

For participants

With several criteria, they see "Criterion N of M" above each; with sections, "Section N of M".

For you

With One Question, Several Criteria, the Criteria card replaces the Overall Question, and choosing it with no criteria adds two. With Multiple Sections, each section card has its own Method and Options.

What each choice means

One Question
The options are ranked once, on one question.
One Question, Several Criteria
The options are ranked once for each criterion, by the same method. The results show a ranking for each criterion, and an overall ranking that counts each criterion by its weight.
Multiple Sections
Each section has its own options, question and method, and is ranked on its own. The results show each section's ranking, with no overall ranking.

Good to know

  • On a ranking only.
  • Read-only once the session has a response, unless Delivery is Live. In a series, read-only once any session of the series has one.
  • Switching keeps what you typed: the options become Section 1's on the way to Multiple Sections and come back on the way out. One Question keeps the criteria typed on the page, but saves none.
  • Enable Comments, Enable Ties and Enable Skip are the whole session's, in Response Options, and apply to each section whose method uses them.