Scaled response items are single-coded or multi-coded closed questions in which specific weight values or numeric scores are applied to each of the response items, thus enabling the question to be analyzed both as a nominal (or categorical) and a numeric variable. For example, a semantic scale question with the five response options, from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree" may be given numeric scores from 5 to 1, or conversely from 1 to 5.  In the question list, scaled response items are indicated by the icon .

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The following properties are available to scaled response items:

Property description

Value

Specify the item’s weight or score. This enables you to analyse it as a numeric variable, for example, to produce a mean average on the basis of the score values you specify.

Note: it is possible to paste in values from the clipboard.

Rotation order

Assign a specific order to the variable’s items, where the list of items is set to be rotated. The following properties are available:

  • Authorised: allow this item to be rotated.
  • Fixed: prevent this item from being rotated.
  • Always follow previous: ensures that this item follows right after its preceding item, regardless of the position the latter is assigned as a result of rotation.
Entry code

Optionally you may secify custom entry codes for this variable’s items. During data-entry, the Interviewer will therefore be able to select answer(s) from the list of items by typing the specified Entry codes.

Note: You must specify entry codes to all the variable's items. Furthermore, this option is restricted to questionnaires sent live in askiavoice.
Note: From version 5.1.92, entry code widths no longer have to be the same (i.e. it is now possible to have varying entry code widths: e.g. you can now have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, as an alternative to 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10).
Note: it is possible to paste in entry codes from the clipboard.
Base type

Determines how the response option interacts with the base when analyzed. For the response to be included in the base, set it to default. To treat this response option as a non response, set it to don't know. To treat it as not asked, select not asked. By changing this setting, you will allow the base to exclude these response options if the universe is changed (for example if the universe is set to answer base).

Note: More than one response option in a question can be set to don't know or not asked.
Scenario

Enables you to assign the response item to one or all of the *.QES file’s scenarios (formerly called versions); the response item will appear only in the selected scenario(s). By default, a variable is assigned to all scenarios.

 

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