Go to (routing action)

Use this action to create a routing instruction that will skip over one or more questions and take the respondent directly to another part of the questionnaire (i.e. straight to the specified Target Question).

Note: We strongly recommend that you avoid using this type of routing in questionnaires, and instead use "Do Not Ask" routing. Using "Go To" routings can complicate the legibility of your questionnaire, especially during the testing phase. Furthermore, if the respondent is allowed to go backwards through the survey to amend responses it is possible that the final data will seem incoherent.

Traditionally in MR software, there are two ways of implementing routings. Both of them are supported in Askia:

  1. Exit time routing (in Askia, referred to as "Go to" routing). Example: If response 3 given, go to question 5.
  2. Entry time routing (in Askia, referred to as "Do not Ask" routing). Example: Only ask question 5 if response 3 is given.

We usually discourage the use of the first method for the following reason: If we have three questions following each other (Q1, Q2, Q3), and a routing triggering a "Go to" question 3, then the question Q2 will be skipped (and blanked). If we later insert a question Q2a, then the routing will automatically skip Q2a, but this may not be what was intended. We would much rather see Q2a appear - and asking for irrelevant data - rather than not asking for it.

GoTo routings ensure that no data is stored in the "r;skipped" variables, ie. It assigns the value: NA -> Not Asked.

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