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Compound Looks
Compound Looks are special Looks that describe how compound questions are to appear in a paper questionnaire. Compound questions present a number of related but separate questions as a group. These questions can be categorical, grid, or numeric grid questions. A compound question can contain questions of any of these three types in combination; for example, three categorical questions, or a categorical question, a grid question, and a numeric grid question.
Each question within the compound question has its own question text, and these are listed at the top of the compound question. The answers to the questions are presented side by side below the question texts, using a shared list. The shared list represents the category list for the categorical questions and the subquestion list for the grid and numeric grid questions.
A compound Look consists of several subLooks, each of which describes how a particular part of the compound question is to appear:
subLook
Description
Question text
Determines the appearance of the texts of the component questions
Compound separator
Determines how the question texts are to be separated from the question answers
Shared list
Determines the appearance of the shared list
Categorical
Determines the appearance of the answers to categorica questions
Grid
Determines the appearance of the answers to grid questions. Grid subLooks are also known as categorical grid subLooks
Numeric grid
Determines the appearance of the answers to numeric grid questions
Compound Look applied to a compound question
CompoundLook applied to a compound question
See also
Compound questions: Limits
Applying compound Looks
Creating compound Looks
Character styles in compound Looks
Types of Looks and questionnaire items