Adding questions

So far, the questionnaire contains only a title. This topic shows how to add questions of different types. UNICOM Intelligence Author provides a number of different question types that correspond to the different kinds of information you want to collect. First you need to decide on the type of question that you want to add, then insert it into the questionnaire.

The first question will be: "Do you usually drink instant or ground coffee?"

In this case, you want respondents to select one from a predefined set of responses. This is called a single response (sometimes called single choice) question.

1 From the menu, choose: Insert > Question > Single Response or press Ctrl+F1.

2 A new single response question is added. Click SingleResponseQuestion and change the name to InstantOrGround, and enter Do you usually drink instant or ground coffee? in the question text field.

To enter the text more quickly, you can copy and paste it from this document.

3 Click in the Responses table and enter the following responses, pressing Enter after the first response to create a new line:

4 Press Ctrl+S to save the question in the questionnaire file (do this whenever you want to save your work).

The next question will be: "How many cups of coffee do you drink in an average day?"

To create a question that requires the respondent to enter a whole number, use the numeric question type.

2 Change the name to HowMany, and enter How many cups of coffee do you drink in an average day? in the question text field.

3 As the answer needs to be in whole cups of coffee, ensure that Whole Number is selected in the Numeric Type field on the Properties pane on the right of the window.

4 You can also limit the values that respondents can enter. In the Minimum and Maximum fields on the Properties pane on the right of the window, enter 0 and 50.

The next question will be: "Please say which of these coffees you have ever tried." followed by a list of coffees.

In this question, respondents can select one or more from a predefined set of responses. This is a multiple response question.

1 From the menu, choose Insert > Question > Multiple Response or press Ctrl+F2.

2 Change the name to DrinkCoffees, and enter Please say which of these coffees you have ever tried. in the question text field.

This question and the next will share the same response list, so for the moment, don't enter any responses.

The next question will be: "Which of these coffees is your favorite?" followed by the same list of coffees as the previous question.

In this case, you want respondents to select one from a predefined set of responses. This is another single response question.

1 From the menu, choose Insert > Question > Single Response or press Ctrl+F1.

2 Change the name to FavoriteCoffee, and enter Which of these types of coffee is your favorite? in the question text field.

As with the previous question, there is no need to enter any responses yet.

The next question is: "At what time do you have your first cup of coffee of the day?" A separate question type is available for recording date and time responses.

1 From the menu, choose: Insert > Question > Date/Time or press Ctrl+F9.

2 Change the name to CoffeeTime, and enter At what time do you have your first cup of coffee of the day? in the question text field.

The next question will be: "Please enter your email address." with a text box to record the email information.

The type of question to use when you want respondents to answer in their own words is a text question (sometimes called a verbatim or open end). To create a text question:

2 Change the name to Email, and enter Please enter your email address. in the question text field.

3 Press Ctrl+S to save the questions that you have created in the questionnaire file.