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Adding an exit instruction to a questionnaire
You can add an instruction to a questionnaire so that the next step is to end the questionnaire. This is useful if you have set up a number of routes through the questionnaire so that respondents are directed to a different set of questions depending on their answers to previous questions. You can add an exit instruction at the end of each set of questions.
When you add an exit instruction, you can specify an exit code to indicate the status of the questionnaire; for example, whether it should be regarded as complete. UNICOM Intelligence Author provides a standard set of exit codes but you can also define your own codes with your own meanings.
To add an exit instruction
1 Select the Routings pane.
2 Select the question after which you want the interview to finish.
3 From the menu, choose Insert > Routing Item > Exit.
4 (Optional.) Type a description for the routing item. When printing draft paper surveys in UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Paper, this description is included. Descriptions are not included in the actual paper survey.
5 In the Properties pane:
To use one of the predefined exit codes, select the code from the Exit Code list. See below for an explanation of the predefined exit codes.
To use a custom exit code, click in the list, and then type the code. Exit codes may be any whole number in the range 0 to 2147483647.
To set which question's description text will be used as the exit text, select the appropriate question from the Exit text list. When Show display items only is selected, only available Display questions are presented in the list; when Show display items only is not selected, all available questions are shown in the list. When the questionnaire completes via an exit routing item, the selected question's description text displays as a message at the end of the interview.
Note Leaving the default [Use standard text] in place will result in predefined text displaying at the end of the interview.
The name of the code is displayed in the Design pane. If you have entered your own custom code, “Custom Exit Code” is displayed.
Predefined exit codes
Code
Description
1
Successful completion
All relevant questions have been asked is flagged as successfully completed.
This is the default.
2
Premature termination with data
The interview was not completed for any reason.
This is a useful for paper questionnaires or telephone surveys where the respondent can simply choose not to continue answering questions. It allows you to differentiate between these interviews and interviews that were stopped, where the respondent may have had the intention of continuing with the interview.
5
Terminated by quota control
Interviews that are terminated by quota control can often be confused with successfully completed or partially completed interviews.
Use this exit code to flag interviews that were terminated because the respondent belonged in a group whose quota had already been filled.
6
Meaning: Early completion
Treat an interview that is only partially completed as if it were a fully completed interview.
You might decide to do this if the respondent has reached a certain point in the questionnaire.
7
Meaning: Failed screener
Interviews that failed at a screener question.
See also
Changing the questionnaire order