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Entering a single categorical response
A Single Categorical Response question requires only one response to be selected from a list of available responses. This type of question is sometimes referred to as single-punch.
To enter a single categorical response
Do one of the following:
1 Type the keycode value in the Entry Panel, and then press Enter.
2 Click the response in the Response List Panel, and then click Next in the Entry Panel.
Avoid using keycodes that start with the same characters. Do not define ambiguous keycodes, especially when one keycode is a part of another keycode. For example:
Q1 "What activities do you like?" {Basketball keycode(1), Football keycode(11)};
For this question, the interviewer's intention cannot be determined when the 1 key is pressed. Changing the keycodes to the following would result in better results:
Q1 "What activities do you like?" {Basketball keycode(01), Football keycode(11)};
For this question, the interviewer’s intention can be determined because although both keycodes contain 1, the interviewer must press a unique first character.
The Ctrl and Alt keys can be assigned as keycodes, but the user interface Ctrl and Alt assignments will supersede the keycode assignments.
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Entering data in the Data Entry Player