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Dear community,
I need to include the following AHP-type scale in a Qualtrics survey.
AHP.JPGUsing a Bipolar Matrix Table does NOT work for the following reasons:

  1. When creating labels (5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5) they do not appear on the mobile-view.

  2. A second row of labels (extremely frequent, equally frequent etc.) is needed.

  3. I need to indicate the directional arrows above/below the labels (extremely frequent etc.).

Can anybody assist me with writing custom code to adjust the bipolar matrix to fix the above?
P.S. Using a Slider also doesn't work.

Hi there, for your first point, the Mobile Friendly setting of the Bipolar Matrix doesn't display the labels. TomG recommends in the below thread to disable this setting for the question and include text to mobile users recommending they rotate their device to landscape. He also has a formatting script that you might consider.
https://community.qualtrics.com/XMcommunity/discussion/12985/bipolar-matrix-labels-not-shown-in-mobile-version
For your second and third points, I think you would be able to display this to the respondent using the Rich Content Editor. In the Rich Content Editor, add the below to the HTML/Source view by clicking the "<>" icon:

Extremely frequent

Extremely frequent

Equally frequent

This will put your additional labels on the same line. Then, include a picture of a left/right arrow using the "Insert Graphic" icon.
You can also add some formatting to the Question Text container so that it is smaller and centered over the scale points. Adding the below to the question's JavaScript looked okay to me:
jQuery(".QuestionText , .QuestionBody").css("padding","0px");

jQuery(".QuestionText").css({
"max-width":"60%",
"margin":"auto",
"text-align":"center",
"padding-left:5%"
});
BipolarFormatting.png


odibotha ,
In addition to the mobile bipolar function Tom_1842 mentioned above I also have a bipolar/AHP slider function that converts a slider question into a bipolar or AHP slider question.


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