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How to give a "Don't Know" option?
I have a text entry question but want to give the respondents the option to select "Don't Know" instead of filling it out. I don't see a way to do this in the question options at all - any suggestions?
Best answer by AnthonyR
The best way to set this up is to create a multiple choice question with 2 answers, the first will include a text entry, and the second will be Don't know.
Then you can add the following JavaScript to hide the first label, while keeping its text entry box:
Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnReady(function () {
function hideLabel(element) {
if (element.select('input')[0] != null || element.select('textarea')[0] != null) {
element.select('label').each(function (a, b) {
a.hide();
});
} else {
console.log(element);
}
}
var hideLabelsFlag = false
function hideLabels() { //QH.hideLabels() - Hides the label for any answer option where a text input has been added.
var elements = $$('.LabelWrapper');
elements.each(function (name, index) {
hideLabel(name);
});
hideLabelsFlag = true;
}
hideLabels();
});
+10Stop! Don't do it Poppy! Qualtrics advises against including a "Don't Know" option and has a great article as reference.
https://qualtrics.com/blog/why-including-dont-know-responses-is-hurting-your-survey-data/
@JulieT Thanks, Julie! That is great advice, however, my supervisor is pretty adamant that they still want to add a "Don't Know" option. Does anyone know how to do this?
+7The best way to set this up is to create a multiple choice question with 2 answers, the first will include a text entry, and the second will be Don't know.
Then you can add the following JavaScript to hide the first label, while keeping its text entry box:
Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnReady(function () {
function hideLabel(element) {
if (element.select('input')[0] != null || element.select('textarea')[0] != null) {
element.select('label').each(function (a, b) {
a.hide();
});
} else {
console.log(element);
}
}
var hideLabelsFlag = false
function hideLabels() { //QH.hideLabels() - Hides the label for any answer option where a text input has been added.
var elements = $$('.LabelWrapper');
elements.each(function (name, index) {
hideLabel(name);
});
hideLabelsFlag = true;
}
hideLabels();
});
+10@Poppy, this solution isn't pretty, but it's functional. Create a 2-option Multiple Choice question and have one of them allow text entry.
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