It's probably easiest to leave it as a descriptive text and then just record the response with embedded data.



You can replace the `Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.registry[qid]...` lines with `Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData('MyEmbeddedDataName','0');` and `Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData('MyEmbeddedDataName','1');`



Of course, replace `MyEmbeddedDataName` with whatever you want the Embedded Data to be named.



Then in your survey flow, anywhere in it, add an EmbeddedData block and name it the same thing. Don't set a value. This will force it to show in your export.

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We had some issues with the embedded data approach. Specifically, we only got one embedded data column in our exported data file--it only reported the participant's last response. (see Embedded Data Output attachment-- note: I've deleted the name, location, IP address etc.)



Here is the solution we found:

Each block includes a timing question, and image, a page break, and a multiple choice question. The multiple choice question for every block asks "Same or different?" and the first choice is always "same" and the second choice is always "different."



Current script:

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnReady(function(){



jQuery('body').keydown( function( event ) {



    switch (event.which) {

        case 49: // the 1 key

            event.preventDefault();

            jQuery(jQuery('span.LabelWrapper label')r0]).click()

            jQuery('#NextButton').click();

            break;

        case 48: // the 0 key

            event.preventDefault();

            jQuery(jQuery('span.LabelWrapper label')a1]).click()

            jQuery('#NextButton').click();

            break;

    

        default:

            // don't do anything

            break;

    }



});



A keypress of the 1 corresponds to the first multiple choice option (same) and a keypress of the 0 key corresponds to the second multiple choice option (different). Therefore, when a participant presses "1," "same" is recorded for the question and the survey automatically progresses. Similarly, when a participant presses "2," "different" is recorded for the question and the survey automatically progresses. (see Output attached-- note: I've deleted the name, location, IP address etc.)



In addition, we want all of our participants to respond through pressing 1 or 0 rather than clicking either of the multiple choice options. Therefore, we selected Look and Feel > Advanced > + Add Custom CSS. We added: `span.LabelWrapper label { display: none !important; }` As a result, the multiple choice options are not displayed to participants. Rather, they only see "same or different?"



This is all working perfectly which is great! We do have one more question: Our goal is to capture the response distinctly for each multiple choice question (each multiple choice question is in a separate block). Therefore, we need to run our Java script on every multiple choice question and we will have 300 multiple choice questions. Is there a way to apply our script to every multiple choice question without copy and pasting it into each individual question?



Thanks for helping us work through this!

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@anm54267 To answer your final question: have you looked into the loop & merge options of a block to do the repetitions?

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