Labels in side-by-side matrix

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Hi everyone! Thank you so much for accepting me. I have a very difficult question so it seems, so contact support and our brand ambassador suggested I’ll pick your guys’ brains! So aim of my specific survey question: I want the respondents to score 200 items/statements on a 1-9 Likert scale. I have a label for the values 1, 5 and 9. I wanted to use a regular matrix, BUT I need the possibility to add a comment to every statement (something the respondent wants to add for example). So I made a side-by-side matrix, but there I cannot add labels to the values 1, 5 and 9. I can add the text right before the number, but then the columns of the different values are not the same width (which would mean a bias in the answers). Aim: to have 9 point Likert scale for every statement, with a label for 1, 5 and 9 and a possibility to leave a comment with every statement. So do you have any ideas? Is there a possibility to add comments section in a regular matrix? 	OR can I add another row above the scale-vlaues to add labels to 1,5 and 9? 	OR can I make the value-columns as they are now the same width, even with the text in some of them? 	OR any other suggestions you can think of? Context info: I use a professional business account of Ghent University, so settings might be a little different than standard settings. I tried already using a custom CSS coding with chat gpt lol, but without success, and the same with Javascript coding. So any specific codes I can try, are very welcome!

nikamshubham_73 · Accepted Answer

Hi @albrechti25,Welcome to the community!I can suggest one solution which is available within Qualtrics itself.1) You can just use Matrix table.2) Click on the statement and it will have an option ”Allow Text Entry”, you can put the comments below the statement.3)For the scales labels to have matching width, you can paste the below text and would have the same width as scale 1,5&9, “Onbelangrijk
voorkwaliteit
2”Explanation- (opacity: 0) will hide the text but keep the width small for all.

albrechti25 · Answer

Hi ​@nikamshubham_73,Thank you so much for your reply and help!This is a great solution - wauw, thanks a lot. I worried sick about the scale width and it just doesnt seem possible. But this is a great alternative, and using the regular matrix option also creates other opportunities again like a progress bar that wasn’t available in the side-by-side matrix.Very grateful, thanks again!

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