No, the only solution is to loop based on a question that uses Advanced Randomization as described in the post you linked to. I don't know why you say it is inefficient. It isn't any more effort than setting up a regular loop & merge.

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Most probably I have not understood the solution!

How can I make a question with 500 answer options by "setting up a regular loop & merge"? Would you please elaborate on that or give me a link to where I can learn more about it?

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> @Rah said:

> Most probably I have not understood the solution!

> How can I make a question with 500 answer options by "setting up a regular loop & merge"? Would you please elaborate on that or give me a link to where I can learn more about it?



Before your Loop & Merge block, create a multiple choice question with your 500 text blocks as choices. Apply Advanced Randomization to randomly display 50 of the 500 text blocks evenly presented. Hide the question with JavaScript. Set your Loop & Merge to be based on the DISPLAYED choices in hidden question you just created. Do NOT check randomize.

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Great. I did it and it works. The only problem is that even though I used the following code to hide the question, the question is displayed very briefly, like a flash. I found a similar question but didn´t understand what to do with the "padding" in the HTML code.



Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function() {

jQuery("#"+this.questionId).hide();

jQuery("#Buttons").hide();

});



Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnReady(function() {

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

});

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Just add a lot of padding to the beginning of the hidden question's text:

```

<div style="padding-top:1500px"></div>

```

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Hi TomG ,
I have the same issue, however, I have 1045 loops. The maximum number of answer possibilities is 1000, any ideas on how to solve this? Or is there another way to make even randomization?

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