Good Morning, You Lovely People!
 

I have a Lifecycle survey where I want to have an overall “score” (raw number - not a %) calculated based on the items selected in the survey.

• The maximum/”perfect” score is 30
• There are 8 questions - each with different values (3 answer options or 5 answer options)
• 7 of the questions are straightforward (A = 5, B = 4, etc.)
• However: On one of the questions - there are 17 possible answers
  • I want to have the system *subtract* a point for each item selected - subtracting up to 3 points for a minimum value of “0”
    • So: Max Score for the question is 3
    • Minimum score is 0
    • If 1 item is selected: Subtract 1 point
    • If 3 items selected: Subtract 3 points
    • If 4 or more items selected: Subtract 3 points

I added custom javascript (mentioned below) and included it as an embedded data field in the flow before the questions.

Unfortunately - it’s not working the way I want it to.

So now - I’m wondering if such a thing is possible *or* if I’d need to think of a different stucture to the item.

Thank y’all for any help you can provide!

Script

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function() {
  this.questionclick = function(event, element) {
    // Count how many checkboxes are checked
    var selectedCount = this.getSelectedChoices().length;
 
    // Cap score between 0 and 3
    var score = Math.max(0, 3 - selectedCount);
 
    // Store in embedded data
    Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData("Q20_Score", score);
  };
});