Carry forward scale point only if certain statement were selected

Question

Hi, I have a matrix in which I have as statements (rows) five actions (i.e., “Avoid the product”, “Replace the product”, “Bought less”, “Did not buy today”, “Not considered”) and three food categories as scale points (i.e., “fruit & veggie”, “meat”, “diary” in columns).  In the following questions, I want to carry forward as scale points only the food categories for which participants selected one of the first three statements (I.e, avoid, replace or bought less). If for example a participants selected “I avoided the product” for “meat”, I want “meat” to be carried forward. If a participants selected “I did not buy that product today” for “dairy”, I do NOT want to carry forward “dairy” for the next questions.Is there a way to tell the system not to carry forward a scale point if the last two statements (i.e., not bought today and not considered) were selected? Thank you very much for your help!Giulia

TomG · Accepted Answer

you mean I should have separate follow-up questions for each food category they selected?No, I mean you should include all food categories in the follow-up questionand use display logic on the categories to only display them based on the answers in the previous question.I also thought about transposing the matrix but as the strategies test is quite long it looks terrible if put in the columns. Especially it makes it complicated to see in the mobile version which is how most of the participants will see the survey.If your statements are the food categories, when you transpose the matrix they will become columns. 3 columns should be manageable on mobile. You may need to adjust formatting a bit (e.g., font size, etc.)

TomG · Answer

​@Giulia_P,You can’t use carryforward. Instead, you can use choice display logic on the follow-up question.BTW, you’ve switched ‘statements’ and ‘scale points’. Statements are always the things you are asking about (e.g., meat, dairy, etc.) and scale points are the answers (e.g., avoid, replace, etc.). If you want the statements in columns, you transpose the matrix.

Sign up

Login to the Community

Scanning file for viruses.

This file cannot be downloaded