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Keep same order of randomized choices in follow up question using display logic

  • January 27, 2026
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Hello,

 

I have four (non-randomized) multiple choice questions which have both the groups and the answer choices themselves randomized (not the questions). I am then using display logic to bring forward the answer choices selected to a 5th question. I want the order of the choices displayed for this fifth question to be the same order as the survey taker saw them in questions 1-4 aka maintaining the same random order. Can anyone please assist?

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arunxmarchitect
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@Ultimatex , If you need to preserve the random order from multiple questions, this is a current limitation in Qualtrics.

What’s Possible

What Actually Happens

  • If you use display logic to manually show answer choices in Q5 based on selections in Q1–Q4, Qualtrics will not automatically preserve the random order in which those choices were shown to the respondent in the original questions. The order in Q5 will default to how you have them listed in the survey editor.

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  • January 28, 2026

@arunxmarchitect Thank you very much for your reply. Is it possible some way using JavaScript?


TomG
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  • January 28, 2026

@Ultimatex,

It is possible with JS. I’m not clear on exactly how your questions are set up, but this might apply.