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Hello,
I am currently constructing a survey that has a loop & merge block.
In field one, I have images of people I have manipulated to be overweight. In field two, I have images of people I have manipulated to be slimmer. The point of this survey is to randomise these faces so the respondent sees a chubby and a skinny person, views their CV (in field 3) and makes a choice about who they would hire for a job role.
However, the loop and merge for fields 1 and 2 sometimes show the same person e.g. respondent sees the exact same face both chubby and skinny rather than 2 different people. The loop is set to randomise, but on a run through I just had 7 separate questions with the same person in each image, defeating the whole point of the survey.
Can anyone offer me any help in fixing this issue?

Best answer by TomG

In a loop & merge the rows are what get randomized. The fields in the rows will always be shown as a set. So, if field1 and field2 in a row are the same people, they will always be shown together.
You could modify your loop & merge fields so field1 and field2 in the same row are always different people.

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In a loop & merge the rows are what get randomized. The fields in the rows will always be shown as a set. So, if field1 and field2 in a row are the same people, they will always be shown together.
You could modify your loop & merge fields so field1 and field2 in the same row are always different people.


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Amazing! Thank you so much for your help the survey is now running correctly.
https://www.qualtrics.com/community/discussion/comment/36669#Comment_36669


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