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I'm conducting a survey in which I present a job description and six different resumes based on that description, with both male and female names. These resumes highlight varying qualifications and qualities. Participants are asked to rate these resumes after reviewing them in relation to the job description. 

To ensure randomness in the presentation of these resumes for each participant, I've employed a hidden question with randomization based on their display preferences, and I've set up a loop and merge to organize the resumes accordingly. However, once participants have rated the resumes, I'd like them to rank the top three candidates for the job. 

To facilitate this ranking task, I've created six click buttons, each containing resume information. These buttons are hardcoded to help participants reference the resumes during the ranking process. My specific challenge is to make sure these click buttons appear in the same order as the resumes were presented during the rating phase. In other words, I want the first resume they viewed during the rating process to be the first click button when they're ranking candidates. 

However, I can't use loop and merge for this task because I want all the click buttons to appear on a single page for ease of ranking, yet they need to maintain the same order as before to ensure consistency.  

Please let me know if you have a solution for this problem. Thank you 

You can carry forward the choices from your hidden question that you used for the loop setup as the choices in your ranking question after the loop. Just as with the loop, they will retain their randomized order.


Tom, 

Thank you for your response. After I carry forward the choices from the hidden questions how am I going to tie it to the click buttons in the ranking block to  capture the randomization in the hidden question? 


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