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In a survey can you only display a question if it is the 3rd respondent?

  • March 11, 2020
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My team has a survey where we only want to show a question to every X number of respondents. We don’t need to ask the question every time but maybe every 3rd respondent will get this question. Is this possible?

Best answer by MatthewM

Hi @A_Nutter , It's not a perfect solution, but I'm wondering if you could apply the Randomizer in the Survey Flow to do this? https://www.qualtrics.com/support/survey-platform/survey-module/survey-flow/standard-elements/randomizer/ You could have one block with your question, and two other dummy blocks with a message of some sort (or perhaps Display Logic could be used to hide them altogether), and set the Randomizer to present of these three blocks to respondents. If you are distributing the survey via email to a contact list, another option might be to randomly assign each one a number 1-3 and include this as a field in the contact list. Then in the Survey Flow, set the field as Embedded Data and use that value in Display Logic for your question.

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    • March 11, 2020
    Hi @A_Nutter , It's not a perfect solution, but I'm wondering if you could apply the Randomizer in the Survey Flow to do this? https://www.qualtrics.com/support/survey-platform/survey-module/survey-flow/standard-elements/randomizer/ You could have one block with your question, and two other dummy blocks with a message of some sort (or perhaps Display Logic could be used to hide them altogether), and set the Randomizer to present of these three blocks to respondents. If you are distributing the survey via email to a contact list, another option might be to randomly assign each one a number 1-3 and include this as a field in the contact list. Then in the Survey Flow, set the field as Embedded Data and use that value in Display Logic for your question.
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    @MatthewM has the right idea, but there isn't a need for any dummy questions or extra blocks. Just have the randomizer set an embedded variable and use it in display logic: Randomizer (1 of 3, evenly present) - EmbeddedData showQ=0 - EmbeddedData showQ=0 - EmbeddedData showQ=1 Question Display Logic: If showQ=1


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