Can I add a new question after the survey is already active?
One of the great advantages of using 1KA is the possibility of adding new questions to your survey, even after the start of data collection. In this instance, results of respondents who finished the survey and did not receive an additional question will contain missing values. Results will be assigned the value -4, which signals an additional question, and will not be taken into account in the analysis, similarly to other missing values (-1 unanswered, -2 skipped answer, -3 survey not completed, -5 survey not filled out). The additional question will not have an effect on the other questions in your survey.
During the survey, the order of the questions and categories can be changed without consequences. You can also add new question categories (i.e. to the category “Colour of eyes”, which already contains “Blue” and “Brown”, you can add “Green”). However, you must take into account the fact that a newly added category will have a lesser frequency of occurrence than categories that were featured in the survey from the start.
Be careful not to remove a variable, as corresponding data from the result file will be deleted as well. If you decide to exclude a certain variable during data collection (or a condition or block), simply deactivate it in edit mode, and the variable will no longer be visible to the respondents.
We must nonetheless warn you that editing of a live survey is a delicate task that many survey tools are unable to perform or do not offer to their users. In case of a large number of respondents and high frequency of answers, some respondents may receive a somewhat incomplete question. Thus some editors prefer to deactivate the survey during the editing process. Survey editing can also be locked before the survey becomes active (icon in shape of a lock beside the URL address bar, click 'EDIT' – 'Questionnaire'), thus formally preventing direct editing without reflection, especially if there are multiple editors.
The approach you take depends on the circumstances, but in case of a minor alteration (e.g. adding a single question or category) to a small survey, where new answers are not expected every minute, live alterations are by far the most reasonable and effective approach. Either way, an archive backup is recommended before any alterations are made. If you delete or alter a question in any way without using the archive function, the old survey version is lost. If you delete a question, the corresponding respondent data will be deleted as well.
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- Combined table
- Hiding answers in already active survey
- Recommendations for questionnaire creation
- 'Take a picture' question type
- Verification of user’s attention with the use of a “trap” question
- Data display (settings)
- Import text - copying text to 1KA
- Using the IP address and cookies to control duplicate entries
- Display the list of open answers in the survey
- Notifications
- Changing the size of radio and checkbox buttons
- Adding editorial access on 1ka.arnes.si
- Granting access to helpdesk
- Advanced questionnaire editing settings
- Settings for exporting PDF/RTF files with responses
- Voting
- Comments
- 1KA settings for email notifications for completed surveys and insight into the respondent's answers
- Measurement and time limitations for responses
- Different ways to display a question for the date
- Satisficing in the survey
- Insert numerical answers with slider
- Standard demographics
- Uploading a file
- 1KA registration and login
- Transfering values from the answer of one question into the text of another question ( data piping)
- Advanced adding of images as an answer
- Key features that an advanced user should know
- Survey settings
- Registration form
- The double grid table
- The use of conditions
- Image type of question layout
- Setting up a static first page (introduction)
- GDPR survey settings
- Placing answers on stripe
- Disabling the question for respondents
- Image Hotspot question type
- Usage of 'location' question type
- Recommendations for minimizing non-response
- Recommendations for online surveys on a mobile phone
- Electronic signature
- Creating sub-samples: half of the respondents gets one question, while the other half a different question
- Use of editor when editing questions
- Survey preview
- Semantic differential
- Labelling a question as mandatory
- Your first survey
- Export (Survey archive)
- Organizing surveys in folders
- Drill-down: sequential filtering of questions
- Accessibility of surveys for people with special needs
- Option to hide radio and checkbox buttons next to categories
- Glossary
- Classifying or ranking
- Design
- Settings for respondent access: cookies and passwords
- Editing options in the question taskbar
- Edit response's values
- Structuring questions into blocks
- Creating respondent groups
- Set up of drag and drop question type
- Default answer labels
- Step by step mode with table question type
- System variables in conditions
- E-mail (type of question)
- Including a video or flash player in your survey
- Survey duration based on date or the number of responses
- Tabs in the questionnaire
- Visual Analogue Scale
- Loop
- Text (type of question)
- Inserting images into your questionnaire
- Adding a new language for the standard words
- Mobile survey adjustments
- How to repeat the tittle bar in a table
- Additional settings for the introduction and conclusion
- 'Heatmap' Question