Question Types

Free Text The kind of question where the respondent types an answer. Example: What is your name? The respondent types an answer here	Check Box Group The kind of question where the respondent may choose one or more answers. Example: Which of the following desserts do you crave? Chocolate mousse Cheese cake Lemon meringue pie Note: A horizontal question group can be formed similarly to the 'Radio Button Scale' example below.	Drop Down Menu A question where the respondent may choose one answer from a drop down menu. Drop down menus are usually used when there are many answers to choose from and it's not important that the respondent notice them all. Example: In what country were you born? Please Select an ItemAfghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean territory Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo Congo, Democratic Republic Cook Islands Costa Rica Cote deIvoire (Ivory Coast) Croatia (Hrvatska) Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Heard and McDonald Islands Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea (north) Korea (south) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao Peoples Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia and Montenegro Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands (British) Virgin Islands (US) Wallis and Futuna Islands Western Sahara Yemen Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe
Radio Button Group The kind of question where the respondent may choose only one answer. Example: Do you think that following a healthy eating plan is important? Yes No I'm not sure Note: A horizontal question group can be formed similarly to the 'Radio Button Scale' example to the right.	Radio Button Scale A question where the respondent may choose a number from a scale, for example, a scale of 1 to 5. Often, several Radio Button Scale questions are grouped together to form a horizontal question group. Example: On a scale of 1 to 5, how much do you enjoy the following activities?     1 2 3 4 5   Swimming     Do not enjoy Extremely enjoy Tennis Do not enjoy Extremely enjoy Running Do not enjoy Extremely enjoy Note: To group questions horizontally, such as in the above example, each line should be a separate question with the same Question Type Code. Click Options for any one of the questions and check 'Display questions as a group'.	Rank Group A question where the respondent is asked to rank a number of items. Example: How would you rank these presidents?   1 2 3    Barack Obama   1 2 3    George W. Bush   1 2 3    Bill Clinton
Date A question for which the answer is a date. Example: When is your birthday?  --Month-- January February March April May June July August September October November December  --Day-- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31    --Year-- 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1902 1901	Header The header type differs from the other Question Types. It is not really a type of question. Rather, it is a text that can introduce a new set of questions or function as instructions or a preliminary explanation before a set of questions. Example: Please feel free to call us if you have queries regarding the questions on this page.