Hi guys,

I have a question concering the functionality of Limesurvey:

I want to create a survey that detects how many questions were answered in the previous group: For example, I have 10 questions in group 1 and if only either 5 of those are answered I want to create a filter-question after that group that reminds the participant that they have answered very few questions in the previous section. Would that be possible somehow?

Thank you guys in advance!

I think with expression manager you should be able to check which of the previous questions have been answered and display an alert.

You will need to create a equation question and experiement a little with expressions to check if the question was answered or not. Something like this should allow you to check if a specific question was answered or not:

www.limesurvey.org/manual/Expression_Manager_Examples

Thank you for your advice holch , but wouldn't that mean I had to manually check whether all combinations of questions have been answered? Your expression seems like I have to address a specific question and check whether it is answered or not. What I would like to do is check whether a certain number of questions - regardless of ID - has been answered. Would that be possible as well?

Please refer to the manual - Expression Manager "count" function - www.limesurvey.org/manual/Expression_Man...#Access_to_Functions

thank you tpartner, I think I have an idea, but since I am new to all this and I have very little knowledge of programming I need to ask where I would put the Expression. Would I insert it in into the group that is to be shown only when a certain amount of the previous questions would be answered? And if so, is the count-function sufficient? Would it be possible to get an example, so that I could get a clearer image. I am sorry, I am just not that familiar with the Expression Manager yet :blush:

My code was just a hint to how you could approach this. As we don't know what type of questions you have in your survey, etc. it is very difficult to give more detailed examples.

You will need to write the expression into a relevance equation type question.

Assuming the first 10 questions are simple single choice questions and use question codes "q1", "q2", ... "q10", you can create a "text display" question at group #2 and use the following relevance equation for that question to only show up if less than 6 questions were answered:
count(q1.NAOK, q2.NAOK, q3.NAOK, q4.NAOK, q5.NAOK, q6.NAOK, q7.NAOK, q8.NAOK, q9.NAOK, q10.NAOK)<6