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6 years 1 day ago #188048 by HalloHans
Replied by HalloHans on topic Same randomization order for following questions
Thanks a lot for your help, it works perfectly.
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6 years 1 day ago #188087 by stephanied
Replied by stephanied on topic Same randomization order for following questions
I've followed the steps described above and unfortunately I am unable to get it to work. Similar to those above, I have version 3.17.13 and I've made sure that the AJAX theme option is disabled.

Can someone please take a look at the sample survey I've attached to see if I'm missing something?
I've attempted to use the codes on this thread and also here
www.limesurvey.org/forum/can-i-do-this-w...he-same-random-order
which is why the first two questions are multiple choice questions, followed by a list question, hidden short response, second list question and finally the array. None of which are successfully maintaining randomization sequence.

I greatly appreciate the help!
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6 years 1 day ago #188090 by Joffm
Replied by Joffm on topic Same randomization order for following questions
Hi, Stephanie,
Your sample survey doesn't contain any javascript.

You placed all questions into one group which is not the fact in Tony's samples.
Your question LISThidden stores the codes of question LIST1. Here the codes are "A1", "A2",...
If you display the hidden question you will see, how they are stored.
But your array question uses the subquestion codes "SQ001", "SQ002", ...
If you rename your subquestion codes to "A1", "A2",... and structure the survey into several groups it works fine.

This for your single/single and single/array randomization.

Joffm
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6 years 13 hours ago #188134 by stephanied
Replied by stephanied on topic Same randomization order for following questions
Thanks Joffm!
I'm not sure why I haven't done this in the past, but I imported the lss to see the exact differences :blush: It worked perfectly once I imported and now I know what to do in the future. Just as a side note, I've always put my JS in the source of the help box, never in the source of the question, and have had no issues with doing so.

Is it possible to take this one step further and have the array question in the same group as the radio list question? If not, no worries, I am still very pleased with the results.
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5 years 11 months ago - 5 years 11 months ago #188194 by tpartner
Replied by tpartner on topic Same randomization order for following questions

Is it possible to take this one step further and have the array question in the same group as the radio list question?


To maintain the same order in a multiple-choice as the previous multiple-choice on the same page, add this script to the second multiple-choice question:

Code:
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
 
  $(document).on('ready pjax:scriptcomplete',function(){
 
    // Identify the questions
    var thisQID = {QID};
    var thisQuestion = $('#question'+thisQID);
    var prevQuestion = $(thisQuestion).prevAll('.multiple-opt:eq(0)');
    var prevQID = $(prevQuestion).attr('id').replace(/question/, '');
 
    // Loop through the previous question sub-questions
    $('.answer-item', prevQuestion).each(function(i) {
      // Move the  sub-questions
      var thisCode = $(this).attr('id').split('X'+prevQID)[1];
      $('.answers-list ul:eq(0)', thisQuestion).append($('.answer-item[id$="X'+thisQID+thisCode+'"]', thisQuestion));
    });
  });
</script>

To maintain the same order in a list-radio as the previous list-radio on the same page, add this script to the second list-radio question:

Code:
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
 
  $(document).on('ready pjax:scriptcomplete',function(){
 
    // Identify the questions
    var thisQID = {QID};
    var thisQuestion = $('#question'+thisQID);
    var prevQuestion = $(thisQuestion).prevAll('.list-radio:eq(0)');
    var prevQID = $(prevQuestion).attr('id').replace(/question/, '');
 
    // Loop through the previous question answers
    $('.answer-item', prevQuestion).each(function(i) {
      // Move the  sub-questions
      var thisCode = $(this).attr('id').split('X'+prevQID)[1];
      $('.answers-list ul:eq(0)', thisQuestion).append($('.answer-item[id$="X'+thisQID+thisCode+'"]', thisQuestion));
    });
  });
</script>

To maintain the same order in an array as the previous list-radio on the same page, add this script to the array question:

Code:
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
 
  $(document).on('ready pjax:scriptcomplete',function(){
 
    // Identify the questions
    var thisQID = {QID};
    var thisQuestion = $('#question'+thisQID);
    var prevQuestion = $(thisQuestion).prevAll('.list-radio:eq(0)');
    var prevQID = $(prevQuestion).attr('id').replace(/question/, '');
 
    // Loop through the previous question answers
    $('.answer-item', prevQuestion).each(function(i) {
      // Move the  sub-questions
      var thisCode = $(this).attr('id').split('X'+prevQID)[1];
      $('table.subquestion-list tbody:eq(0)', thisQuestion).append($('.answers-list[id$="X'+thisQID+thisCode+'"]', thisQuestion));
    });
  });
</script>

Here is your sample survey back with those scripts incorporated:

File Attachment:

File Name: limesurvey...5511.lss
File Size:31.51 KB
Cheers,
Tony Partner
Solutions, code and workarounds presented in these forums are given without any warranty, implied or otherwise.
Last edit: 5 years 11 months ago by tpartner.
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5 years 10 months ago - 5 years 10 months ago #189403 by hamstr
Replied by hamstr on topic Same randomization order for following questions
Hi everyone! I've tried to implement tpartner's workaround for multiple choice questions. However, while recording the order in a hidden short text question works perfectly fine, I struggle to transfer it to the following questions. Does anyone know which adaptions to step 4 are necessary to apply the code to mc-questions that are not included in the same question group? Any kind of help is greatly appreciated!

I'm using version 2.64.

tpartner wrote:

4) Add this script to the source of following list-radio questions:

Code:
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
  $(document).on('ready pjax:scriptcomplete',function(){
 
    //Identify this question
    var thisQuestion = $('#question{QID}');
    var thisAnswerList = $('li.answer-item:eq(0)', thisQuestion).parent();
 
    // Retrieve the answer codes from the "randomOrder" question
    var answerCodes = '{randomOrder}'.split(',');
 
    // Loop through the answer codes
    $.each(answerCodes, function(i, val) {
      // Move the answer item
      $(thisAnswerList).append($('li.answer-item[id$="X{QID}'+val+'"]', thisQuestion));
    });
 
  });
</script>

Last edit: 5 years 10 months ago by hamstr.
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5 years 10 months ago #189412 by tpartner
Replied by tpartner on topic Same randomization order for following questions
Can you attach a small sample survey (.lss file) containing only the relevant questions and your code?
Cheers,
Tony Partner
Solutions, code and workarounds presented in these forums are given without any warranty, implied or otherwise.
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5 years 10 months ago - 5 years 10 months ago #189420 by hamstr
Replied by hamstr on topic Same randomization order for following questions
Thanks for the fast reply, Tony! Please see attachment for the .lss-file.
Last edit: 5 years 10 months ago by hamstr.
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5 years 10 months ago #189436 by tpartner
Replied by tpartner on topic Same randomization order for following questions
I cannot test in 2.64 but can it 2.73.0.

Part of the problem is that you display the questions in columns.

This should maintain the order in multiple-choice questions, in different groups, using columns, in version 2.73.0:

Code:
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
       $(document).ready(function(){
 
    //Identify this question
    var thisQuestion = $('#question{QID}');
    var thisAnswerList = $('.answer-item:eq(0)', thisQuestion).parent();
 
    // Determine the number of items in the first column
    var rowCount = $('.multiple-choice-container > div:eq(0) .question-item', thisQuestion).length;
 
    // Retrieve the answer codes from the "randomOrder" question
    var answerCodes = '{randomOrder}'.split(',');
 
    // Loop through the answer codes
    var row = 0;
    var column = 0;
    $.each(answerCodes, function(i, val) {
 
      // Move the answer item
      $('.multiple-choice-container > div:eq('+column+') > div', thisQuestion).append($('.answer-item[id$="X{QID}'+val+'"]', thisQuestion).parent());
 
      if(row < (rowCount-1)) {
        row++;
      }
      else {
        // Increment the column
        row = 0;
        column++;
      }
    });
 
  });
</script>

Sample survey attached:

File Attachment:

File Name: limesurvey...8429.lss
File Size:72.89 KB
Cheers,
Tony Partner
Solutions, code and workarounds presented in these forums are given without any warranty, implied or otherwise.
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5 years 1 day ago #204496 by oksana
Replied by oksana on topic Same randomization order for following questions
Hi guys, I was looking for this solution Tony is written about for some long period of time. I imported the last survey example in my LimeSurvey 3.6.3. Does anybody know what should I change to make it work in my version?
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5 years 1 day ago - 5 years 1 day ago #204513 by tpartner
Replied by tpartner on topic Same randomization order for following questions
This will maintain the order in multiple-choice questions, in different groups, using columns, in version 3.22.210.

(if using an earlier 3.x version, disable AJAX in the survey theme options)

In the first question:

Code:
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
  $(document).ready(function(){
 
    //Identify the questions
    var thisQuestion = $('#question{QID}');
    var hiddenQuestion = $(thisQuestion).nextAll('.text-short:eq(0)');
 
    // Create an array of answer codes
    var answerCodes = [];
    $('.answer-item', thisQuestion).each(function(i) {
      answerCodes.push($(this).attr('id').split('X{QID}')[1]);
    });
 
    // Load the hidden question
    $('input:text', hiddenQuestion).val(answerCodes);
 
  });
</script>

In following questions:

Code:
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
  $(document).ready(function(){
 
    //Identify this question
    var thisQuestion = $('#question{QID}');
 
    // Determine the number of items in the first column
    var rowCount = $('.answers-list.multiple-list > ul:eq(0) .question-item', thisQuestion).length;
 
    // Retrieve the answer codes from the "randomOrder" question
    var answerCodes = '{randomOrder}'.split(',');
    console.log(answerCodes);
 
    // Loop through the answer codes
    var row = 0;
    var column = 0;
    $.each(answerCodes, function(i, val) {
 
      // Move the answer item
      $('.answers-list.multiple-list > ul:eq('+column+')', thisQuestion).append($('.answer-item[id$="X{QID}'+val+'"]', thisQuestion));
 
      if(row < (rowCount-1)) {
        row++;
      }
      else {
        // Increment the column
        row = 0;
        column++;
      }
    });
 
  });
</script>

Sample survey attached:

File Attachment:

File Name: limesurvey...9(1).lss
File Size:74.04 KB
Cheers,
Tony Partner
Solutions, code and workarounds presented in these forums are given without any warranty, implied or otherwise.
Last edit: 5 years 1 day ago by tpartner.
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