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1 year 3 months ago #245143 by Syrhrnni_435655
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Your LimeSurvey version: LimeSurvey 3.0
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I created a questionnaire and I am trying to get the number of people who replied to each question, as some were conditional and did not display to everyone.

When I export statistics I see the count, then percentages. If the question is not multiple choice, the number of counts actually equals the sum of those who responded (let's call that sum N). Still, I cannot figure out how to get the N value on multiple choice questions, as one user can select more than 1 option when I sum the count the value is greater than the number of possible responders.

Is there a way to determine how many people answered each question?

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1 year 3 months ago #245153 by holch
You can download the raw data and there you will see (or can calculate) how many people gave at least one response to a specific question.

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1 year 3 months ago - 1 year 3 months ago #245154 by holch
By the way, I hope that your version is not LS 3.0 as you say...

Limesurvey LimeSurvey 3.0.0 was released on 22.12.2017, so about 5,5 years ago. Since then the LS 3.x branch has received numerous updates, bug fixes, security patches.

Unfortunately some universities install Limesurvey and never touch it again. Not sure where this idea comes from, as this doesn't work with any software. You need to keep on top and update on a regular basis.

Collecting data (potentially including sensitive and personal data) with a software that hasn't been updated for over 5 years is not a good idea, in my opinion.

If your university really still runs LS 3.0, please get in touch with them and ask for them to consider an update.

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1 year 3 months ago - 1 year 3 months ago #245156 by Joffm
Hi,
1. as @holch,
in your analysis tool (like SPSS) you may calculate it
Here an SPSS example
data (M1 was only displayed, if S1==1)
 
result
 
Of course, SPSS can't distinguish between an empty response because of "not displayed" or because of "the respondend didn't select any"
But usually these questions are mandatory with an exclusive answer "Don't know / no answer"

2. Just have a look at the question of the condition. Here you see how many rerspondents had to answer the next question. (marked "blue")

3. You see the option "not displayed".
And you see the total count. So the difference is the number of respondents who had to answer this question. (marked "red")
 

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