that lets us understand how you want to "score" things and then give you tips and examples

That's the crucial point.
Still we do not know how the "scoring" is done.

Is it a simple addition of ALL questions (using the assessment values)?
I really do not believe this.

If you send the more or less final lss with some included "text displays", like
"Here I want to display the sum of questions Q1, Q4, Q7 and Q8"
"Here I want to display the frequency per answer option and mean of all subquestions in the arrays Q2 and Q12"
"Here I want to display texts depending on the sum of Q5, Q6 and Q7" 
we are able to help.

And:
If you have many different calculations it is advisable to use a container (e.g. a question of type "array(numbers)")
Then you can do all calculations in one question of type "equation" and assign the results to the cells of the array.
Like
{Container_Y001_1=sum(that.Q1.valueNAOK,Q3.valueNAOK,Q5.valueNAOK)}
{Container_Y002_1=count(that.Q2.NAOK,Q7.NAOK)*70}
...
All in one question.
You see the "assign"-Operator "=" here.

But as said before: Show us what you want to calculate and what you want to display.

Joffm

 

Thanks, both, again for your reply.

We have an Excel file that has what each question scores, so we could supply that, which would probably be easier.

Now that I understand that you put this code in an Hidden Equation question, I suppose what's also hard to understand is how do you output this/test it?

If I created a Hidden Equation, then it's hidden.  How would you test that it's working? If I wrote my first equation and wanted to test it out, I presume you have to run the entire survey just to see if your equation worked?  So, I imagine you end up with dozens of dummy Survey responses, which I then download into Excel to see what scores were assigned?

I'm not sure if I was clear with the overall requirement.  Ideally, we'd like some text that gives advice based on the answer supplied, but we also need to download ALL the participants' responses (with Scores, ofc), so that we could do deeper analysis, such as the Average Score for companies in the Construction sector for each question, etc.

I have sent messages to 2 developers listed on the LS Partners' page, but I haven't received a response from either developer.
I've also contacted 2 developers via Fiverr, so I'm hoping at least 1 of the 4 people comes back to me.

I know you think that this is something I could do with a couple of hours reading and playing about, but it's also all the testing that needs to be done to ensure each equation written is working, and having to do (maybe) dozens of test Surveys to ensure it's right is what is really putting me off.  If I were REALLY comfortable writing code and IF there were a fast way to test and implement this, then I might give it a go, but as a complete and utter novice, it seems a huge task that would take probably a week, at least, to (hopefully) get working.

Anyway, I do appreciate all the time you've spent trying to help with this. I wish LS had a simpler Scoring system for novices (with a good and easy GUI), but I think this is really more of a developers' platform and isn't ideal for novices like me .  So, as mentioned, I think I'll just have to hope at least 1 Developer comes back to me.

Now that I understand that you put this code in an Hidden Equation question, I suppose what's also hard to understand is how do you output this/test it?

If I created a Hidden Equation, then it's hidden. How would you test that it's working? If I wrote my first equation and wanted to test it out, I presume you have to run the entire survey just to see if your equation worked? So, I imagine you end up with dozens of dummy Survey responses, which I then download into Excel to see what scores were assigned?

Yes, a hidden equation is hidden. Per definition.

But I am citing myself from a couple of posts before:

So here a very general summary: usually you calculate your stuff in equation type questions (which you might want to hide via the GUI AFTER thorough testing, so that respondents don't see them).

So the hidden equation question will be hidden only AFTER you have tested and everything works.

I'm not sure if I was clear with the overall requirement. Ideally, we'd like some text that gives advice based on the answer supplied, but we also need to download ALL the participants' responses (with Scores, ofc), so that we could do deeper analysis, such as the Average Score for companies in the Construction sector for each question, etc.

Totally possible and actually pretty easy to do (of course it all depends on how complicated your scoring system is!). If you look at the BMI calculation example, you'll have a simple example of how this would work.

having to do (maybe) dozens of test Surveys to ensure it's right is what is really putting me off.

Testing is actually one of the main parts of creating a survey. Probably actually the most time consuming part, especially if the survey is complicated and long. We all have to do this, or we risk that at the end things are wrong. And to be honest, even if you outsource the programming, in my experience you will still have to test thoroughly. Survey programmers (on other platforms, never used a Limesurvey partner) usually do a very bad job at testing their own little creation. If you want to make sure things work, YOU need to test.

We have an Excel file that has what each question scores, so we could supply that, which would probably be easier.

A excel sheet helps, but the survey structure is still important.

How about this: Create a little test survey with the type of questions you want to score. It should be as close as possible to the "real thing", but we are not interested in the whole survey nor the actual content of the survey. But scoring only make sense for a couple of question types anyway. So set up a survey that can represent the question types you want to score e.g. 3-4 questions and post it as a LSS and we can have a look and give you hints on how to score these questions. This will give you a kickstart.

Regarding the Limesurvey partners: Never have used any of them, so I can't say what is going on. Maybe they think your request is too simple, who knows.

If I created a Hidden Equation, then it's hidden.  How would you test that it's working?

Of course, it is not hidden.

Initially you do NOT hide the equation.
You set "Always hide this question  OFF"
So it is visible to test.
When everything is fine and you publish the survey you hide the equation with the setting "Always hide this question  ON".

Ideally, we'd like some text that gives advice based on the answer supplied, but we also need to download ALL the participants' responses (with Scores, ofc), so that we could do deeper analysis, such as the Average Score for companies in the Construction sector for each question, etc.

We know that.
And to be honest, IT IS EASY.
ExpressionScript is nothing else what we all learned at school.
{12+23+1} will display 36, or you say {sum(12,23,1)}
You use some functions to calculate things.
To sum things you use the function sum(), to count you use the function count(). And you use the same operators like "+", "-", "*", "/"
Additgionally there are some "special" functions and variables that ease your life, like "sumif()", "sumifop)", "countif()", "countifop)" and the ".that" variable, which can shorten some functions immensely.
And for your scoring you do not need more.

I often advice to use a "container", a question of type "multiple short text" or "multiple numeric" with as many subquestions as you want to calculate scores.
Then you only need one question of type "equation" where you calculate the scores and write it into this "container, like
{QCont_1=sum(Q1.valueNAOK,Q2.valueNAOK,Q3.valueNAOK)/100}
{QCont_2=sum(that.Q4.valueNAOK,that.Q5.valueNAOK)/count(that.Q4.NAOK,that.Q5.NAOK)}
...
all in one question
​​​​​​​Only one "=" because you assign a value and do not compare.


But unfortunately you still neither provided the survey with the final assessment values (you know, multiplied *100, or so) nor a plan which questions belong to one score, which to another.
like (just an example)
score1: Sum of Q2, Q4, Q13(subquestions Y1,Y2,Y4,Y5) and Q14; if <20 "You can improve", if<40,"Well done" else "Super fantastic, great"
score2: Mean of Q5, Q6; if <2 "You can improve" else "Super fantastic, great"
​​​​​​​
As written several times.
We can not help without the information.

Joffm


 

Small example to show what I tried to explain
1. A simple array with

• normal and reverse items
• assessment values (in brackets)

 

2. The "equation" question
{QCont_1=sum(that.Q1.NAOK)}
{QCont_2=sum(that.Q1.valueNAOK)/100}
{QCont_3=sum(that.Q1.NAOK)/count(that.Q1.NAOK)}
{QCont_4=sum(that.Q1.valueNAOK)/count(that.Q1.NAOK)/100}
{QCont_5=sum(sum(that.Q1.sq_N.NAOK),count(that.Q1.sq_R.NAOK)*6,-1*sum(that.Q1.sq_R.NAOK))}
{QCont_6=sum(sum(that.Q1.sq_N.NAOK),count(that.Q1.sq_R.NAOK)*6,-1*sum(that.Q1.sq_R.NAOK))/count(that.Q1.NAOK)}{QCont_7=countifop(">","2",that.Q1.NAOK)}
{QCont_8=countifop(">","0",that.Q1.valueNAOK)}

3. The "container" where you store the results
4. The text depending on the value
 

Joffm