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11 years 11 months ago #99873 by TonisOrmisson
Answers random order - partial randomization & keeping distinct answers fixed was created by TonisOrmisson
I would need to randomize part of the answers and keep some answers at a fixed position.

A typical example - a simple radio question that needs most of the answers randomized, but would need to have a "do not know" fixed at the bottom.

Any ideas how to do that?

I am currently considering renaming "no answer" to "don't know" in the translation.
Alternatively I could have some script rewriting the answers sortorder value on each pageload. Probably some security issues here going directly to edit databases.
Any ways to reorder distinct answers by javascript on display?

I am using multiple versions (eg. 1.92+ and the 2.00)
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11 years 11 months ago #99877 by tpartner
Replied by tpartner on topic Answers random order - partial randomization & keeping distinct answers fixed
Have a look at this workaround - www.limesurvey.org/manual/Workarounds:_M...28radio.29_questions
Cheers,
Tony Partner
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11 years 11 months ago #99883 by TonisOrmisson
Replied by TonisOrmisson on topic Answers random order - partial randomization & keeping distinct answers fixed
exactly what I was looking for.
excellent, thanks!

I did google for some time to find that but without luck. Thanks again.
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11 years 11 months ago #99887 by TonisOrmisson
Replied by TonisOrmisson on topic Answers random order - partial randomization & keeping distinct answers fixed
have some problems implementing.

I got the "Partially Randomized Answers - Multiple Options & List (radio) questions" working
didn't work on my custom old template, but worked on default

but I can not get the "Partially Randomized Answers - Multiple Options & List (radio) questions - ENHANCED" version working (the one with multiple fixed items).

working with 1.92 build 10859.

Could anybody show a working set-up for the enhanced version??
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11 years 11 months ago #99908 by TonisOrmisson
Replied by TonisOrmisson on topic Answers random order - partial randomization & keeping distinct answers fixed
found the problem

with the enhanced versiosn you should not set the random_order attribute to 1

The randomization is done with javascript. I set the random_order to 0 and it works in all versions i have now.

so as far as I understand there is a misleading manual - this should not be done with the enhanced version:

"Set the random_order question attribute to 1."
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11 years 7 months ago #103531 by LloydW
Replied by LloydW on topic Answers random order - partial randomization & keeping distinct answers fixed
Similar sort of question but for an array.

I want to randomise all the subquestions, but I want to hold the last one (which is different from the rest) at the end of the list (but not an exclusive answer like 'none of the above').

Haven't been able to get most of the solutions I've found on-line to work. The question example is attached & using Limesurvey 2.05.

Regards, Lloyd.
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11 years 7 months ago #103551 by tpartner
Replied by tpartner on topic Answers random order - partial randomization & keeping distinct answers fixed
Lloyd, since your sub-question codes all start with an alpha character (as they should) and are sequential, we can detect the highest code (alphabetically) and move that sub-question to the end.

Add the following to the array question source:

Code:
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">  
 
  $(document).ready(function() {
 
    // Identify this question ID
    var qID = {QID};
 
    // Build an array of subquestion codes
    var sqCodeArr = new Array();
    $('#question'+qID+' table.question tbody tr').each(function(i) {
 
      var sqCode = $(this).attr('id').split('X'+qID+'')[1];
      sqCodeArr.push(sqCode);
    });
 
    // Find the highest code (alphabetically) 
    sqCodeArr.sort(); 
    var highCode = sqCodeArr[sqCodeArr.length-1];
 
    // Now, move that subquestion to the bottom 
    $('#question'+qID+' table.question tbody').append($('#question'+qID+' tr[id$="X'+qID+highCode+'"]'));
  });
 
</script>


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Cheers,
Tony Partner
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11 years 7 months ago #103571 by LloydW
Replied by LloydW on topic Answers random order - partial randomization & keeping distinct answers fixed
A super solution and well coded and explained - thanks Tony it works a charm. :cheer:

Many thanks.
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11 years 3 months ago #109726 by dknvs
Replied by dknvs on topic Answers random order - partial randomization & keeping distinct answers fixed
Hi,
I have found the following [url=https://https://www.limesurvey.org/manual/Workarounds:_Manipulating_a_survey_at_runtime_using_Javascript#Partially_Randomized_Answers_-_Multiple_Options_.26_List_.28radio.29_questions]script[/url] that helps me the make the last answer choice fixed.
However, it's only for codes that are in order. For example:
1 answer1
2 answer2
3 answer3

For our survey, we don't want to include "don't know" in the calculation. So we usually give DK as the don't know/none of above.
1 answer1
2 answer2
3 answer3
DK None of above

The following javascript will only work if we make DK a "4". Could you help me to this?
thank you!




<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">

$(document).ready(function() {

// Identify this question
var qID = {QID};

// Find the number of answers
var ansCount = $('#question'+qID+' li.answer-item').length;

// Place the last answer created at the end of the list
var answer = $( 'input[id$="X'+qID+ansCount+'"]');
var answerItem = $(answer).closest('li');
var answersList = $(answer).closest('ul');
$(answersList).append(answerItem);

});
</script>
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11 years 3 months ago - 11 years 3 months ago #109736 by tpartner
Replied by tpartner on topic Answers random order - partial randomization & keeping distinct answers fixed
Try this

Code:
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
 
  $(document).ready(function() {
 
  // Identify this question
  var qID = {QID};
 
  // Place the "DK" code option at the end of the list
  var answer = $( 'input[id$="X'+qID+'DK"]');
  var answerItem = $(answer).closest('li');
  var answersList = $(answer).closest('ul');
  $(answersList).append(answerItem);
 
  });
</script>
Cheers,
Tony Partner
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Last edit: 11 years 3 months ago by tpartner.
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11 years 3 months ago #109758 by dknvs
Replied by dknvs on topic Answers random order - partial randomization & keeping distinct answers fixed
YAY! IT WORKS! THANK YOU SO MUCH! :woohoo:
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9 years 8 months ago #129711 by delarammahdaviii
Replied by delarammahdaviii on topic Answers random order - partial randomization & keeping distinct answers fixed
help me about ,Array questions to be randomized while always keeping 3 sub-question at the end
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9 years 8 months ago #129712 by tpartner
Replied by tpartner on topic Answers random order - partial randomization & keeping distinct answers fixed
If, for example, the sub-question codes of the last 3 items are 97, 98 and 99, you can insert a script like this:

Code:
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">    
  $(document).ready(function(){ 
 
    // Move sub-question codes 97, 98, 99 to the end of the array
    $('#question{QID} table.subquestions-list tbody').append($('#question{QID} table.subquestions-list tr[id$="X{QID}97"]'))
    .append($('#question{QID} table.subquestions-list tr[id$="X{QID}98"]'))
    .append($('#question{QID} table.subquestions-list tr[id$="X{QID}99"]'));
 
    // Fix up array row background colours
    $('#question{QID} table.subquestions-list tbody > tr').each(function(i){
      $(this).removeClass('array1 array2').addClass('array'+(2-(i%2)));
    });
    });
</script>

Sample survey attached:

File Attachment:

File Name: limesurvey...9847.lss
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Cheers,
Tony Partner
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9 years 8 months ago #129713 by delarammahdaviii
Replied by delarammahdaviii on topic Answers random order - partial randomization & keeping distinct answers fixed
Thanks Tony :)
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9 years 7 months ago - 9 years 7 months ago #130977 by flannery
Replied by flannery on topic Answers random order - partial randomization & keeping distinct answers fixed
Attached is an updated version for 2.50+. This will keep subquestions 12 and 13 at the bottom of the list for a multiple choice question using the newspaper theme.
Code:
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">    
  $(document).ready(function(){ 
 
    // Move sub-question codes 12, 13 to the end of the array
    $('#question{QID} .subquestions-list ').append($('#question{QID} .subquestions-list div[id$="X{QID}12"]').parent() ).append($('#question{QID} .subquestions-list div[id$="X{QID}13"]').parent() );
 
    });
</script>
Last edit: 9 years 7 months ago by flannery.
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