First off, I love LimeSurvey and I'd like to thank all involved for it

Second, We have a lot of issues with the LimeSurvey Ranking style question. While the JavaScript drag and drop is pretty, it is error prone. For example, when you first drag a box to the right side, it defaults to going above the last box placed. On the second drag, it defaults to BELOW the previous box. I believe this results in errors in rankings, or at the very least, a higher error rate than normal for this question type. No offense to the developers, it is a slick AJAX setup. But for "web challenged" users, it is problematic and I get a number of emails from survey users about it.

THE QUESTION: Is there a way to mimic the effect of a ranking question, using an Array question? So if the user ranks one particular row choice as #1, none of the other rows have that option available.

This is how SurveyMonkey does it, and I think it's a cleaner, more intuitive way of ranking, and less error prone.

Any advice would be appreciated, and I have coding experience... so if you point me in the right direction, I should be able to use code if necessary.

Use the 'Array by Column' question type.

I don't see how an Array By Column type replaces a Ranking Question. It would work if no two answers are allowed BOTH on the same ROW and COLUMN, but that is not the case. With a standard Array By Column question, I can have multiple items with the same Ranking.

Hi,

Take a Array question, put in 'Question validation equation'


Example : limesurvey.sondages.pro/survey/index/sid...51/newtest/Y/lang/en

Thank you both for your kind responses.

Using unique(self) is a step closer to what I need, thank you, I will try that out.

I was wondering if there was a way to get closer to the SurveyMonkey "forced ranking matrix" seen here:

www.surveymonkey.com/s/3P7NBRG

Note that each row and each column must be unique. This insures that no two items are ranked with the same ranking score.

This is ideally what I am after.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

I'm assuming you are using LimeSurvey 2.05.

1) Create a normal array with no question validation.

2) Set up your survey to use JavaScript .

3) Add this script to the source of the array:
Here's a working example:

Yes, I am using LimeSurvey 2.05...

This is exactly what I need, and I thank you very much for taking the time to create an example.

IMHO, this is a much cleaner way to do a ranking, and I think we will have A LOT less complaints about this type of ranking question in the future.



Dan

For ranking question replacement there is another valid solution:

See attached sample "ls2_cascading_array_filter_exclude.lss"
(also available in the precious directory /docs/demosurveys of all LS packages ≥1.92)

Thank you for the assistance, but these examples do not match what I need. The answer provided by tpartner solved the problem for me very well.

tpartner wrote: Create a normal array with no question validation.

Just one complement : here you can use unique(self)

Because we don't control only in javascript, but in PHP too.

For example, surveymonkey can be easily hacked see screen capture)