Hi,

I am looking to create a question that will display 3 [for arguaments sake] answers but those three answers will be randomly taken from a set of 20 [for arguaments sake] answers. There are no conditions as to what answers are displayed. Is this possible?

If not, is it possible to create a question group with 20 questions and only show one random question from the group per survey?

I cannot seem to find a solution to this in the manual and I would appreciate any help anyone can give me. Thanks in advance!

For the first thing you might need some JavaScript. I am thinking about randomizing the question items and hide all after the 3rd, for example. But I don't know how exactly to do this.

Now for the second one, I would create a random number and write it into a open-ended question that is hidden by CSS or Javascript. Then I would write relevance equations like:

To show or hide the questions based on the random value in the hidden question.

Hi holch. Thanks for your answer!

I don't know JavaScript so I'll skip that. I could write the logic for the question in Java but I couldn't write software to match the rest of limesurvey!

I'll go back and read the manual again and I'll have to brush up on my CSS because it has been a while.

I thought of another workaround:

Would it be possible to randomise the order of only 5 [for example] question groups and hide the other four after the first is answered but still have other question groups in a specific order?

I don't know if this would work though and if it does, it might be more hassle.

I am looking to create a question that will display 3 [for arguaments sake] answers but those three answers will be randomly taken from a set of 20 [for arguaments sake] answers.

What question type?

I have figured it out. I created a random number in a hidden question and then used the relevance equation field. For anybody else who wants to do this:

• Create a question in the previous question group
• Insert {randNum(1,5)} into the question text field
• This will generate a random number between 1 and 5
• In the advanced options make this question a hidden question
• Create a new question group
• Create however many question you want to choose between - in this case 5
• In the relevence equation field, insert (randNum==x)
• Replace x with 1,2,3,4 etc.