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Use letters instead of numbers for responses?

  1. #1
    jarvis24 Blair Jarvis, Administrator

    Use letters instead of numbers for responses?

    [edited from support email]
    I have a series of scale questions where I need the participant to use the keyboard instead of selecting choices on the screen with a mouse. It's four choices and I want the participant to use the keys 'F' 'G' 'H' and 'J' for the choices 1-4. Is that possible?

  2. #2
    jarvis24 Blair Jarvis, Administrator
    Currently, the option has to correspond to a number key. Specifically, the numbers 1 through 9 or the F1 through F12 keys, the latter corresponding to options 1 through 12. It is on our to-do list to allow for alternate key mapping--i.e., to be able to specify alternate keys which will be regarded as valid responses for any given option.

    See also cautionary notes re response labels:
    www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?t=334
    www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?t=345