[DDI-users] CATI - type surveys and the DDI

[Wendy Thomas]

Currently this is handled by the <forward> element in <var><qstn>. Note
that this is repeatable so that you can indicate the qstn ID in the
attribute qstn and provide the logic in the PCDATA for example:

<forward qstn="Q2">If response eq 1</forward>
<forward qstn="Q4">If response gt 1</forward>

Q2 and Q4 can have similar <backward> information indicating the possible
previous questions.

wendy


On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, A. Michelle Edwards wrote:

> Good morning all and Happy New Year...
>
> This may be a long way - so be forewarned :)  OK - the DDI codebook
> documents the entire survey - all questions, answers, etc...  In a situation
> such as a CATI survey (as I understand it) - the respondent is asked
> question 1 - based on his/her answer is then passed onto question 4 - and
> then maybe onto question 12...  and so on.  Is there anyway we can capture
> this "gateway" in the DDI codebook?
>
> Hmmm..  that was shorter than I expected and I hope this makes sense to
> everyone....
>
> Michelle
>
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