In some surveys, there is a need to display stimuli or questions for a specific amount of time before advancing participants to the following page. To ease t...

Overview The Rank Sort question offers an engaging ranking experience for respondents. With the Rank Sort question, respondents are able to rank a list of it...

Occasionally, you may need to change a participant’s status after collecting data in a survey. To perform this type of edit, you will need a full understandi...

1:  Making a Question Optional You can make various questions in your survey optional. When a question is made optional, respondents are not required to an...

When building a survey, it's not always possible to include a complete list of responses for a question, especially if that question's content is more subje...

Overview In Decipher, you can add a "Prefer not to say" option to any question by converting its existing rows into no-answer rows. Converting rows into no-...

You can alphabetize (ascending or descending) the answer options that a respondent views in a survey. You can alphabetize rows, columns, or choices. 1:  Addi...

Overview Speeders are respondents who complete a survey too quickly, indicating that they may not have read the questions or considered the answer options...

Survey branching is used to route certain respondents to a question or set of questions based on how they answer a prior question in the survey. This articl...

Creating a random content picker can be useful in any survey where your goal is to have respondents evaluate only one or more concepts out of a larger group,...

You can use the Autofill element to create a hidden variable. Overall, the Autofill element is used for creating segments, auto-punching and advanced piping....

The Survey Editor allows you to place a limit on the number of characters a participant can enter in the answer box for an open-ended question (e.g., a Text,...

You can use the Import Data element to include participant data you have collected in one survey in another survey. Data imported into a survey can be used t...

Note: This method only applies when all rows need to be seen at some point during the survey. This document details the process for splitting a question ov...

You can use the Autofill element to create a pipe from a multi-select question and then pipe those answers into a new question. Overall, the Autofill element...

The pipe tool in the Survey Editor allows you to pipe open-ended responses from one question into another. Note: The pipe tool can only be utilized for Sin...

You can limit the number of open-end response boxes shown in a question based on the user's answer to a previous question. The process of limiting open-end ...

1.  Overview The following article describes how to implement a prepaid gift code file in your survey to distribute one gift code per qualified participan...

In Decipher, users can assign both data values and statistical values to a question's answer options. This can be particularly useful for rating and similar...

Note: This document outlines the process for creating a MaxDiff question via XML using the Alternatives method. Using the Survey Editor? Learn how to create...

Note: This document outlines the process for creating a MaxDiff question via XML using the Indices method. Using the Survey Editor? Learn how to create a Ma...

The Discrete Choice Model (DCM) question is a special question type that requires custom modifications to your survey to get up and running. To create this...

The Net Promoter Score (NPS) is calculated based on participant responses to a question that would indicate their willingness to recommend a company's produ...

The following article describes how to implement a typing tool or segmentation algorithm in a Decipher survey. This method is commonly used with Fisher's li...

Zip codes can be validated and checked against an external zip code database file uploaded to a project using the File Manager. By validating the zip codes ...

Password entry into your survey can be done using the <text> question element, the File(..) function, and a tab-delimited file. For information on using the...

This document provides instructions for referencing a common file between projects using the Decipher hooks system.   Requires Decipher Cloud Note: The e...

You can use keyword coding questions to group open-ended question responses and display the results in a virtual question. Grouping questions by keywords al...

1:  About Integrating a Sawtooth Project You can integrate a project created in Sawtooth Software Incorporated (SSI) Web into the Decipher survey platform....

You can add a hidden question to your survey to capture where the participants were just prior to entering the survey. For example, if you posted the survey ...