Comments on: Google Forms: Multiple Choice, List, Checkbox http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2009/09/06/google-forms-multiple-choice-list-checkbox/ Stephanie Booth's online ramblings Thu, 24 May 2012 20:22:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2009/09/06/google-forms-multiple-choice-list-checkbox/#comment-26149 Michael Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:06:29 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/?p=2813#comment-26149 <p>Do you know of a way to add an "Other" option to the drop-down list so that upon selection, a text field appears and is required?</p> Do you know of a way to add an “Other” option to the drop-down list so that upon selection, a text field appears and is required?

]]> By: Xavier http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2009/09/06/google-forms-multiple-choice-list-checkbox/#comment-25968 Xavier Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:48:30 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/?p=2813#comment-25968 <p>I'm building one such form right now, and my thinking is that the usefulness of such "multiple choice" radio buttons stems from forcing users to provide an answer, while the drop-down list has a pre-selected item (the first one), which might give too much credence to that first item if the user were to click Submit without bothering to change all values...</p> <p>It also makes all options visible on first pass, which might help some.</p> <p>Besides, the "Other:" choice is not displayed by default: it's up to the form maker to have it displayed or not, which is a good thing to have.</p> <p>Hence, I think I'd much favor the "fake multiple choice" radio buttons over the list-type, were I to need one and only one answer.</p> <p>I could be wrong :)</p> I’m building one such form right now, and my thinking is that the usefulness of such “multiple choice” radio buttons stems from forcing users to provide an answer, while the drop-down list has a pre-selected item (the first one), which might give too much credence to that first item if the user were to click Submit without bothering to change all values…

It also makes all options visible on first pass, which might help some.

Besides, the “Other:” choice is not displayed by default: it’s up to the form maker to have it displayed or not, which is a good thing to have.

Hence, I think I’d much favor the “fake multiple choice” radio buttons over the list-type, were I to need one and only one answer.

I could be wrong :)

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]]> By: Stephanie http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2009/09/06/google-forms-multiple-choice-list-checkbox/#comment-25854 Stephanie Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:13:54 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/?p=2813#comment-25854 <p>Yep, somebody else recommended it to me too. I'm familiar with google forms so sticking with them for this job, but will look at what wufoo has to offer for my other clients at some point!</p> Yep, somebody else recommended it to me too. I’m familiar with google forms so sticking with them for this job, but will look at what wufoo has to offer for my other clients at some point!

]]> By: John R http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2009/09/06/google-forms-multiple-choice-list-checkbox/#comment-25848 John R Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:37:25 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/?p=2813#comment-25848 <p>I suspect the multiple choice type is named that way because of multiple choice tests, which are called that despite the fact you can and should pick only one answer per question.</p> I suspect the multiple choice type is named that way because of multiple choice tests, which are called that despite the fact you can and should pick only one answer per question.

]]> By: Mike Cachine http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2009/09/06/google-forms-multiple-choice-list-checkbox/#comment-25844 Mike Cachine Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:00:00 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/?p=2813#comment-25844 <p>Wufoo (www.wufoo.com) rocks for forms...</p> Wufoo (www.wufoo.com) rocks for forms…

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