How To Use Random Groups

Overview

When randomizing answers, if you want to limit the randomization of a group of answers to only randomize among itself you can use random groups.

For this How To, let's assume that the question contains a set of 6 answers and the goal is to group 1-3 and 4-6.

  

 

Randomizing Steps:

1. In the Advanced tab of the question,  enable the ‘Randomize Answers/Topics’ option:

 2. Click on the "Answer properties" link. 

3. In the grid of answers, scroll right until you reach the "Random Group" column.

• All answers will have a  -1 value under this column.

4. Place a unique identifier for each group: 

The result will be that answers 1,2,3 will be randomized within the first group and 4,5 and 6 will be randomized within the second group. 

  

If you wish that an answer not be part of a randomizing group and that it remain static, just leave its group value as -1 and check the box on the column to the right "Do not random".

If you also want the group's order to be random,  you can add a header to each of them:

Heading Steps:

1. Add the answers that will be headers.
2. Enter the answer properties menu (as shown in step 2 above)
3. Enable the ‘Is header’ property for those answers.
4. In the column 'Random Group',  enter the same group number for all answer Headers. 

NOTE: If your answers are within a scale, check this option as well as the option 'Use Scale's random'.

The result of this Header setup is below: