NIPO ODIN Scripter's Guide

NIPO ODIN
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Scripter'sGuide
Version5.16
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Contents
Introduction
Aboutthismanual
SoftwareCompatibility
Terminology
General
QuestionsandAnswers
FilesandTables
TypographicalConventions
ContactingUs
ContactingNIPOSoftwareSales
ContactingtheNIPOSoftwareHelpdesk
YourFeedbackonthisGuide
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VersionHistory
ChangesinNIPOODINScriptLanguage
ChangesinNIPOODINScriptLanguage5.16
ChangesinNIPOODINScriptLanguage5.15.001
ChangesinNIPOODINDeveloper
ChangesinNIPOODINDeveloper5.14
ChangesinNIPOODINDeveloper5.11.003
DutchCommandSetDropped
MigratingSurveysFromNIPOODIN4.08
*WAITCRCommandDroppedforNIPOCATIandNIPOCAWI
Dutchcommandsetnolongersupported
ObsoleteCommandNames
*PLAYNoLongerSupportedAsaQuestionOption
VerticalLineQuestionNotSupportedinNIPOCAPIandNIPOCAWI
*CENTREDoesNotProperlyCenterHeadingTexts
SelfModifyingScriptNoLongerSupported
ForwardSlashesNoLongerSeparateCodeLabels
CopyingPositionsFromaTfileIsLimitedtoFieldLength
*AUTONotSupportedinNIPOCAWI
*INITblockisExecutedBeforeSuspendImage
SelectingAnotherCharacterSetinthe*FONTCommand
DuplicateInterviewNumbersinTfilesNoLongerContacted
Stopwatch[1]andStopwatch[2]NotSupportedinNIPOCAPIandNIPOCAWI
UsingCodeNumbersina*FORMQuestion
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UsingtheNIPOODINDeveloper
TheScriptEditorWindow
LineSize
ToggleDisplayingTabsandSpaces
PopupMenuOptions
OpenQuestionnaireFile
QuestionPreviewinNIPOCATI/CAWI/CAPI
InsertingQuestionDefinitions
ChangingQuestionOptions
ChangingCodeOptions
GridComposer
SyntaxChecking
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WarningMessagefor*CODESQuestionWithoutCodeCategories
WarningMessageforUnfixedQuestions
Erroron*FORMQuestionLanguageSectionMismatch
UndeclaredVariablesareCreatedwhenFixingaQuestionnaire
ResultsWindowKeepsPreviousSyntaxChecks
SyntaxcheckforOmnibusSurveys
TestRunQuestionnaireinNIPOCATI/CAPI/CAWI
CheckRoutingforStratification
ShowVariables
MenuOptions
OpenallQuestionnairesinOmnibusSurvey
OpenDataFiles
RemoveCommands
Comment/Uncomment
CreateQuestionnairesinUnicode
FindFunctionwithRegularExpressionsandMarkAll
StartEditorinWorkbookMode
CreateCodeNumbersBeforeCodeLabelsandFields
TheNIPOODINDeveloper
NIPODiana
CodeLabelExportsina*FORMQuestion
RandomCodeNumberExportinNIPODiana
OrderCodeNumberExportinNIPODiana
Exportsof*FORMQuestionswithCodes
TripleSXML
SPSSPortable
SPSSPC
Ascribe
Quantime
Images/Sound
NfieldCode
ExportXFile
Imports
Ascribe
NfieldCode
NIPOODINDeveloperConfiguration
TemplatedRelatedFilesFolderConfiguration
SyntaxHighlighting
ApplicationConfigurationOptions
ODINOptions
InterviewSystemOptions
CodingSystemOptions
CheckOptions
DummyDataOptions
PrintOptions
AutosaveOptions
FilesOptions
AdditionalConfigurationOptions
UsingtheNIPOODINScriptLanguage
NamingConventions
Questions
DataFields
AnswerCodes
Variables
SystemVariables
ChannelAwareScripting
ChannelAwareScriptingVariablesandConstants
ChannelAwareScriptingExample
ConsequencesofChannelAwareScriptingandSwitchModeSurveys
RepeatNumber
SystemVariables09
Timers
Stopwatch[1]
Stopwatch[2]
Stopwatch[3]
TimersExample
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ConjTxt[n]
ScriptCommandTemplate
JavaScriptSupported
BrowserUserAgent
Language
PreTel
Expressions
ExpressionOperators
ExamplesofExpressions
CommonMistakesinExpressions
FormFieldReferences
Backslashes
Stratification(Quota)
AutomaticSyntaxChangeWhenReferencingPositionsinTfiles
Stratificationfile(Sfile)whenusingSampletable
Stratificationfiles(Sfiles)forOmnibusSurveys(UsingTfiles)
Omnibussurvey,usingSampletablesandOmnibustables
Stratificationfile(Sfile)forNIPOCAWI
NonAnonymousSurveys
AnonymousSurveys
SurveysstartedfromaURL
CommandIndex
<<<!!>>>
*?
*ABORT
*ADDRESS
*ALPHA(QuestionType)
*ALPHA(in*FORMquestion)
*APPOINT
*AUTO
*BACK
*BMP
*BUT
*CENTRE
*CODES
*CONJ...*ENDCONJ
*CONTROL
*COPY
*COUNT
*CUT
*DATE
*DELAY
*DTIME
*DUMMY
*END
*ENDNGB
*ENDST
*EXCLUDE
*FIELD
*FONT(definition)
*FONT(switching)
*FORM
*FORMAT
*GOSUB
*GOTO
*GRID(in*FORMquestion)
*GROUP
*HEADING
*HELP(definition)
*HELP(questionoption)
*IF(condition)...*ELSE
*IF(questionoption)
*INCLUDE
*INFO
*INIT...*END
*INSTRUC
*INTRO
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*INV
*LABEL
*LANGUAGE
*LEFT
*LINE
*LIST(definition)
*LIST(questionoption)
*MAX
*MERGE
*MIN
*MOVA
*MOVU
*MULTI
*NCLS
*NEW
*NEWCOLUMN
*NEXT
*NEXTRECORD
*NMUL
*NOCON
*NOENTER
*NOHIDE
*NON
*NONRESP
*NOTBACK
*NUMBER(questiontype)
*NUMBER(in*FORMquestion)
*OPEN(questiontype)
*OPEN(codesoption)
*ORDER
*PAGE
*PICT(questionoption)
*PICT(codesoption)
*PLAY
*PNW
*PUT
*QUESTION
*RANDOM
*RANGE
*READ
*REC
*REPEAT(questionoption)
*REPEAT...*ENDREP
*REPNUM
*RETURN
*RIGHT
*ROT
*RUN
*SAMPLEDATA
*SAVE(questionoption)
*SAVE(codesoption)
*SCALE(questiontype)
*SCALE(in*FORMquestion)
*SCALERANGE
*SHOWDOCUMENT
*SIZE
*SKIP
*SQLADD
*SQLGET
*SQLPUT
*STOPAUTO
*STOPRANDOM
*STRAT
*SUBROUTINE...*ENDSUB
*SWILANG
*TAB
*TABLE
*TEXTVARS
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*USELIST
*VAR
*VARS
*VCONTROL
*WAITCR
*WAITPLAY
*WRITE
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AdvancedScripting
AdvancedUseof*NEXTRECORDCommand
ScenariosUsing*NEXTRECORD
Scenario1:UsingSystemdefinedInterviewNumbers
Scenario2:InterviewNumbersBasedonHouseholdInterviewNumber
Scenario3:UsingaPresetInactiveInterviewNumberforEachRespondent
ReturnCodesfor*NEXTRECORD
ErrorWhenReadingNextRecord
InterruptingtheTelephonicContact
RestartingtheInterviewSetsNewRecordstoSystemError
Using*NEXTRECORDinCombinationwithStratification
HidedialogInterviewWillContinuewithNextPerson
ChangeTextinDialogInterviewwillcontinuewithnextperson
Advanceduseof*SQLADDCommand
Scenariosfor*SQLADD
Scenario1:StoreNewRecordinTable(NottheSampleTable)
Scenario2:StoreNewRecordinCurrentSampleTable
Scenario3:StoreNewRecordinAnotherSampleTable
Scenario4:StoreSeveralRecordsinaTable(VariableswithArrays)
Scenario5:AddNewRespondentsinNIPOCAWISurveyAndEmailThemDirectly
ErrorsUsing*SQLADD
ErrorsMessagesUsing*SQLADD
GoingBackOver*SQLADDRemovesAddedRecords
RestartingtheInterviewDoesNotRemoveNewRecords
InstructionModeorTestModeMayCreateNewRecords
ReusingSampleRecordsfromTfileThatWereAlreadyCompleted
Stratification
ChangeInterviewNumber
Morethan5Contacts
SystemErrors
CreateaNewSurvey
AlreadyCompletedCode
DeleteDfile
JumptoQuestionResponseCode
SettingtheCodePage
NIPOConjointMeasurement
OverviewofsupportedcommandsinNIPOConjointMeasurement
StartmoduleNIPOConjointMeasurement
DefiningTextScreens
ReferenceToaFeature
Filters
CONJTXT[n]TextArray
FiltersinNIPOConjointMeasurement
HowdoesfilteringinNIPOConjointMeasurementactuallywork?
LimitationsontheUseofFilterswithinNIPOConjointMeasurement
ExampleNIPOConjointMeasurement
ExampleNIPOConjointScript
DatapositionsinNIPOConjointMeasurement
LimitationsofNIPOConjointMeasurement
MultibyteCharacterFields(MBCSFieldsSetting)
Scenario:*ALPHAforMBCSStorage
ExampleUsingAdobeFlashinNIPOCAWIandNIPOCAPI
NIPOODINTemplateUsingAdobeFlash
NIPOODINQuestionnaireUsingAdobeFlash
AdobeFlashApplication
AdditionalRemarks
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DataFiles
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ClosedAnswersFile(Ufile)
Openanswersfile(Ofile)
StoringdatainUnicode
TelephoneFile(Tfile)
ContactFile(Cfile)
Stratificationfile(Sfile)
Databasetables
Sampletable(SeparateTableforEachSurvey)
UsingCustomSampleTableFields
UsingSystemFieldsintheSampleTable
OmnibusorSubSampleTable(SeparateTableforEachSurvey)
UsingCustomOmnibusTableFields
UsingSystemFieldsintheOmnibusTable
NIPOCAPIClientAddressTable
Status,ResponseCodes,TerminateCodes
StatusFieldinSurveyTable
StatusfieldinSampleTable
ChannelandInitialChannelFieldinSampleTable
OverviewofResponseCodes
SpecificationofResponseCodes
TerminateCodes
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ListingofCommandsperSystem
ListingofSystemVariablesperChannel
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TheNIPOHTMLGenerator
SupportedHTMLstandards
ApplyingDesigntoaSurvey
DefaultandCustomTemplatesandStylesheets
OrderofCheckingOdintemplateFiles
ExampleofUsingOdintemplateFiles
OrderofCheckingStylesheets
ExampleofUsingStylesheets
QuestionTypes
ExampleofGeneratedHTMLPage
WorkingWithTemplates
TemplateTags
InterviewProgressEstimation
UsingJavaScriptinanOdintemplateFile
OdintemplateExample
WorkingwithCSS
CSSFileDetails
CharacteristicsforQuestionElements
QuestionElementsExample
CSSforQuestions
DefaultQuestionSelectors
*CONJQuestionSelectors(NIPOConjointMeasurement)
*CODESQuestionSelectors
*CODES*MULTIQuestionSelectors
*NUMBERQuestionSelectors
*ALPHAQuestionSelectors
*LISTquestionselectors
*FORM*NUMBERand*FORM*ALPHAQuestionSelectors
*SCALEquestionselectors
*FORM*SCALEQuestionSelectors
*FORM*GRIDQuestionSelectors
CSSforButtons
CSSforTabs
CSSforFonts
CSSforProgressBar
SelectorsinNIPOCAWI(AlphabeticalOverview)
SelectorsinNIPOCAPI(AlphabeticOverview)
CSSExamples
ExampleNIPOODINQuestionnaireUsingStylesheets
Example1:ChangeBackgroundColorofaSelectedCode
Example2:BoxSizeforOpenAnswerCode
Example3:boxSizeforOpenQuestion
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Example4:CenterScales
Example5:CenterTextAboveScales
Example6:ColorBackgroundforFirstandThirdStatementGray
Example7:GridUsingVariousStylingOptions
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PageVII
Introduction
NIPOFieldworkSystemfieldworkmanagementforCATI/Webrequiresthecombineduseoftwo
applications:theNIPOFMSandtheNIPOCATI/WebManager.
TheNIPOCATI/WebManagerisusedtoconfiguresurveysandsurveydefaults,tostartandstopsurveys,
andtomanage,monitor,viewandreviewongoingfieldworkprogressintheNIPOCATIcallcenter.
TheNIPOFMSisusedtotodeploysurveyfiles,configureadditionalsurveysettings,setupandmanage
sample,mailmessagesandinvitations(NIPOCAWI)andtoadministerinterviewers,assessinterviewersand
planfieldwork.
DuetotheiroverlapinfunctionalitytheNIPOFMSandtheNIPOCATI/WebManagermaybeusedbyboth
theprojectmanagerandthefieldworksupervisor.Dependingonyourrolewithintheorganization,youmay
wishtoskipthesectionsthatdonotnecessarilyapplytoyou.
Aboutthismanual
ThismanualisintendedfortheNIPOODINScriptwriters.Thefollowingtopicsarediscussedwithinthese
pages:
TheNIPOODINScriptLanguage,theNIPOSoftwarescriptingsolutionforquestionnairesintheNIPO
CATI,NIPOCAPIandNIPOCAWIenvironments.
TheNIPOODINDeveloper,theapplicationfordesigningNIPOODINscripts,testingthequestionnairein
variouschannels,andexportingthedatatoastatisticalanalysissoftwareofchoice.
TheNIPOHTMLGenerator,thestylingguideforNIPOCATIandNIPOCAPIsurveys.
ThismanualisnotintendedfortheNIPOCATI/NIPOCAPIinterviewers,norforsupervisorsand/or
technicianswhosetupandruntheworkstations(interviewerworkstations)inaCATIStudio.
SoftwareCompatibility
ThisdocumentationisintendedforusewiththeNIPOFieldworkSystem1.12release.Thefollowing
softwareanddocumentationisincludedwiththisrelease.Makesureallsoftwareisuptodatewiththis
releasepriortousingthisdocument.
NIPOFieldworkSystem1.12releaseapplicationsandcomponents
NIPOCATI/WebMaster3.08
NIPOFMS1.12
NIPOCATI/WebManager3.09
NIPOWebInterviewServer1.05
NIPOSTRAND1.05
NIPOODINScriptLanguage5.16
NIPOCATIClient5.09
NIPOODINDeveloper5.14
NIPOFieldworkSystem1.12releasedocumentation
NIPOFieldworkSystem1.12ReleaseNotes
NIPOFieldworkSystem1.12TechnicalReference(tobedelivered)
NIPOFieldworkSystem1.12User'sGuide
NIPOODIN5.16Scripter'sGuide
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Terminology
General
Questiontype
Definesthetypeofanswerwhichisexpectedforaquestion.Questiontypesareforexampleclosed,open,
numerical,etc.
Questionoption
Defineswhatspecialpropertiesananswermusthaveorhowanswercategorieswillbedisplayed.Thereare
questionoptionstoallowmultipleanswers,setamaximumvaluetobeentered,showanswercategoriesin
randomorder,etc.
Answeroption
Definesthebehavioroftheprogramwhenananswercategoryischosen.Thereareansweroptionsto
preventthatanansweriscombinedwithotheranswercategories,topromptforanopenanswer,etc.
QuestionsandAnswers
Closedquestion
Aquestionwheretheanswerisexpectedtobeachoicefromafixednumberofanswercategories.
Answercodecategory
Oneofthepossibleanswersdefinedfora(semi)closedquestion.
Openquestion
Aquestionwheretheanswerisexpectedtobeenteredliterallyastext.
Semiclosedquestion
Aquestionwheretheanswerisexpectedtobeachoicefromafixednumberofanswercategoriesand
wherechoosingcertainanswercategorieswillshowaboxtoentertheanswerliterallyastext.
Openendedanswer
Theliteraltextofananswerenteredforanopenorsemiclosedoropenquestion.
Numericalquestion
Aquestionwhereananswerisexpectedtobeanumericalvalue.
Textquestion
Aquestionwhereananswerisexpectedtobetextoflimitedlength.
Answercode
AnumericvaluewhichisstoredintheUfilewhenananswercategoryischosen.
Answerfield
A(seriesof)positionsintheUfilewhereanswercodes,valuesortextsarestored.
FilesandTables
Qfile(questionnaire)
ASCIIfilecontainingthequestiontextandalltheNIPOODINcommandsforrouting,etcetera.
Sfile(stratification)
ASCIIfilecontainingthestratification(quota)criteria.
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Samplefile(Tfile)
ASCIIfilecontainingthegrosssample.EachrecordintheSamplefile(telephonefileorTfile)contains
information(telephonenumber,address,name,companysize,etc.)aboutone(future)respondent.
Sampletable
Tableinthedatabasecontainingthegrosssample.EachrecordintheSampletablecontainsinformation
(telephonenumber,address,name,companysize,etc.)aboutone(future)respondent.
Omnibustable
Tableinthedatabasecontainingtheomnibusinformation,forexamplethenamesandorderofsub
questionnaires.IfaTfileisusedinsteadofaSampletable,theomnibusinformationisstoredintheSample
record.
Ufile
ASCIIorUnicodetextfilecontaininganswercodesthatrefertochosenanswercategoriesofclosed
questions,valuesenteredfornumericalquestionsandtextsenteredfortextquestions.
Ofile
ASCIIorUnicodetextfilecontainingallopenanswersenteredbykeyboard.
Cfile
ASCIItextfilecontaininginformationforeachcontact.
Bfile
BinaryfilecontainingopenanswersenteredwithaTabletcomputer(usingthe*OPEN*BMPcommands)
and/orrecordedanswers(usingthe*RECcommand).
Dfile
BinaryfilecontainingtheSuspendImage(incaseofaTfile).WhenaSampletableisused,theSuspend
ImageisstoredintheSuspendImagefieldintheSamplerecord.
TypographicalConventions
Inthismanualthefollowingtypographicconventionsareused:
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Example
Convention
*QUESTION 1 *CODES 61L2
TheCourierfontindicatessyntaxdescriptions,argumentdescriptions
orscriptexamples.
Qn, Qm
Insyntax,ifanargumentreferstoaquestion,nindicatesthenumber
ofthequestion.Ifasecondargumentalsoreferstoaquestionthenm
indicatesthesecondquestionnumber.
var, numvar, txtvar
Ifanargumentreferstoavariableorarray,varindicatesboth
numericandtextvars.Numvarindicatesanumericvariableand
txtvarindicatesatextvariable.
Expression
Ifanargumentreferstoanexpression,theexpressionwillfirstbe
interpretedandcalculatedandthentheresultisused.
<Argument>
Anglebracketsencloseobligatoryarguments.
[Argument]
Squarebracketsencloseoptionalarguments.
Argument|Argument2
Averticalbarseparatestwomutuallyexclusivechoices.
Argument[,Argument2,]
Threedotsindicatethatanargumentcanberepeatedinalistany
numberoftimes.Acommaseparatesthelistedarguments.
<[Argument]> or [[Argument]]
Squarebracketsenclosedbyangleorsquarebracketsarepartofthe
argument.
<"Argument"> or ["Argument"]
Doublequotesenclosedbyangleorsquarebracketsarepartofthe
argument.
Size
Indescriptions,italicwordsrefertoapartofthesyntax.
ContactingUs
Forsupport,licensinginformation,productnewsoranyotherqueriesorfeedbackregardingNIPOSoftware
products,feelfreetocontactusbyphoneorbymail.NIPOSoftwarehasthreeofficesaroundtheglobe
checktheofficenearesttoyourtimezoneforfeedbackduringyourworkinghours.
ContactingNIPOSoftwareSales
Foranyqueriesonyourlicense,onlicensepricingortoreceiveinformationonanyotherNIPOSoftware
products,pleasecontacttheNIPOSoftwareSalesdepartmentduringworkinghours.
NIPOSoftwareSalesAmsterdam
GroteBickersstraat74
1013KS
Amsterdam
TheNetherlands
Tel:+31205225989(GMT+1)
Email:sales@niposoftware.com
ContactingtheNIPOSoftwareHelpdesk
Inthecaseofanyqueriesorissuesnotcoveredinthisguide,orwhenexperiencingtechnicaldifficulties,
youcancontacttheNIPOSoftwareHelpdeskatthreeofficesworldwide.
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Ifcontactingbymail,pleaseencloseversioninformationandthefile(s)associatedwithyourquestionor
problem.PleaseZIPyourfilesbeforesending.
Ifcontactingbyphone,contacttheofficenearesttoyourtimezoneforimmediateassistance.
NIPOSoftwareHelpdesk
1013KS
Amsterdam
TheNetherlands
TheEMEAoffice(Amsterdam):+31205225980(GMT+1)
TheAPACoffice(HongKong):+85221164119(GMT+8)
TheAMERoffice(BuenosAires):+541148916470(GMT3)
Email:helpdesk@niposoftware.com
YourFeedbackonthisGuide
Developmentanddocumentationarecontinuouslyongoingprocesses.Newfeaturesareadded,issuesare
solvedandfunctionalityisimproved.Althoughwestrivetokeeptheinformationinourdocumentationup
todateandaccurate,wecannotguaranteethatthisguideiswithouterrorandomission.Youare
encouragedtocontactustoinformusofshortcomingsinallourhelpfiles,onlinedocumentationor
printedmaterial.Suggestionsandopinionsarealsowelcomed.
Whenprovidingfeedback,pleasemakesuretomentionwhichguideyouarereferringto.
NIPOSoftwareDocumentation
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Amsterdam
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Email:documentation@niposoftware.com
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ChangesinNIPOODINScriptLanguage
Introducedexportcommand*TABLEtosupporthierarchicaldataexportsfor*FORMquestionsand
*REPEATblocksusingtheNIPODSCforSPSSDimensions.
ChangesinNIPOODINScriptLanguage5.15.001
Fixedthe"FatalErroronposition1L1"errorthatcausedsurveystobeblockedforfurtherinterviewing.
Theissuecouldbecausedbyaseriesofactionsperformedbytheinterviewer.
ThelibrarySTDRUN32.DLLcommandhasbeenextendedtosupportexchangeofdatausingan
externalfileratherthantheclipboard.
ImprovedinterviewprogressbarforNIPOCAWIandNIPOCAPItheprogressbarnowcorrectlymaxes
outtowards100%andhasbetterhandlingof*REPEATblocks.
A*CONTROLona*FORMquestionwith*AUTOnowhidestheentirerowratherthanleavingasingle
visiblelineonthescreen(NIPOCAPIonly).Without*AUTO,theserowsgetthe
ODINFORMHIDDENROWselectorsotheymaygetcustomstyling.
Textsbothbeforeandbehindfieldsin*FORMquestionsarenowproperlyhidden(styleapplied)when
theircodesaremade(in)visiblethroughtheuseof*CONTROL(NIPOCAPIonly).
ThefollowingHTMLselectorshavebeenaddedforNIPOCAPI:odinformelementafter,
odinformelementafterN,odinformelementafter-even,odinformelementafterodd,odinformelementafter_first,odinformelementafter_last,
odinformelementafter-placement-N,odinformelementafter-placement_even,
odinformelementafter-placement-odd,odinformelementafter-placement-first
andodinformelementafter-placement-last.
The*TABcommandcannowbeusedtoinfluencecodescolumnswhenusing*AUTO(NIPOCAPIClient
12.06andabove)
The*SIZEcommandhasbeenextendedfortheNIPOCAPIClienttosettheheightoffullyopenended
answerandbitmapanswer(*BMP)boxesandtosetthewidthandheightofsemiopenendedanswer
andbitmapanswerboxes.
The*DATEcommandinan*INITblocknowalwayscorrectlystoresthecurrentdatewhenfollowing
upappointmentsorsuspendedinterviews.
FixedacrashintheNIPOCATIClientandpreviewswhenusing*FORM,*SCALEand*ORDERinasingle
question.
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Theabilitywasaddedtointerviewmultiplerespondentsatthesametelephonecontactusing
*NEXTRECORD.
Newscriptcommand*SQLADDtoaddrecordstoadatabasetable(NIPOCATI/NIPOCAWIonly).
UseMultiByteCharacterFieldstostoremultibytelanguages(Chinese,Japanese,etc)innonUnicode
datafiles
*INCLUDEand*EXCLUDEnowsupportranges.
Reintroducing*VCONTROLfor*GRIDquestionstohideordisablecolumnsbasedontheanswersina
previousquestion.
Asoffversion12.06theNIPOCAPIClientnolongeroccasionallyhangswhenusinga*CONTROLin
*FORM*SCALEquestion.
ReleasedwithNIPOCAPIClient5.01only.
Youcannowrefertofieldsina*FORMquestionusingbothliteralnumbersandexpressions.
New(NIPOCATIonly)scriptcommand*NEXTRECORDtocreatesamplerecordsontheflyand
interviewmultiplerespondentsduringthesamecall(version5.11.006andhigher;releasedafterNIPO
FieldworkSystem1.07asanintermediateupdate)
SystemvariablessuchasSTOPWATCH[3]and_ISCATInolongerneedtobedefinedwith*VARSor
*TEXTVARS
Introduced*SCALERANGEtodefinealternatevaluesfora*SCALEquestionorfield
Introduced*INTROtospecifydifferentintroductiontextsbasedonthechannel(NIPOCATI,NIPOCAPI,
NIPOCAWI)aswellassetdialingintroductionscreens.
Newscriptcommand*HEADINGtocreateheadingsabovealistofcategories.
MinorupdatetomaketheNIPOODINScriptlanguageparserandenginesupportthelatestMicrosoft
FoundationClasses.
Asuspendimageisnowcorrectlyinterpretedtotheoriginalchannel(aswas)ratherthanthecurrent
channel(asis).
CompleterewriteoftheNIPOODINscriptlanguageforWindows32bitplatforms,introducinganumberof
newcommandsandanewapproachtohandlingscriptparsing,executionandsuspension.
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IntroducingComputerAssistedWebInterviewing(CAWI)foronlineinterviewing.
IntroducingtemplatesandstylesheetstoenhancethelookandfeelofCAWIquestionnaires(Seethe
NIPOODINHTMLGeneratorScripter'sGuidefordetails).
Introducingsampletables,storingsampledataindatabasefieldsratherthan(ASCII)Tfiles.
Introducingsuspendimages,whicharerecordingsofinterviewsupuntilappointments.Suspendimages
arereplayedbytheengine,preventingsmallchangestothequestionnairefromrestartingasuspended
interview.
Scriptsarenowparsedintoabytecodeformatandexecutedbyaruntimeengine,leadingtostricter
syntaxvalidationandfasterexecution.
Introducingchannelawarescripting,withsystemvariables_ISCATI,_ISCAWI,_ISCAPI,_ISCASI
and_CHANNELtocheckonwhatchannelthequestionnaireisbeingexecuted.
Newscriptcommand*SAMPLEDATAtoreferencesampletablefieldsdirectlyasvariables,ratherthan
usingpositionsinaTfile(the*ADDRESSscriptcommandnowautomaticallymapstopositionswithin
thesampletablefields)
Newscriptcommand*ORDERtodisplaycategoriesinanorderofmentionsandtoexecutea*REPEAT
loopinanorderofmentions.
Newscriptbrackets<<<!and!>>>toexecuteHTMLandJavaScriptinlineinCAWIquestionnaires.
Newscriptcommand*SQLGETtoretrievedatafromoneormorerowsinadatabasetable(otherthan
thesurvey'ssampletable).
Newscriptcommand*SQLPUT tostoredatainoneormoreexistingrowsinadatabasetable(other
thanthesurvey'ssampletable).
The*TABcommandnowdefinespercentagesofthescreenorwindowwidthratherthanamountsof
characters
Scriptcommand*LANGUAGEnowalsoacceptsanRTLparametertodisplayrighttoleftlanguages
suchasHebrewandArabiccorrectly.
The*RUNscriptcommandnowusesSTDRUN32.DLLtoexecuteWindows32bitapplications
SystemvariableSTOPWATCH[3]nownolongercountsthetimebetweensuspension(appointment)
andcontinuationofaninterview.
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ChangesinNIPOODINDeveloper
Forallexports,youcannowcombineIncludeopenendedanswersandRetainODINdataformat.The
openendedanswersareappendedasfixedlengthfieldsattheendofeachrecord.
Forallexports,openendedanswersarenowdefinedandexportedevenifnoopenendedanswershave
beengivenforanyoftheexportedinterviewrecords.
FixedanissueintheSPSSPCexportwhereusingdecimalsin*NUMBERdefinitionscausedthenexttwo
questionstorefertothesamedatafieldwhileshiftingallremainingdatapositions,whennotretaining
theNIPOODINDataformat.
Formultiplecodedquestions,theexportsettingUsecodenumbersforMultipleDichotomyfieldsno
longercreatesvariablesfortheentirerangeofcodesiftherearegapsinthecodenumberingofthe
question.
Forallexports,ifusingasinglequestionwithmultiple*OPENcodes,thecorrespondingvariablesareno
longercreatedinreverseorder.
Fixedanissuewheremultiple*OPENcodesinasinglequestioncausedtheexporttocreatetoomany
variables.
FixedanissuewhererunningaNIPOCAWIpreviewcouldpopupanerror"Aproblemoccurredwhile
writingthetemporaryhtmlfile,pleasecheckifyourtemplatedirectoryissetupcorrectly".
Fixedanissuewhere(rangesof)variableswerenotexportedbecausethefilteringsuggestedthese
variablesremainedempty.TheNIPOODINDevelopernolongermakesassumptionsaboutthecontents.
Fixedanissuewheretheerrormessage"Error:Illegalarrayindex:0"wasincorrectlyreportedforscripts
referringtoarrayindexesbyvariable.
Fixedanissuewherethemessage"Anerroroccurredduringimport:Cannotaccessaclosedfile"
appearedduringanNfieldCodeimport.
TheNIPOODINDevelopernolongercrashesonasyntaxcheckifaclosingquoteismissingina*BUT
buttontextdefinition.
ChangesinNIPOODINDeveloper5.11.003
AddedsupportforMicrosoftWindows7.
AnimportofanNfieldCodefilenolongerfailsonduplicateCodeFrames.
AddedaGridComposertoquicklyinsert*FORMquestionswithscales.
TheTemplateRelatedFilesdirectoryforNIPOCAPIandNIPOCAWIarenowseparately
configurable.
AddedNfieldCodeimportandexportfacilities.
YoucannowexportXfilesoftheNIPOCodingModule4.08toNfieldCode.
AddedQPSandQuantimeexports.
OpeninganINIfileofanomnibussurveynowcorrectlystartsthesubsurveysofsurvey.
*HEADINGtextsarenowcorrectlydisplayedinquestionpreviews.
Fixedanissuewheresomevariableswentmissingduringanexport.
Fixedanissuewhere*OPENendedcodescpi;dyieldinduplicatevariablenames.
FixedanoccasionalcrashwhenstartingorcheckingaCAWIquestionnaire.
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NIPOCATIpreviewnowsupports*NEXTRECORD.
Addedsyntaxhighlightingfornewcommands.
Fixedissuesintheoverviewofunusedquestionsinthesyntaxcheck.
FixedIBMSPSSexportissuewhereincorrectdatalistswereoccasionallysavedformultipledichotomies.
Exportof*FORM*SCALEquestionsofNIPODiananolongeroccasionallymixesuplabeltexts.
FixedanissueinimportingAscribedcodeddataifthecodedsurveywaspartofanOmnibus.
IntroducedaNIPOCAPIClientpreviewforquestionnairetesting.
YoucannowincludeopenendedanswersinexportstoSSSandSPSSPCdatasetswithouttheneedto
codethem.
Addedarightclickmenuoptiontoopenaquestionnairefilesetinthe*MERGEcommandorinthe
surveyconfigurationfile.
YoucanopenandsyntaxcheckallsurveyswithinanOmnibusquestionnairebyopeningthesurvey
configurationfilefortheOmnibus.
AddedanexporttotheIBMSPSSformat.
AddedanexporttotheQuantimeformat.
Addedanexportforbitmap(*BMP)andsoundrecordings((*REC)fromtheBfile.
Improvedexportof*FORMquestionswith*SCALEor*GRID.
Addedanoptiontoinsertcodenumbersinfrontrowsoftext.
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YoucannowsyntaxcheckandrunallquestionnaireswithinasingleomnibussurveybyopeningtheINI
configurationfile.
QuestionnairescannowbedisplayedinbidirectionallanguagessuchasHebrewandArabic.
TheResultswindowofasyntaxchecknowkeepstheresultsofprevioussyntaxcheckstocompare
differences.
Asyntaxchecknowissuesawarningfora*CODESquestionwithquestiontextbutwithoutcodes.
ThekeycombinationCTRL+SHIFT+8togglesdisplayingtabandspacecharacters.
Addedrightclicktoquicklyinsertquestiondefinitionsorchangequestionoptionsthroughdialogs.
Asyntaxchecknowissuesawarningifthequestionnairehasanyunfixedpositions.
Addedanexportto/importfromAscribefromLanguageLogic.
YoucannowselecttopreviewaquestionnaireinNIPOCATIorNIPOCAWI.
YoucannowselecttopreviewasinglequestioninNIPOCATIorNIPOCAWI.
Addedanoptiontoviewvariablecontents(NIPOCATIonly).
Addedanoptionaddorremovecomments(**)foraselectionoftext.
Fixingaquestionnaireautomaticallydefinesvariablesthathavenotpreviouslybeendefinedwith
*SAMPLEDATA,*VARSor*TEXTVARSas*TEXTVARS.
Addedanoptiontoremovecommandstocreate*LANGUAGEsectionsbasedonthequestionnaire.
YoucannowcreatequestionnairesinUnicode.
Apreviewofaquestionnaireallowsyoutotestroutingforstratificationreachedcases.
YoucannowuseregularexpressionsintheFinddialog.
AddedanoptionMarkallintheFinddialogtomarkeveryoccurrenceinthesidebar.
TheNIPOODINDevelopernowsupportsaworkbookmodeformultipledocumenthandling.
Thescripteditorwindownowsupportsconfigurablesyntaxhighlighting.
AddedaNIPODianaexport.
YoucannowconfigurethemaximumallowedrecordlengthforNIPOODINquestionnaires.
Thereisnowaseparatefileopenoptiontoopenfileswithamaximumrecordlengthof99,999.
Addedanautosaveoptiontoperiodicallysavebackupsofallopenedfiles.
YoucannowconfigurefiletypestolistinFile>OpenandFile>Save(as...)dialogs.
Addedasettingtooptionallyrememberthelastusedfiletypefilter.
Youcannowconfiguretoprintheaders,footersandlinenumbersinscriptprints.
Thesyntaxchecknowreportsanerrorifa*FORMquestiondoesnotcontainany*NUMBER,*ALPHA,
*GRIDor*SCALEfields.
DutchCommandSetDropped
TheDutchcommandsetforNIPOODIN,obsoletesincetheintroductionofNIPOFieldworkSystemproducts
forMicrosoftWindows,isnolongersupported.
MigratingSurveysFromNIPOODIN4.08
SurveyscriptsthathavepreviouslyrunontheNIPOODINInterviewSystemorNIPOCOMPASSmay
generallyrunwithoutproblemsontheNIPO32bitinterviewsoftware.However,duetotheintroductionof
ascriptparserandengineandseveralotherenhancementssuchassampletables,somechangesmaybe
necessarytorunasurveyasrequired.Checkyoursurveysagainstthissectionbeforedeployingitonany
NIPOSoftwaresystemthatusesthe32bitclientswiththeODINScriptlanguageversion5andabove.
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Thescriptcommand*WAITCRhaslimitedsupportandisavailableforNIPOCAPIscriptsonly.Itisnolonger
supportedinNIPOCATIandnotsupportedforNIPOCAWI.
Dutchcommandsetnolongersupported
ItisnolongerpossibletousetheDutchcommandsetinNIPOODIN;youmustusetheEnglishequivalents.
ObsoleteCommandNames
AsofNIPOODIN5,thefollowingobsoletecommandnamescannolongerbeusedandmustbechangedto
theirnewmodernequivalent.
Replacedcommandsthatarenolongersupported
Oldcommand
Newcommand
*OR
*INCLUDE
*XOR
*EXCLUDE
*MOVE
*COPY
*PLAYWAIT
*WAITPLAY
*REPETE
*REPEAT
*PLAYNoLongerSupportedAsaQuestionOption
ThefollowingsyntaxisnolongersupportedinNIPOODIN5.
ValidODIN4.08syntaxexample
*QUESTION 7 *CODES L1 *PLAY "movie.mpeg"
Do you recognise this advertisement?
1: Yes
2: No
*PLAYisnolongerallowedasaquestionoption.*PLAYmustbespecifiedonaseparatelineoraftera
filter.
ValidODIN5syntaxexample
*PLAY "movie.mpeg"
*QUESTION 7 *CODES L1
Do you recognise this advertisement?
1: Yes
2: No
VerticalLineQuestionNotSupportedinNIPOCAPIandNIPOCAWI
TheverticallinequestionisnolongersupportedinNIPOCAPIandNIPOCAWI.
NIPOODIN4.08VerticalLineExample
*QUESTION 10 *LINE L3 *MIN [0] *MAX [-100]
Select your score in percentage.
Youshoulduseahorizontallineinstead,usingapositivenumberforthe*MAXparameter.
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*CENTREDoesNotProperlyCenterHeadingTexts
IntheNIPOCATIandNIPOCAPI,headingsarenotcenterediftheapplicationisconfiguredtocentercode
labels.Inthefollowingexample,headingtextswillleftaligntothecodes.
HeadingTextsExample
Choose your favorite brand:
*HEADING "German"
1: BMW
2: Mercedes
*HEADING "French"
3: Renault
4: Citroen
SelfModifyingScriptNoLongerSupported
Selfmodifyingscriptisscriptthatisabletochangeitselfatruntime.InNIPOODINthiswasdonebyplacing
scriptcommandsandcategoriesintextvariables,andthendisplayingthecontentofthatscriptvariableon
aparticularlineinthescript.Suchconstructionswerepossibleduetothenatureofthe4.08interpreter.
Withversion5aparserisintroducedthatcompilesthescript,requiringastrictsyntaxandmakingself
modifyingscriptimpossible.Belowareafewpopularexamplesofselfmodifyingscript,andalternatives
thatcanbeusedtoobtainthesameresultinNIPOODINScriptlanguageversion5andabove.
Example1:Insertingpictures
*TEXTVARS FIGURE
*PUT FIGURE "*PICT *?NR"
*QUESTION 1 *CODES L1 "*?FIGURE"
Sincethe*PICTcommandallowsvariableparameters,thisconstructioncanbeomitted.
Example1:NIPOODIN5Alternative
QUESTION 1 *CODES L1 *PICT [ NR ]
Example2:Togglingthefilter
*TEXTVARS Condition
*PUT Condition "*IF [Q1,1]"
*QUESTION 1 *CODES L1 "*?Condition"
Thiskindofconstructioncanbeavoidedalltogetherbycreatingabetterfiltercondition.
Example3:Showingandhidingcodes
*TEXTVARS DONTKNOW
*IF [ Q2,1 ] *PUT DONTKNOW "9: Dont know"
Do you own a VCR?
1: Yes
2: No
*?DONTKNOW
Thiskindofconstructionmakesitimpossibletodeterminecodelistsonexports,andcanbeavoidedwith
*CONTROLon*DUMMYquestions:
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Example3:NIPOODIN5alternative
*QUESTION 4 *CODES L1 *DUMMY
*IF [ Q2,1 ] *EXCLUDE Q4 Q4 *ELSE *INCLUDE Q4 [ 9 ]
*QUESTION 3 *CODES L1 *CONTROL Q4 N
Do you own a VCR?
1: Yes
2: No
9: Don't know
Ifmorethanonecodeneedstobetoggled,a*MULTIquestionshouldbeusedforQ4.Ifusinghighcode
numbersincombinationwith*MULTIcauseslargegapsinthedata,adummycanbereusedasrequiredby
clearingitscontentusing*EXCLUDE Q4 Q4.
Example4:Variablescalelength
*QUESTION 2 *NUMBER L1 *SAVE ScaleLen
How long do you want the scale to be?
*QUESTION 1 *FORM
1: *SCALE 61 [ScaleLen] 28
Variablescalelengtharenolongerpermitted,butstronglyrecommendedagainstfromamethodological
pointofview.Ifdifferentscalelengthsarerequired,useseparatequestions.
ForwardSlashesNoLongerSeparateCodeLabels
InODIN4.08multiplecodescouldbeplacedonasinglerowbyseparatingthembyforwardslashes.
ExampleofODIN4.08scriptusingcategoriesseparatedbyslashes
*QUESTION 5 *CODES L20 *MULTI
Which brand do you know?
1: Brand A
/ 4: Brand D / 7: Brand G
2: Brand B
/ 5: Brand E / 8: Brand H
3: Brand C
/ 6: Brand F / 9: Brand I
19: None of these
NIPOODIN5uses*AUTOand*NEWCOLUMNtocreatecolumnsofcodesautomatically:
AlternativeinNIPOODIN5
*QUESTION 5
Which brand
1: Brand A
2: Brand B
3: Brand C
4: Brand D
5: Brand E
6: Brand F
7: Brand G
8: Brand H
9: Brand I
*CODES L20 *MULTI *AUTO

do you know?
*NEWCOLUMN
*NEWCOLUMN
19: None of these *STOPAUTO
Note:
INNIPOCATIthecolumnsareonlycreatedifthepagebecomestoolongtofitinthewindow.Since
NIPOCAPIandNIPOCAWIarebrowserbasedtheheightofthewindowcannotbedecided;use
*NEWCOLUMNtoforcecolumnswhererequired.
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CopyingPositionsFromaTfileIsLimitedtoFieldLength
Sincetheintroductionofsampletables,theNIPOODINScriptlanguageinternallyreferencesdatabase
fields,evenwhencopyingdatafromaTfile.Positionsreferencedwith*ADDRESSaremappedtodatabase
fields.Thismeansthatyoucannotcopypositionsthatexceedthelengthofthedatabasefields.
Example
Script
Result
*PUT NAME 251L50
Only35positions(251285)arecopiedbecausethefield
DisplayField4islength35(251L35).
*MOVA 101L50 201L50
Only15positions(201215)arecopiedbecausethefield
DisplayField2islength35(181L35).
Takespecialcarewhencopyingdatafrom,orinto,literalpositionsusing*ADDRESS.Ifpossible,replace
*ADDRESSwithreferencestotheactualfieldnamesusing*SAMPLEDATA.
*AUTONotSupportedinNIPOCAWI
The*AUTOcommandisnotsupportedfortheNIPOCAPIandNIPOCAWIastheenginecannotdetermine
theheightofthebrowserwindow.Use*NEWCOLUMNtosplitthecategoriesintocolumns.
*INITblockisExecutedBeforeSuspendImage
Asuspendimagereplaysapreviously'recorded'interviewusingthecurrentquestionnaireupuntilthefirst
unansweredquestionbeforehandingbackcontroltotheinterviewerortherespondent.Thisfeatureis
usedtofollowupinterviewswithappointmentsorsuspendedCAWIinterviewsandcontinuewherethe
interviewwaslastleft.Inthe32bitclient,an*INITblockisusedtoexecutescriptbeforeresumingthe
interruptedinterview.Thisblockisexecutedbeforethesuspendimageisexecuted.
ThisissignificantlydifferentfromtheAfileimplementationintheNIPOInterviewSystem16bit,which
containedonlythecontentsofvariablesandthequestionnumberwheretoresume.The*INITblockis
executeddirectlybeforethequestionwheretheinterviewisresumed.Thismadeitpossibletomakechecks
onvariablesorquestionsthatwerefilledinaprevioussession.
Thismeanstheexecutionofthe*INITblockintheNIPOInterviewSystem32bitmayleadtodifferent
resultsascomparedtothe16bitversion,asvariablesandquestionswillnolongercontainvaluesfrom
previousruns.Thereforean*INITblockcannolongerrelyonvariablesfilledinpreviousinterview
sessions.
Ifthe*INITblockisusedtodisplaysomevariablesfromaprevioussession(likeacounter),youcanstore
thiscounterinthetelephonefileorsampletableandusethe*COPYcommandtoretrievethisdata.
SelectingAnotherCharacterSetinthe*FONTCommand
Itisnolongerpossibletochangethecodepagecharactersetwithinyourquestionnaire.UseUnicode
insteadwhenthedefaultcharactersetofWindowsdoesnotsupporttherequiredcharactersforthetarget
language.
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WhenconductingasurveyusingTfiles,withtheintroductionofNIPOODIN5theNIPOFieldworkSystem
nowchecksifacompleted(successful,definitenonresponse)interviewforthatinterviewnumberwas
storedintheDfile(thefilecontainingthesuspendimagesorinterview'recordings').Ifthisisthecase,the
duplicateinterviewnumberisflaggedwithresponsecode26.Onlyifthereisnodefiniteresponsecodefor
thatinterviewnumber,therecordisreused.ThismeansthatreplacingaTfilenolongerallowsthereuseof
values.
WhenusingaTfileintheNIPOFieldworkSystem,interviewnumberscanbepresetinposition52L8before
startingasurvey.Thesenumbersneedtobe8digitswithleadingzerosandshouldbeunique.TheNIPO
FieldworkSystemdoesnotdistributeTfilerecordswithduplicateinterviewnumbers.Duplicateinterview
numbersareflaggedwithresponsecode26.
Stopwatch[1]andStopwatch[2]NotSupportedinNIPOCAPIandNIPOCAWI
SystemvariablesSTOPWATCH[1]andSTOPWATCH[2]arenotsupportedinNIPOCAPIandinNIPOCAWI
becausetheycannotbeproperlyoraccuratelyimplementedinanHTMLandJavaScriptinterface.
UsingCodeNumbersina*FORMQuestion
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TheNIPOODINDeveloperistheNIPOODINscriptauthor'stool.Itcanbeusedforthefollowingpurposes:
Create,editandsyntaxcheckquestionnairesforNIPOCATI,NIPOCAPIandNIPOCAWI
RunapreviewofthequestionnaireinNIPOCATI,NIPOCAPIorNIPOCAWI
CreateandeditpicturelibrariesforusewithNIPOODINquestionnaires
Generatedummy(test)datatoverifyquestionnaireintegrity
Exportsurveydataforstatisticalanalysisinvariouspackages.
ThissectionbrieflydiscussesanumberoffeaturesoftheNIPOODINDeveloper.
TheScriptEditorWindow
LineSize
AlineintheNIPOODINDevelopermaybeupto4000characterslong.Scrollinginaverylonglinemightbe
slowuseEdit>Gotopositiontoeasilyplacethecursoronacertainposition.Toopenlargerfiles,select
File>Opendatafile...fromthemenu.
ToggleDisplayingTabsandSpaces
ClickCTRL+SHIFT+8toshowthetabandspacecharactersintheNIPOODINDeveloper.Notethatthe*TAB
commandinyourquestionnairedoesnotinfluencetheeditoroftheNIPOODINDeveloper.Useapreview
toseetheliveresult.
PopupMenuOptions
Foranyopenfileinthescripteditorwindow,rightclickanywheretoopenthepopupmenu.Thissection
describesanumberofthoseoptions.
OpenQuestionnaireFile
Whenreferringtoanotherfileinyourquestionnaireusing*MERGEorinasurveyconfigurationfileyoucan
openthefilebyrightclickingtheselectingthefilenameinthetextandselectingOpenDocumentfromthe
popupmenu.
Examplequestionnaire
*MERGE INITQ
Examplesurveyconfigurationfile
[Files]
Q=""OMNIBUSQ" "TVQ" "PCQ" "CARQ" "ENDQ""
QuestionPreviewinNIPOCATI/CAWI/CAPI
RightclickalinewithaquestiondefinitionandselectQuestionPreviewfromthepopupmenutopreview
thequestioninNIPOCATI,CAWIorCAPI.Alternatively,selectODIN>QuestionPreviewfromthemenu.
Adialogappearstoentervaluesforrelevantvariablesusedinthequestion.Filtersareignored.
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InsertingQuestionDefinitions
TosimplifycreatingNIPOODINQuestionnaire,rightclicktheeditorwindowandselectInserttochoose
fromtheavailablequestionoptions.
Insertingaquestion
ChangingQuestionOptions
Rightclickonaquestionlinetochangethequestionoptions.Dependingonthetypeofquestion,oneofthe
followingdialogboxesappears.
Changingthegeneralquestionoptions
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Changingthequestionoptionsfora*CODESquestion
Changingthequestionoptionsfora*NUMBERquestion
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Changingthequestionoptionsforan*OPENquestion
Changingthequestionoptionsforan*ALPHAquestion
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Changingthequestionoptionsfora*SCALEquestion
Changingthequestionoptionsfora*LINEquestion
ChangingCodeOptions
Rightclickonacategorycodelinetochangethecodeoptions.Thefollowingdialogappears.
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Changingthecodeoptionsina*CODESquestion
GridComposer
AuserfriendlyGridComposerisavailabletogeneratethescriptingofgridsandscalesefficientlywith
adequatespacing.RightclicktheeditorwindowandselectInsert>Gridquestionfromthemenu.
EntersomeparametersintheInsertGridQuestiondialogandclickOK.Thescriptforthegrid/scalesis
insertedintothescriptintheQfile.Youcanquicklycreatethescriptofgrid/scalesof*MULTI, *SCALE,
*GRID, *NON,*CONTROL,VCONTROLcommandstobefurthermodifieduponyourneeds.
Examplegridcomposerentry
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Dialogdescription
Description
Meaning
QuestionNumber
Thequestionnumberforthisgrid/scales
Multipleanswersallowed
Checkthistoappend*MULTItoall*SCALEcommandsorthe*GRIDcommand
Noanswerallowed
Checkthistoappend*NONtothe*QUESTIONcommand
Statementsonthexaxis/yaxis Thelocationofthestatementsdeterminewhetherthecomposerwillgeneratea*GRIDor
oneormore*SCALEcommands.Ifthestatementsareonthexaxis,agridisgenerated
andall*CONTROL/*VCONTROLoptionsareavailable.
Ifthestatementsareontheyaxisoneormore*SCALEcommandsaregenerated.The
optiontohidethecolumnheaderwillbegrayedoutasthiscombinationisnotpossible)
Undercontrolofquestion
Selectingandenteringthequestionnumbertobedependentonresultsina*CONTROL
statementbeingaddedafterthe*QUESTIONstatement.
Include
SelectingresultsinaWafterthe*CONTROL/*VCONTROL,elseanNisgenerated.
Hidecolumnheaderifunder
control
Onlyavailablewhenstatementsareonthexaxistohidecolumnheadersifundercontrol.
Selectingitresultsin*VCONTROLreplacing*CONTROL.
Addanewstatementorscaleitem.
Deletethecurrentlyselecteditem.
Movethecurrentlyselecteditemupinthelist.
Movethecurrentlyselecteditemdowninthelist.
Reloadprevious
Reloadthedataofthelastinsertgrid.
Insert
InsertthescripttotheQfile.
Cancel
Cancelinsertionofagrid.
Note:
Thegridcomposerworksasawizard:onceinserted,thegridcomposercannolongerbeusedto
modifythegrid.Modificationsneedtobedonedirectlyonthescript.
Validityofthequestionnumberandcontrolquestionnumberinthegridcomposerarenotchecked
againstthequestionnaire.Runasyntaxchecktocheckforerrors.
Thesizeofthefieldassociatedwith*SCALEiscomputedbasedonstandardscalesthatstartfrom1.
If*SCALERANGEcommandwithnegativevaluesisused,thecomputedfieldlengthmayhastobe
manuallyadjusted.
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Example1usingtheGridComposer
Example1resultscript
*TAB 20, 40, 60, 80, 100
*QUESTION 2 *FORM *NON *VCONTROL Q1 W
Why do you buy them?
apple
orange banana pear
1:Easy to buy
*GRID L12 3.2 4.4 *MULTI
Easy to store
Inexpensive to buy
Example1resultoutputinNIPOCATI(assuming'orange'and'banana'notselected)
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Example2usingtheGridComposer
Example2resultscript
*TAB 20, 46, 72, 100
*QUESTION 2 *FORM *CONTROL Q1 W
Why do you buy them?
easy to buy
easy to store
1:apple *SCALE L3 3 1 *MULTI
2:orange
*SCALE L3 3 1 *MULTI
3:banana
*SCALE L3 3 1 *MULTI
4:pear *SCALE L3 3 1 *MULTI
inexpensive to buy
Example2resultoutputinNIPOCATI
SyntaxChecking
YoucannowsyntaxcheckyourquestionnairebyselectingODIN>Check>Check...fromthemenu.Adialog
appearsinwhichwarningoptionsmaybeconfigured.Warningsareissuesthatmayleadtounwanted
behaviorand/orlossofdata,butdonotpreventthequestionnairefromrunning.
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NIPOODINDevelopercheckoptions
Youmayselectthefollowingoptions:
Dontsuppresswarnings.Allwarningsarereported.
Suppressallwarnings.Noneofthewarningsarereported.
Suppress.Youcanselectwhichwarningstosuppress.
Thefollowingwarningsmayoptionallybesuppressed:
Toomanypositionsforquestion.Appliesifmorepositionsaredefinedthanstrictlyrequiredtostore
theinputdata.
MAXpositionsforDiana.Appliesifmorethan32,000positionsareused,whichistherecordlimitfor
NIPODiana.
Multipleuseofposition.Appliesifaparticularpositionisaccessedtostoreinformationfrommorethan
onequestion.Thismaycausethedatatobeoverwritten.
Jumptopreviousquestion.Appliesifa*GOTOisusedtojumpbackinsteadofforwardinthe
questionnaire,whichmaycauseaninfiniteloop.Itisrecommendedtouse*BACKinstead.
Codequestionwithoutcodes.Codequestionswithoutcodesareskipped,thereforeawarningcanbe
issuedifacodequestionmissescodes.
Missingquotes.Appliestoquotedtextwhereaclosingquoteismissing.
Maximumdatapositions
Setsthemaximumamountofpositionsallowedforasingleinterview.ThisisusefultomatchNIPOODINto
thelimitofthestatisticalsoftwareinuse.
Filterduplicateerrormessages
Thislimitsthenumberofreportspererrormessage.Forexample,duplicateuseofapositionintheUfile
mayonlyneedtobereportedonce.
Keeppreviousresults
Resultsofaprevioussyntaxcheckarenotclearedforanewsyntaxcheck.
Keepresultsafterclosingfile
KeepstheResultswindowopenoncethequestionnairefileisclosedintheeditor.
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WarningMessagefor*CODESQuestionWithoutCodeCategories
Ifnocodecategoriesaredefinedfora*CODESquestionawarningisdisplayeduponasyntaxcheck.No
warningissuppliedifaquestiontextisalsomissing.
WarningMessageforUnfixedQuestions
YoucantestrunaquestionnairewithintheNIPOODINDeveloperNIPOODINDeveloperwithunfixed
questions,butcannotrunthequestionnaireinNIPOCATI,NIPOCAWIorNIPOCAWIwithunfixed
questions.
TheNIPOODINDevelopergivesawarningmessageuponsyntaxcheckifanyunfixedquestions(length
definitionswithoutpositiondefinition)havebeendefinedintheNIPOODINQuestionnaire.Onlyone
warningisevergeneratedforthefirstlinewhereanunfixedquestionwasfound.
SelectODIN>FixorclicktheFixbuttontofixthequestions.
Erroron*FORMQuestionLanguageSectionMismatch
Thesyntaxcheckreportsanerrormessagewhena*FORMquestioninthelanguagesectiondoesnot
containanyfields(*NUMBER,*ALPHAor*SCALE).Thesyntaxcheckalsoreportsanerrormessagewhen
afield(*NUMBER,*ALPHAor*SCALE)isspecifiedinaquestionthatisnotdefinedas*FORM.
UndeclaredVariablesareCreatedwhenFixingaQuestionnaire
Ifavariableisnotdeclaredbeforeitisbeingused,awarningmessageappearsWhenfixingthedata
positionsorrenumberingaquestionnaire,thesevariablenamedeclarationsareautomaticallyaddedtothe
questionnaireas*TEXTVARSvariables.Makesurenomistakesaremadeinthevariablename,andverify
if*TEXTVARSisanappropriatetype.
ResultsWindowKeepsPreviousSyntaxChecks
TheResultswindowofasyntaxcheckkeepsprevioussyntaxchecks.Rightclickthewindowandselect
Removetabtoclosetheresultwindow.ClickonthecrossontheupperleftcornerorusetheView>
Resultsfromthemenutotoggleshowingthedockingwindow.
SyntaxcheckforOmnibusSurveys
Questionnairesthatarepartofanomnibus,mayusevariablesandquestionnumbersfromaprevious
questionnaireinthatomnibus.Iftheomnibus.INIfileislocatedinthesamedirectory,thesystem
checksallotherquestionnairesfromthatomnibus.
TestRunQuestionnaireinNIPOCATI/CAPI/CAWI
SelectODIN>RunfromthemenuandselecttopreviewthequestionnaireinNIPOCATI,CAPIorCAWI.
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CheckRoutingforStratification
Whenusingthecommand*STRATinaquestionnaire,foreachoccurrenceamessagedialogstratification
filled?Yes/Nopopsup.Selecttheappropriateanswertotestyourrouting.Notethatnotelephonefileor
sampletableisused.
ShowVariables
ForNIPOCATIandNIPOCAPIpreviews,youcanshowthecontentsofthecurrentlyknownvariablesby
selectingView>Viewvariables...fromthemenu.Notethatsystemvariables0through9andthe
CONJTXTvariablesarealwaysavailableevenifnotused.Othervariableshavetobedeclaredwith*VARS,
*TEXTVARSor*SAMPLEDATAfirst.
MenuOptions
OpenallQuestionnairesinOmnibusSurvey
Whenrunninganomnibussurvey,youcandoasyntaxcheckonthesurvey.INIfile.
Allquestionnaireswillbecheckedintheordertheyaredefinedinthesetting
Q=""name1" "name2"".
WhenscrollingthroughtheResultswindow(withthewarningsanderrors),theNIPOODINDeveloper
automaticallyopensallquestionnairesthatarepartoftheomnibus.Youcanalsoclickonalineinthe
Resultswindowtoopenaspecificquestionnaire.UseView>Workbookmodetomakeswitchingfromone
windowtoanothereasier.
Example
[Files]
Q=""OMNIBUSQ" "TVQ" "PCQ" "CARQ" "ENDQ""
Asyntaxcheckisperformedonall5questionnairesandwillopenallfilesthatarenotalreadyopened,when
youscrollthroughtheResultswindow.
OpenDataFiles
Theregularscripteditoriscapableofmanagingupto4,000horizontalpositions.Toopenlarger(data)files,
selectFile>OpenDataFile...fromthemenu.Thisopensfilesupto99,999horizontalpositions,andcancels
syntaxhighlighting.
RemoveCommands
Tobeabletocreateamultilanguagequestionnaire,selectODIN>RemoveCommands...fromthemenu.
Thisoptioncreatesatranslatable*LANGUAGEsectionwithoutNIPOODINcommands,exceptfor
*QUESTION,*FONTand*?varname,thatmaybelinkedtotheoriginalquestionnaireusingthe
*LANGUAGEcommand.
Comment/Uncomment
SelectablockoracoupleoflinesandselectEdit>Commenttomakecommentsoftheseline.Thisinsertsa
**infrontofallselectedlines.SelectEdit>Uncommenttoremovethe**fromtheselectedlines.
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CreateQuestionnairesinUnicode
Thismeansfullsupportforallnonwesternlanguages,likeHebrew,Arabic,Chinese,Japanese,etcetera.
UnicodeisenforcedbysavingthefileastypeUTF16.Verifythatsupportfortheselectedlanguageis
availableonthetargetedworkstations.
FindFunctionwithRegularExpressionsandMarkAll
SelectEdit>Findtosearchforspecifictextinyourquestionnaire.ClickMarkAlltomarkentriesfoundin
thesidebar.
Findfunction
StartEditorinWorkbookMode
SelectView>Workbooktoenableordisableshowingwindowsinaworkbookmode.Theworkbookmode
makesswitchingwindowseasier.
CreateCodeNumbersBeforeCodeLabelsandFields
Selectthelinesyouwanttonumber,thenselecttheODIN>Insertnumbersfromthemenu.Fillinthe
dialogasrequired.
TheNIPOODINDeveloperdoesnotimmediatelyverifycodenumbersagainstanyduplicatesoragainstthe
questiondefinition.Tocreateuniquenumbers,donotupdatepartiallists.Usethesyntaxchecktocheckon
duplicatecodenumbers.Numberingisperformedonalllinescontainingacarriagereturn
Creatingcodecategorynumbers
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Result:
TheNIPOODINDeveloper
TheNIPOODINDeveloperallowsyoutoexportyourdatatoavarietyofstatisticalsoftwarepackages.The
followingformatsaresupported:
NIPODiana/NvisionScript
TripleSXML
SPSSPortable
SPSSPC(scriptformat)
Ascribe
Quantime
Image/Sound
NIPODiana
TheexporttoNIPODianamaybeusedtocreatefilesthatmaybeusedbybothNIPODianaandNvision
Script.
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ExporttoNIPODianavariables
Choosethefollowingoptions:
Language
Ifmorethanonelanguageisdefinedwithinthequestionnaire,selectthelanguagetouseforthequestion
andcodelabelsintheexport.
Addfilterstovariables
Anyquestionnairefiltersarealsodefinedinthevariables.
Variablenameinfrontofquestiontext
Thequestionlabelisprecededbytheexportnameofthevariable.Optionallyaddalinefeedtothevariable
name.
UseCODEnifnocodetextspecified
Forcodecategorylabelswithouttext,alabeliscreatedcontainingtheword'CODE'followedbythecode
number.
Questionninfrontofquestiontext
Allquestiontextsareprecededbytheword"Question"followedbythequestionnumberoriginallyusedin
thequestionnaire.Optionallyaddalinefeedtothevariablename.
Writerandomandordernumbers
Where*RANDOMand*ORDERareusedwithapositiondefinition,thisstorestheorderinwhichthecodes
appearedduringthequestionnaireinanadditionalvariable.
Insert[LF]inquestiontext
Iflinefeedsareusedinthequestionlabels,thesearetransferredintheexport.Duplicatelinefeedsare
removed.Bydefault,linefeedsaretranslatedintospaces.
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Insert[LF]incodetext
Iflinefeedsareusedinthecodelabels,thesearetransferredintheexport.Duplicatelinefeedsare
removed.Bydefault,linefeedsaretranslatedintospaces.
Includequestionswithouttextandunusedquestions
Exportsquestionswithouttextandquestionsthatarenevershownduetorouting.Bydefaultthesearenot
exported.
Generatecodesforscalequestions
Generatescodenumbersfor*SCALEquestions.Bydefaulttheseareexportedasnumericalvariables.
Includenullevaluatingfilteranddummyquestions
Exportsquestionsthatuseafilterthatalwaysevaluatestofalse(forexample*IF [ 1 = 0])and
*DUMMYquestions.Bydefaultthesearenotexported.
Noduplicatetextfor*OPENand*NUMBERquestions
For*OPENand*NUMBERquestions,createsalabelwiththequestiontext,removingthelabelforthe
questiontext.
Maximumcodespervariable
Enforcesamaximumnumberofcodespervariable.Codesbeyondthislimitarenotexported.Thismaybe
requiredforNIPODiana,whichhasalimitof200variables.
Setlinelength
Setsthemaximumamountofcharacterstobeusedforquestionlabelsandcodelabelsonasinglerow.
Rowsaresplitusingthebackslashcharacter.Sentencesaresplitatcompletewords.
OpenVARfileafterexport
AutomaticallyopenstheexportedvariablefileintheNIPOODINDeveloper.
UnicodeVARfile
ExportsaUnicodevariablefileinsteadofanASCIIfile(supportedbyNvisionScriptonly).
CodeLabelExportsina*FORMQuestion
Ina*FORMquestion,alltextofacodelabel(bothbeforeandafterthedatafield)isusedfortheexportto
NIPODianavariables.
Exportingtextof*FORMquestion
*QUESTION 1 *FORM
How much did you pay for:
1: Product A
2: Product B
*NUMBER 61L3.2 Euros

*NUMBER 66L3.2 Euros
Isexportedas:
*V1_1 61L3.2: How much did you pay for: Product A
*V1_2 66L3.2: How much did you pay for: Product B
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Euros
Euros
RandomCodeNumberExportinNIPODiana
Exportingrandomorder
*QUESTION 2 *CODES 81L9 *RANDOM 90L3 *CONTROL Q1 N
Which of the following brands of beers do you know?
(Int: read out)
1:
2:
3:
8:
9:
Heineken
Amstel
Grolsch
Other *OPEN *NOCON
None *NMUL *NOCON
Isexportedas:
*V2 *MV 81L9:V2[LF]Question 2[LF]Which of the following brands of brands of beers do you
know? (Int: read out)
1: Heineken
2: Amstel
3: Grolsch
8: Other
9: None
*V2_R1 *SNG 90L1:V2_R1[LF]Question 2 - Random nr. 1[LF]Which of the following brands of
brands of beers do you know? (Int: read out)
1: Heineken
2: Amstel
3: Grolsch
8: Other
9: None
1: Heineken
2: Amstel
3: Grolsch
8: Other
9: None
1:
2:
3:
8:
9:
Heineken
Amstel
Grolsch
Other
None
OrderCodeNumberExportinNIPODiana
Exportingorderofmentions
*QUESTION 1 *CODES 61L9 *MULTI 70L3
Which brands of beers do you know?
(Int: type the codes in the same order as mentioned by respondent)
1:
2:
3:
8:
9:
Heineken
Amstel
Grolsch
Other *OPEN
None *NMUL
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Isexportedas:
*V1 *MV 61L9:V1[LF]Question 1[LF]Which brands of beers do you know? (Int: type
the same order as mentioned by respondent)
1: Heineken
2: Amstel
3: Grolsch
8: Other
9: None
*V1_O1 *SNG 70L1:V1_O1[LF]Question 1 - Order nr. 1[LF]Which brands of beers do
1: Heineken
2: Amstel
3: Grolsch
8: Other
9: None
1: Heineken
2: Amstel
3: Grolsch
8: Other
9: None
(Int: type the codes in the same order as mentioned by respondent
1: Heineken
2: Amstel
3: Grolsch
8: Other
9: None
the codes in
you know?
you know?
you know?
Exportsof*FORMQuestionswithCodes
Exportsof*FORMquestionsusingcodesforfieldsappropriatelynumbersvariablesaccordingtothecode
numbers.Thelabeliscreatedfromallsuccessivetextforthatcode.Notethatina*SCALEor*GRID
questiontheappropriatecolumnheadersareexportediftabshavebeenusedcorrectlytoseparatethese.
Examplescript1
*QUESTION 1 *FORM
What is your address?
1:
2:
3:
4:
Street
*ALPHA 61L35
House number
*NUMBER 96L5
Postal code *ALPHA 101L10
City *ALPHA 111L30
ResultexporttoNIPODianascript1
*V1_1
*V1_2
*V1_3
*V1_4
*TEK
*SNG
*TEK
*TEK
61L35: What is your address? Street

96L5: What is your address? House number
101L10: What is your address? Postal code
111L30: What is your address? City
Examplescript2
*QUESTION 2 *FORM
What did you think of the service at the following gas stations?
Esso
1:Very good
Good
Average
Poor
Very poor
No opinion
Mobil Oil
Shell
*GRID 141L5 6.1 4.10
Texaco
Inthescriptabove,tabsareusedtospacecolumnheaders.Notethatthereisalsoatabbetweenthelabel
andthe*GRIDonthefirstline,andthatboththecolumnheaderandthefirstlineareendedwithaspace
andtab.
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ResultexporttoNIPODianascript2
*V2_1 141L1: What
1:Very good
2:Good
3:Average
4:Poor
5:Very poor
6:No opinion
*V2_2 142L1: What
1:Very good
2:Good
3:Average
4:Poor
5:Very poor
6:No opinion
*V2_3 143L1: What
1:Very good
2:Good
3:Average
4:Poor
5:Very poor
6:No opinion
*V2_4 144L1: What
1:Very good
2:Good
3:Average
4:Poor
5:Very poor
6:No opinion
did you think of the service at the following gas stations?
Esso
Mobil Oil
Shell
Texaco
TripleSXML
TripleSXMLisaopenstandarddataformatusingXML.Itissupportedbyavarietyofproducts,including
butnotlimitedto:
Bellview
CfMCSurvent
Merlin
Miriad(TNS)
Preport
SNAP
AnexporttoTripleSrequiresthatthesurveydatafileispresentinsamethedirectoryasthequestionnaire
thatisexported.ForaquestionnaireNAMEQ,thedatafileshouldbenamedNAME.DAT.
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ExporttoTripleSXML
ExporttoTripleSversion
SetstheTripleSformattouse.Checkyourstatisticalanalysispackagefordetails.Supportedexportsare
1.1,1.2and2.0.
Datafileformat
Setsthedatafileformatfortheexport,eitherfixedorcsv(characterdelimited).Thisisonlysupportedfor
TripleSversion2.0.
Converttextusingcodepage
Selectthecodepagetoconverttheexportinto.Makesuretheselectedcodepagematchesthelanguageof
yourquestionnaire.
Subsurvey
Selectwhichsurveytoexportif*NEWwasusedwithinthequestionnaire.
Language
Includealphanumericquestions
Include*ALPHAand*NUMBERquestionsintheexport.
exported.
Recodequestionscontainingcode'0'
Code0forcodecategoriesisbydefaultnotsupportedintheTripleSXMLformat.Thisoptionrecodescode
labelsifcode0wasusedinthequestionnaire.
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Includeopenanswers
Inadditiontooptionallycodedopenendedquestions,thisexportsopenendedanswerverbatimintothe
datafile.
Openanswerlength
Setsthemaximumnumberofcharacterstobeusedforopenendedanswers.Answersbeyondthelength
limitaretruncated.
CheckQPScompliance
CheckscompliancewithTripleSexportsforQPS.Ifthecomplianceisnotmet,awarningmessageis
displayed.
OpenSSSfile
AutomaticallyopenstheTripleSvariabledefinitionfileintheNIPOODINDeveloperafterexport.
ThefollowingcharactersinthequestionandcodetextareescapedwhenexportingtoTripleSXML:
<isreplacedby<
>isreplacedby>
&isreplacedby&
'isreplacedby'
"isreplacedby"
SPSSPortable
AnexporttoSPSSPortablerequiresthatthesurveydatafileispresentinsamethedirectoryasthe
questionnairethatisexported.ForaquestionnaireNAMEQ,thedatafileshouldbenamedNAME.DAT.
ExporttoSPSSPORfile
Subsurvey
Language
yourquestionnaire.
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RetainODINdataformat
Notavailableforthisformat.
Includeopenanswers
Maxrecordlength
Themaximumnumberofpositionsofasinglerecord.Checkyourstatisticalanalysissoftwareforthelimits.
Longerrecordsaresplitattheconfiguredthreshold.
exported.
Includesavescript
name.
thequestionnaire.
UsequestionID'sasvariablenames
Ifspecified,usenamesdefinedwith*VARasvariablenames.
Usealternativenamesforrandomandordervariables
Usesaslightlyshorterformatfor*RANDOMand*ORDERvariables,wherethedefaultfirstletterisreplaced
byRorOrespectively.
UsecodenumbersforMultipleDichotomyfields
Bydefault,for*MULTIquestionsallcodesareexportedasmultipledichotomyquestions(mentioned/not
mentioned).Thisoptionplacestheoriginalcodenumberinthequestionlabelforthesequestions.
Textformentioned
Formultipledichotomyquestions,setsthelabeltobeusedfor'mentioned'.
Textfornotmentioned
Formultipledichotomyquestions,setsthelabeltobeusedfor'nomentioned'.
Variablenamelength
Setsthemaximumlengthforvariablenames.Chooseeither8or64,dependentonyourSPSSversioninuse.
Variablelabellength
Setsthemaximumlengthforthevariablelabel(thequestiontext).Longertextsaretruncatedatthe
threshold.
Valuelabellength
Setsthemaximumlengthforthevaluelabel(thecodelabeltext).Longertextsaretruncatedatthe
threshold.
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Variablenamesfirstletter
Setsthefirstletterforanexportedvariablename.ThisonlyhappensquestionIDsarenotused,orifthe
questiondoesnothaveaquestionIDdefined(*VAR).
Numberofcharsfrommultiquestion
Bydefault,multipledichotomyquestionsreceivethefulloriginalquestiontextinadditiontothecodelabel.
Thisoptionconfiguresthemaximumnumberofcharactersfromthequestionlabeltoinclude.
Note:
Theselectedsettingsforvariablenamesmaycausetheexporttogeneratevariablenamesthat
exceedthemaximumnumberofcharactersfortheSPSSversionyouareusing.Awarningisissued
fortheminimumlimitforolderversionsadjustthesettingsifrequired.
SPSSPC
AnexporttoSPSSPCscriptfilesrequiresthatthesurveydatafileispresentinsamethedirectoryasthe
questionnairethatisexported.ForaquestionnaireNAMEQ,thedatafileshouldbenamedNAME.DAT.This
exportcreatestwofiles:avariabledefinitionfile(SPSfile)andadatafile(EXTfile).RuntheSPSfilein
SPSStocreatethedataset.
ExporttoSPSSPC(scriptfiles)
Subsurvey
Language
yourquestionnaire.
RetainODINdataformat
Keepstheexporteddatafile(EXTfile)inthesameformatastheoriginalNIPOODINdatafile(DATfile).
Includedopenendedanswers,ifany,areappendedattheendofeachrecord.
Includeopenanswers
Includesopenendedanswerverbatiminthedatafileasadditionalvariables.
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Maxrecordlength
Themaximumnumberofpositionsofasinglerecord.Checkyourstatisticalanalysissoftwareforthelimits.
Longerrecordsaresplitattheconfiguredthreshold.
exported.
Includesavescript
Includestheline"SAVE OUTFILE='survey.SAV' /COMPRESSED"wheresurveyisthenameof
thesurvey.
name.
thequestionnaire.
UsequestionID'sasvariablenames
Ifspecified,usenamesdefinedwith*VARasvariablenames.
Usealternativenamesforrandomandordervariables
Usesaslightlyshorterformatfor*RANDOMand*ORDERvariables,wherethedefaultfirstletterisreplaced
byRorOrespectively.
UsecodenumbersforMultipleDichotomyfields
Bydefault,for*MULTIquestionsallcodesareexportedasmultipledichotomyquestions(mentioned/not
mentioned).Thisoptionplacestheoriginalcodenumberinthequestionlabelforthesequestions.
Textformentioned
Formultipledichotomyquestions,setsthelabeltobeusedfor'mentioned'.
Textfornotmentioned
Formultipledichotomyquestions,setsthelabeltobeusedfor'nomentioned'.
Variablenamelength
Setsthemaximumlengthforvariablenames.Chooseeither8or64,dependentonyourSPSSversioninuse.
Variablelabellength
threshold.
Valuelabellength
threshold.
Variablenamesfirstletter
Setsthefirstletterforanexportedvariablename.ThisonlyhappensquestionIDsarenotused,orifthe
questiondoesnothaveaquestionIDdefined(*VAR).
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Numberofcharsfrommultiquestion
Bydefault,multipledichotomyquestionsreceivethefulloriginalquestiontextinadditiontothecodelabel.
Thisoptionconfiguresthemaximumnumberofcharactersfromthequestionlabeltoinclude.
Note:
Theselectedsettingsforvariablenamesmaycausetheexporttogeneratevariablenamesthat
exceedthemaximumnumberofcharactersfortheSPSSversionyouareusing.Awarningisissued
fortheminimumlimitforolderversionsadjustthesettingsifrequired.
Ascribe
OpenendedanswersinNIPOFieldworkSystemsurveysmaybecodedusingLanguageLogic'sonlinecoding
solutionAscribe.Ascribeimportscodingprojectsusingaproprietary(ZIPcompressed)XMLformat.
AnexporttoAscriberequiresthatthesurveydatafileispresentinsamethedirectoryasthequestionnaire
thatisexported.ForaquestionnaireNAMEQ,thedatafileshouldbenamedNAME.DAT.
AscribeExport
Language
Codeframefile
Iftheprojectwaspreviouslycoded,thecurrentquestionnairemaynotcontaintherequiredCodeFrames.
SelecttheAscribeCodeFramefiletouseforcoding.
Incremental
CheckthisoptionifyouplantoaddthecurrentexporttoanexistingAscribeproject.Usethisfeaturetoadd
newdatatoanexistingproject.
Theresultfileiscalled[surveyname]_setup.zipwheresurveynameisthenameofyoursurvey.
SeetheAscribedocumentationfordetailsonhowtocreateaprojectfromthisfileorhowtoadd
incrementaldatatoanexistingproject.
Quantime
AnexporttoQuantimerequiresthatthesurveydatafileispresentinsamethedirectoryasthe
questionnairethatisexported.ForaquestionnaireNAMEQ,thedatafileshouldbenamedNAME.DAT.
ExporttoQuantime
exported.
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Subsurvey
Language
yourquestionnaire.
Variablelabellength
threshold.
Valuelabellength
threshold.
Side
Definesthedefaultleftcolumnwidthforthequestiontextandcodelabels.
name.
thequestionnaire.
Usevariablenames
Insteadofautomaticallyassigningquestionvariablenamesbasedonquestionnumbers,usethelabels
definedby*VAR.
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exported.
Images/Sound
Ifeither*BMPor*RECareusedintheNIPOODINquestionnaire,thesemaybeexportedasseparateimage
andsoundfiles.Bitmapfilesareexportedas*.BMPfilesandrecordingsareexportedas*.WAVfiles.
ExportImages/Sound(extractBfile)
Bfile
SelecttheBfiletoextract.
Location
Specifyadirectorywheretheextractedfilesmustbeplaced.
Filenamesaregeneratedautomatically.AseparatefileiscreatedforimageorwaveclipintheBfile.The
followingnamingconventionisused:
I<i>_S<s>_P<p>_L<l>_C<c>.BMP
I<i>_S<s>_P<p>_L<l>_C<c>.WAV
Where:
<i>Interviewnumber
<s> Subsurveynumber
<p> PositiondefinitioninUfile
<l> LengthdefinitioninUfile
<c> Codeiftheanswerisrelatedtoacodecategory
NfieldCode
ThisexportscreatesanimportfileforNfieldCode,thesuccessortotheNIPOODINCodingModule.
ExporttoNfieldCode
Usevariablelabelsifpresent
Uselabelsdefinedwith*VARand*LABEL.
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Includeappointmentnotes
Includesappointmentnotesasaseparateopenendedquestion.
Includesnotestoclosedquestions
Includesforcedopenendedanswersonclosedquestionsasopenendedquestions.
Language
Selectsthenameoftheoriginallanguageinwhichthequestionnairewasscripted.Notethattheexport
alwaysusesthecodeframedefinedbythedefaultlanguage(theoriginalscript)otherlanguagescannot
beexported.
TheexportedfileissavedwiththenameofthesurveyfileandtheextensionNFC.Thisfilemustbe
importedinNfieldCodetocreateanNfieldCodeproject.
ExportXFile
ThisexportallowsyoutoexportNIPOCodingModulecodingfilestoNfieldCode.
ExportXfiletoNfieldCode
Xfile
SelectstheXfiletoexporttoNfieldCode.
Destination
Setsadestinationdirectorytoexportthecodeframefileto.NotethatNfieldCodeexportsallcodeframes
intheXfileandthereforemaycreatemultiplefiles.
Language
Selectsthenameoftheoriginallanguageinwhichthequestionnairewasscripted.Notethattheexport
alwaysusesthecodeframedefinedbythedefaultlanguage(theoriginalscript)otherlanguagescannot
beexported.
Filesaresavedinthefollowingformat:
[Surveyname]X_[SubquestionnaireNumber]_[Position]_[Length]{C[Code]}.nfcf
ThePositionandLengthparameterscorrespondtothequestionpositionandlengthasspecifiedin
thequestionnaire.IftheCodeFrameispartofasemiopenendedquestion,Codespecifiesthecode
numberonwhichthe*OPENcommandwasused.
Imports
TheimportsfortheNIPOODINDeveloperareusedtoimportopenendedcodingprojectsfromNfieldCode
orAscribe.ThisreimportsdatapreviouslyexportedtoNfieldCodeorAscribe.Theseimportsimmediately
startanexportforthedataanalysissoftwareselectedintheimportdialog.
Ascribe
ThisimportsanAscribeexportfile.OnceaprojecthasbeenpartiallyorfullycodedinAscribe,itmaybe
usedtomergethecodedopenendedanswersbackintothedatafile.
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Sincethisimportissuesandexport,itrequiresthatthesurveydatafileispresentinsamethedirectoryas
thequestionnairethatisexported.ForaquestionnaireNAMEQ,thedatafileshouldbenamedNAME.DAT.
Ascribeimport
Language
Setsthetranslationtouseasdefinedwithinthecodingproject.Thisonlyappliesifmultipletranslationsof
questionsandcodeshavebeenmade.
Inputfile
Selectsthe.ZIPexportfiletouse.Notethatthisexportfilemustmatchthecurrentlyopened
questionnairefile.
Convertsingletomultiifcodedmulti
Ifanypreviouslysinglecodedquestionshavebeenchangedtomultiplecodedquestions,theyare
converted.Otherwise,onlythefirstselectedcodeisaccepted.
Outputformat
Setstheexporttypetobeused.Confirmingthisdialogbringsyoutotherelevantexportdialog.
NfieldCode
ThisimportsanNfieldCodeexportfile.OnceaprojecthasbeenpartiallyorfullycodedinNfieldCode,it
maybeusedtomergethecodedopenendedanswersbackintothedatafile.
Sincethisimportissuesandexport,itrequiresthatthesurveydatafileispresentinsamethedirectoryas
thequestionnairethatisexported.ForaquestionnaireNAMEQ,thedatafileshouldbenamedNAME.DAT.
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NfieldCodeimport
Language
Setsthetranslationtouseasdefinedwithinthecodingproject.Thisonlyappliesifmultipletranslationsof
questionsandcodeshavebeenmade.
Inputfile
Selectsthe.NFCexportfiletouse.Notethatthisexportfilemustmatchthecurrentlyopened
questionnairefile.
Outputformat
Setstheexporttypetobeused.Confirmingthisdialogbringsyoutotherelevantexportdialog.
NIPOODINDeveloperConfiguration
TemplatedRelatedFilesFolderConfiguration
BothNIPOCAPIandNIPOCAWIusetemplatestostylethequestionnaires.InthetoolsbaroftheNIPOODIN
Developer,youcanconfigurethelocationoftheTemplateRelatedFilesfolderforeither.Youcan
alsoselectapreviouslyconfiguredTemplateRelatedFilesfolder.
TheconfiguredfoldermusthavethenameTemplateRelatedFilesfolder.Foreachsurvey,asub
folderwiththesurveynamemustbeplaced.ThisiswhereyoustorethesurveyspecificCSSfiles,
OdinTemplatefilesandanyadditionalfilesrequiredbyeither.TheDefaultfoldercontainsthetemplates
andstylesheetsthatareusedincaseanysurveyspecificfileisnotsupplied.
ThefolderstructureoftheTemplateRelatedFilesfoldermatchesthefolderstructurefortheWaiting
Room.IfanyWaitingRoomisconfiguredforuseonthenetwork,itmaybeusedinstead.Notehoweverthat
previewfilesarestoredinarelativepath,soyoumusthavefullread/writeaccesstothislocation.
Note:
AlthoughitispossibletoconfigurethesameTemplateRelatedFilesfolderforbothNIPO
CAWIandNIPOCAPI,thisisnotrecommendedduetosubtledifferencesinstylingandclassnames
betweenthetwochannels.
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SyntaxHighlighting
TheNIPOODINDeveloperallowsforscripthighlightinginthescripteditor.Youcandefinetheeditorfont
andtheforegroundandbackgroundcolorsfor:
Text
Textselection
Number
Comment(remarks)
Keywords(NIPOODINcommands)
Routingcommands
Variabledeclarations
SelectODIN>Fonts...fromthemenutoconfiguresyntaxhighlighting.
Note:
Syntaxhighlightingdoesnotworkinbidirectional(Hebrew,Arabic)mode.
ApplicationConfigurationOptions
SelectSettings>Optionsfromthemenutochangetheapplicationconfigurationoptions.Theseare
describedinthissection.
ODINOptions
Thisdialogsetsvariousoptionsforthepopupmenuactiontoinserttemplatequestions.
NIPOODINDeveloperODINoptions
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Lengthmultipleanswer
Setsthedefaultlengthinsertedformultiplecodedquestions.
Lengthopenended
Setsthedefaultlengthinsertedopenendedquestions.
Makeopenalwaysmulti
Adds*MULTItothe*OPENquestiontemplate.
TheconfigurationoptionsintheInterviewSystemsectionconfiguretheapplicationfilelocationsforthe
NIPOCATI,NIPOCAPIandNIPOCAPIpreviewsandvariouspreviewrelatedmatters.
NIPOODINDeveloperInterviewSystemOptions
Runinterviewsystemsintestmode
Whenintestmode,noresultdataisstoredforatestinterview.Otherwise,UfileandOfiledataiscreated
fromapreview.
Displaystratificationdialog
Forevery*STRATcommandinthequestionnaire,thepreviewasksifitshouldfollowtheroutingfor
'stratificationreached'.Notethatnostratificationfileorsampleistestedforthisoption.
Unicodedata
Whennotintestmode,thisoptionstorestheUfileandOfilerecordsinUnicode.
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CATI
CATIClient
SetsthelocationoftheNIPOCATIClientapplication,whichisrequiredfortheNIPOCATIpreview.By
defaultitcanbefoundintheNIPOODINDeveloperapplicationdirectory.SelectODQES.EXEforthenon
UnicodeversionorODQESU.EXEfortheUnicodeversion.
Adjustablescreensize
AllowstheNIPOCATIClientwindowtoberesized.Bydefaultthewindowismaximizedandappearsontop
ofallotherapplications.
Singleshot
Ifset,automaticallyendsthepreviewattheendofthequestionnaire.Otherwise,itrestarts.
CAWI
OdDemonlocation
SetsthelocationoftheNIPOODINDemon,whichisrequiredtostarttheNIPOCAWIpreview.Bydefaultit
canbefoundintheNIPOODINDeveloperapplicationdirectory.ThefiletoselectiscalledOddemon.exe.
ShowquestionID's
Ifselected,displaysthequestionnumberanddefinition.
CAPI
CAPIClient
SetsthelocationoftheNIPOCAPIClientapplication,whichisrequiredfortheNIPOCAPIpreview.By
defaultitcanbefoundinasubdirectoryCAPI Preview intheNIPOODINDeveloperapplication
directory.ThefiletoselectiscalledCAPIPreview.exe.
Inaddition,clicktheConfigurebuttontoconfigureoptionsfortheNIPOCAPIPreview.SeetheNIPOCAPI
ClientUser'sGuideforinformationontheconfigurationoptions.
CodingSystemOptions
TheCodingSystemoptionsareobsoleteinthisversionoftheNIPOODINDeveloper.
CheckOptions
TheCheckoptionsconfigurevariousoptionswithregardtoasyntaxcheckofthequestionnaire.
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NIPOODINDeveloperCheckOptions
SuppressWarnings
Syntaxcheckwarningsareissueswithinthescriptthatmayleadtounwantedscriptbehavioranddata
storage,butdonotpreventexecutionofthequestionnaire.Youcanselectanyofthefollowingthree
settings:
Don'tsuppresswarnings
Allwarningsarelistedinthesyntaxchecklog.
Suppressallwarnings
Noneofthewarningsarelistedinthesyntaxchecklog.
Suppress
Selectwhichwarningtypesmustbesuppressed:
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Toomanypositionsforquestion.Thelengthdefinitionofa*CODESquestionreservesmorespacethan
requiredtostoretheanswercodes.Thismaysometimesbethecaseforanyquestionwhere*MULTI
wasaccidentallyomitted.
MAXpositionsforDiana.OnlyrelevantifNIPODianaisusedforreporting.Anyquestionnairethatuses
morethanNIPODiana'sdefaultlimit(8,000positions)generatesthiswarning.NotethatNIPODiana
maybeconfiguredtouseupto32,000positions.
Multipleuseofposition.Thereismorethanoneattempttostoredatainoneormorepositions.This
potentiallymayoverwritepreviouslystoredinformationwithinthesameinterview.Thiswarningis
ignoredforpositionsina*DUMMYquestion.
Jumptopreviousquestion.Usinga*GOTOtojumpbackinthequestionnairecanpotentiallyleadto
lossofdataandendlessloops.Itisrecommendedtouse*BACKifappropriate.
Codequestionwithoutcodes.Ifa*CODESquestiondoesnothaveanycodes,itisalwaysskipped.This
warningisignoredfor*CODESquestionsincombinationwith*DUMMY.
Missingquotes.A*PUTisusedtostoreatextinatextvariablewheretheopeningquotedoesnothave
amatchingclosingquote.
Maximumdataposition
Themaximumdatapositioncanbeusedtoimposedatasizelimitsforyourstatisticalanalysissoftware.
Exceedingthislimitgeneratesawarningduringasyntaxcheck.
Filterduplicateerrormessages
Preventsthesyntaxcheckfromlistingwarningsanderrorsmorethanonceforasinglecheck.Forexample,
incaseofmultipleuseofaposition,noteveryoccurrenceislisted.
Keeppreviousresults
Thesyntaxchecklogfileisnotcleareduponthenextsyntaxcheck;instead,anewwindowisopenedsothat
resultsmaybecompared.
Keepresultsafterclosingfile
Ifthequestionnairefileisclosed,thesyntaxchecklogfileisnotclosed.
DummyDataOptions
ThissectionconfigurestheODIN>GenerateDummyData...feature.Inparticular,itspecifieswhatchannel
isassumedtocreatedummydata.Youmayopttoselecttherequiredchannelifyourquestionnaire
containsanychannelawarerouting.
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NIPOODINDeveloperDummyDataOptions
PrintOptions
ThePrintoptionsallowyoutodefinesomesettingswhenprintingthecurrentlyopenedquestionnaire.
Notethatlonglinesareautomaticallywrapped.
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NIPOODINDeveloperPrintOptions
Printheaderandfooter
Printsheaderandfooterinformation:thequestionnairefilenameandapagenumber.
Printlinenumbers
Printslinenumbersinfrontofthecodelines,exceptwherelinesarewrapped.
AutosaveOptions
TheAutosaveoptionsmaketheNIPOODINDevelopersavebackupsofchangedquestionnairefiles
automaticallyatconfigurableintervals.
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NIPOODINDeveloperAutosaveoptions
SelectAutosavetoenableautosaving.Optionallychangethenumberofminutesbetweensaves.
Onceconfigured,Autosavesavesfilesattheconfiguredinterval.Ifafileisclosedinaregularfashion,its
relatedbackupfileisdeleted.IfexecutionoftheNIPOODINDeveloperterminatesunexpectedly,for
exampleduetoasystemcrashorapowerfailure,thebackupfilescanbefoundinthefolderwherethe
originalissaved.AutobackupscontaintheextensionOBK.Openinganyfileforwhichabackupisavailable
alsoopensthebackupfile.
FilesOptions
ThebehavioroftheFile>OpenandFile>SavedialogscanbeconfiguredintheFilesoptions.
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NIPOODINDeveloperFilesOptions
Filetypes
ThissectionallowsyoutoconfigurethefiletypesfilteredbytheNIPOODINsavingandloadingdialog
boxes.
ClickAddtypetocreateanewtype.Youareaskedtospecifythenameofthetypeasitappearsinthedrop
downboxinthefiledialogs.Notethatitisgoodcustomtoincludethefilefiltersinroundbrackets.Click
Removetypetoremoveunwantedtypes.Inaddition,selectatypeandclickUporDowntochangeits
orderinthelist.
Foreverytype,clickAddfiltertoaddafilefilter.Morethanonefilefilterpertypemaybespecified.Select
afilterandclickRemovefiltertodeleteitagain.
Rememberlastusedfilefilter
AutomaticallyselectsthelastusedfilefilterwhenreopeningaOpenorSavedialog.
SavefilesasUnicode
AutomaticallysetsthefileencodingtoUnicodeforfilesaves.
AdditionalConfigurationOptions
InadditiontoapplicationconfigurationintheNIPOODINDeveloper,youmaysometimesrequire
configurationatadeeperlevel.Beforemakingthechangesdiscussedinthissection,makesuretoclosethe
NIPOODINDeveloper.
BelowareanumberofsettingsthatmaybeconfiguredintheNIPOSYS.INIconfigurationfileinthe
applicationdirectory.
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Note:
Foranyofthelogfileconfigurationslistedbelow,makesurethedirectoryexistsandthatyouhave
read/writepermissionforthatdirectory.
SettingsintheNIPOSYS.INIconfigurationfile
Section
Setting
Description
Example
Odin Developer
JRE
LocationofJavaVirtual
Machine,requiredforNIPO
CAWIpreview
JRE=C:\Program Files\Java\
jre1.4.2_04\bin\client\jvm.dll
Odin Developer
LogDirectory
DirectorytosaveNIPOODIN
Developerlogfiles
C:\Temp\Log\NIPOODINDeveloper
Odin Developer
LogLevel
LogleveldetailforNIPO
ODINDeveloper,ranging
from0(nologging)to4
(maximum).
Odin Developer
LogNumFiles
MaximumnumberofNIPO
ODINDeveloperlogfilesto
store.Thelatestalways
containsextension001.
Odin Developer
BiDi
0
Enablebidirectional
languages(Hebrew,Arabic)
anddisplaytextRTL(rightto
left)intheNIPOODIN
Developereditor.Notethat
thisdisabledcolor
highlighting.
Odin Developer
ReadWriteDirectory
Temporarydirectoryforfile
manipulation
ODQes
LogDirectory
Directorytosavelogfilesofa C:\Temp\Log\NIPOCATIClient
NIPOCATIClientpreview
ODQes
LogLevel
LogleveldetailforNIPOCATI 5
Client
ODQes
LogNumfiles
MaximumnumberofNIPO
CATIClientlogfilestostore.
Thenewestalwayscontains
extension001.
C:\Temp\ReadWrite
10
LoggingforthepreviewinNIPOCAWIissetseparatelyintheregistryofyoursystem.Thefollowingstring
settingsmaybeaddedtotheHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NIPO\OdinDemonkey:
SettingsintheNIPOODINDemonregistry
Setting
Description
Defaultvalue/Example
OdDemonLogDirectory
DirectorytosaveNIPOODINDemon
logfiles
C:\Temp\Log\OdDemon
OdDemonLogLevel
LogleveldetailforNIPOODINDemon, 4
rangingfrom0(nologgingto4
(maximum).
OdDemonLogNumFiles
Numberoflogfilestobecreated
beforeoldestlogfileisoverwritten.
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NamingConventions
Namesofvariables,subroutinesandlistshavetobeuniqueandmayconsistofamaximumof12
characters.Onlyletters,underscoresandnumbersareallowed.Thefirstcharactermustbealetter.
Questions
Questionnumbersaremadeupofpositivenumbers(>=1).Noalphabetic(exceptX,seebelow)orother
charactersareallowed.Eachquestionnumberhastobeuniquewithinone(sub)questionnaire.Question
numberscanbeusedindifferently.TheNIPOODINDeveloperallowsyoutorenumberthequestionnaire,
butthisisnotdeemednecessary.InsteadofnumbersyoucanalsousethecharacterXoneachquestion.In
thiscasethequestionnumbersarenotdefinedandroutinghastobedoneafterwards.Whenyou
renumberthequestions,questionnumberswillbeinserted.
Thehighestquestionnumberis2147483647.
The*QUESTIONcommandmaybeabbreviatedto*Q.
Examplequestiondefinitions
Validquestiondefinitions
Invalidquestiondefinitions
*QUESTION 1
*QUESTION 0
*QUESTION 2
*QUESTION 2
*Q 3
*QUEST 3
*QUESTION 2501
*QUESTION 25a
*QUESTION 109
*QUESTION 10.9
*QUESTION 11001
*QUESTION 11.001
*QUESTION 102
*QUESTION 1-2
*QUESTION 2147473647
*QUESTION 1 234 567 890
DataFields
IntheNIPOODINScriptingLanguageitisnotnecessarytodefinethestartingpositionofadatafieldwhen
youdefineaquestion.Onlythelengthofthedatafieldisrequired.NIPOODINkeepstrackofallthe
positionsusedinthequestionnaire.IntheNIPOODINDeveloper,youcanautomaticallyinsertthestarting
positionsusingtheFixPositionscommand.Omittingstartingpositionsisnotallowedforquestionsthat
refertodatafieldsintheTfileorsampletable.Thesestartingpositionsalwayshavetobedefined.
Inaclosed,butnotmultiplequestionthenumberofdigitsofthehighestcodenumberdefinesthe
minimumlengthofthedatafield.Inaclosed,multiplequestionthehighestcodenumber(ratherthan
numberofcodes)definestheminimumlengthofthedatafield.
Innumericquestionstheminimumandmaximumlengthdependontheanswerthatyouexpect.The
maximumsizeisapproximately16positions,includingdecimalsandafloatingpoint.
Thehighestpositionforadatafieldis99.999.Makesureyouranalysisprogramcanhandlethedatasize.
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AnswerCodes
Answercodesarerecognizedbyanumberfollowedbyacolon.Thisnumberhastobethefirstnonblank
characteratthebeginningofaline.Codenumberscanbeusedindifferently.Codenumbershavetobe
uniquewithinaquestion.Ifthecodetextdoesnotfitonaline,itisallowedtocontinueonthenextline.All
thefollowinglineswillbeconsideredaspartofthecodeuntilthefirstblankline.
Answercodenumbersmayrangefrom0to2147483647forsinglecodedquestionsandfrom1tothe
remainingpositionsavailableintheUfileformultiplecoded(*MULTI)questions.
*HEADINGtextsmaybeprovidedtogroupsectionsofcodes,butheadingsarenotconsideredpartofthe
answerlabels.
Example
This is the question text.
Long lines in question and code texts will automatically be truncated at complete words if
the line exceeds the screen width.
Question text and codes may contain empty lines. Empty lines between codes are removed if
*AUTO command is used AND the text is too long to fit on the screen.
1: This is category one
2: This is category two
5: This is category
five
7: This is category seven
running over three
lines
This line will be considered as text
11: This is category eleven
*END
Variables
Youcanstoreatextoravalueinavariabletodisplayinaquestionortouseforrouting.Variableshaveto
bedefinedwith*VARSor*TEXTVARSbeforetheymaybeused.Variablenamesarenotcasesensitive.
Avariablecanbefilledwiththe*PUTorthe*SAVEcommand.Itscontentscanbedisplayedwiththe*?
command.Notethatthecontentsofthevariabledependsonthetypeofvariable.
Anumericvariable(*VARS)maycontainanyvalue.Usethe*FORMATcommandtochangetheonscreen
appearanceofnumericvalues.Whentextoratextvariableissavedinanumericvariable,theNIPOODIN
syntaxcheckwillgiveawarningmessage.
*TEXTVARSdefinesatextvariableandmaycontainatextofunlimitedlength.ThetextmaycontainCR/LF
whichwillbeusedwhendisplayingthevariable.VariablesmaynotcontainNIPOODINcommands,except
for*FONT.
Note:
Thecontentsofvariablesisnotstoredinthedatafileautomatically.Somakesurethatifyoubase
questionsorroutingonavariable,youstorethisinformation.
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Example1
*TEXTVARS Gender
*QUESTION 1 *CODES L1 *SAVE Gender
Interviewer: Mark gender:
1: Male
2: Female
Ifcode1isselectedthetextvariableGenderwillcontainthetextMale.Ifcode2isselected,thevariable
Genderwillcontainthetext'Female'.
Example2
*VARS Gender
Int. type gender of respondent
1: Male
2: Female
Ifcode1isselected,thenumericvariableGenderwillcontainthevalue1.Ifcode2isselected,the
variableGenderwillcontainthevalue2.
Example3
*TEXTVARS Gender
*IF [ Q1,1 ] *PUT Gender "man" *ELSE *PUT Gender "woman"
Ifquestion1containscode1,thevariableGenderwillcontainthetext'man',elsethevariableGender
willcontainthetext'woman'.
Example4
*VARS Gender
*IF [ Q1,1 ] *PUT Gender "man" *ELSE *PUT Gender "woman"
Thesyntaxcheckgivesawarningmessage,becauseatextiswritteninanumericvariable.Afterthefilteris
checked,thecontentsofthevariablewillbe1(regardlessoftheoutcomeofthefilter).
Example5
*VARS Age
*QUESTION 2 *NUMBER L2 *SAVE Age
What is your age?
Afterquestion2isanswered,thevariableAgewillcontainthevaluethatenteredatQ2.
Example6
*TEXTVARS Age
*QUESTION 2 *CODES L1 *SAVE Age
What is your age?
1: 18 - 24 years
2: 25 - 34 years
3: 35 - 44 years
4: 45 - 54 years
5: 55 - 64 years
6: 65 years or older
9: won't tell
Afterquestion2isanswered,thevariableAgewillcontainthecodetextofthecodethatwasselected.
Example7
*VARS Age
*QUESTION 2 *CODES L1 *SAVE Age
What is your age?
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1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
18-24 years
25-34 years
35-44 years
45-54 years
55-64 years
65 years or older
9: won't tell
Afterquestion2isanswered,thevariableAgewillcontainthecodenumberofthecodethatwasselected.
Example8
*VARS Age,CurrentYear
*QUESTION 21 *NUMBER L4 *DUMMY
*DATE Q21
*PUT CurrentYear [ Q21 ]
*QUESTION 22 *NUMBER L4 *MIN 1900 *MAX [CurrentYear] *BUT 99 "Refusal"
In what year are you born?
*IF [ Q3<>99 ] *PUT Age [ CurrentYear Q22 ] *ELSE *PUT Age [99]
*FORMAT 2.0
*QUESTION 23 *IF [ Age <> 99 ]
So your age is *?Age years.
Thisexampleobviouslyisonlytruewhentherespondentalreadyhadhis/herbirthday.
Example9
*VARS SelectBrand
*TEXTVARS Brand
Here 3 brands are specified. The system will select 1 brand randomly.
1: Brand A
2: Brand B
3: Brand C
** Select a number below 3 and then add 1 to the result
** (this will randomly select 1 through 3)
*PUT SelectBrand [ (RAN 3) + 1 ]
** Now put the category text of the dummy question in
** the text variable Brand
*IF [ SelectBrand = 1 ] *PUT Brand Q31,1
** Now save the contents of SelectBrand in the datafile.
** If you forget to do this, you will not be able to know,
** which brand was selected in the analysis.
*COPY Q31 [ SelectBrand ]
SystemVariables
Inadditiontocustomdefinedvariables,NIPOODINrecognizesanumberofsystemvariablesforvarious
purposes.Unlessmentioned,thesesystemvariablesdonotneedtobedefinedusing*VARS.
ChannelAwareScripting
ChannelAwareScriptingallowsyoutobaseyourquestionnaireroutingdependentonthechannel(NIPO
CATI,NIPOCAPIandNIPOCAWI)thescriptrunson.ThereareseveraladvantagestoChannelAware
Scripting:
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Createmultiplatformscriptswhilemaintainingaconsistentdataoutput.
Dramaticallyreducethetimetodevelopscriptsfordifferentchannels.
NIPOODINcontainsanumberofbuiltinreadonlyvariablesthatarechangedatruntimetoreflectthe
platformthequestionnaireisbeingrunon.Thisallowsyoutocustomizethequestionnairetothemedium
bychangingtherouting,showing,hidingorchangingquestions,codesandquestioninstructions,simplyby
checkingthevaluesofthesevariables.
ChannelAwareScriptingVariablesandConstants
The_CHANNELvariablecontainsanumericvaluethatrepresentsthechannel(NIPOCATI,NIPOCAWI,
NIPOCAPIorNIPOCASI)wherethequestionnaireiscurrentlyexecuted.Thevalueofthisvariableis
automaticallysetbythesystemandcannotbechanged.Youcancheckforthevaluecorrespondingwiththe
channel,butyoucanalsorefertoachannelbyusingthecorrespondingconstant.Seethetablebelow.
Valuesfor_CHANNEL
Value
Constant
NIPOCATIStandAlone
Value
0
NIPOCATI
_CATI_
NIPOCAWI
_CAWI_
NIPOCAPI
_CAPI_
NIPOCASI
_CASI_
Inaddition,foreachchannelthereisavariablethatissetto1(true)ifthatchannelisusedorto0(false)
otherwise:
Channelvariables
_ISCATIis1ifthescriptisruninNIPOCATI.
_ISCAWIis1ifthescriptisruninNIPOCAWI.
_ISCAPIis1ifthescriptisruninNIPOCAPI.
_ISCASIis1ifthescriptisruninNIPOCASI.
ChannelAwareScriptingExample
ExampleIntroductionforChannelAwareScripting
*SAMPLEDATA TTAppointmentName
*INTRO _CATI_
This is the introduction for NIPO CATI Clients only.
*?AGENTNAME, please call the telephone number that is displayed on top of this screen.
*INTRO _CAWI_
Introduction for CAWI (Web) Clients only
*?TTDisplayField1, please press the <Start> button to start the interview.
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ExampleroutingforChannelAwareScripting
*QUESTION 1 *CODES 61L1 *IF [ _ISCATI ]
This question will appear only on a NIPO CATI Client
1: OK
*QUESTION 2 *CODES 62L1 *IF [ _ISCAWI ]
This question will appear only on a Web Client
1: OK
*QUESTION 3 *CODES 63L1 *IF [ _ISCAPI ]
This question will appear only on a NIPO CAPI Client
1: OK
*QUESTION 4 *CODES 64L1 *IF [ _ISCASI ]
This question will appear only on a Stand-alone Client
1: OK
*QUESTION 5 *CODES 65L1 *IF [ _CHANNEL = _CATI_ \ _CHANNEL = _CAPI_ ]
This question will appear only on Web or CAPI Clients
1: OK
ConsequencesofChannelAwareScriptingandSwitchModeSurveys
Typicallyaninterviewisruninasinglechannelonly.However,sinceNIPOFieldworkSystemsupports
switchingfromNIPOCATItoNIPOCAWI,asingleinterviewmaybecompletedusingtwochannels.This
meansthatthefilteringinasingleinterviewmayhavebeensubjecttotwodifferentroutings,onebasedon
NIPOCATIandonebasedonNIPOCAWI.Asaconsequence,youmayseeunexpectedresults:inasingle
interviewitispossibleforarespondenttohaveansweredbothCATIonlyandCAWIonlyquestions.
Theexceptiontothisarequestionsandscriptinthe*INITblock.The*INITblockisalwaysexecuted
whenaquestionnaireisstartedorresumed.Thismeansthatanycollecteddatainan*INITblockisalways
subjecttothechannelthatthequestionnairewascompletedin.The*INITblockcanalsobeusedto
initializevariablesaccordingtochannel,ifrequired.
RepeatNumber
Theoperator?Rcontainsthecurrentvalueofa*REPEATloop,anumberbetweenandincluding1andn
wherenisthevaluespecifiedatthe*REPEATstatement.Notethatthisisnottheiterationnumberfor
example,inthethirdexecutionintheloopthevalueof?Risnotnecessarily3.Thisisespeciallytruefor
randomized,controlled,rotatedorinvertedloops.
Innestedblocks,theoperator?Rreturnsthevalueoftheloopwhereisnestedin.Toaccessvaluesfrom
loopsaboveorbelowthecurrent,youshoulduseaquestionoranumericalvariabletopassthevalue.The
operatordoesnotexistoutsidethescopeofa*REPEATblock.
?Risasystemvariableandcannotbechanged(forexamplebyusing*SAVEor*PUT)norcanitbe
displayeddirectlyinquestiontextusingthe*?command.Copythevaluetoavariableanothervariableto
accessit(e.g.*PUT Temp [?R]).
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Exampleusingtherepeatnumber
*TEXTVARS paper
*QUESTION 2 *CODES 61L7 *MULTI
Which of the following newspapers do you know?
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
La Repubblica
La Stanza
The Mirror
The New York Times
Le Figaro
La Libration
None *NMUL
*REPEAT 6 *FIELD 68L12 *CONTROL Q2 W

*PUT paper Q2,?R
*QUESTION 3 *CODES 1
How often do you read *? paper?
1:
2:
3:
4:
Daily
Once a week
Once a month
Dont know
*ENDREP
Innestedblocksyouhavetotransfertherepeatnumber?Roftheouterblocktoanumericvariablefirstto
beabletouseitintheinnerblock.
Examplestoringtherepeatvalue
*VARS X,Y,Z
*REPEAT 3
*PUT X [?R]
*REPEAT 2
*PUT Y [?R]
** this line is only necessary to display the value of ?R
*PUT Z [X+?R] ** or *PUT Z [X+Y]
*QUESTION 1
*?X + *?Y = *?Z
*ENDREP
*ENDREP
SystemVariables09
TensystemvariablescanbeusedinNIPOODINnextto,andinthesamewayas,userdefinesvariables.
Thesesystemvariablesarenumbered(09)anddonothavetobedefinedbeforetheyareused.Theymay
containeithernumericoralphanumericvalues.
Exampleusingasystemvariable
*PUT 7 "chicken"
*QUESTION 1
Do you often eat *? 7 ?
Inthisexample,theword"chicken"isstoredinsystemvariable7andisdisplayedinquestion1.
Note:
Whereasallvariablevaluesareresetatthestartofanewinterview,systemvariable0retainsits
valueacrossinterviews.
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Timers
TimerscanbeusedbymeansofthesystemarrayvariableSTOPWATCH[n],wherenisthestopwatch(13)
touse.Stopwatchescanbeusedtotimethedurationofeventswithinthescript.Eachofthesethree
stopwatchesmeasuresadifferenttimeevent,describedinthissection.
Stopwatch[1]
Stopwatch[1]receivesthetimeinsecondsbetweendisplayingaclosed,numericoralphanumeric
questionandpressingacodeorenteringavalue.Thistimerisresetwitheverynewquestion.
Note:
ThistimerisavailableforNIPOCATIonly.
Stopwatch[2]
Stopwatch[2]storesthetimebetweendisplayingthequestionandpressingthe[OK]button.This
timerisresetforeveryquestion.
Note:
ThistimerisavailableforNIPOCATIonly.
Stopwatch[3]
Stopwatch[3]canbeusedasatimerthatyouhavetoresetyourselfsettingthevalueto0.Thistimer
startsassoonastheinterviewisstartedoronceititreset.
TimersExample
Thescriptbelowusesall3timerstomeasurethetimeofselectingacode,pressingenterandmeasuringthe
lengthofa(sectionof)aninterview.
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TimersExample
*PUT Stopwatch[3] [0]
The time until you select a code will be stored in Stopwatch[1].
The time until you press [OK] will be stored in Stopwatch[2].
1: Yes
2: No
*PAGE
The time you took to select a code was *? Stopwatch[1] seconds
The you took to press [OK] was *? Stopwatch[2] seconds
This was the last question.
1: Continue
*PAGE
The total time to conduct this interview was *? Stopwatch[3] seconds
*END
ConjTxt[n]
ThearrayConjTxt[n]setsvariousvalueswithregardtoConjointMeasurementinNIPOCAWI.Seethe
sectiononConjointMeasurementfordetails.
ScriptCommandTemplate
ThevariableAgentNamecontaintheinterviewernameinNIPOCATIifinterviewernameswereregistered
intheNIPOFieldworkSystemdatabase.Unlikeregularvariables,thisvariablemaybedisplayedthe
introductionscreen.TheAgentNamevariableisnotsupportedinNIPOCAPIandhasnomeaninginNIPO
CAWI.
JavaScriptSupported
ThevariableJavaScriptSupportedcanbeusedtomakearuntimecheckifJavaScriptisinstalledand
enabledonthebrowser.ThisfeatureissupportedforNIPOCAWIonly.Notethatvariablemustbedefined
priortouse.Thecheckisexecutedatthefirstquestionofthequestionnaire(notincludingtheintroduction
screen)andcanthereforenotbeusedbeforethesecondquestion.
Example:
*VARS JavaScriptSupported
*TEXTVARS IsIsnt
*QUESTION 1
In this question NIPO ODIN checks for the availability of JavaScript.
*IF [JavaScriptSupported = 1 ] *PUT IsIsnt "is" *ELSE *PUT IsIsnt "is NOT"
*QUESTION 2
On this browser, JavaScript *?IsISnt supported.
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BrowserUserAgent
ThevariableBrowserUserAgentcanbeusedtoretrieveatextrepresentationoftheuseragentHTTP
header.ThisfeatureforNIPOCATIandNIPOCAPIonly.Priortouse,thisvariablemustbedefined.The
valueisretrievedatthefirstquestionofthequestionnaire(notincludingtheintroductionscreen)andcan
thereforenotbeusedbeforethesecondquestion.
Example
*TEXTVARS BrowserUserAgent
*QUESTION 1
In this question the HTTP Header data is retrieved.
*QUESTION 2
HTTP Header data for this browser: *? BrowserUserAgent
Language
The*Languagevariablecontainsthenameofadefinelanguagesectioncurrentlyinuse.Seethe
*Languagecommandformoredetails.
PreTel
PreTelisusedwithautodialingfacilitiesonly,thisvariablespecifiesaprefixforalltelephonenumbers
senttothedialer.Thedialermayusethisprefixforadministrativepurposes.Forexample,itcanbeusedto
linkthecalltoaprojecttoregistertelephonycostsforaproject.
Expressions
NIPOODINsupportstheuseofexpressionsinquestionnaires.Anexpressionmayindicateallsortsofdata
butwillalwaysresultinavalue.Expressionsareusedintwodifferentways:
Asaboolean;theresultoftheexpressioniseitherfalse(theexpressionhasasresultvalue0)ortrue
(theexpressionhasasresultthevalue1).
Tomakecalculationsormanipulationswithavalueasresult.
Somecommandswillrequireorallowforanexpressionasargument.Expressionshavetobeenclosedin
squarebrackets.
Expressionsareevaluatedfromlefttorightandoperatorsapplytotheoperandsimmediatelyleftandright.
NIPOODINexpressionsdonotfollowtheregularprecedencerules!Ifalefttorightevaluationisnot
appropriate,youcanuseparenthesistoevaluateanexpressionfirst.
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ExpressionOperators
Expressionoperators
Operator
Description
Use
Note
Questionreference
Qn
Referencetoquestionnoritscontents
Lengthoffield
nLm
Positionn,lengthm
Fieldtest
QxFn
Contentsoffield(cell)numbernwithin
formquestionx
codetest
Qx,n
1ifpresent,otherwise0
codestring
Qx,n-m
Codestring
minussign
-n
Negationofn
not
#Qx
1ifnoanswerinquestionx,otherwise
0
negation
#n
1ifvaluennottrue,
add
n+m
Sumofnandm
subtract
n-m
Differenceofnandm
multiply
n*m
Productofnandm
divide
n/m
Divisionofnandm
&
logicalAND
n&m
1ifbothnot0,otherwise0
logicalOR
n\m
0ifboth0,otherwise1
RAN
randomvalue
RAN n
Randomvaluefrom0uptoand
includingn1
equalto
n=m
Resultsin1iftrueor0iffalse
<
lessthan
n<m
>
morethan
n>m
<=
lessthanorequalto
n<=m
>=
morethanorequalto
n>=m
<>
notequalto
n<>m
?R
repetitionnumber
?R
current(logical)repetitionnumber
?A
listreferenceinconjointmeasurement
?A
featureofAlist
?B
listreferenceinconjointmeasurement
?B
featureofBlist
?Y
Heightofapictureormovie
?Y
heightinpixels
TO
Range
n1 TO n2
Rangen1throughn2
separateranges
n1 TO n2 ; n3 TO n4
Rangen1throughn2orn3throughn4
QxM
orderofmentionsina*MULTIquestion
QxM
QxR
displayorderofaquestion,whenusing
*RAN,*INVor*ROT
QxR
QxMy
orderofmentioningnumberyina*MULTI
question
QxMy
QxRy
displayorderUsedincombinationwith
*ORDERnumberyofaquestion,whenusing
*RAN,*INVor*ROT
QxRy
otherwise0
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Questionreference
ThereferencetoaquestionbymeansofQnwherenrepresentsthequestionnumber.Forexample,Q10
referencesquestion10.Ifitconcernsacodetestthenmorecodevaluesmayoccur;thesewillbetreatedas
alogicalor.
Codestring
Anygivennumberofcodesseparatedbyoneormorecommasoracoderangeindicatedbyadash.Valid
codesconsistofthedigits0uptoandincluding9,orBforablankvalue.Forexample,Q2,Breturns1(true)
isQ2isblank,Q3,1-5returns1ifinQ3anyofthecodesintherange15aremarked,andQ4,2,4,8,12
returns1ifQ4containsanyofthecodes2,4,8,or12armarked.
Valuesnorm
Thevaluesnormmayrepresentanyofthefollowing:
Number
Expressionorvariable
Textenclosedindoublequoteswith,possibly,theembeddedcontentsofavariable
Positionreference
Thereferencetoapositioninthedatafile.Specifystartingpositionandfieldlengthtodistinguishposition
referencesfromnumbers.Itisrecommendedtousequestionreferencesinsteadofpositionreferences.
ExamplesofExpressions
Examplesofexpressionsarepresentedhere.Notethatexpressionsarealwaysspecifiedbetweensquare
brackets.Theexpressionsintheseexamplesmaybeeitherassignedtoavariableorappliedtoan*IFfilter.
ExpressionExamples
Expression
Resultsin
[ 100 ]
Thevalue100.
[ RAN 100 ]
Arandombetween0and99inclusive.
[ Total[3] ]
ThevaluestoredinthethirdelementofthenumberarrayTOTAL.
[ TOTAL2 * 3 + 10 ]
thevaluestoredinthevariableTOTAL2,multipliedby3andthenincreasedby10.
[ Q11,1 ]
1ifcode1wasmarkedinQ11,otherwise0.
[ Q12,1,2,3 ]
1ifanyofthecodes1,2or3weremarkedinQ12.
[ Q13 >= 18 ]
1ifthevalueinQ13isequaltoorlargerthan18.
[ Q11,1 \ Q12,1,2,3 ]
1ifcode1ismarkedinQ11orifcode1,2or3ismarkedinQ12.
[ Q12,1,2,3 & Q13 >= 18 ]
1ifcode1,2or3ismarkedinQ12andQ13isequaltoorlargerthan18.
[ Q12 ]
ThevalueofQ12ifQ12isasinglecodedornumericalquestion;thehighestmarkedcodeif
Q12isamultiplecodedquestion.
[ Q13 = Q14 ]
1ifthe(highest)valueofQ13isequaltothe(highest)valueofQ14
[ #(Q5 \ Q6) & Q7 = 1 ]
1ifeitherQ5orQ6doesnotcontainavalueandQ7equals1.Thebracketsarerequiredto
lettheexpressionevaluateQ5andQ6first.
[ Q5 , 1 TO 3 ]
1ifanyofthecodes1,2or3aremarkedinQ5.
[ Q5 , 1 TO 3 ; 6 TO 8]
1ifanyofthecodes1,2,3,6,7,or8aremarkedinQ5.
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CommonMistakesinExpressions
Thissectiondescribescommonmistakesmadeinexpressions,whereasyntaxcheckdoesnotrejectthe
syntaxusedbutwhereamisunderstandingexistsonhowtheexpressionisevaluated.Theseexamplesfocus
offilteringconstructions.
Incorrectexpressionsandhowtocorrectthem
Incorrectexpression
Whatitwasintendedtodo
Whatitdoes
Correctexpression
*IF [20 < Q2 < 40]
CheckifQ20isbetweenthevalues
20and40.
Thisfirstschecksif20
issmallerthanQ2
(result0or1)thenif
theresultissmaller
thanQ40.
*IF [ Q2 > 20 & Q2 < 40 ]
*IF [Q20,3\4\5]
CheckifQ20hascode3,4or5
marked.
ThischecksifQ20has *IF [ Q20,3,4,5 ]

code3.Thenitchecks
ifeithertheresultof
theexpression,or4,
or5aretrue.Any
valueabove0is
alwaysconsidered
true,thereforethe
expressionalways
resultsin1.
*IF [ Q21=1,2,3 ]
marked.
ThischecksifQ21is
equaltothe
expression1,2,3.The
latterexpression
checksifposition1in
theUfilecontainsa2
ora3.
*IF [ Q21 = 1-3 ]
marked.
Thischecksifthevalue *IF [ Q21,1,2,3 ]

ofQ21equals2(13).
*IF [ #Q21 = 1 ]
CheckifQ21isnotequalto21
ThisfirstchecksifQ21 *IF [ #(Q21 = 1) ]

isnotempty,then
comparestheresultto
1.Inotherwords,the
expressionreturns1if
Q21isnotempty.
*IF [ Q21,1,2,3 ]
FormFieldReferences
Expressionsmayrefertofieldsina*FORMquestionusingtheFoperator.
Exampleof*FORMfieldreferences
*Q 10 *FORM *CONTROL Q5 W
At the garden centre, how many items did you buy of each?
1:
2:
3:
4:
Flowers:
Trees:
Rakes:
Shovels:
*NUMBER
*NUMBER
*NUMBER
*NUMBER
L2
L2
L2
L2
Flower price
Tree price
Rake price
Shovel price
*NUMBER
*NUMBER
*NUMBER
*NUMBER
L2.2
L2.2
L2.2
L2.2
*VARS items
*PUT items [Q10F1+Q10F3+Q10F5+Q10F7]
ThereferenceswithoperatorFdonotrefertothecodesusedinthe*FORMquestion,buttotheindexof
thefieldwhensearchingforfieldsfromthetoplefttothebottomrightofthescreeninrows.Inother
words,thefieldbehind"Flowers"isfield1,thefieldbehind"Flowerprice"isfield2,thefieldbehind"Trees"
isfield3andsoforth.
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Fieldnumbersdonotchangeeveniffieldsarehiddenusingthe*CONTROLcommand.Forexample,field6
remainsfieldlinkedwith"Rakeprice"regardlessofusing*CONTROL.
Areferencetoafieldthatdoesnotexistinthe*FORMquestionwillalwaysreceivetothevalueofthefirst
fieldinthequestion,regardlessofwhetherthatfieldwasshown.Forexample,Q10F10orQ10F15would
bothrefertoQ10F1.
Fieldscanalsobereferencedtocopyvaluesinto:
Copyingvaluesintofields
*COPY Q10F1 [50]
*COPY Q10F2 [1.25]
Fieldindexesmaybereferencedusingavariableoranexpression.Thefollowingisvalidsyntaxtoaddall
pricevalues:
Referencingfieldsusingtherepeatnumber
*VARS totalprice
*put totalprice [0]
*REPEAT 5
*put totalprice [totalprice+Q10F(2*?R)]
*ENDREP
However,variablesorexpressionsmaynotbeusedtostorevaluesintothefields.Thefollowingsyntaxis
invalid:
Invalidfieldreferencesyntax
*REPEAT 8
*COPY Q10F(?R) [0]
*ENDREP
Backslashes
Youmaysplituplinesoftextorcodeinseverallinesusingthebackslash(\)attheendofthepreceding
line.
Stratification(Quota)
Astratificationfile(Sfile)isusedtodividethesampleintoseveralquotagroupsinwhichalimitednumber
ofinterviewsmustberealized.Stratificationiscountedonthesurveysample,thereforeaTfileorSample
tablemustbeprovided.Eachcellmustbedefinedinoneseparaterecordwiththefollowingformat:
stratum field offset: characteristic (limit) description
Stratificationamountstostoringaproperty,whichischaracteristicforagroupofrespondents,inthe
stratumfieldoftheirtelephonerecords.Eachstratummusthaveauniquecharacteristic.Thecharacteristics
maybestoredintheSamplerecordsbeforetheinterviewprogramiscalled(stratificationoninput)ormay
bestoredbythesystemduringaninterview(stratificationonoutput).
Thecharacteristicmaybeformedbyacertainvalueortext.Characteristicscontainingblanksmustbe
enclosedinquotationmarks.Acharacteristicmayoccupy79positions.Thedescriptionofastratummay
consistofupto80characters.
Onceastratificationlimitisexceeded,thesamplerecordsinthatstratificationcellareblocked(response
code21),whichmeansnewinterviewscannottakeplaceinthatparticularstratificationcell.Whenusinga
Tfileblockedsamplerecordswillnolongerbedrawnfromthesample,notevenafterthestratificationlimit
hasbeenchangedafterwards.WhenusingaSampletableblockedSamplerecordswillnolongerbedrawn,
butwillbereleasedwhenastratificationlimithasbeenchangedbytheNIPOFieldworkSystemsupervisor.
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Whenstratificationcriteriaarenotknowninadvance(forinstance:ageandgender)youcannotcheckthe
stratumuntilafterstartingtheinterview,andquiringfortherequiredinformationfirst.SeetheNIPOODIN
commands,*ADDRESS,*MOVAand*STRAT.
ExampleofaSurveystratificationfile(Tfile)
286
286
286
286
287
287
288
288
288
288
287
287
287
287
287
287
287
287
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
"N" (100) North

"E" (100) East
"S" (100) South
"W" (100) West
1 (200) Males
2 (200) Females
1 (100) 18 - 34 years
2 (100) 35 - 44 years
3 (100) 45 - 54 years
4 (100) 55 years or older
11 (55) Males - 18 - 34 years
12 (55) Males - 35 - 44 years
13 (55) Males - 45 - 54 years
14 (55) Males - 55 years or older
21 (55) Females - 18 - 34 years
22 (55) Females - 35 - 44 years
23 (55) Females - 45 - 54 years
24 (55) Females - 55 years or older
ExampleofaSurveystratificationfile(Samplefile)
Region : "N"
(100) North
Region : "E"
(100) East
Region : "S"
(100) South
Region : "W"
(100) West
GenderAge : 1 (200) Males
GenderAge : 2 (200) Females
GenderAge+1: 1 (100) 18 - 34 years
GenderAge+1: 4 (100) 55 years or older
GenderAge: 11 (55) Males - 18 - 34 years
GenderAge: 14 (55) Males - 55 years or older
GenderAge: 21 (55) Females - 18 - 34 years
GenderAge: 24 (55) Females - 55 years or older
ThefirststratumcriterionisRegion.Theregioninthisexampleisstoredinposition286ofthesample
record(Tfile),orinthefieldRegionintheSampletable,where"N"standsforNorth,"E"standsforEast,
"S"standsforSouthand"W"standsforWest.Eachregionislimitedto100successfulinterviews.Notethat
theactualpositionsorcodingsthatareusedforyourstratificationdependsonyourTfileandmightdiffer
foreachsurvey.Likewise,whenusingaSampletablesyouccanchooseanappropriatenameforthefield.
Whenacriterioncontainsnonnumericcharactersand/orspaces,itmustbeembeddedindoublequotes.
ThesecondstratumcriterionisGender.FortheTfile,a1inposition287characterizesaMale,and2a
Female.It'slimitis200successfulinterviewseach.FortheSampletable,theGenderisstoredinthefirst
positionoftheGenderAgefield.
ThethirdcriterionisAgeGroup.FortheTfile,itischaracterizedbyvalue1inposition288forpeopleupto
34,value2forpeopleof35to44,value3forpeopleof45to54andvalue4forpeopleof55andolder.Itis
thesecondfieldintheGenderAgefieldintheSampletable,andisthereforereferencedby
GenderAge+1.
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Finallythereisthecombinedstratumcriterionforgenderandage.InaTfile,thisisstoredinconsecutive
positions287288.FortheSampletable,thesecombinationsarestoredinasinglefield(GenderAge)since
fieldscannotbecombinedintheNIPOFieldworkSystem.EachofthesixcombinationsofGenderandAge
Grouphasatargetof55successfulinterviews.Notethatinthecombinationofageandgenderthetargets
donotaddupto100peragecategory.Thismeansthatwedonotneedexactly50malesof1834and50
femalesof1834,butacceptthattherecanbe55malesof1834andonly45femalesof1834.Thequota
for200femaleswillforcethatthese'missing'femalesarecompensatedinanotheragecategory.
Note:
InastratificationfilefortheNIPOFieldworkSystemnoemptylinesortrailingreturnsareallowed.In
theNIPOCAPISystememptylines,linescontainingtextonlyandtrailingreturnsareallowed.
WhenusingTfiles,makesurethetelephonefilerecordlengthiswideenoughwhenaddressinghigh
positions(>286fortheNIPOFieldworkSystem,>776fortheNIPOCAPISystem).Itisnot
recommendedtousepositionsusedbythesystem.
AutomaticSyntaxChangeWhenReferencingPositionsinTfiles
WhenusingpositionsinsteadofSampletablefieldsinanSfile,asinglerunontheNIPOFieldworkSystem
changesthepositionreferencesintofieldreferences.ThishappensbecausethesysteminterpretsaTfileas
aSampletableinternallyallpositionswithinaTfilefallwithinacorrespondingdatabasefield.
ExampleofastratificationfilereferencingpositionsinaTfile
286: 1 (6) Males
286: 2 (6) Females
Position286andbeyondcorrespondwiththefieldTTExtraDatainthesampletable.Thereferencesare
changedaccordingly.
ResultafterastartintheNIPOFieldworkSystem
TTExtraData:1 (
TTExtraData:2 (
6) Males
6) Females
Notethatstratificationcriteriamaynotoverlapdatabasefields;datamaycrosstwofieldsifpositionsare
referencedontheborderoftwofields.
ExampleofstratificationthatoverlapsSampletablefields
5: 11 (6) region 1 - Males
285: 12 (6) region 1 - Females
Position285isthelastpositionofDisplayField4andposition286isthefirstpositionofExtraData.
Asaresult,criteriaareonlycheckedagainstthefirstcharacterofthestratum.
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Example2ofstratificationfilereferencingpositionsinaTfile
246: 1 (6) Males
246: 2 (6) Females
247 : 1 (2) 16 - 24
247 : 2 (2) 25 - 34
247 : 3 (2) 35 - 44
247 : 4 (2) 45 - 54
247 : 5 (2) 55 - 64
247 : 6 (2) 65+
246 : 11 (1) Male 246 : 12 (1) Male 246 : 13 (1) Male 246 : 14 (1) Male 246 : 15 (1) Male 246 : 16 (1) Male 246 : 21 (1) Female
246 : 22 (1) Female
246 : 23 (1) Female
246 : 24 (1) Female
246 : 25 (1) Female
246 : 26 (1) Female
250 : 1 (12) Total
16 - 24
25 - 34
35 - 44
45 - 54
55 - 64
65+
- 16 - 24
- 25 - 34
- 35 - 44
- 45 - 54
- 55 - 64
- 65+
TTDisplayField3+30:1 (
6) Males
6) Females
2) 16 - 24
2) 25 34
2) 35 - 44
2) 45 - 54
2) 55 - 64
2) 65+
1) Male TTDisplayField3+30:12 (
1) Female
1) Female
1) Female
1) Female
1) Female
1) Female
TTDisplayField3+34:1 ( 12) Total
16 - 24
25 - 34
35 - 44
45 - 54
55 - 64
65+
- 16 - 24
- 25 - 34
- 35 - 44
- 45 - 54
- 55 - 64
- 65+
Stratificationfile(Sfile)whenusingSampletable
IncaseaSampletableisusedinsteadofaTfile,thestratificationcanrefertothetable'sfieldnames.
ExampleofaSurveystratificationfilewhenusingSampletable
Region : 1
(100) North
Region : 2
(100) East
Region : 3
(100) South
Region : 4
(100) West
Gender : 1
(200) Males
Gender : 2
(200) Females
Age : 1 (100) 18 - 34 years
Age : 2 (100) 35 - 44 years
Age : 3 (100) 45 - 54 years
Age : 4 (100) 55 years or older
GenderAge : 11 (055) Males - 18 - 34 years
GenderAge : 14 (055) Males - 55 years or older
GenderAge : 21 (055) Females - 18 - 34 years
GenderAge : 24 (055) Females - 55 years or older
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Explanation
Foreachregionmaximum100interviewsshouldbedone.
200malesand200femalesshouldbeinterviewed.
Foreachagecategoryweneed100interviews.
Inthecombinationofageandgenderthetargetsdonotaddupto100.Thismeansthatwedonotneed
exactly50malesof1834and50femalesof1834,butacceptthattherecanbe55malesof1834and
only45femalesof1834.Thequotafor200femaleswillforcethatthesefemalesarecompensatedin
anotheragecategory.
Note:
Combinationsoffieldshavetobecreatedbycombiningthestringsinanewfield.Itisnot(yet)
possibletocreateexpressions.
IncaseofanOmnibussurvey,youcanmakeaseparatestratificationfileforeachsubsurvey.Themain
survey(thefirstNIPOODINquestionnaireinthesurvey)doesnotdifferfromaregularstratification.For
subsurveys,however,12positionspersubsurveyarereservedperTfilerecordtostorestratificationdata.
TheTfilefieldreservedforthestratificationofaparticularrespondentmaylookliketheexamplebelow.
Eachfieldforthestratificationisprecededbythesurveyname.TheNIPOCATI/WebMasterusesthis
nametodeterminethequotatargetspersubsurvey.Thisexamplewastakenfromarecordinthe
telephonefile,startingatposition251.
A1001
11
A1002
112
A1003
12
Thefirstsevenpositionscontainthenameofthesubsurvey.The1inthenextpositionmeansthatthe
respondentansweredthesubsurveysuccessfully.Ifanotherstratificationcriterionisdefinedonthis
position,thesubsurveyisnolongerpresentedtotheinterviewerifthestratificationcellisfull.The
remaining11positionsmaybeusedforstratificationinformation.
StratificationfilesforallsubsurveysrefertotherelativepositionintheTfilerecord.Position1containsthe
valueoneifthesubsurveywascompleted.Positions212mayhavebeenpresetintheTfile,ormaybe
filledbytheNIPOODINquestionnaire.
ExampleofaStratificationfileforOmnibussurveys
1:
1:
2:
2:
2:
2:
2:
1 (100) Total sub-survey about PC

2 ( 0) Does not own a PC
01 ( 20) Philips
02 ( 20) Sony
03 ( 20) Compaq
19 ( 20) Other
20 ( 20) Don't know
AstartattheNIPOCATI/WebMasterrewritesthestratificationfileasthis:
STSuccess:
STSuccess:
STData: 01
STData: 02
STData: 03
STData: 19
STData: 20
1
2
(
(
(
(
(
(100) Sub-survey about PC

( 0) Does not own a PC
20) Philips
20) Sony
20) Compaq
20) Other
20) Don't know
BelowisanexampleofaNIPOODINsubsurveyusingthestratificationfile.
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ExampleofaNIPOODINquestionnaireforOmnibussurveys
Do you have a PC at home?
1: Yes
2: No
** If no PC: set relative position 1 to value 2
** (this way the non-owners will not be counted as successful)
** *ABORT cuts to the next sub-survey
*IF [Q201,2] *MOVA 1L1 Q201 *ABORT
*QUESTION 202 *CODES 72L2 *IF [Q201,1]
What is the brand of your PC?
1: Philips
2: Sony
3: Compaq
19: Other *OPEN
20: Don't know
** Copy Q202 into relative position 2L2
*MOVA 2L1 Q202
** Check if stratification is already filled for this PC-brand
*STRAT 98
** The rest of the questionnaire goes here. Note that a sub-survey should not
** end with *END or any *ENDST value.
Omnibussurvey,usingSampletablesandOmnibustables
WhenusingaSampletableratherthanatelephonefileforanomnibussurvey,asubsampletablemustbe
createdforeverysubsurveyinthequestionnaire.ThesetupisbasicallythesameaswhenworkingwithT
files,withsomedifferences:
TheNIPOCATI/WebMasteraddsanewrecordintheOmnibussubsampletableforeachsub
questionnairewithastratificationfile.Thisrecordcontainsthefollowinginformation:
InterviewNumber Questionnairename Success

AfieldSTData(varchar12)willbeavailable,whenthefollowingsettingiswrittenintheregistryofthe
NIPOCATI/WebMaster:
STData:STData
ThisfieldSTDatacanbesetinthesubquestionnairesbyusingthe*COPYcommandonpositions2
12.
*SAMPLEDATAinthefirstquestionnaireofanOmnibusreferstodatabasefieldsintheSampletable.
*SAMPLEDATAinsubquestionnaires(allbutthefirst)oftheOmnibusreferstodatabasefieldsinthe
Omnibustable.
StratificationinsubquestionnairescanbebasedonfieldsintheOmnibustableoronfieldsinthe
Sampletable.Use*SAMPLEDATAintheNIPOODINquestionnaireorusethesurvey.INIsettings
RespondentFieldsand/orRespondentSubFields.
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Stratificationfile(Sfile)forNIPOCAWI
NonAnonymousSurveys
StratificationforWebClientsworksthesamewayasstratificationforNIPOCATIusingaSampletable.Note
thatifyouusestratificationoninput(stratificationgroupalreadyknownbeforestartinganinterview),the
addresswillbeblockedifastratificationcellisfilled,whichmeansthattherespondentimmediatelygetsa
relocationpage.
Stratificationonnonanonymoussurveysmayresultinthefollowing:
1. Arespondentisinvitedforasurveybymail.
2. Therespondentclicksthelinkforthesurvey.
3. Thelinkimmediatelyredirectstothestratificationreachedpage,thepagethatcaninformthe
respondentthattheirparticipationisnolongerrequired.
Becauseofthisconsequence,stratificationonnonanonymoussurveysisnotrecommended.
Stratificationonoutputmayalsobeused:Eachcontactwillupdatetheexistingrecordforthatrespondent
intheSampletable.Usethe*SAMPLEDATAor*ADDRESScommandintheNIPOODINquestionnaireto
filldatabasefieldsandthe*STRATcommandtocheckyourstratificationcellsandthenjumptoaspecific
question.
Note:
Donotusethe*SQLPUTcommandtoupdateyoursampletable,asthesystemwillnot'recognize'
thesamplerecordischangedandthuscannotcheckthestratificationcell.
AnonymousSurveys
Ifasurveyissentoutanonymously(usingaSurveyIDinsteadofarespondentID),youcanonlyuse
stratificationonoutputasthereisnoreferencetotheoriginalSamplerecordofthespecificrespondent.
Foreachcontactanew(empty)samplerecordiscreatedintheSampletable.Usethe*SAMPLEDATAor
*ADDRESScommandintheNIPOODINquestionnairetofilldatabasefieldsandthe*STRATcommandto
checkyourstratificationcellsandthenjumptoaspecificrouteoutquestion.
SurveysstartedfromaURL
WhenasurveyisstartedfromaURLpublishedonawebsite,stratificationcanonlybeusedifanempty
Sampletableiscreatedforthesurvey.Foreachcontactanew(empty)samplerecordiscreatedinthe
Sampletable.Usethe*SAMPLEDATAor*ADDRESScommandintheNIPOODINquestionnairetofill
databasefieldsandthe*STRATcommandtocheckyourstratificationcellsandthenjumptoaspecific
question.
Bydefault,stratificationisimpossiblewithoutaSampletable.
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CommandIndex
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CommandIndex
<<<!!>>>
System
WebClientonly
Purpose
InsertHTMLtags,includingJavaScript,intext.
Syntax
<<<! !>>>
Description
WiththiscommanditispossibletoinsertHTMLtags,includingJavaScriptinthetextofaNIPOODIN
questionnaire.TheHTMLstartswith<<<!andisclosedwith!>>>.
Example
*PAGE
Click <<<! <A HREF="http://www.niposoftware.com" TARGET="_blank" ONCLICK= "window.open
('http://www.niposoftware.com', 'niposoftware', 'width=1024, height=640, toolbar=no,
menubar=no, location=no, resizable=yes, scrollbars=yes'); return false; ">here</a> !>>> to
open the NIPO Software website in a new Browser window.
Result:
ClickingthelinkopenstheNIPOSoftwarewebsiteinanewbrowserwindow.
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CommandIndex
*?
Purpose
Retrievesthecontentsofavariableorarrayastext.
Syntax
*? <var | n | expression | var[n|expression] >
Description
Thecontentsofavariableorarrayareretrievedandputinplaceofthecommandandwillbeprocessedas
text.Thiscommandmayoccuratanyplacewheretextmayoccur.
Arguments
var
Thisisthenameofthevariablefromwhichthecontentsareretrieved.
n|expression
Thisisapositiveintegerfrom0uptoandincluding9oranexpressionthathasaresult0uptoandincluding
9,whichindicatesasystemvariable.
var[n|expression]
Whenanarrayvariableisused,thisthenameofavariablefollowedby(betweensquarebrackets)a
positiveintegerorexpressionthatindicatestheelementnumberofthisarray.
Remarks
Youcanuseuppercaseandlowercasenamesindifferently;variablenamesarecaseinsensitive.
Systemvariablesmaybedisplayed,butdonotneedtobedefinedusing*VARSor*TEXTVARS.
Example1
*TEXTVARS Gender,Age
Int. type gender of respondent
1: Male
2: Female
*QUESTION 2 *NUMBER L2 *SAVE Age
How old are you?
*PAGE
So you are a *?Gender of *?Age years old.
ResultofExample1
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CommandIndex
Example2
*TEXTVARS txt[4]
*PUT
*PUT
*PUT
*PUT
txt[1]
txt[2]
txt[3]
txt[4]
"This is a text."
"Another text."
"Third text."
"The fourth line contains: '*?txt[1] *?txt[2] *?txt[3]'"
*PAGE
*? txt[1]
*? txt[2]
*? txt[1] *? txt[2] *? txt[3]
*? txt[4]
ResultofExample2
Example3
*TEXTVARS Number, Price, PricePerFax
*FONT 0 "10 Arial"
*TAB 30
*QUESTION 1 *FORM
Specify count and price:
1:Number of fax machines bought:
*NUMBER 61L3 *SAVE Number
2:Total price paid:
*NUMBER 64L4.2 *SAVE Price
*FORMAT 3.2
*PUT PricePerFax [Q1F2 / Q1F1]
You bought *? Number fax machines for *? Price?
So the average price per fax machine was *? PricePerFax ?
1: Yes
2: No
ResultofExample3
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CommandIndex
SeeAlso
*FORMAT ........................................................135
*PUT................................................................222
*SAVE(codesoption)......................................246
*SAVE(questionoption) .................................245
*TEXTVARS......................................................283
*VARS..............................................................287
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CommandIndex
*ABORT
Purpose
Endsthequestionnaire,interviewnotsuccessful.
Syntax
*ABORT
Description
Terminatesthequestionnaireandmarkstheinterviewasnotsuccessful.Therewillbenodatawritten.
Thiswillbeirrevocable.IntheTfileorSampletablerecord,ifpresent,theresponsecodefor*ABORT(22,
notsuccessful)isstored.
Example
Are you willing to co-operate with a survey about car-insurances?
Interviewer: If the respondent does not own a car, use code 4 to end the interview.
1: Yes
2: No, perhaps later
*CUT 1
3: No, refusal (specify refusal type) *NONRESP "E"
4: Does not own a car
*ABORT
SeeAlso
*APPOINT..........................................................97
*CUT ...............................................................116
*END ...............................................................121
*ENDNGB........................................................123
*ENDST ...........................................................124
*NONRESP ......................................................203
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CommandIndex
*ADDRESS
Purpose
ReferstoadatafieldintheTfileorSampletablerecord.
Syntax
*ADDRESS
Description
Thiscommandisalwaysusedincombinationwith*QUESTIONandaquestiontypedefinitionandmustbe
specifiedafterthesecommandsonthesameline.
WiththiscommandyoucanrefertoadatafieldintheTfileorSampletablerecord.Thisdatafield
specificationmusthaveafixed(nonvariable)format.
Remarks
WhenusingaSampletable,theNIPOODINquestionnairecanrefertoallSampletablefieldnamesby
usingthe*SAMPLEDATAcommand.HoweveryoucanalsorefertopositionsinaSampletableby
referencingfieldpositionsasifitwasaTfile,becausethefieldsintheSampletablearemappedtothe
defaultpositionsinTfilesseeSampletable(separatetableforeachsurvey)fordetails.
YoucanrefertopositionsintheTfilethatoverlapfieldsinaSampletable,buttheresultistruncatedat
theborderofthefield.Asyntaxcheckwillwarnofsuchtruncationswithanerrormessagesuchas
Warning: 136L55 spans multiple database fields, will be truncated to
136L45.
Example
*QUESTION 1 *NUMBER 290L2 *ADDRESS
*QUESTION 2 *NUMBER 61L2
How old are you?
*MOVA Q1 Q2
Thisexamplestoresthecontentsofquestion2(position6162)intoposition290291oftheTfileorSample
tablerecord.
Example2
*QUESTION 11 *ALPHA 61L17
*MOVU Q11 1L17
ThistransfersthefieldTelephoneNumberfromtheSampletableintoQ11.Thismayalsobedoneusing:
*SAMPLEDATA TelephoneNumber
*COPY Q11 "*?TelephoneNumber"
Thetelephonenumberisanalphanumericalfield,becauseitmaycontainspacesandaleadingzero.
Example3
*MOVU Q12 36L8
ThiscopiesthecontentsofthefieldInterviewerNumberfromtheSampletableintoQuestion12,
because36L8correspondstotheInterviewerNumberfieldintheSampletable.Thismayalsobedone
using:
*SAMPLEDATA InterviewerNumber
*COPY Q12 [InterviewerNumber]
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SeeAlso
*COPY .............................................................114
*MOVA ...........................................................184
*MOVU ...........................................................185
*QUESTION .....................................................224
*SAMPLEDATA................................................244
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*ALPHA(QuestionType)
Purpose
Definesatextquestion.
Syntax
*ALPHA [pos]L<length>|<pos>
Description
Thiscommandisalwaysusedincombinationwith*QUESTIONandmustbespecifiedafterthiscommand
onthesameline.Definesaquestionthatexpectsanalphanumericalansweroflimitedlength.Contraryto
an*OPENquestionthelengthofananswertoan*ALPHAquestionislimitedandtheanswerisstoredin
theUfile.
Arguments
pos
ThisisthestartofthedatafieldwherethedataiswrittenintheUfile.
length
Thisisthelengthofthedatafield.
Example
What is your first name?
Result:
SeeAlso
*ALPHA(in*FORMquestion) ...........................96
*CODES ...........................................................109
*LIST(definition).............................................173
*NUMBER(questiontype)..............................205
*OPEN(questiontype)....................................208
*QUESTION .....................................................224
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Purpose
Definesatextfieldina*FORMquestion.
Syntax
*ALPHA [pos]L<length>|<pos>
Description
Thiscommandisalwaysusedina*FORMquestion.Definesafieldthatexpectsanalphanumericalanswer
oflimitedlength.Severalfieldsmaybespecifiedinthesame*FORMquestion.
Arguments
pos
length
Example
*QUESTION 1 *FORM *BUT 99 "Refusal"
Please, fill in your name and address:
1:Name
: *ALPHA 73L30
2:Street: *ALPHA 103L40

3:Place : *ALPHA 143L20
Result:
SeeAlso
*FORM ............................................................132
*GRID(in*FORMquestion)............................141
*SCALE(in*FORMquestion) ..........................249
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*APPOINT
System
NIPOCAPIonly
Purpose
Makesanappointmentfornextquestionnaire.
Syntax
*APPOINT
Description
Anappointmentismadeforthenextquestionnaireinline.IntheCompassInterviewSystemforCAPI,you
cangatheranumberofquestionnairestoasocalledsurveycluster.Theseparatequestionnaireswillbe
dealtwithattherespondentshomeconsecutively.Ifinoneofthequestionnairesthecommand
*APPOINT isexecutedthenextquestionnairewillnotbestarted.Theinterviewerisaskedtomakean
appointmentforthequestionnairethatisnextinline.
SeeAlso
*CUT................................................................116
*END ...............................................................121
*ENDNGB ........................................................123
*ENDST ...........................................................124
*NONRESP ......................................................203
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*AUTO
System
NIPOCATI/NIPOCAPIonly
Purpose
Automaticallyarrangescategoriesintocolumns.
Syntax
*AUTO
Description
Usethequestionoption*AUTOto:
Automaticallyarrangecategoriesintocolumnsonthescreenwhenmorecategoriesaretobedisplayed
thantherearescreenlines.Whenthecommand*NOCONisusedafteracategorythenfromthat
categoryonthecategorieswillnotbedividedintocolumns.
Removethegapscausedbycategoriesincodedquestionswhenusingthe*CONTROLcommand(NIPO
CATIonlyNIPOCAPIandNIPOCAWIcanautomaticallyremovegapsdependentonthestylesheet
configuration).
*AUTOcanalsobeusedasasinglecommandonacommandline.Allquestions(beforeandafterthe
command)willhaveautomaticallyarrangediftheydontfitonthescreen.
Remarks
The*AUTO commandautomaticallytriestosetthecolumnstoanequallength.
Thenumberofcategoriesthatfitonthescreenusing*AUTOdependsonthelengthofthecategory
texts.Eachcolumnwillbeaswideasthelargestcategorytext.Withcategorytextstoolargetofithalfa
screen,nocolumnsareshown.
InNIPOSYS.INIthefollowingsettingapplies:
AutoColumns = nspecifieswhetherthecategorieshavetobeautomaticallyarrangedornot,where
n=0(autoarrangeoff)or1(autoarrangeon).Defaultis0.SettingAutoColumnsto1hasthesame
resultasputtingan*AUTOcommandatthebeginningofthequestionnaire.
*AUTOisnotsupportedintheNIPOWebClient.Use*NEWCOLUMNtosplitcategoriesincolumnsfor
theWebClient.
IntheNIPOCAPIClient,youcanuse*TABtoindicatethenumberofcolumnsandthespacingofthe
columnsthatshouldbeusedtodisplaythelist.
Extremelylargelistsmaydegradetheperformanceoftheinterviewersoftware.Reducethenumberof
categoriesifpossible,creatingseveralquestionsinsteadofonequestionorusinga*LIST in
combinationwith*NUMBER.
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Example1
*QUESTION 2 *CODES L2 *AUTO
Question text
1:code
2:code
3:code
4:code
5:code
6:code
7:code
8:code
9:code
10:code
11:code
12:code
13:code
14:code
15:code
16:code
17:code
18:code
19:code
20:code
21:code
22:code
23:code
24:code
25:code
26:code
27:code
28:code
29:code
30:code
31:code
32:code
33:code
34:code
35:code
36:code
37:code
38:code
39:code
40:code
41:code
42:code
43:code
44:code
45:code
46:code
47:code
48:code
49:code
50:code
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
98: don't know *NOCON

99: no answer
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Result:
Example2
Inthefollowingexample,*TABisusedtosplitthescreenintotwocolumnswhenitneedstodisplaymore
than8brands.ThisworksfortheNIPOCAPIClientonly.
*LIST brands
1: BMW
2: Audi
3: Volvo
4: Mercedes
5: Citroen
6: Datsun
7: Bentley
8: Cadillac
9: Alfa Romeo
10: Ferrari
11: Honda
12: Renault
13: Buick
14: Corvette
15: Fiat
16: Ford
17: Isuzu
18: Lotus
19: Mazda
99:Don't know any *NOCON
*TAB 33,67
*QUESTION 1 *CODES L99 *MULTI *AUTO
Which brands do you know?
*USELIST brands
*VARS cnt
*COUNT cnt Q1
*IF[cnt < 8] *TAB *ELSE *TAB 50
*QUESTION 2 *CODES L2 *AUTO *CONTROL Q1W
Which brand do you prefer?
*USELIST brands
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SeeAlso
*GROUP ..........................................................146
*NEWCOLUMN ...............................................190
*NOCON..........................................................199
*TAB................................................................279
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*BACK
Purpose
Jumpsbacktoapreviousquestion.
Syntax
*BACK <n|[expression]>
Description
Theinterviewwillreturntothequestionspecifiedintheargument.Itdoesinfactthesameaspressingthe
Backbuttonasmanytimesinsuccessionasneededtoreachthatquestion.
Whenthe*BACKcommandisexecuted,allcommandsandanswersbetweenthecurrentquestionandthe
questionyouarereturningtoarebeingundone,asifyouactuallysteppedbackthroughthequestionnaire
andthereforethereisamajordifferencewiththecommand*GOTO.
Arguments
n|expression
Thisisapositiveintegerorexpressionthatindicatesanexistingquestion.
Remarks
With*BACKyoucanonlyjumpbacktoaquestionthatwaspreviouslydisplayedaccordingtothecurrent
routing.Iftheindicatedquestionwasneverdisplayed,the*BACKcommandwillgotothefirstquestion
thatwasdisplayedafterthisone.
Example
*VARS tot
*VARS answer[3]
*QUESTION 1 *FORM
What proportion of travels are done by ....
(Int. dont know = 999)
1:Bus
*NUMBER L3 *RANGE [ 0 TO 100;999 ] *SAVE ANSWER[1]
2:Train
3:Car
** If one of the values is a Don't Know, skip the check
*IF [ Q1F1 = 999 \ Q1F2 = 999 \ Q1F3 = 999 ] *GOTO 3
*PUT tot [ Q1F1 + Q1F2 + Q1F3 ]
*IF [ tot > 95 & tot < 105] *GOTO 3
Your percentages must add up to 100%!
*? answer[1]
*? answer[2]
*? answer[3]
----*? Tot
1: Go back and try again *BACK 1
*QUESTION 3
Inthisexample,wejumpbacktothefirstquestiontocorrectthepercentagesiftheyarenotintherange95
to105.
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SeeAlso
*GOTO ............................................................139
*STRAT ............................................................274
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*BMP
System
NIPOCAPI/NIPOCATIonly
Purpose
Displaysacanvastodrawonandsavesopenendedanswersasabitmap.
Syntax
*BMP
Description
Opensacanvastodrawonusingthemouseorapen(Tabletcomputer),Openendedanswersaresavedto
asocalledbitmapfile(Bfile)insteadoftheOfile.Theseanswerscanbecodedinthesamewayasthe
regularOfile.
Thesizeoftheopenendedbitmapanswerboxcanbechangedusingthe*SIZEcommand.
Remarks
Thebitmapfileisinbinaryformatandcannotbereadusinganordinarypaintprogram.Openended
answersmustbecodedusingNfieldCodeortheNIPOODINCodingModule.Itisgoodpracticetoreservea
fairnumberofpositionsforcodinginadvance.
Example
*QUESTION 10 *OPEN L99 *MULTI *BMP
What car brands do you know?
Result:
Example2
*QUESTION 1 *CODES 61L99 *MULTI *BMP
What brands of beer do you know?
1: Heineken
2: Amstel
3: Grolsch
98: Other... *OPEN
99: None *NMUL
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Inthisexample,afterchoosingcode98anopenanswercanbewrittenonscreenandwillbestoredasa
bitmapintheBfile.
Result:
SeeAlso
*SIZE................................................................257
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*BUT
Purpose
Definesabutton.
Syntax
*BUT <code> <"text">
Description
Withthiscommandyoucreateuserdefinedbuttonswhicharedisplayedduringtheinterview.These
buttonscanbeusedinsteadofornexttoanswercategories.Ifyouclickonthebuttontherelatingcodeis
written.
Arguments
code
Thisisthecodethatisstoredwhenpressingthebutton.
text
Thisisthebuttontext.
Remarks
Amaximumoffivebuttonsperquestionisallowed.
Whenusingbuttonsona*FORMquestionthevalueofthebuttonsisstoredinthefirstfieldoftheform
question.
Example
*QUESTION 1 *CODES 61 *BUT 5 "Don't know"
How often do you read a newspaper?
1:
2:
3:
4:
Daily
Once a week
Once a month
Never
Inthisexample,thecategoryforDontknowisleftoutofthecategorylist.Insteadabuttonisdefinedto
enterthisanswer:
Result:
Example2
1:Name
: *ALPHA 73L30

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Result:
IftheRefusalbuttonisused,thecode99isstoredinthefirstfield(Name).
SeeAlso
*WAITCR .........................................................291
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*CENTRE
Purpose
Centersanswercategoriesautomatically.
Syntax
*CENTRE [n|expression]
Description
onthesameline.Itcenterstheanswercategoriesautomatically.
Arguments
n
Thisargumentcanbevalue0or1.Value1indicatesthattheanswercategoriesareautomaticallycentered.
Thedefaultvalueis0(notcentered).
Remarks
InNIPOSYS.INIthefollowingsettingapplies:
CentreCodes = nspecifieswhethertheanswercategorieshavetobecenteredornot,wheren=0
(notcentered)or1(centered).Defaultisnotcentered.
When*AUTOisapplicable(i.e.theanswercategoriesaredividedonthescreen)the*CENTRE
commandorthecenteringsettingwillbeignored.
Whencenteringtheanswercategories,youcansuppressthedisplayofthecategorycodeswiththe
settingHideCodes=1inthefileNIPOSYS.INI.
Example
*QUESTION 1 *CODES 61 *CENTRE
Do you own a car?
1: Yes
2: No
Inthisexample,theanswercategoriesaredisplayedinthemiddleofthescreen(notethatthecategory
numbersmaybesuppressedwiththeHideCodessetting):
Result:
SeeAlso
*AUTO...............................................................98
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*CODES
Purpose
Definesaquestiontype.
Syntax
*CODES [pos]L<length>|<pos>
Description
onthesameline.Itdefinesaclosedquestionwithasetofprecodedanswercategories,whereeach
categoryhasauniquevalue.
Arguments
pos
length
Inaclosed,butnotmultiplequestionthenumberofdigitsofthehighestcategorynumberdefinesthe
minimumlengthofthedatafield.Inaclosed,multiplequestionthehighestcategorynumber(i.e.notthe
numberofcategories)definestheminimumlengthofthedatafield.
Remarks
Itisalsopossibletodefineadummyquestionbyomittingthecategoriesinordertostoredatafrom
otherquestionsorvariablesortouseitasalabel.
TheargumentL1maybeomittedwhendatapositionsarefixed.
TheNIPOODINDeveloperreportsawarningmessagewhenthelengthismorethanthehighestcode
numberrequires.TheNIPOODINDeveloperreportsanerrormessagewhena*CODESquestion
without*MULTIexceedsthemaximumsizeofL10(max.codenumberis2147483647=2321).Use
*ALPHAtocopylargedummyquestionsfromandtotheTfile.
Example1
Do you own a car?
1: Yes
2: No
Inthisexample,aclosedquestionisdefinedwithtwoprecodedanswercategories.
Example2
What brands of cars do you know?
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3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
8:
9:
10:
11:
12:
13:
14:
15:
16:
Citron
Fiat
Ford
Hyundai
Mazda
Mitsubishi
Nissan
Opel
Peugeot
Renault
Suzuki
Toyota
Volkswagen
Volvo
24: Other *NOCON *OPEN

25: Don't know *NOCON
Inthisexampleaclosedquestionwithmultipleanswersisdefined.Becausethehighestcodenumberis25,
thefieldhastobeatleast25positionslong.Whentheinterviewerorrespondentisusingthekeyboardto
typethecodenumbers,thevariouscodesshouldbeseparatedbyaspace,thatisgeneratedautomatically
whenacodenumberiscomplete.Soitisbesttoskipcode1whenusingcode10andhigher,skipcode2
whenusingcode20andhigher.
SeeAlso
*ALPHA(QuestionType)...................................95
*FORM ............................................................132
*MULTI ...........................................................186
*OPEN(questiontype) ...................................208
*SCALE(questiontype)...................................247
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*CONJ...*ENDCONJ
System
NIPOCAWIonly
Purpose
Executesmoduleconjointmeasurement.
Syntax
*CONJ [pos]L<length> [*LEFT text] [*RIGHT text]
<commands>
*ENDCONJ
Description
Afulldescriptionofconjointmeasurementcanbefoundinthismanual.
SeeAlso
*LIST(definition).............................................173
*LIST(questionoption)...................................175
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*CONTROL
Purpose
Makesthedisplayofanswercodesandtextsdependentonanswerstoapreviousquestion.
Syntax
*CONTROL <Qn> <W|N|W*|N*>
Description
Thiscommandisalwaysusedincombinationwith*QUESTION,*FORMor*REPEATandhastobe
specifiedafterthesecommandsonthesameline.Thiscommandcontrolsthedisplayofanswercodesand
textsdependingonanswerstoapreviousquestion.Thissocalledcontrollingquestionisreferredtoby
meansofQn.Whenusedincombinationwith*REPEAT,executionofrepetitionnumbersonlytakesplace
(ornot)ifthenumberscorrespondwiththeanswercodesmentionedinthecontrollingquestion.
Arguments
Qn
Thereferencetothecontrolquestionwherenisthenumberofthequestion.
W
Onlyanswercategoriesthatwerementionedatthecontrolquestionarebeingdisplayed.
N
Onlyanswercategoriesthatwerenotmentionedatthecontrolquestionarebeingdisplayed.
W*
Answercategoriesthatwerenotmentionedatthecontrolquestionaremarkedwithanasterisk(NIPOCATI
/NIPOCAWIonly)
N*
Answercategoriesthatwerementionedatthecontrolquestionaremarkedwithanasterisk(NIPOCATI/
NIPOCAWIonly)
Remarks
Makesurethatthecontrolquestionandthecurrentquestionhavethesamesetofanswercategories.
Categoriesthataresuppressedasaresultofthiscommand,can'tbepartoftheanswer.Whenall
categoriesaresuppressedthequestionwillbeskipped.
Emptylinesforcategoriesthataresuppressedby*CONTROLwillbeskippedifthecategoriesare
automaticallydividedintocolumnsonscreen.
Inaformquestion,*CONTROLautomaticallysuppressesemptylinesthataretheresultofthecontrol.
Whencontrollingarepeatblock,W*andN*havenomeaning.
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Example1
What PC makes do you know?
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
Acer
IBM
Tulip
Other *OPEN
Dont know *NMUL
*QUESTION 2 *CODES 66L5 *MULTI *CONTROL Q1 N

Which of the following PC makes do you know?
1: Acer
2: IBM
3: Tulip
5: None of these *NMUL *NOCON
Inthisexample,theanswersmentionedinquestion1arenotdisplayedinquestion2.However,ifDont
knowisselectedinquestion1,thiscategorywillbedisplayedinquestion2,sinceitisexcludedfromthe
controloptionby*NOCON.
Example2
*TEXTVARS brand
1:
2:
3:
4:
Acer
IBM
Tulip
Other *OPEN
5: Dont know *NMUL

*REPEAT 3 *CONTROL Q1
*REPNUM 1: *PUT brand
W
"Acer"
"IBM"
"Tulip"
What do you think is the quality of *?brand ?

1:
2:
3:
4:
Very good
Good
Poor
Very poor
5: Dont know \ no answer

*ENDREP
Inthisexample,question2willonlybeaskedformakesthatwerementionedinquestion1.
SeeAlso
*FORM ............................................................132
*NOCON..........................................................199
*QUESTION .....................................................224
*REPEAT...*ENDREP ......................................235
*VCONTROL ....................................................288
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*COPY
Purpose
Transfersdatawithinaquestionnaire.
Syntax
*COPY <Qn> <Qm|[expression]|"text">
Description
Thiscommandisalsoallowedundercondition.Dataspecifiedinthesecondargumentwillbetransferredto
thedatafieldspecifiedinthefirstargument.*COPYisinterpretingthecontentsofdatafieldstobemoved.
Theoriginalcontentsofthereceivingdatafield,ifany,willbereplaced.
Arguments
Qn
Thequestionreferenceofthedatafieldwherethedatawillbetransferredto(i.e.thereceivingfield).
Qm
Thequestionreferenceofthedatafieldthatwillbetransferred(i.e.thesendingfield).
expression
Ifanexpressionisgivenassecondargumenttheresultoftheexpressionwillbeavalue.Thisvaluewillthen
beputasdatainthereceivingdatafield.
text
Thistextwillbetransferredliterallytothereceivingdatafield.Itisallowedtorefertoavariableinthetext.
Inthatcase,thecontentsofthisvariablewillbeembeddedinthetextandthenwillbetransferredtothe
receivingdatafield.
Remarks
Itisrecommendedtousethesamequestiontypeforbothsendingandreceivingfields.
Ifthedatathathastobetransferredconsistsonlyofdigits,NIPOODINregardsthisasanumber.
Therefore,totransferdatafromamultiplequestionyouhavetouse*INCLUDE.
Whenusingthe*INCLUDEcommandtoincludecodesinasinglecodedquestion,thecontentswillbe
settothehighestcode.Usethe*COPYcommandtooverwriteoriginalcontents.
Contrarytothe*INCLUDEcommandthe*COPYcommandwillgivewarningmessageswhendata
positionsareusedmorethanonce.Usethe*INCLUDEcommandtosuppressthesewarnings.
Whenaquestionalreadycontainsthecategorythatwascopied,nothingchanges.
Example1
*COPY Q1 [3]
ThecontentsofQ1willbe03.
Example2
*COPY Q1 Q2
ThecontentsofQ2arestoredinQ1.Forexample,ifQ2contains8,thecontentsofQ1willbe08.
SeeAlso
*EXCLUDE .......................................................125
*INCLUDE........................................................156
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*COUNT
Purpose
Countsthenumberofanswers.
Syntax
*COUNT <Qn|numvar> <Qm>
Description
Thiscommandisalsoallowedundercondition.Thenumberofanswerstothequestionspecifiedinthe
secondargumentiscountedandwillbeputasanumberinthedatafieldorvariablespecifiedinthefirst
argument.
Arguments
Qn
Thequestionreferenceofthedatafieldwherethenumberisstored.
numvar
Thenameofthenumericvariablewherethenumberisstored.Thisvariablehastobedefinedearlierinthe
questionnaire.
Qm
Thequestionreferencefromwhichthenumberofanswershavetobecounted.
Remarks
Thiscommandisonlyusefulformultiplecodes(*MULTI)questions.
Example
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
Heineken
Amstel
Grolsch
Carlsberg
Tuborg
Other *OPEN
Dont know *NMUL
*VARS numb
*COUNT numb Q1
*QUESTION 2 *CODES 185 *IF [Q1,1-6]
So you know *? numb brands of beer?
1: Yes
2: No
Inthisexample,thenumberofanswersonquestion1iscountedinthevariablenumbandusedinthe
questiontextofquestion2.
SeeAlso
*MULTI............................................................186
*VARS..............................................................287
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*CUT
System
Purpose
Interruptsaninterviewandmakesanappointment.
Syntax
*CUT <n|[expression]>
Description
Withthiscommandtheinterviewcanbeinterruptedfora(definitive)appointment.Thiscommandisalso
allowedundercondition.Thecontextoftheinterviewwillbesavedandtheinterviewerhastomakean
appointmenttofinishtheinterviewatalatertime.Whenpickinguptheinterviewagain,itwillstartwith
thequestionwithquestionnumberindicatedbyn.
Arguments
n|expression
Thisisapositiveintegerthatspecifiesanexistingquestionnumber.
Example
Are you the managing director of this company?
1: Yes
2: No
*QUESTION 2 *CODES L1 *IF [ Q1,2 ]
Can you connect me with the managing director of the company?
1: Yes
2: No, he is not in the office currently *CUT 1
3: No, refusal *ABORT
SeeAlso
*ABORT.............................................................92
*APPOINT..........................................................97
*END ...............................................................121
*ENDNGB........................................................123
*ENDST ...........................................................124
*NONRESP ......................................................203
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*DATE
Purpose
Getscurrentdateandtime.
Syntax
*DATE <Qn>
Description
Thiscommandisalsoallowedundercondition.Getsthecurrentcomputerdateandtimeoftheclient
workstationandstoresthisin18positionsinthedatafieldintheformatYYYY/MM/DD hhmm:ss.Ifthe
datafieldisn'tlongenoughthedatawillbetruncated.
Arguments
Qn
Thequestionreferenceofthedatafieldwherethedateisstored.
Examples
*DATE Q901
E.g., on January 31 2008 at 2:15 PM and 30 seconds 2008/01/31 1415:30 is storedis
storedTION 902 *ALPHA 201L10
*TIME Q902
E.g.,onJanuary31st,20082008/01/31isstoredinposition201210,thetimewillbetruncated(i.e.isnot
written).Towritethetimeonly,seethe*DTIMEcommand.
*TEXTVARS year,month,day
*DATE Q1
*PUT year Q2
*PUT month Q3
*PUT day Q4
*QUESTION 5
Todays date is: *?month-*?day-*?year
*END
Inthisexample,thecompletedatewillbestoredinquestion1.Question2,3and4refertopartsofthe
datafieldfromquestion1,tostoretheyear,monthanddate.
SeeAlso
*DTIME ...........................................................119
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*DELAY
System
Purpose
Delaystheinterview.
Syntax
*DELAY <n>
Description
Thiscommanddelaystheinterviewfornseconds.*DELAYcanbeusedtodisplayavideoorplayasound
fragmentforacertainnumberofsecondsbeforetheinterviewercanmoveontothenextquestion.
Arguments
n
ThenumberofsecondsthatNIPOODINwaitsbeforeresumingthescript.
Example
*PLAY "mymovie.avi"
*DELAY 10
Do you recognize this commercial?

1: Yes
2: No
Inthisexample,thevideoplaysfor10secondsbeforethequestioncomesup.
Note:
Theemptylinesabovethequestiontextareintendedtomakeroomforthevideo.
SeeAlso
*WAITPLAY..................................................... 292
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*DTIME
Purpose
Getscurrenttime.
Syntax
*TIME <Qn>
Description
Thiscommandisalsoallowedundercondition.GetsthecurrentcomputertimeoftheworkstationtheNIPO
ODINengineisrunningon(eithertheNIPOCAPIClientorNIPOCATIClientworkstationortheNIPOODIN
WebServer)andwritesthisin7positionsinthedatafieldintheformathhmm:ss.Ifthedatafieldisn't
longenoughthedatawillbetruncated.
Arguments
Qn
Thequestionreferenceofthedatafieldwherethetimeisput.
Example
*TIME Q901
Forexample,at2:15PMand30seconds1415:30willbestoredinposition101107.Thedateisnot
stored(Seethe*DATEcommand).
*TIME Q902
Forexample,at2:15PM1415willbestoredinposition201204,thesecondsaretruncated.
SeeAlso
*DATE..............................................................117
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*DUMMY
Purpose
Specifiesadummyquestion.
Syntax
*DUMMY
Description
Thiscommandspecifiesadummyquestion.Dummyquestionsare,forexample,closedquestionsthatwill
beusedtoextractcategorytextsfrom.Ifyoudonotmarkthesequestionsasdummyquestionstheywould
appearonthescreenduringtheinterview.*DUMMYpreventsthequestionfrombeingdisplayed.Inearlier
versionsofODINitwasnecessarytospecifydummyquestionsbyusingnullevaluatingfilterslike*IF [ 1
= 2 ].
Example
*VARS num
*TEXTVARS txt
Gender
1: Male
2: Female
1: wife
2: husband
*PUT num [Q1]
*PUT txt Q2,num
Do you have a *?txt?
1: Yes
2: No
Inthisexample,question2willnotbedisplayedduringtheinterview.However,thetextfromthisdummy
questionisusedtodisplayinthethirdquestiontext.
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*END
Purpose
Endsthequestionnaireorsubpartsofit.
Syntax
*END
Description
Ingeneralthiscommanddefinestheendofthequestionnaireorsubpartsofit.Thiscommandisalso
allowedundercondition.Withsubpartsaphysicalunconditionalendisalwaysrequired.Theactionofthis
commanddependsonthecontext.Wedistinguishthefollowing:
Terminationofthequestionnaire.Theinterviewismarkedasasuccessfulinterview.Alldataisstoredto
theappropriatefiles.IntheTfile/Sampletablerecord,ifpresent,theresponsecodefor'successful'is
stored.
Terminationoftheinitialpart(withthe*INITcommand).Anunconditionalphysicalendisrequired.
Terminationofarepetitionblock(*REPEAT).If*ENDisusedwithinarepetitionblock,therepetition
willbeended.Thecurrentrepetitionandallnotyetexecutedrepetitions,ifany,willnotbeexecuted.
Example1
Do you own a DVD recorder?
1: Yes
2: No *GOTO 99
Did you use your DVD recorder yesterday?
1: Yes
2: No
*QUESTION 3 *CODES 98 *IF [ Q2,1 ]
Did you use it for playback or recording?
1: Playback
2: Recording
3: Both
*QUESTION 98
This was my final question. Thank you for your co-operation.
*END
*QUESTION 99
Then I dont have any questions for you. Thank you.
*ENDNGB
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Example2
*REPEAT
*REPNUM
*REPNUM
*REPNUM
3
1
2
3
*RANDOM
*PUT statement "good quality"
*PUT statement "value for money"
*PUT statement "user friendly"

Philips DVD recorders are...
*?statement
1: Applies
2: Does not apply
9: Does not know Philips DVD recorders at all *END
*ENDREP
InthisexamplethreestatementsaboutPhilipsDVDrecordersareasked.Whentherespondentdoesnot
knowPhilipsDVDrecordersatall,thereisnoneedtoaskanyfurtherstatementsandtherepeatloopwillbe
terminated.Duetothe*RANDOM command,thiscanbeinanyofthe3statements.
SeeAlso
*ABORT.............................................................92
*APPOINT..........................................................97
*CUT ...............................................................116
*ENDNGB........................................................123
*ENDST ...........................................................124
*INIT...*END..................................................159
*NONRESP ......................................................203
*REPEAT...*ENDREP......................................235
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*ENDNGB
Purpose
Endsaquestionnaire.
Syntax
*ENDNGB
Description
Terminatesthequestionnaireandmarkstheinterviewasnotsuccessful,usefulinterview.Thedatais
storedintheappropriatefiles.IntheTfile/Sampletablerecord,ifpresent,theresponsecode'19:No
success,answerswritten'isstored.Interviewswiththiscodeare(bydefault)notcountedinthe
stratification.
Example
Do you own a VCR?
1: Yes
2: No *GOTO 99
Did you use your VCR yesterday?
1: Yes
2: No
*QUESTION 3 *CODES 98 *IF [ Q2,1 ]
Did you use it for playback or recording?
1: Playback
2: Recording
3: Both
*QUESTION 98
This was my final question. Thank you for your co-operation.
*END
*QUESTION 99
Then I dont have any questions for you. Thank you.
*ENDNGB
SeeAlso
*ABORT .............................................................92
*APPOINT..........................................................97
*CUT................................................................116
*END ...............................................................121
*ENDST ...........................................................124
*NONRESP ......................................................203
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*ENDST
Purpose
Endsaquestionnaireandwritesaresponsecode.
Syntax
*ENDST <code>
Description
Terminatesthequestionnaire.IntheTfile/Sample tablerecord,ifpresent,theresponsecodeas
indicatedisstored.Thewritingofthedatadependsonthemeaningoftheindicatedresponsecode.
Arguments
code
ThenonresponsecodethathastobewrittenintheTfile/Sampletable.
Remarks
Thenonresponsecodemustbeatwodigitnumberfrom0089.
Example
Do you own a car ?
1: Yes
2: No
*ENDST 16
Inthisexample,whereonlypeopleowningacarshouldbeinterviewed,thecodeforoutsidetargetgroupis
placedintheTfile/Sampletablerecord.
Example2
Do you want to continue this survey in a web questionnaire?
If so, we will send you an Email with a link (a URL), that you can start to fill in the
questionnaire yourself.
1: Send Email with link
*ENDST 41
2: No, continue interview in CATI
Inthisexample,weuseresponsecode41toswitchtheinterviewfromNIPOCATItoNIPOCAWI.Makesure
toconfigureresponsecode41inthesurveyconfigurationfile:
RESPC41T=Switch to Web Interviewing
RESPC41=0,SWITCH
SeeAlso
*ABORT.............................................................92
*APPOINT..........................................................97
*CUT ...............................................................116
*END ...............................................................121
*ENDNGB........................................................123
*NONRESP ......................................................203
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*EXCLUDE
Purpose
Datamanipulation.
Syntax
*EXCLUDE <Qn> <Qm|[expression]|[range]>
Description
Thiscommandisalsoallowedundercondition.Withthiscommanditispossibletoremoveoneormore
answercodesfromthereceivingdatafield.
Arguments
Qn
Thequestionreferenceofthedatafieldwheretheprocesstakesplace.
Qm
Allanswersofthisquestionwillberemovedfromthespecifieddatafield.
expression
Theresultoftheexpressionwillrepresentacodevalue.Nextthiscodewillberemovedfromthedatafield.
range
Youmaynowalsospecifymorethanonecode,separatedbysemicolons,thatshouldbeexcludedfromthe
question.UseTOtospecifyarange.
Remarks
Contraryto*COPYand*INCLUDE,the*EXCLUDE commandisusedforbothsinglecodedandmultiple
questions.Whenaquestiondidnotcontainthecodethatwasexcluded,nothingchanges.
Example1
*QUESTION 1
*EXCLUDE Q1
*EXCLUDE Q1
*EXCLUDE Q1
*EXCLUDE Q1
*CODES 71L10 *MULTI

[3]
[4]
[5]
[7]
IfQ1containedcodes2,3,4,5,6and7,itwouldnowcontainonlycode2and6.
Thiscanalsobespecifiedas:
*EXCLUDE Q1 [3;4;5;7]
oras:
*EXCLUDE Q1 [3 TO 5;7]
Note:
Donotseparatecodeswithcommas.UsearangewithTOorusesemicolons;tospecifymorethan
onecode.
Example2
*EXCLUDE Q1 Q2
IfQ1containsthecodes2,3,4and7,andQ2containscodes2,7,and9,Q1willendupwithcodes3and4.
Question2remainsunchanged.
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Example3
*EXCLUDE Q1 Q1
ThiseffectivelyclearsallanswersinQ1.
SeeAlso
*COPY .............................................................114
*INCLUDE........................................................156
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*FIELD
Purpose
Definespositionsofasubroutineorrepeatblock.
Syntax
*FIELD [pos]L<length>|<pos>
Description
Thiscommandisusedwith*GOSUB(jumptosubroutine)and*REPEAT(repetitionblock)andmustbe
specifiedafterthatcommandonthesameline.ThiscommanddefinesdatafieldintheUfile,wherethe
enteredanswersofthesubroutineorrepetitionblockhavetobestored.Positionswithintheroutineor
*REPEATblockarerelativepositionswithinthisblock.
Arguments
pos
ThestartofthedatafieldwherethedataiswrittenintheUfile.
length
Thelengthofthedatafield.
Remarks
Ifyou'reworkingwithunfixeddatafieldsyoudon'thavetospecifythiscommand.Fixingthequestionnaire
willplacetherequired*FIELDcommandswhererequired.
Example1
*TEXTVARS BRAND
*REPEAT 3 *FIELD 61L3
*REPNUM 1: *PUT BRAND "Acer"
*REPNUM 2: *PUT BRAND "IBM"
*REPNUM 3: *PUT BRAND "Tulip"
What do you think of the quality of *?BRAND ?
1:
2:
3:
4:
Very good
Good
Poor
Very poor

*ENDREP
Example2
*TEXTVARS BRAND
*SUBROUTINE BRANDSUB
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What do you think of the quality of *?BRAND ?
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
Very good
Good
Poor
Very poor
Dont know \ no answer
What do you think of the price of *?BRAND ?
1:
2:
3:
4:
Very expensive
Expensive
Cheap
Very cheap

*ENDSUB
*QUESTION 1 *CODES 61L3 *MULTI *SAVE BRAND
Have you ever heard of the following brands of computers?
1: Acer
*GOSUB BRANDSUB *FIELD 64L2
2: IBM *GOSUB BRANDSUB *FIELD 66L2
3: Tulip
*GOSUB BRANDSUB *FIELD 68L2
SeeAlso
*GOSUB ..........................................................137
*REPEAT...*ENDREP......................................235
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*FONT(definition)
Purpose
Definesafont.
Syntax
*FONT <n> <"size facename [style] [(R G B, R G B)]">
Description
Specifiesthesize,fonttypefacename,styleandforegroundandbackgroundcolorsofafont.Argumentnis
usedtoidentifythefontwhenthefontisselected.Thefontdescriptionargumentsmustbeenclosedby
doublequotes(")andcanbespecifiedinanyorder.Font0doesnothavetobespecifiedsinceitisthe
defaultfont.Thedefaultfontisthefontthatisusedforeveryquestionwherenofontisselected.Iffont0is
redefinedthenthenewfontdefinitionisusedasthedefaultfont.
Arguments
n
Positiveintegerusedtoidentifythefont.
size
Pointsizeofthefont.
facename
Nameofthefont.ThisfontmustbeinstalledunderWindows.
style
Thefollowingstylesareavailable:bold,italic,underline,strikeout.Stylescanbecombined,theymustbe
separatedbyatleastonespace.
(R G B, R G B)
ThisargumentspecifiestheforegroundandbackgroundcolorsinRGB(RedGreenBlue)values.R,G,Bare
intherangeof0255inclusive,whereristheamountofred,gistheamountofgreenandbistheamount
ofblue.Ifonlyaforegroundcolorhastobespecifiedthiscanbedonebyusing(R G B);Ifonlya
backgroundcolorhastobespecifiedthiscanbedoneby:(,R G B).
Blackis(000);whiteis(255255255);redis(25500)etcetera.
Remarks
Ifarequestedfontisnotinstalled,MicrosoftWindowswillchooseafontinthesamefamilyoffonts.
Example
*FONT
*FONT
*FONT
*FONT
*FONT
*FONT
*FONT
*FONT
*FONT
*FONT
*FONT
0 "10 Courier"
1 "8 ARIAL"
2 "8 ARIAL bold"
3 "12 Times New Roman"
4 "16 Courier (255 0 0)"
5 "18 Roman (,255 0 0)"
6 "25 Script (255 0 0, 0 128 255)"
7 "10 WingDings "
8 "10 ARIAL ITALIC"
9 "10 ARIAL BOLD UNDERLINE"
10 "10 ARIAL strikeout"
SeeAlso
*FONT(switching)...........................................130
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*FONT(switching)
Purpose
Switchestoanearlierdefinedfont.
Syntax
*FONT <n|[expression]>
Description
Selectsanearlierdefinedfont.Canbeusedasaquestionoptionorinquestionorcodetexts.Theselected
fontwillremainactiveuntilanewfontisselected.Everytimethescreeniscleared,thecurrentfontissetto
thedefaultfont(*FONT 0)ortothefontspecifiedinthequestionoption.
Arguments
n|expression
Thisisapositiveintegerorexpressionthatreferstoanearlierdefinedfont.
Example1
*FONT 0 "8 ARIAL"
*FONT 1 "8 ARIAL BOLD"
*FONT 2 "8 ARIAL ITALIC"
*QUESTION 1 *CODES 61 *FONT 1
Do you use a personal computer?
1: Yes
2: No
*QUESTION 2 *CODES 62 *NCLS *IF [Q1,1]
Do you use it for *FONT 2business*FONT 0 or *FONT 2personal*FONT 0 purposes?
1: Business
2: Personal
3: Both
Result:
Example2
*FONT 1 "8 COURIER BOLD"
*INFO *FONT 1
This is an info page
Inthisexample,theinfopageisdisplayedinCourierBold.
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Example3
*FONT 0 "10 ARIAL (255 0 0) BOLD"
*FONT 1 "10 ARIAL BOLD"
*FONT 2 "10 ARIAL (0 0 255) BOLD"
*VARS x
*REPEAT 201 *RANDOM
*PUT x [?R-101]
*IF [x<>0] *END
*ENDREP
*PAGE *FONT 1
This randomizer draws a number between -100 and 100
Negative numbers are printed in *FONT 0red*FONT 1
Positive numbers are printed in *FONT 2blue*FONT 1
*FONT [2*(x>0)]*? x*FONT 1
*END
SeeAlso
*FONT(definition) ..........................................129
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*FORM
Purpose
Definesaformquestion.
Syntax
*FORM
Description
onthesameline.Definesaformquestionthatcontainsoneormoreseparateinputfieldsthatwillbedealt
withseparatelyononeandthesamescreen.Thesefieldswilleitherexpectnumbersoralphanumerical
textsoflimitedlengthasinput.
Thecommands*NUMBERand*ALPHAdetermineofwhichtypeandhowlonganinputcellis.Intheform
questiontheremaybedescriptivetextsthatgenerallyprecedeacelldefinition.
Itisalsopossibletocreatesocalledgrids,byusing*FORM incombinationwith*SCALEor*GRID.
*FORMquestionscanbecontrolledbyanotherquestionbyusingthe*CONTROLcommand.
Remarks
Ifthereisacodeinfrontofthedescriptivetexts,thiscodecontrolsinwhichorderthecellsaredealt
withduringtheinterview.Thecellwhichturnitiswillbehighlighted.Thiscodeisalsousedto
determinewhichlinesaredisplayedorsuppressedby*CONTROL.
Informquestions,*CONTROLautomaticallysuppressesemptylinesthataretheresultofthecontrol.
YoucanrefertoafieldinaformquestionwiththeexpressionQnFm,wherenisthequestionnumber
andmisthefieldnumber(i.e.theorderinwhichtheywerespecified:fromthelefttotherightandthen
fromtoptobottom;donotconfusethiswiththeFormcellnumberinfrontofthecell,thatdefinesthe
orderinwhichfieldsarefilledwhenusingthe<Tab>).Fordetails,seeFormFieldReferences.
Note:
Ifyourefertoafieldnumberthatishigherthantheamountoffieldsintheformquestion,thevalue
offield1isreturned.
Example1
1:Name
: *ALPHA 73L30

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Result:
Example2
*TAB 30
*FONT 0 "10 Arial"
*QUESTION 1 *FORM
2:Total price paid:
*FORMAT 3.2
*QUESTION 2 *CODES 70L1 *IF [Q1F1 > 1 ]
1: Yes
2: No
*QUESTION 3 *FORM
Number and price of PC's, monitors and printers.
Number
Computers
Monitors
Printers
Total price
1:*NUMBER 71L3 4: *NUMBER 74L5.2
*PUT PricePerComputer [Q3F2 / Q3F1]

*PUT PricePerMonitor [Q3F4 / Q3F3]
*PUT PricePerPrinter [Q3F6 / Q3F5]
*** First we want to ask the numbers and then the prices.
*** This means that Q3F2 refers to the field that was
*** defined second(74L5.2), but will be filled in fourth (4:).
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Example3
*FONT 0 "Arial 10"
Which of the following brands of beer do you ever drink?
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
Heineken
Amstel
Grolsch
Carlsberg
Tuborg
6: None of these *NMUL

*TAB 35, 45, 55, 65, 75, 85
How do you rate the taste of the following beers:
Very poor
1:Heineken
*SCALE 67L1 5 6
2:Amstel
*SCALE 68L1 5 6
3:Grolsch
*SCALE 69L1 5 6
4:Carlsberg
*SCALE 70L1 5 6
5:Tuborg
*SCALE 71L1 5 6
Very good
Result:
SeeAlso
*NUMBER(in*FORMquestion) .....................206
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*FORMAT
Purpose
Specifiestheformatofnumbertransfer.
Syntax
*FORMAT <i[.f]>
Description
Specifiestheformatofnumbersfromnumericvariableswhentheyareretrievedbythecommand*? or
whenconvertinganumericvariableintoatextvariableby*PUT.
Arguments
i
Theminimumspacetobeusedfortherepresentationoftheintegerpartofthenumber.Ifnecessary,more
spacewillbeused.
f
Themaximumspacethathastobeusedforthefractionalpartofthenumber;thiswillbefilledwithtrailing
zeros.Iffistoosmalltodisplayalldecimals,thesewillberounded.Themaximumnumberofdecimalsis4.
Thedefaultis0.
Example
*TAB 30
*FONT 0 "10 Arial"
*QUESTION 1 *FORM
2:Total price paid:
*FORMAT 3.2
1: Yes
2: No
Result:
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SeeAlso
*? ......................................................................89
*PUT................................................................222
*VARS..............................................................287
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*GOSUB
Purpose
Jumpstoasubroutine.
Syntax
*GOSUB <name>
Description
Takescareofajumptoasubroutinespecifiedbyname.Afterreturnfromthesubroutinetheinterviewwill
continuewiththenextcommandfollowing*GOSUB.Thiscommandisalsoallowedundercondition.
Arguments
name
Thenameofthesubroutinethatiscalled.Thissubroutinehastobedefinedearlierinthequestionnaire.
Remark
Ifyou'reworkingwithsocalled'floating'datafieldsyoudon'thavetospecifythe*FIELDcommand.
Whenfixingtheanswerfieldsofthequestionnaireitwillbeputthereautomatically.
Example1
*TEXTVARS BRAND
*SUBROUTINE OPINION
What do you think of the service of *? BRAND?
1:
2:
3:
4:
Very good
Good
Poor
Very poor

*ENDSUB
Which of the following gas stations have you ever visited?
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
Esso
Shell
Texaco
BP
*GOSUB
Mobil
*GOSUB
*GOSUB
*GOSUB
OPINION
*GOSUB
OPINION
OPINION
OPINION
*FIELD
OPINION
*FIELD
*FIELD
*FIELD
69L1
*FIELD
66L1
67L1
68L1
70L1
Inthisexample,foreachanswermentioned,thesubroutineiscalledinreverseorderthattheywere
enteredinQ1.Datapositionsarefixed,eachsubroutinecallrequiresonly1position,specifiedinthe
*FIELDcommand.Question901issettoposition1inthefield,arelativepositionwithinspecifiedfield.
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Example2
*TEXTVARS BRAND
*SUBROUTINE OPINION
1:
2:
3:
4:
Very good
Good
Poor
Very poor

*ENDSUB
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
Esso
Shell
Texaco
BP
Mobil
*IF [ Q2, 2 ] *PUT BRAND "Shell" *GOSUB OPINION

*IF [ Q2, 3 ] *PUT BRAND "Texaco" *GOSUB OPINION
Inthisexample,ifanswer2or3wouldbeselected,thetextoftheanswerisstoredinavariableandthe
subroutineiscalled.Datapositionsarenotfixed,sothe*FIELDcommandisnotspecifiedhere.
SeeAlso
*FIELD .............................................................127
*SUBROUTINE...*ENDSUB ............................275
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*GOTO
Purpose
Jumpstoaquestion.
Syntax
*GOTO <n|[expression]>
Description
Thiscommandcanbeusedonseparateline,afterafilterexpression,onacodeofa *CODESquestionand
onaresponsecodeinthesurveyconfigurationfileofaNIPOCATIsurvey(toendtheinterviewgracefully
withclosingremarksorquestions).
Ifusedonacategoryithastobeonthesamelineasthecodenumberdefinition.Ifthecodeisselected,the
interviewcontinueswiththequestionspecified.Thiscommandcanalsobeusedunconditionally.However,
jumpingintooroutofasubroutineorrepetitionblockisnotallowed.
IfusedonaresponsecodeofaNIPOCATIsurvey,thejumpismadeoncetheinterviewerselectsthecode
throughthenonresponselist,forexample:
RESPC31T=Stop interview, jump to final questions *GOTO 9001
RESPC31=STOP,WRITE
Anyspecificationsforthecodeareignoredbuttheymustexist.Makesuretheindicatedquestionexistsand
thatthequestionnaireisappropriatelyterminatedafterwards,usingforexample*ENDST.
Arguments
n|expression
Thisisapositiveintegerorexpressionthatindicatesanexistingquestion.Makesurethattheexpression
alwaysreferstoanexistingquestionnumber,toavoidaruntimeerrorduringtheinterview,thatwill
terminatetheinterviewinasurveyerrorduringfieldwork.
Remark
IfyoujumpbackinyourNIPOODINquestionnairetoaquestionthatisspecifiedbeforethecurrent
position,athemessage"Warning: Jump to previous question"appearsduringasyntaxcheck
intheNIPOODINDeveloper.
Whenyoujumpbacktocorrectorchangeanswerspreviouslyentered,considerusingthe*BACK
commandinsteadof*GOTO.Thisshowstheanswersonpreviousquestionsthatwereentered,butwill
alsoautomaticallyclearanyanswersgivenonapreviousquestionnairerouting.
Ratherthanjumpingtoapreviousquestiontocreatealoop,itisrecommendedtousea*REPEATloop
toavoidcreatinganendlessloopand/orproblemswhenexportingquestions.Thisalsoavoidsissues
whenaninterviewissuspendedtobefolloweduplater.
Whenyoujump(unconditionally)acrosssomequestions,thesyntaxcheckintheNIPOODINDeveloper
givesanoverviewofquestionsthatareneverused:
Info: Overview of unused questions:
Info:
Question <n> in line <x>
Info:
Question <m> in line <y>
NotethatNIPOODINDevelopermightconsiderquestionsasunused,duetocomplexfiltersthatalways
evaluatetofalse,butinfactmightbetrueduringaninterview(forexampleduetoexpressionsbasedon
randomnumbersorthecontentsofasamplefield).Considerrewritingthefilterinalesscomplexformat.
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Example1
Do you have a driver's license?
1: Yes
2: No
*GOTO 26
Example2
Do you have a driver's license?
1: Yes
2: No
*IF [Q10,2] *GOTO 26
Inbothexamples,thosewithadriverslicensecontinuewiththefirstquestionafterQ10,theothersgoto
Q26.
SeeAlso
*BACK .............................................................102
*IF(condition)...*ELSE...................................154
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*GRID(in*FORMquestion)
Purpose
Definesagrid.
Syntax
*GRID [pos]L<length> x[.xs] y[.ys]
Description
Informquestionsitispossibletocreategrids.Agridusescheckboxestomarktheanswersonscreen
insteadofusingcodelists.Withthe*GRIDcommandyoucancreateverticalgrids.Thesegridsaremarked
toptobottom,contrarytohorizontalgrids(*SCALE)whicharemarkedlefttoright.Toallowmultiple
answersinverticalgridsusetheoption*MULTI.Thedatafieldhastobelargeenoughtostorealldata.
Arguments
pos
ThestartofthedatafieldwherethedataiswrittenintheUfile.Onlyonepositionpergridboxisrequired.
length
x
Numberofboxesvertically.
xs
Verticalspacing(lines).Default:2
y
Numberofboxeshorizontally.Default:1
ys
Horizontalspacing(characters).Default:4
Remarks
Youcanuse*TABandtabstolineoutgrids.
Toaligncolumntexts(headers)abovethegrid,tabpositionsmustbedefinedwiththe*TABcommand
beforea*GRIDquestion.Foreachcolumninthegridatabmustbedefined.Thegridwillalwaysbe
distributedevenlybetweenthefirstandthelasttab(inotherwordsitisnotpossibletovarythegaps
betweencolumns).Ifthelasttabisnotat100%ofthescreen'swidth,thelastcolumntextandthe*GRID
mustbefollowedbyatabandaspacetousethelastinvisiblecolumn.Usestylesheets(CSS)tocentertexts
inNIPOCAWI.
*TAB 30, 40, 50, 60, 70
*QUESTION 1 *FORM
Question text
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
1:Row 1 *GRID 61L4 3.2 4.1

Row 2
Row 3
Intheexampleabove,tabsareusedtospacethecolumnheadingsandtoseparatethefirstrow'stextfrom
the*GRIDcommand.Thecolumnheadingandthefirstlinebothendwithtabspace.
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Inasingle*GRID(without*MULTI)theinterviewerorrespondentmustselectoneboxineach
(vertical)column.Inotherwords,eachbrandmustberated.
Inamultiple*GRID(with*MULTI)theinterviewerorrespondentmustselectoneormoreboxesin
each(vertical)column.Inotherwords,youcanselectoneormorestatementsforeachbrand.
Columnsthathavebeenremoved(NIPOCATI/NIPOCAPI)ordisabled(NIPOCAWI)using*VCONTROL
cannotbeselected.
Ifyouwanttoenforcethattheinterviewer/respondentselectsaboxineach(horizontal)rowinsteadof
each(vertical)column,itisrecommendedtouse*SCALEfieldsinthe*FORMquestioninstead.
Ifitisnotrequiredthatinterviewer/respondentselectoneormoreboxesforeachbrand(forexample,
statementsdonotneedtoapplytoabrand),youmayaddthe*NONcommandinthe*QUESTIONline.
Alternatively,addanoanswerstatementsuchas"Noneofthesestatementsapplyforthisproduct".
Itisnotpossibletoruleoutcombinationsofselectionsina*GRID*MULTIquestion.Youmayhowever
use*DUMMYquestionsonthesamedatapositionstoretrievethedataperproductandcreateafilter
with*IFtocheckifsuchcombinationshavebeenselected.
Example1
*QUESTION 101 *FORM
Vertical grid, using GRID
Heineken
1:1
Grolsch Amstel Carlsberg
Tuborg Other
*GRID L6 5.2 6.10 *NON
2
3
4
5
Thisresultsinagridconsistingof5lineswith6boxesperline.Notethattabspacecombinationsareplaced
ontheheadingrowandthefistrowofthecodes.
Result:
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Example2
*QUESTION 101 *FORM
Vertical Grid, MULTIPLE answers allowed
Heineken
1:1
Grolsch Amstel Carlsberg
Tuborg Other
*GRID L30 5.2 6.10 *MULTI
2
3
4
5
Thishasthesameresultasabovebutwithmultipleanswersallowed.Notethelengthofthedatafield(30):
6x5positionsarerequiredtostorethedata.Again,tabspacecombinationsareplacedontheheadingrow
andthefistrowofthecodes.
Result:
Example3
Beer brands
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
Heineken Beer
Amstel Beer
Grolsch Beer
Bavaria Beer
Leeuw Beer
*TAB 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100

*QUESTION 4 *FORM *VCONTROL Q1 W
Statements (multiple grid)
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Heineken Beer
1:Value for money
Amstel Beer
Grolsch Beer
Bavaria Beer
Leeuw Beer
*GRID 66L20 4.2 5.5 *MULTI
Good product
Must have this product
None of these statements apply for this product
*** The next construction will check if no-one combined
*** the first 3 statements with the 'None of these apply'.
*TEXTVARS Brand
*** Use the same data positions as the *FORM *GRID question
*** for your dummy question in the *REPEAT loop.
*PUT Brand Q1,?R
*QUESTION 5 *CODES 1L4 *MULTI *DUMMY
Dummy question with statements for *?Brand.
1:Value for money
2:Good product
3:Must have this product
4:None of these statements apply for this product
*QUESTION 6 *IF [Q5,1-3 & Q5,4]
You combined one or more statements for *?Brand with 'None of these statements apply for
this product'.
Please go back and correct.
*IF [Q5,1-3 & Q5,4] *BACK 4
*ENDREP
InQ4,tabsareusedtospacethecolumnheaders.Boththeheadinglinesandthecodelinesendwithatab
spacecombination.Incodeonethecodetextandthe*GRIDcommandareseparatedbyatabspace.
ResultinNIPOWebClientifHeineken,Amstel,andLeeuwwouldbeselectedinQ1:
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SeeAlso
*FORM ............................................................132
*MULTI............................................................186
*TAB................................................................279
*VCONTROL ....................................................288
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*GROUP
Purpose
Keepscategoriestogether.
Syntax
*GROUP
Description
Whendisplayingcodesinaquestionrandomly,invertedorrotated,youcankeepcodestogetherwiththe
command*GROUPafterthefirstcategoryofagroup.Allcodesuptothenext*GROUParesortedonly
mutually.Thiscanalsobecombinedwiththequestionoption*AUTO.
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Example
*QUESTION 202 *CODES 61L2 *RANDOM *AUTO
Question text
0:code
1:code
2:code
3:code
4:code
5:code
6:code
7:code
8:code
9:code
10:code
11:code
12:code
13:code
14:code
15:code
16:code
17:code
18:code
19:code
20:code
21:code
22:code
23:code
24:code
25:code
26:code
27:code
28:code
29:code
30:code
31:code
32:code
33:code
34:code
35:code
36:code
37:code
38:code
39:code
40:code
41:code
42:code
43:code
44:code
45:code
46:code
47:code
48:code
49:code
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
*GROUP
*GROUP
*GROUP
*GROUP
98:don't know *NOCON *GROUP

99:no answer
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Result:
SeeAlso
*AUTO...............................................................98
*INV ................................................................163
*RANDOM.......................................................226
*ROT ...............................................................241
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*HEADING
Purpose
Definesaheadertextabovecategories.
Syntax
*HEADING <text>
Description
Whendisplayingcodesinaquestionyoucandefineaheadingabovecodestobeusedwhentheyare
displayedrandomly,invertedorrotated.Thiscanalsobecombinedwiththequestionoption*AUTO.The
command*HEADINGwillbeinterpretedasanimplicit*GROUPonthenextcodeline.
Arguments
text
Atextlabelidentifyingthegroupofcodesitprecedes.
Example
*FONT 0 "Arial 10"
*FONT 1 "Arial 10 Italic"
*QUESTION 201 *CODES 61L2 *RANDOM
Question text
*HEADING*FONT 1Header for code 1 to 5*FONT 0
1:code 1
2:code 2
3:code 3
4:code 4
5:code 5
6:code 6
7:code 7
8:code 8
9:code 9
10:code 10
11:code 11
12:code 12
13:code 13
14:code 14
15:code 15
98:don't know *NOCON *GROUP
99:no answer
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Result:
SeeAlso
*AUTO...............................................................98
*GROUP ..........................................................146
*INV ................................................................163
*NEWCOLUMN ...............................................190
*RANDOM.......................................................226
*ROT ...............................................................241
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*HELP(definition)
Purpose
Definesapageoftext.
Syntax
*HELP [n]
Description
Definesapageoftext.Thiscommandmustbespecifiedatthebeginningofaline.Thetextconsistsofall
followinglinesuptothefirstnewcommandatthebeginningofaline,excluding**,*?and*FONT
(switching)commands.
Ifanumbered*HELPscreenisfollowedbya*PAGEcommandthispagewillactasthenexthelpscreen.In
thiswayitispossibletodivideyourhelpscreenintomultiplepages.Whenthehelppageiscalledtwonew
buttonswillappearonthequestionscreentogotothepreviousornextscreen.
Arguments
n
Thisisthenumberofthetextpage.Ifomitted,thespecifiedhelptextismadeavailableonallquestions.
Remarks
Thehelptextremainsunchangedandavailableuntilanewpageisdefinedwith*HELP.Thehelptextis
availablefromthepointinthequestionnairethatitwasdefined.AninterviewermaypressHelporF3to
viewthehelptext.Ifanemptypageoftextisdefined(*HELP withamewcommandimmediatelyonthe
nextline)itisnolongeravailable.
Example1
*HELP 1
This is the first help screen defined.
*HELP 2
And this is the second help screen defined.
Example2
*HELP 1
This is the first page of the help screen.
*PAGE
This is the second page of the help screen.
Inthisexample,ahelpscreenwith2pagesisdefined.
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Purpose
Switchestoanearlierdefinedhelptextpage.
Syntax
*HELP <n>
Description
Thiscommandhastobeusedincombinationwith*QUESTION.Bypressingthehelpbutton,therelated
textpageisdisplayed.
Arguments
n
Thenumberofthepagethathastobedisplayed.
Remarks
Ifaglobalhelppagewasdefined,theglobalhelpfileisavailableonallquestionswithoutrequiring*HELP
asaquestionoption.Ifyoudospecify*HELPasaquestionoption,theglobalhelpisoverriddenwiththe
specifiedhelppage.
Example
*HELP 1
This is the first page of the help screen.
*PAGE
And this is the second page of the help screen.
*QUESTION 1 *CODES 433 *HELP 1
Did you know that if you press the help button a help screen
appears?
1: Yes
2: No
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Result:
Inthisexample,pressingtheHelpbuttondisplaysahelpscreenwithtextandpressingNextwilldisplaysthe
secondpageofthehelpscreen.
SeeAlso
*HELP(definition) ...........................................151
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*IF(condition)...*ELSE
Purpose
Createsacondition.
Syntax
*IF <[expression]> <action> [*ELSE <action>]
Description
Theexpressionwillbeinterpretedandtestedfortrueorfalse.Iftheexpressionistruethecommands
immediatelyfollowingtheexpressionwillbeexecuted.Youmayusethecommand*ELSEfollowedby
commandsthatwillbeexecutediftheexpressionisfalse.Formoreinformationontheexpressionsthat
maybeused,seeExpressions(onpage76).
Arguments
expression
Abooleanexpressionwithasresulttrueorfalse.
action
Oneormorecommandsthatcauseanaction.Definitioncommandsarenotallowed.Allthesecommands
willbeexecutedoneaftertheothertill*ELSEisencounteredortheendofthecommandlinehasbeen
reached.
Example1
*IF [ Q6 , 1-5 ] *GOSUB "BRAND"
IfQ6isansweredwithananswervaluebetween1and5thesubroutineBRANDiscalled.
Example2
*IF [ RAN 3 ] *GOTO 100
ThegeneratedvaluesforRAN 3are0,1and2.Value0willmaketheexpressionfalseandthuspreventthe
jump.Consequently,inroughly67%ofthecasestheinterviewjumpstoquestion100.
Example3
*IF [ Q11 = "PC" ] *GOTO 100 *ELSE *GOTO 200
Theconditionistrueiftheanswertoquestion11isequaltothetext"PC".
SeeAlso
*GOTO ............................................................139
*IF(questionoption) ......................................155
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*IF(questionoption)
Purpose
Displayaquestionundercondition.
Syntax
*IF <[n|expression]> ["text"]
Description
specifiedonthesameline.Thiscommandputsaconditiononaquestion.Thequestionwillonlybe
displayediftheexpressionistrue.Foradetailedexplanationofexpressions,seeExpressions(onpage76).
Arguments
expression
Abooleanexpressionwithasresulttrueorfalse.
text
Anytext.If,whencreatingvariablesduringanexport,thequestionfiltersarecopied,thistextwillbecopied
inthevariablefile.InNIPODiana,thistextisplacedabovethetablewithstraightrunsandcross
tabulations.
Example
Do you own a DVD player?
1: Yes
2: No
*QUESTION 16 *CODES 97 *IF [ Q15 , 1 ]
Did you use your DVD player yesterday?
1: Yes
2: No
Inthisexample,question16willonlybeaskediftheanswertoquestion15iscode1.
SeeAlso
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*INCLUDE
Purpose
Transfersdatawithinaquestionnaire.
Syntax
*INCLUDE <Qn> <Qm|[expression]|[range]>
Description
Thiscommandisalsoallowedundercondition.Oneormoreanswercodesarecombinedinthereceiving
datafield.
Arguments
Qn
Thequestionreferenceofthedatafieldwherethecodesmustbemerged.Formorecodestobeinsertedin
aquestion,thequestionmustbemultiplecoded(*CODES *MULTI).Onsinglecodedquestions,the
existingcodeisoverwrittenwiththehighestcodeinthesecondparameter.
Qm
Allcodesofthisquestionwillbemergedinthespecifieddatafield.Thisquestionmaybeasingle(*CODES)
oramultiplecodesquestion(*CODES *MULTI).
expression
Theresultoftheexpressionrepresentsacodevalue.Thiscodeismarkedinthedatafield.
range
Specifiesarangeofmorethanonecode,separatedbysemicolons,thatshouldbemarkedinthequestion.
UseTOtospecifyarange.
Remarks
Usethe*COPYcommandtooverwriteoriginalcontents.Use*EXCLUDE Qn Qntoclearallanswers
fromamultiplecodedquestion.
Contrarytothe*COPYcommandthe*INCLUDEcommanddoesnotgivewarningmessageswhendata
positionsareusedmorethanonce,exceptwhenthe*INCLUDEcommandisspecifiedbeforethe
actualquestiondefinition.
Whencopyingtextoran*ALPHAquestionintoan*ALPHAquestion,use*COPYratherthan
*INCLUDE.
Whenaquestionalreadycontainsthecodesthatwereincluded,nothingchanges.
Whenincludingmorethanonecodeorincludingarangeinaquestionthatisnot*MULTI,onlythelast
codethatwasspecifiedisincluded.
Example1
*QUESTION 1
*INCLUDE Q1
*INCLUDE Q1
*INCLUDE Q1
*INCLUDE Q1
*CODES 71L10 *MULTI

[3]
[4]
[5]
[7]
Thecontentsofthequestionwillbe:2,3,4,5and7.Thismayalsobespecifiedas:
*INCLUDE Q1 [3;4;5;7]
Oras:
*INCLUDE Q1 [3 TO 5;7]
Note:
Donotseparatecodeswithcommas.
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Example2
*INCLUDE Q1 Q2
TheanswersofQ2aremergedintotheanswersofQ1.Forexample,ifQ1containedcodes1and4andQ2
containscodes1,3and7,Q1willcontaincodes1,3,4and7.
SeeAlso
*COPY .............................................................114
*EXCLUDE .......................................................125
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*INFO
Purpose
Definesapageoftextwithinformationfortheinterviewer(beforetheintroduction).
Syntax
*INFO [n]
Description
Definesapageofinformationtext.Thiscommandmustbespecifiedatthebeginningofaline.Thetext
consistsofallfollowinglinesuptothefirstnewcommandthatisatthebeginningofaline,excluding**,
*?and*FONT(switching).Thispageoftextmayonlyoccuronceinthequestionnaire.
Thetextisdisplayedataparticularpointintheinterviewandbeforetheintroductiontext.InNIPOCATIand
NIPOCAPI,duringtheinterviewitcanbedisplayedatanytimebyselectingView>Infofromthemenu.
Theinfopageisoftenusedtoinformorinstructtheinterviewerorrespondentaboutthesubjectofthe
questionnaire.
Arguments
n
Specifiesunderwhatconditionthe*INFOpageisdisplayed,avalueofeither0,1,2or3(default1whennot
specified).
Valuesforn
Value
Function
Theinfopageissuppressedbeforethestartoftheinterview.TheinterviewercanseetheinfopageonlybyselectingView>
Infofromthemenu(NIPOCATIandNIPOCAPIonly).
Theinfopageisshownbeforetheintroductionscreenatthestartofeachinterview.Theinterviewercanalsoseetheinfo
pagebyselectingView>Infofromthemenu(NIPOCATIandNIPOCAPIonly).
Theinfopageisshownwhenwaitingforthedialertoreturnwithanewtelephonenumber(NIPOCATIonly,dialeronly)
ForNIPOCATIandNIPOCAWI,theinfopageisshownonlyoncewhenstartingthesurvey.ForNIPOCAPI,theinfopageis
showatthestartofeachinterview.
Example
*INFO 1
Before starting a new interview please check the following information:
.....
SeeAlso
*HELP(definition) ...........................................151
*INSTRUC........................................................161
*PAGE .............................................................214
*QUESTION .....................................................224
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*INIT...*END
Purpose
Startsaninitialpartofaquestionnaire.
Syntax
*INIT
Description
Definesthestartofaninitialpartofthequestionnaire.Thiscommandmustbespecifiedatthebeginningof
aline.Thecommandmayonlyoccuronceinthequestionnaire.Inaninitialization'block'anyNIPOODIN
scriptmaybeused.Thisblockisalwaysexecutedafterdisplayingtheintroduction,evenforresumed
questionnairesaftersuspensionoranappointment.Theblockisconcludedby*END.
The*INITcommandisusefulasaprecursoryinitializationthatmustalwaysbeexecutedwhenresuming
theinterviewafteranappointmentorsuspension.Itmaybeusedtorerunquestions,calculations,retest
stratificationetcetera.Afterexecutionofan*INITblock,theinterviewisresumedatthelastquestion
answeredprevioustotheappointmentorsuspension.
Remarks
Answersfromapreviousrunofthe*INITblockarenotmadevisible.
Ifthe*INITblockisusedtodisplaysomevariablesfromaprevioussession(likeacounter),one
solutionistostorethiscounterinthetelephonefileorSampletableandusethe*COPYcommandto
retrievethisdata.
WhenusingChannelAwarescripting(*IF [_ISCATI]or*IF [_ISCAWI]),questionsinthe
*INITblockwillalwaysbeexecutedaccordingtothecurrentchannel.
Example1
*INIT
*QUESTION 9001 *ALPHA L18
*DATE Q9001
*END
Inthisexamplethecurrentdateandtimeissavedeachtimetheinterviewisstarted.
Example2
*INIT
Int. first type the name of the respondent
*END
Are you the managing director of this company?
1: Yes
2: No
Can you connect me with the managing director of the company
1: Yes
2: No, he is not in the office currently *CUT 1
3: No, refusal *ABORT
Inthisexamplethenameoftherespondentisaskedbeforeeachinterview.Notethatonlythenameofthe
lastcontactwillbesavedinquestion9002.
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SeeAlso
*END ...............................................................121
*INFO ..............................................................158
*INSTRUC........................................................161
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*INSTRUC
System
NIPOCAPIonly.
Purpose
Definesapageoftext.
Syntax
*INSTRUC
Description
Definesapageoftext.Thatismadevisibleonlyduringatestrunoftheinterview.Thiscommandmustbe
specifiedatthebeginningofaline.Thetextconsistsofallfollowinglinesuptothefirstnewcommandthat
isatthebeginningofalinewiththeexceptionof**,*?and*FONT(switching).
*INSTRUC
Please review the following instructions with regard to this survey:
...
SeeAlso
*HELP(definition) ...........................................151
*INFO ..............................................................158
*PAGE .............................................................214
*QUESTION .....................................................224
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*INTRO
Purpose
Definestheintroductionpage.
Syntax
*INTRO [n]
Description
Definestheintroductionpagetext.Foreachchannel(NIPOCATI,NIPOCAWI,NIPOCAPIorNIPOCASI)a
separateintroductiontextmaybedefined.Thetextconsistsofallfollowinglinesuptothefirstnew
commandthatisatthebeginningofalinewiththeexceptionof**,*?and*FONT(switching).Youmay
define*INTROtextperlanguagesectionifrequired,butonlyone*INTROdefinitionperchannelper
languagemaybespecified.
Arguments
[n]
Thisisthechannelnumberoroneofthepredefinedchannelconstants:_CATI_,_CAPI_,_CAWI_and
_CASI_.Expressionsarenotallowed.Ifomitted,theintroductiontextisusedforallchannelsthatdonot
havetheirownintroductiontextdefined.
Remarks
Ifnisthenumberofanunknownchannelawarningmessagewillbegiven.Itisnotconsideredanerror
becauseitmayrepresentavalidchannelinafutureversionofthesoftware.
Example
*SAMPLEDATA TTAppointmentName
*INTRO _CATI_
This is the introduction for NIPO CATI Clients only.
*?AGENTNAME, please call the telephone number that is displayed on top of this screen.
*INTRO _CAWI_
Introduction for CAWI (Web) Clients only.
*?TTAppointmentName, please press the <Start> button, to start the interview.
SeeAlso
*INSTRUC........................................................161
*LANGUAGE....................................................166
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*INV
Purpose
Randomlydisplayscodesininvertedorder.
Syntax
*INV [[pos]L<length>]
Description
Thiscommandcanbeusedintwoways:
Incombinationwithaclosedquestion.Itmustbespecifiedonthesamelineasthequestiondefinition.
Theanswercodesandthedescriptionsofthequestionareshowneithertoptobottomorbottomto
top,randomly.
Onasinglecommandlinewithoutarguments.Usethecommandonaseparatelinetomakeinversionof
categoriesrespondentconsistentacrossasingleinterview.NIPOODINfirstrandomlyselectsan
inversion(toptobottomorbottomtotop)andthenusestheselectedinversionforall*INVquestions
inthecurrentinterview.
Arguments
pos
Thedatafieldspecificationwheretheorderofthedisplayedcategoriesisstoredinthedatafilewiththe
closedanswers.
length
Thelengthofthedatafield.Notethatitisnotusefultostoremorethanonecode,sincetheorderofthe
codesisobviousfromthefirstvalue.
Remarks
Thepositionspecifiedafter*INV isonlystoredifthelistwasdisplayedinverted.
The*NOCONcommandexcludesanswercodesfrominversion.
Example1
*QUESTION 1 *CODES 61 *INV 71L1
To what extent do you agree?
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
Totally agree
Agree
Dont agree\dont disagree
Disagree
Totally disagree
Dont know *NOCON
Inthisexample,theanswerisstoredinposition61.Inposition71,code5isstoredifthelistwasinverted.
The*NOCONensurescode6isalwaysdisplayedatthebottomofthelist.
Example2
*INV
*REPEAT 3
*REPNUM 1: *PUT brand "Acer"
*REPNUM 2: *PUT brand "IBM"
*REPNUM 3: *PUT brand "Tulip"
*QUESTION 2 *CODES L1 *INV
What do you think is the quality of *?brand ?
1:
2:
3:
4:
Very good
Good
Poor
Very poor
*ENDREP
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Inthisexampleeitherallquestions(inthiscaseonlyQ2)aredisplayedinregularorderorinverted,
consistentlythroughoutthentireinterview.
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*LABEL
Purpose
Definesatextlabelforthequestion'sexport.
Syntax
*LABEL <text>
Description
Thiscommandmustbespecifiedona*QUESTIONwithaquestiontypedefinition.Thiscommandgivesthe
possibilitytoattachanexportlabeltoaquestionthatreplacesthequestiontext.Thelabeldoesn'thaveto
beunique.
Arguments
text
Thetextthatmustbeusedasthequestionlabel.Themaximumlengthofalabelnameis65characters.
Labelnamescontainingspacesmustbeenclosedbydoublequotes.
Example
*QUESTION 1 *CODES L1 *VAR Sex *LABEL Gender
Int. type the respondents gender
1:Male
2:Female
*QUESTION 2 *NUMBER L2 *VAR Age *LABEL "Age of respondent"
Could you please tell me your age?
ExportresultinNIPODiana/NvisionScript
*Sex *SNG 61L1: Gender
1:Male
2:Female
*Age 62L2: Age of respondent
ExportresultinIBMSPSS
VARIABLE LABELS
Sex 'Gender'
Age 'Age of respondent'
SeeAlso
*VAR ...............................................................285
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*LANGUAGE
Purpose
Definesalanguagesection.
Syntax
*LANGUAGE "<name>[,LTR|RTL]"
Description
Withthiscommand,youcancreateoneormoresectionsthatcontaintextinanotherlanguagethanthe
defaultlanguage.Thefirst*LANGUAGEsectionmuststartattheendofthescriptcontainingtheactual
questionnairelogic.Alimitednumberofcommandsareavailableina*LANGUAGEsectionformostly
formattingpurposes.Seefurtherbelowfordetails.Allotherlogicmustbeplacedinthemainsection.
Ifaquestionnumberisnotavailableinanotherlanguage,thetextfromthemainsectionisdisplayed.Ifa
questionisonlyavailableinatranslation,itisneverdisplayed.Thecodesaredisplayedastheyarespecified
inthelanguage,somakesuretheoriginalcodelabelsandtheirtranslationscorrespond.
DuringtheinterviewtheinterviewercanselecttheappropriatelanguagefromtheLanguagemenu(NIPO
CATIandNIPOCAPIonly).Thelanguagecanalsobechangedusingthe*SWILANGcommand.
ThenameofthecurrentlyactivelanguageiscontainedwithinthesystemtextvariableLANGUAGE.
Arguments
name
ThisisthenameofthelanguagesectionthatNIPOODINreferstowhenalanguageisselectedfromthe
menu.Languagenamesmustbespecifiedbetweendoublequotes(forexample"Nederlands").
LTR
IndicateslanguagedirectionLefttoRight(default).SupportedforNIPOCAPIandNIPOCAWIonly.
RTL
IndicateslanguagedirectionRighttoLeft(HebrewandArabic).SupportedforNIPOCAPIandNIPOCAWI
only.
Remarks
ThedefaultlanguageisalwaysconsideredtobeEnglish.Thisisthedefaultnameofthefirstiteminthe
languagemenuandcannotbechanged.Itisrecommendedtocreatetheoriginalquestionnairein
Englishwhenappropriateandthenaddthetranslationsections.
IfyouroriginalquestionnaireiswritteninanotherlanguagethanEnglishandyoumadeanEnglish
translationlateron,refertotheoriginallanguagewith"English"andtothistranslationwithanother
name,e.g.,"Engels".Toavoidconfusionitisrecommendedtouse*SWILANGtoswitchbetween
languagestonotconfusetheinterviewer.
Ifyouareusingthe*SWILANGcommandinyourNIPOODINquestionnaire,youcandisablethe
languagemenuinthesurveyconfigurationusingSwilangDisablesLanguageSwitch=1.
Tousebidirectionallanguages(HebrewandArabic)inNIPOCATIorintheNIPOCATIpreview,addthe
settingBiDi=1tothe[OdQes]sectionoftheNIPOSYS.INIfile.
Allowedcommands
Thefollowingcommandsmaybeusedina*LANGUAGEsection:
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*QUESTIONwithquestionnumberbutwithouttype,position,conditionsandotheroptions.
*?
**
*FONT(definition)
*FONT(switching)
*LIST(definition)
*USELIST
*INTRO
*INFO
*NEW
*PICT(codesoption)
*HELP(definitiononlynumbered*HELPscreens)
*PAGE(Aspartofanumbered*HELPscreen)
*NUMBER(in*FORMquestion)withoutpositiondefinitionoroptions
*ALPHA(in*FORMquestion)withoutpositiondefinitionoroptions
*SCALE(in*FORMquestion)withoutpositiondefinitionoroptions
*GRID(in*FORMquestion)withoutpositiondefinitionoroptions
*HEADING
*MERGEtomergelanguagesectionsonly
Example1
Test questionnaire in three languages
Please type in the language code.
You can change the language code via the Language menu.
1: English
question in English
1: Yes
2: No
second question in English
1: Yes
2: No
third question only in Dutch
1: Yes
2: No
*END
*LANGUAGE "Nederlands"
Test vragenlijst in drie talen
*QUESTION 100
Wilt u de taalcode intikken.
U kunt de taalcode wijzigen via het Language menu.
2: Nederlands
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*QUESTION 1
vraag in het Nederlands
1: Ja
2: Nee
*QUESTION 2
tweede vraag in het Nederlands
1: Ja
2: Nee
*QUESTION 3
de derde vraag is alleen in het Nederlands
1: Klopt
2: niet waar
*LANGUAGE "Deutsch"
Test Fragenbogen in drei Sprachen
*QUESTION 100
Bitte geben Sie die Sprache ein.
Sie knnen die Sprache ndern via das Language menu.
3: Deutsch
*QUESTION 1
Frage auf Deutsch
1: Ja
2: Nein
*QUESTION 2
Zweite Frage auf Deutsch
1: Ja
2: Nein
Example2
*INTRO
Introduction text for English respondents.
** In FORM questions the location of the fields should also be
** specified in the translation, without position or options;
** but including [Tab] and [Space] characters where required.
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*QUESTION 4 *FORM
FORM question
1:Numeric field
*NUMBER L2 *MIN 18 *MAX 65
2:Alpha field *ALPHA L20 *NON
*TAB 40,50,60,70
*QUESTION 5 *FORM
FORM SCALE question
value1 value2 value3
1:Statement 1
2:Statement 2
3:Statement 3
*SCALE L1 3 10
*SCALE L1 3 10
*SCALE L1 3 10
*QUESTION 6 *FORM
FORM GRID question
Brand 1 Brand 2 Brand 3
1:Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4
*GRID L12 4.1 3.10
*LANGUAGE "Nederlands"
*INTRO
Introduktietekst voor Nederlandse respondenten.
*QUESTION 4
FORM vraag
1:Numeriek veld
*NUMBER
2:Alfa veld
*ALPHA
*QUESTION 5
FORM SCALE vraag
waarde1 waarde2 waarde3
1:Uitspraak 1
2:Uitspraak 2
3:Uitspraak 3
*SCALE
*SCALE
*SCALE
*QUESTION 6
FORM GRID vraag
Merk 1 Merk 2 Merk 3
1:Regel 1
Regel 2
Regel 3
Regel 4
*GRID
SeeAlso
*SWILANG.......................................................277
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*LEFT
Purpose
Questiontypeoptionandoptionwithinconjointanalysis.
Syntax
*LEFT <text>
Description
Thiscommandisalwaysusedincombinationwith*QUESTIONand*SCALEorincombinationwith
*CONJ(Conjointmodule)andmustbespecifiedafterthesecommandsonthesameline.Withthis
commandatextcanbespecifiedthatisplacedatthelefthandendofthescaleduringtheinterview.
Arguments
text
Thetextthatwillbedisplayedonthelefthandpoleofthescale.Ifthetextcontainsspacesithastobe
placedbetweendoublequotes.
Example
*QUESTION 1 *SCALE 61 *LEFT "Left scale text" *RIGHT "Right scale text"
This is an example of a scale question.
Result:
SeeAlso
*CONJ...*ENDCONJ .......................................111
*RIGHT ............................................................240
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*LINE
Purpose
Definesacontinuousscalequestion.
Syntax
*LINE [pos]L<length>|<pos>
Description
onthesameline.Inputisdonebymeansofdrawingaline,usingtheleftandrightcursorkeysorbyclicking
withthemouseonthescrollarrows.Thenumericalanswerconsistsofthelengthoftheline(thenumberof
horizontalscreenpositionsthelineoccupies)andwillbestoredrightalignedandwithleadingzerosinthe
specifiedpositions.
Youcanuse*MAXtospecifyamaximumvaluefortheline.Ifyouspecifyanegativevalueforthemaximum
averticallineispresented.
Arguments
pos
Thedatafieldspecificationwherethegivenanswersisstoredinthedatafilewiththeclosedanswers.
length
Example1
*QUESTION 1 *LINE 192L2
This is an example of a line question.
Result:
Example2
*QUESTION 1 *LINE 192L2 *MAX -99
This is an example of a vertical line question.
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Result:
SeeAlso
*MAX ..............................................................178
*MIN ...............................................................182
*REPEAT(questionoption).............................234
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*LIST(definition)
Purpose
Definesananswerlist.
Syntax
*LIST <n|"name">
Description
Definesacodelist.Thiscommandmustbespecifiedatthebeginningofaline.Thecodelistconsistsof
allthefollowinglinesuptothefirstnewcommandatthebeginningofaline.
Ifthelistisgoingtobeusedwithatextquestion(*ALPHA)theremaybeatextbetweensquare
bracketsafterthecodetext,whichisusedasdatatostorewhenthecodeisselectedduringthe
interview.
Ifthelistisgoingtobeusedwithanumericalquestion(*NUMBER)oratextquestion(*ALPHA)thelist
maycontainthesamecodemorethanonce.Thiswayyoucanhaveamultiplelabelsbecodedunderthe
samecodevalue,forexampletocoverforalternativenames,changedbrandnamesorcommonspelling
errors.
Listsprovideagreatwaytoreusecodelists,tocondensethequestionnaireandtomaintaincodeliststhat
arerepetitivelyusedthroughoutthequestionnaire.
Arguments
n
Apositiveintegerandisuniquewithinonesubquestionnaire.
name
Thenameofthelist.Thisnamemustbeuniquewithinone(sub)questionnaire.
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Remarks
Inthelistdefinitionacodemaybefollowedbytheansweroption*NOCON.Theuseofthisanswer
optionspecifiesthatthespecificcodealwayswillbedisplayedwhenthelistisused.Withthisoptionitis
forexamplepossibletoalwaysdisplaytheanswercategory"Dontknow".
Foreachcodeinthecodelistandwhenthelistisusedincombinationwitha*CODESquestion,the
followingcodeoptionsareallowed:*OPEN(codesoption),*NOCON,*NMUL,*SAVE(codesoption),
*FONT(switching),*GROUP,*NEWCOLUMNand*SWILANG.
Whenthelistisusedincombinationwith*NUMBERor*ALPHA,onlythecodeoption*NOCONis
allowed.Themeaningoftheoptionisthatthiscodewillnotdisappearfromthelistwhentypingan
answer.Allothercodeoptionsresultinasyntaxerror.
Ablanklineatthebottomofthelistisconsideredpartofthelistandisdisplayedinthecodelistofthe
questionthatusesthelist.
Example
*LIST 1
1: Citron
2: Fiat
3: Ford
4: Hyundai
5: Mazda
6: Mitsubishi
7: Nissan
8: Opel
9: Peugeot
10: Renault
11: Suzuki
12: Toyota
13: Volkswagen
14: Volvo
16: Dont know *NOCON
SeeAlso
*USELIST .........................................................284
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Purpose
Usesanswercodesfromalist.
Syntax
*LIST <n|[expression]|"name">
Description
specifiedafterthesecommandsonthesameline.Anearlierdefinedlistofcodeswillbeusedasanswer
codesforthequestion.Thiscommandmaybeusedinthefollowingthreequestiontypes:
Incombinationwitha*CODESquestionoptionallywith*MULTI,thecodesandthetextsfromthelist
areused.TheanswercodesstoredintheUfilearedecidedbythecodenumbersinthelist.
Incombinationwitha*NUMBERquestiontheanswermustbetyped.Thelistofavailableoptions
narrowsdownateachcharacterenteredthenumber,andonlycodelabelswithamatchingpattern
(bothlabelsstartingwithorcontainingthetext)aredisplayed.Whenfinallyoneisselected,thecode
numberbelongingtotheanswerisstoredasanumberintheUfile.Theinterviewermayusethemouse
orthearrowdownkeytoselectananswerfromthe(narroweddown)list.Thecodenumbersarenot
displayedinatypeaheadlistandcannotbeenteredbytheinterviewerorrespondent.InNIPOCAPIand
NIPOCAWI,alistsmallerthan25itemsischangedintoadropdownbox.ForNIPOCAWI,takecarenot
touseverylargelistassomeolderbrowsersdonotproperlysupportthis.
Incombinationwithan*ALPHAthefunctionalityisthesameaswitha*NUMBERquestion,exceptthat
thecodelabelisstoredintheUfileratherthanthecode.Notethatthelabeltextistruncatedtothe
positiondefinitioninthe*ALPHAcommand.
Arguments
n|expression
Apositiveintegerorexpressionthatindicatesanexistinglist.Iftheexpressionisanumericvariablethe
expressionhastobeplacedbetweensquarebrackets.Iftheexpressionisatextvariable,theexpressionhas
tobeplacedbetweendoublequotes.
name
Thenameofanexistinglist.
Example1
*LIST 1
1: Citroen
2: Fiat
3: Ford
4: Hyundai
5: Mazda
6: Mitsubishi
7: Nissan
8: Opel
9: Peugeot
10: Renault
11: Suzuki
12: Toyota
13: Volkswagen
14: Volvo
16: Dont know *NOCON
*QUESTION 1 *CODES 61L2 *LIST 1
What is the make of your car?
Inthisexampletheearlierdefinedlistisusedfortheanswercodes.
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Example2
*LIST Cars
1: Citroen
2: Fiat
3: Ford
4: Hyundai
5: Mazda
6: Mitsubishi
7: Nissan
8: Opel
9: Peugeot
10: Renault
11: Suzuki
12: Toyota
13: Volkswagen
14: Volvo
What brands of cars do you know?
*USELIST Cars
16: Other #1 *OPEN
17: Other #2 *OPEN
18: Dont know any brand *GOTO 9999
Example3
*LIST Cars2
01: Alfa Romeo
02: B.M.W.
02: BMW
03: Citroen
04: Fiat
05: Ford
06: Hyundai
07: Mazda
08: Mitsubishi
09: Nissan
10: Opel
11: Peugeot
12: Renault
13: Rolls Royce
14: Suzuki
15: Toyota
16: Volkswagen
16: VW
17: Volvo
18: Other *NOCON
19: Dont know
*TEXTVARS lname
*PUT lname "Cars2"
*QUESTION 3 *NUMBER 81L2 *LIST "*? lname"
What is the make of your car?
Inthisexample,thelistdisplayedisdeterminedbyatextvariableandthereforethenamemustbeplaced
betweendoublequotes(")whenyourefertoitinthequestion.
Whenselectingthebrand,forinstanceFord,starttypingthename.Whentypingforexamplethe"F"only
thelistnarrowsdowntothebrands"Ford"and"Fiat".The"Other"codeisalwaysdisplayedbecauseit
containsthe*NOCONcommand.Eithertypethe"O"toselect"Ford"orusetheArrowDownkey,then
pressENTER.Thisstorescodenumber05inthedatafile.
Whenselectingthebrand"Volkswagen"aftertyping"VOL"stillboth"Volkwagen"and"Volvo"are
displayed.Aftertypingthefourthcharacter"K"thelistnarrowsdownto"Volkswagen"only.Notethatwe
definedtheabbreviation"VW"withthesamecodenumber.
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Whenselectingthe"RollsRoyce",aftertyping"RO"thebrands"AlfaRomeo"and"RollsRoyce"are
displayed,asthesecondwordof
AlfaRomeo"stillfits."Citron"alsocontains"ro",butthisisnotatthebeginningofaword.
Example4
*LIST PeugeotModels
1:Peugeot 107 [11107 ]
2:Peugeot 1007 [111007 ]
3:Peugeot 206 [11206 ]
4:Peugeot 207 [11207 ]
5:Peugeot 207 CC
[11207CC]
6:Peugeot 207 SW
[11207SW]
7:Peugeot 307 CC
[11307CC]
8:Peugeot 307 SW
[11307SW]
9:Peugeot 307 Estate
[11307ES]
10:Peugeot 308 [11308 ]
11:Peugeot 308 SW
[11308SW]
12:Peugeot 407 [11407 ]
13:Peugeot 407 Coupe
[11407CO]
14:Peugeot 407 SW
[11407SW]
15:Peugeot 4007
[114007 ]
16:Peugeot 607 [11607 ]
17:Peugeot 807 [11807 ]
18:Peugeot Partner Combi
[11COMBI]
*QUESTION 4 *ALPHA L7 *LIST PeugeotModels
What model Peugeot do you have?
You can start typing the model number. The list of models will become shorter with every
character that you type. Then select the appropriate model by using the arrow keys or the
mouse.
InthisexamplethemodelofPeugeotisasked.NIPOODINstoresthemodelnumberspecifiedbetweenthe
squarebrackets.
SeeAlso
*LIST(definition).............................................173
*USELIST .........................................................284
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*MAX
Purpose
Setsamaximum.
Syntax
*MAX <n|[expression]>
Description
Thiscommandisalwaysusedincombinationwith*QUESTIONandmustbespecifiedafterthequestion
typedefinitiononthesameline.
Incombinationwith*CODES*MULTIitdefinesthemaximumnumberofanswersallowed.
Incombinationwith*NUMBERitdefinesthemaximumvaluethatmaybeentered.
Incombinationwith*NUMBERanda*LIST(questionoption)itdefinestheendofthelist;codelabels
thathaveahighercodevaluewillnotbedisplayed.
Incombinationwith*LINEitdefinesthenumberofstepsthelinewillincrease.Forexampleifthe
maximumis10thenthelinewillbeonitsmaximumin10steps.
Incombinationwith*SCALEitdefinesthenumberofpointsinthescale.Notethatthemaximum
numberofpointsona*SCALEquestionis26.
Arguments
n|expression
Thisisapositiveintegerorexpressionthatgivesthemaximumanswervalue.
Example1
*QUESTION 91 *NUMBER L2 *MAX 65
What is your age?
(Maximum is 65)
Do you smoke?
1: Yes
2: No
*QUESTION 93 *NUMBER L2 *MAX [ Q91 ]
At what age did you start smoking?
(Maximum is current age)
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Example2
*QUESTION 1 *NUMBER L1
How many cars do you have?
*QUESTION 2 *CODES L16 *MULTI *MAX [ Q1 ] *IF [ Q1>=1 ]
What brand(s) of car(s) do you have
(Maximum as many brands as you have cars)
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
8:
9:
10:
11:
12:
13:
14:
Citroen
Fiat
Ford
Hyundai
Mazda
Mitsubishi
Nissan
Opel
Peugeot
Renault
Suzuki
Toyota
Volkswagen
Volvo

16: Dont know *NOCON *NMUL
Inthisexample,nomoreanswerscanbegiventhanthenumberofcarsmentionedinQ1.
Example3
*QUESTION 71 *SCALE L1 *MAX 5
This is an example of a scale question with 5 boxes.
*QUESTION 72 *LINE L2 *MAX 50
This is an example of a line question, divided in 50 steps.
SeeAlso
*LINE ...............................................................171
*MIN ...............................................................182
*MULTI............................................................186
*RANGE...........................................................228
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*MERGE
System
NIPOCAPIandNIPOCATIStandaloneonly.
Purpose
Insertsaquestionnaire.
Syntax
*MERGE [startpos] <filename> [:C]
Description
Thespecifiedquestionnairefileisinsertedontheplaceofthiscommand.*MERGEcannotbeusedina
questionnairethatisalreadymergeditself.
Arguments
startpos
Thestartpositionwithwhichallfixeddatafieldsinthemergedquestionnairewillberaised.Alldatafields
thatarenotfixedwillbereservedasusualinconsecutivepositions.
filename
Nameofthequestionnairethathastobemerged.Thenamemustcomplywiththequestionnairenaming
conventions.NotethatthelastcharacterQinthefilenamemustbeincluded.
:C
Thequestionnairethatshouldbemergediscoded(encrypted),soitcannotbeviewed,openedorchanged
bytheinterviewerorrespondent.ThequestionnairecanbeencryptedwiththeNIPOSoftwareprogram
DECODE.EXE.Bydefaultmergedquestionnairesareuncoded(plainASCIItext),whichmeansthatthey
couldbeviewedorchangedbytheinterviewerorrespondent.
Remarks
Thequestionnairetobemergedhastohavefixeddatafields.
The*MERGEcommandisintendedfortheNIPOCAPISystemorNIPOInterviewSystemstandalone.
Whenusing*MERGEintheNIPOFieldworkSystem,thequestionnairethatshouldbemergedmustbe
placedonthelocaldriveoftheinterviewerworkstation.
Nostartpositioncanbedefinedifthequestionnaireistobemergedinalanguagesection.
The*MERGEcommandcannotbeusedconditionallyasitisevaluatedwhenthequestionnaireisloaded
intomemory.
Example1
*MERGE BCKGRNDQ
ThequestionnairewiththenameBCKGRNDQismergedintothemainquestionnaireatstartup.
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Example2
Please type in the language code.
You can change the language code via the Language menu.
1: English
question in English
1: Yes
2: No
second question in English
1: Yes
2: No
third question only in Dutch
1: Yes
2: No
*END
*LANGUAGE Nederlands
*MERGE DUTCHQ
*LANGUAGE Deutsch
*MERGE GERMANQ
Inthisexample,aquestionnairewiththenameDUTCHQismergedintotheDutchlanguagesectionofthe
mainquestionnaireandaquestionnairewiththenameGERMANQwillbemergedintotheGermanlanguage
sectionofthemainquestionnaire.
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*MIN
Purpose
Setsaminimum.
Syntax
*MIN <n|[expression]|Qn>
Description
Thiscommandisalwaysusedincombinationwith*QUESTIONandmustbespecifiedafterthequestion
typedefinitiononthesameline.
Incombinationwith*CODES*MULTIitdefinestheminimumnumberofanswersallowed.
Incombinationwith*NUMBERitdefinestheminimumvaluethatmustbeentered.
Incombinationwith*NUMBERanda*LIST(questionoption)itdefinesthestartofthelist;codelabels
thathavealowercodevaluewillnotbedisplayed.
Incombinationwith*LINEitdefinesthestartinglengthoftheline,thenumberofscreenpositionthe
lineisinitiallysetat.
Incombinationwith*SCALEitdefinesthecodebydefaultselectedinthescale.Setto0tospecifythat
nostartingpositionisselected.
Arguments
n|expression
Apositiveintegerorexpressionthatgivestheminimumanswervalueortheinitiallengthorposition.
Qn
Aquestionreferenceofadatafield.Theanswertothisquestionisusedastheminimumvalue.
Example1
*QUESTION 91 *NUMBER L2 *MIN 18 *MAX 65
What is your age?
(Minimum is 18, maximum is 65)
*QUESTION 101 *NUMBER L4 *MIN [ -999 ]
What was the gross profit for your company last year?
(Type the profit in Millions, if the company made a loss, use negative numbers)
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Example2
*QUESTION 1 *CODES L18 *MULTI *MIN 3
What are your three favorite car brand(s)?
(Minimum 3 brands)
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
8:
9:
10:
11:
12:
13:
14:
Citroen
Fiat
Ford
Hyundai
Mazda
Mitsubishi
Nissan
Opel
Peugeot
Renault
Suzuki
Toyota
Volkswagen
Volvo
15: Other #1 *OPEN

16: Other #2 *OPEN
17: Other #3 *OPEN
18: Dont know *NOCON *NMUL
Example3
*QUESTION 71 *SCALE L1 *MAX 5 *MIN 3
The initial value is 3 (the box in the middle)
*QUESTION 72 *SCALE L1 *MAX 5 *MIN 0
The initial value is 0 (no box preselected)
Example4
*QUESTION 81 *LINE L2 *MAX 50 *MIN 25
This is an example of a line question, divided in 50 steps. The initial value is 25 (line
is halfway the screen)
*QUESTION 82 *LINE L2 *MAX 50 *MIN 0
This is an example of a line question, divided in 50 steps. The initial value is 0 (no
line)
SeeAlso
*LINE ...............................................................171
*MAX ..............................................................178
*MULTI............................................................186
*RANGE...........................................................228
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*MOVA
Purpose
TransfersdatatotheTfileorSampletablerecord.
Syntax
*MOVA <Qn> <Qm>
Description
DataspecifiedinthesecondargumentistransferredtothedatafieldintheTfileorSampletablerecord
specifiedinthefirstargument.Theoriginalcontentsofthereceivingdatafieldareoverwritten.This
commandmayalsobeallowedundercondition.
Arguments
Qn
Thisisa(dummy)questionthatreferstoadatafieldintheTfileorSampletablerecord.
Qm
Thequestionreferenceofthedatafieldthatcontainsthedatatobetransferred.
Remarks
PositionsintheTfilearelinkedtofieldsintheSampletable.Formoreinformation,seeCopyingPositions
FromaTfile(see"CopyingPositionsFromaTfileIsLimitedtoFieldLength"onpage24)fordetails.Asa
resultyoushouldnotrefertopositionsintheTfilethatoverlapfields.Forexample,thefollowingscript:
*MOVA 136L55 101L55
Resultsinthemessage"Warning: 136L55 spans multiple database fields, will be

truncated to 136L45".
Example
How old are you?
*MOVA Q1 Q2
ThisexamplestoresthecontentsofQ2(position6162)inposition290291oftheTfile.Thiscorresponds
tothe4thandthe5thpositioninthefieldTTDisplayField4intheSampletablerecord.
SeeAlso
*ADDRESS .........................................................93
*COPY .............................................................114
*MOVU ...........................................................185
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*MOVU
Purpose
Transfersdatatoadatafieldintheclosedanswersrecord(Ufile).
Syntax
*MOVU <Qn> <Qm>
Description
Dataspecifiedinthesecondargumentistransferredtothedatafieldspecifiedinthefirstargument.This
commandisusedtotransferdatafromtheTfileorSampletablerecordtoadatafieldintherecordwith
closedanswers.Theoriginalcontentsofthereceivingdatafieldareoverwritten.Thiscommandmayalso
allowedundercondition.
Arguments
Qn
Thequestionreferenceofthedatafieldwherethedatahavetobetransferredto.
Qm
Referstoa(dummy)questionindicatingadatafieldintheTfileorSampletablerecordthatcontainsthe
datatobetransferred.
Remarks
PositionsintheTfilearelinkedtofieldsintheSampletable.Formoreinformation,seeCopyingPositions
FromaTfile(see"CopyingPositionsFromaTfileIsLimitedtoFieldLength"onpage24)fordetails.Asa
resultyoushouldnotrefertopositionsintheTfilethatoverlapfields.Forexample,thefollowingscript:
*MOVU 155L55 136L55
Resultsinthemessage"Warning: 136L55 spans multiple database fields, will be

truncated to 136L45".
Example1
*MOVU Q2 Q1
Thisexamplestoresthecontentsofposition290291oftheTfileorSampletablerecordintoquestion2
(position6162).
Example2
*QUESTION 701 *ALPHA 1L17 *ADDRESS
*MOVU Q702 Q701
Thisexamplestoresthetelephonenumber(position117oftheTfileorSampletablerecord)intoquestion
702(position101117).
SeeAlso
*ADDRESS .........................................................93
*COPY .............................................................114
*MOVA............................................................184
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*MULTI
Purpose
Specifiesaquestionasamultiplecodedquestion.
Syntax
*MULTI [[pos]L<length>|<pos>]
Description
Specifiesaquestionasamultiplecodedquestion.Thiscommandmaybeusedincombinationwithaclosed
question,anopenquestionora*SCALEfieldina*FORMquestionandmustbespecifiedafterthese
commandsonthesameline.Thelengthofthedatafieldspecificationfor*CODEShastobeatleastaslong
asthehighestcodevalueinthesetofpresentedcodes.Theanswersisstoredasastringof0and1valuesin
thedatafilewiththeclosedanswers.Hereanswercodencorrespondswiththentthpositioninthestring.A
1onthatpositionmeansthattheanswerwasgiven.
If*MULTIisusedincombinationwith*OPEN,thequestionwillberegardedasamultipleanswer
questionwhencodingopenanswers.
If*MULTIisusedincombinationwith*GRID,thegridquestionwillberegardedasmultipleandmore
thanoneboxmaybeselectedinbothhorizontalandverticaldirection.
If*MULTIisusedincombinationwitha*SCALEina*FORMquestion,itcreatesamultipleanswer
checkbox.
Arguments
pos
Anoptionaldatafieldspecificationwheretheorderofthementionsisstoredinthedatafilewiththeclosed
answers.
length
Thenumberofcodesofwhichtheorderwillbesavedisdependentofthelengthinthedatafield
specification.Thishastobejustaslongasthenumberofcodestobesavedmultipliedbythenumberof
digitsforthehighestcode.Ifthedatafieldisshortercodesmaybetruncated.
INNIPOCAWI,theorderofmentionsismarkedbynumbersastherespondentselectstheanswers.
Remarks
Tospecifyamaximumnumberofanswerstobementioned,use*MAX.
Example
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
9:
10:
Acer
Compaq
Dell
Hewlett Packard
IBM
Philips
Other *OPEN
Dont know *NMUL
Inthisexample,allmentionsarestoredinposition61L10.Theorderofthefirstthreeanswersmentionedis
storedinposition71L6.Forinstance,ifthecategories5,1,6and4arementioned,position71L2willhold
thevalue05,position73L2willholdthevalue01andposition75L2willholdthevalue06.
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SeeAlso
*CODES ...........................................................109
*NMUL ............................................................198
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*NCLS
Purpose
Doesnotclearthescreenatnewquestion.
Syntax
*NCLS
Description
Thiscommandisalwaysusedincombinationwith*QUESTIONor*PAGEandmustbespecifiedafter
thesecommandsonthesameline.Duringtheinterview,thescreenwillnotbeclearedwhenthisquestion
isdealtwith.Thequestionisplacedunderthepreviousquestiononthescreen.Ifallverticalscreenlines
areused,thetextwillscrolloffthetopofthescreenandascrollbarwillappear.
Remarks
Ifthescreendoesnotscrollautomatically,youcanusethescrollbartoscrollthescreen.
Example
Do you own a DVD player?
1: Yes
2: No
*QUESTION 2 *OPEN 62L10 *MULTI *IF [Q1,1] *NCLS
What is the brand of your DVD player?
Inthisexample,thescreenisnotclearedwhenquestion2comesup:
SeeAlso
*PNW..............................................................220
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*NEW
Purpose
Startsanewsubquestionnaire.
Syntax
*NEW [n|Qn]
Description
Definesthestartofanewsubquestionnaire.Thiscommandmustbespecifiedatthebeginningofaline.A
subquestionnaireformsaclosedsetofquestions.Questionnumbersandanswerfieldsmaymatch
questionnumbersandanswerfieldsofanothersubquestionnairewithoutconsequences.Foreachsub
questionnaireaseparateanswerrecordisstored.Variablesarealwaysknownthroughouttheentire
questionnaire.
Thefunctionofthiscommandistodealwithseveralsubjects,forinstancefromdifferentresearchers,inthe
sameinterviewortostoreseparaterecordsforeachmemberofahouseholdortostoredataover99,999
positionsperrecord.
Arguments
n
Thepositionoftherecordfromwheretheanswersofthepreviousquestionnairewillbecleared.
Qn
Thequestionreferenceofthedatafieldfromwheretheanswersofthepreviousquestionnairewillbe
cleared.
Remarks
Ifthisargumentisgivenyoumaystillrefertodatafieldsthatarelowerthanthespecifieddatafield.
Iftheargumentisomittedthedefaultpositionis61.
Aftera*NEWyoucanalwaysrefertoquestionsinprevioussubquestionnaire(s).Howeverifyouusea
questionnumberagaininanewsubquestionnaire,itwillrefertothequestioninthecurrentsub
questionnaire.Youarenotallowedtostoreanythinginaprevioussubquestionnaire.
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*NEWCOLUMN
System
NIPOCATIandNIPOCAWI
Purpose
Setsabreakpointforcategorylists.
Syntax
*NEWCOLUMN
Description
Thiscommandisusedtosetabreakpointforcodelistsifusedincombinationwith*AUTO.Whenacode
lististoolongtofitonthescreenthesystemattemptstoarrangethecodesintocolumnsofequallengthon
thescreen.With*NEWCOLUMNyoucandeterminewheretostartthenextcolumn.
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Remarks
IntheNIPOCATIyoucannotforcetosplitacolumnlistataspecificpoint.Onlyiftheenginedecidesto
splitacolumnlistitwilltakeintoaccountwhereyouhaveputthebreakpoints.
IntheNIPOCAWI,*AUTOisnotsupported.The*NEWCOLUMNcommandsplitscodesincolumnsfor
theNIPOCAWI.Inotherwords,thecolumnsareforced.
Bydefaultthesystemmakesabestefforttocreatecolumnsofequallength.Using*NEWCOLUMN
preventsthisbehavior.
Example
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Question text
1:code
2:code
3:code
4:code
5:code
6:code
7:code
8:code
9:code
10:code
11:code
12:code
13:code
14:code
15:code
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21:code
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42:code
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47:code
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60:code
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21 *NEWCOLUMN
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
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30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41 *NEWCOLUMN
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61: don't know *NOCON

62: no answer
Inthisexamplethesecondcolumnstartsatthetwentiethcoderegardlessthelengthofthecolumns.
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Result:
SeeAlso
*AUTO...............................................................98
*GROUP ..........................................................146
*HEADING .......................................................149
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*NEXT
System
NIPOCATIonly.
Purpose
Skipsfieldsinformquestions.
Syntax
*NEXT <n>
Description
Withthiscommanditispossibletojumptoaspecificfieldinaformquestionwherenreferstothefield
number.Ifthefieldsarenotnumbered,NIPOODINwillnotskipanyfields.Adda*NONcommandafterall
fieldsthatmaybeskippedbythe*NEXTcommand.Itisrecommendedtousethisoptionincombination
withan*IFstatement.
Arguments
n
Fieldnumbertowhichthejumpwillbemade.Theindexofthefieldiscountedhorizontallyfirstand
verticallysecond.
Example
*QUESTION 1 *FORM
Income and spending per month
1: Gross income per month
*NUMBER L5
2: House *NUMBER L1 *MIN 1 *MAX 2 *IF [Q1F2=2] *NEXT 4

(1=Owned, 2=Rental)
3: Mortgage per month *NUMBER L5 *NON *NEXT 5
4: Rent per month
*NUMBER L5 *NON
5: Other fixed overheads
*NUMBER L5 *NON
Inthisexample,themortgagepermonthisaskediftherespondentownsahouse,otherwisetherentper
monthisasked.
SeeAlso
*FORM ............................................................132
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*NEXTRECORD
System
NIPOCATIonly.
Purpose
CreateorupdateaSamplerecordtobeusedinsametelephoniccontact.
Syntax
*NEXTRECORD Variable "SampleTableField1=text1, SampleTableField2
=text2, "
Description
Usethe*NEXTRECORDcommandinaNIPOODINquestionnaire,tocreateanewSamplerecordorto
updateanexistingSamplerecord,soitcanbeusedinthesametelephonecontact.Thepurposeofthisisto
performmultipleinterviewsduringasingletelephoniccontact,andmaintainsamplerecordsper
respondentifrequired.
Oncethecurrentinterviewiscompleted(eitherasasuccessfulintervieworwithanynonresponse
code),thesystemautomaticallyrestartstheinterviewwiththesamplerecordsthatwereupdatedor
createdduringtheinterviewwithoutdisconnectingthetelephonelineorendingtheinterview.
Oncethe*NEXTRECORDcommandisexecutedsuccessfullytheVariablecontainstheinterview
numberoftheupdatedorcreatedrecord.
Arguments
Variable
Thisisavariablethatcontainsavalue0uptoandincluding99999999,whichisusedasInterviewNumber.
When0(zero)isspecifiedastheinterviewnumber,thesystemcreatesanewsampletablerecordand
assignsaninterviewnumberautomatically.Thisinterviewnumberwillbebasedonthehighestvaluefor
thefieldInterviewNumberintheSampletable,orasdefinedintheStartIntnr=<nr>setting
specifiedintheSurveyConfigurationfile.Thisrecordcontainsacopyofallthefieldsoftheactiverecord
whichareknownbythesystem(usedinthescriptorinthesurveyconfigurationfile).Thesystemfields
areautomaticallyinitializedandthespecifiedsampletablefieldsareupdatedwiththeconfigured
values.
IftheInterviewNumberdoesnotyetexistintheSampletableanewrecordwiththespecified
interviewnumberiscreated.
Thisrecordwillcontainacopyofallthefieldsoftheactiverecordknownbythesystem(assetinthe
surveyconfigurationfile).Thesystemfieldsarealsoinitializedandthespecifiedsampletablefieldsare
updatedwiththeconfiguredvalues.
WhentheInterviewNumberalreadyexistsintheSampletable,thatSamplerecordwillbeupdated
withthegiveninformation.ThesystemfieldsareinitializedandtheSampletablefieldsthatare
specifiedareupdated.
AftersuccessfulexecutionVariablecontaintheInterviewNumberoftheneworupdatedrecord.
Iftheexecutionofthe*NEXTRECORDfails,thevariablewillcontaina(negative)returncode.For
details,seeReturnCodesfor*NEXTRECORD.
"SampleTableField1=text1, SampleTableField2=text2, "
SetthecontentsofdatabasefieldsintheSampletable.Thisstringmaybeleftemptyusingdoublequotes.
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Remarks
ThespecifiedSampletablefieldsmustexistintheSampletableandmusthavebeenpreviouslydefined
withthe*SAMPLEDATAcommand.
Text1,Text2,maycontainspacesand/orreferencesto(system)variables.
Textsshouldnotbeembeddedinquotes.Anyquoteswillbeconsideredpartofthetext.
Expressionsarenotsupported.Usethe*PUTcommandtofirstevaluateexpressions.
Valuessettofieldsaretruncatedtothesizeofthesampletablefield.
Theinterviewercannotgobackinthequestionnaireaftera*NEXTRECORDisexecuted.Youdonot
needtospecifya*NOTBACKcommandinthequestionnaire.
Wheneveracopyoftheactiverecordismade,thenewrecordincludesanychangesmadetotheactive
recordduringtheinterview.
Whenusedinanomnibussurveythe*NEXTRECORDcommandcannotbeusedtoupdatetherecords
oftheomnibustable.
*NEXTRECORDrequirescommunicationbetweenNIPOCATI/WebMasterandNIPOFMSServer.
Checktheconfigurationwithyoursystemadministrator.
Youmaynotchangethecontentsofthefollowingsystemfields(systemvariables):
InterviewNumber (TTInterviewNumber)
Status (TTAvailabilityCode)
ResponseCode (TTStatusCode)
NumberOfContacts (TTNumberOfContacts)
ContactTime (TTContactTime)
SystemData (TTSystemData)
InterviewerNumber (TTInterviewerNumber)
ID (TTID)
SuspendImage
Channel
Anychangesinsystemfieldsareignoredwithoutwarning.Thevaluesforthesefieldswillbeequaltothose
ofaninitialNIPOCATIrecordclaimedbytheNIPOFieldworkSystem.
Example1
*PUT NewNumber [ 0 ]
*NEXTRECORD NewNumber "TTDisplayField1=*?Name"
ThesystemcreatesanewSamplerecord.TheNIPOFieldworkSystemdefinesthenew
InterviewNumber.ThefieldDisplayField1issettothetextvariableNAME.Allotherfieldsare
copiedfromthecurrentsamplerecord.Allsystemfieldsareinitialized.Oncetheinterviewends,the
questionnairerestartsforthisnewlycreatedsamplerecord.
Example2
*SAMPLEDATA TTInterviewNumber
*PUT NewNumber [ TTInterviewNumber ]
*REPEAT 9
*IF [?R > FamilySize ] *END
*PUT NewNumber [ NewNumber + 1 ]
*IF [?R > 1] *NEXTRECORD NewNumber "TTDisplayField1=*?Name[?R]"
*ENDREP
ThesystemcreatesnewSamplerecordsdependentonthefamilysizestoredinthevariableFamilySize.
ThenewinterviewnumberisbasedontheoriginalInterviewNumbervalue.Thisrequiresthatthese
interviewnumbersdonotyetexisttheoriginalsamplemustcontainpresetinterviewnumberswith
"gaps"of9records.ThefieldDisplayField1isstoredwiththenameofthefamilymembersthathave
previouslybeenstoredintheNamearray..Allothersamplerecordfieldsarecopiedfromthecurrent
record.Allsystemfieldsareautomaticallyinitialized.
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*SQLADD.........................................................261
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*NMUL
Purpose
Specifiesthatthecodeinquestioncannotbegivenasanswerincombinationwithothercodes.
Syntax
*NMUL
Description
Thiscommandisalwaysusedafteracodedefinitionandmustbespecifiedbehindthiscodeonthesame
line.Specifiesthatthecodecannotbegivenasanswerincombinationwithothercodes.
Remarks
Thiscommandisonlyeffectiveforquestionsthatallowmultipleanswers.
Example
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
8:
9:
10:
Acer
AST
Compaq
Dell
Hewlett Packard
IBM
Philips
Tulip
Other *OPEN
Dont know *NMUL
Inthisexample,selectingcode10willautomaticallydeselectothercodesandviceversa.
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*NOCON
Purpose
Specifiesthatthecodeinaquestiondoesn'tcomeundercontrol.
Syntax
*NOCON
Description
Thiscommandisalwaysusedbehindacodedefinitionandmustbespecifiedafterthiscodeonthesame
line.Ifthecodesofthecurrentquestionaredisplayedundercontrolbymeansof*CONTROLthenthis
codeisignoredandalwaysdisplayed.Thiscommandisalsousedforthequestionoptions*RANDOM,*INV
and*ROT.Allcodesstartingfromthecodethathave*NOCONasoptionaredisplayedonthescreen.
Ifusedincombinationwith*LISTand*NUMBERor*ALPHAthecodeisalwaysdisplayedregardlessof
thetextenteredasthenarroweddownsearch.
Example
What PC brands do you know?
(Unaided awareness)
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
8:
Acer
AST
Compaq
Dell
Hewlett Packard
IBM
Philips
Tulip
9: Other *OPEN
10: Dont know any makes*NMUL
*QUESTION 2 *CODES 71L10 *MULTI *CONTROL Q1 N
Which of the following PC makes do you know?
(Aided awareness)
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
8:
Acer
AST
Compaq
Dell
Hewlett Packard
IBM
Philips
Tulip
10: None of the above *NMUL *NOCON
Inthisexample,code10inquestion2isalwaysdisplayed,evenwhenitismentionedinquestion1.
SeeAlso
*CONTROL ......................................................112
*INV ................................................................163
*LIST(definition).............................................173
*RANDOM.......................................................226
*ROT ...............................................................241
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*NOENTER
System
NIPOCATIonly
Purpose
AllowsbypassingtheENTERkey.
Syntax
*NOENTER
Description
WiththiscommanditispossibletoenterdatawithoutconfirmingbypressingtheENTERkeyortheOK
button.Thisspeedsupdataentry.
Remarks
Thisoptionhasnoeffecton*MULTIand*ALPHAquestions.Notethatthisoptionmaybeerrorsensitive.
Example
*NOENTER
Gender
1: Male
2: Female
Age
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*NOHIDE
Purpose
Ignoresthe*CONTROLcommandforaspecificcode.
Syntax
*NOHIDE
Description
Sameas*NOCON.See*NOCONforafulldescription.
SeeAlso
*NOCON..........................................................199
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*NON
Purpose
Permitsnonresponse.
Syntax
*NON
Description
Thiscommandcanbespecifiedonany*QUESTIONorona*ALPHA,*NUMBER,*SCALEor*LINEfield
ina*FORMquestion.Nonresponseispermittedatthisquestionorfield.ItispermittedtopressENTERor
OKwithoutgivingananswer.
Remarks
Ifthecommandisusedincombinationwitha*SCALEquestionora*LINEquestionaDon'tKnowbutton
automaticallyappearstoenternonresponse.
Example
*QUESTION 1 *NUMBER 61L4 *NON
What is your postcode?
Inthisexample,itispossibletopressENTERorOKwithoutfillinginthepostcode.
SeeAlso
*FORM ............................................................132
*LINE...............................................................171
*QUESTION .....................................................224
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*NONRESP
System
NIPOCATI/NIPOCAWIonly.
Purpose
Endquestionnaire,toresponselist.
Syntax
*NONRESP ["I"|"E"|"A"]
Description
Withthiscommandtheinterviewisterminatedandtheindicatednonresponselistisputonthescreen.
Theargumentdetermineswhichlistwillbeshown.Iftheargumentisomittedthedefaultnonresponselist
for"I"isdisplayed.
Arguments
"I"
Thenonresponselistthatisdisplayedinitiallyappearsonthescreen.Thisisthelistthatappearsafter
pressingtheNonRespkeyintheintroductionscreen.Thislistcanbeconfiguredbythefieldworkmanager
orusingthesurveyconfigurationfile.Bydefaultthenonresponsecodescodes0117areinthislist.
"E"
Thenonresponselistthatisdisplayedwhentheinterviewerwantstoenteranonresponsecodeafterthe
interviewwasstarted,bychoosingFile>NonRespfromthemenu.Thislistcanbeconfiguredbythe
fieldworkmanagerorusingthesurveyconfigurationfile.Bydefaultthenonresponsecodescodes0417
areinthislist.
"A"
ThenonresponselistthatisdisplayedwhentheinterviewerselectsFile>Appointfromthemenutomake
anappointmentwiththerespondent.Thislistcanbeconfiguredbythefieldworkmanagerorusingthe
surveyconfigurationfile.Bydefaultthenonresponsecodescodes06and07areinthislist.
Example
Start interview now?
1: Yes
2: No, make appointment *NONRESP "A"
3: No, Non-response (specify) *NONRESP "E"
Notethatifanappointmentismade,itiscontinuedatQ1.Thereforecode1isrequiredtocontinuethe
interview.
SeeAlso
*ABORT .............................................................92
*APPOINT..........................................................97
*CUT................................................................116
*END ...............................................................121
*ENDNGB ........................................................123
*ENDST ...........................................................124
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*NOTBACK
Purpose
Blocksgoingbackinquestionnaire.
Syntax
*NOTBACK
Description
Theinterviewerorrespondentcannotgobackinthequestionnaireanyfurtherthanuptothiscommand.
UsingtheBackbuttonatthisspotresultsinanerrormessage.
Remarks
Itispossibletogobackpastthispointusingthecommand*BACK.
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Purpose
Definesanumericalquestion.
Syntax
*NUMBER [pos]L<length>[.fraction]|<pos>
Description
Thiscommandisalwaysusedincombinationwith*QUESTIONandmustbespecifiedbehindthis
commandonthesameline.Definesaquestionasanumericalquestionandexpectsanumberasananswer.
Arguments
pos
length
Thelengthofthedatafield.Thelengthofthedatafielddefinesthenumberofdigitsofthemaximumvalue
ofthequestion.Incaseofafloatingpointvalue,thelengthofthedatafieldislength+fraction.
fraction
Thenumberofdecimalsthatisallowedtobeenteredinafloatingpointvalue.Thefractionisstoredinthe
datafieldwithoutthedecimalseparator.Whichseparator(pointorcomma)istobeusedbythe
interviewerorrespondentdependsontheregionalconfigurationsettings.
Remarks
Theanswerisrightalignedandstoredwithleadingzerosintheanswerfield.
Theanswercanconsistofanintegerorafloatingpointvalue,asdefinedinthedatafieldspecification.
Thedecimalpointinthesyntaxisneverstoredintheanswerrecord.
Themaximumvaluecanbesetwiththe*MAXor*RANGEcommand,butisalsolimitedbythenumber
ofpositionsinthedatafield.
Theminimumvaluecanbesetwiththe*MINor*RANGEcommand.
Negativevaluescanonlybeenteredwhenthe*MINor*RANGEcommandisdefinedwithanegative
value.
Negativevaluesarestoredwithaprecedingminussigninthedatafile.Notethatyoumayrequirean
extrapositioninthefielddefinition.
Positivevaluesarestoredwithoutsign.
Example
*QUESTION 1 *NUMBER 61L3.2 *MAX 100
What percentage of your income do you spend on clothing?
Inthisexample,youcanenteravaluewithtwodecimals,forinstance60.75.Inthedatafield06075is
storedin5positions.
SeeAlso
*CODES ...........................................................109
*MAX ..............................................................178
*MIN ...............................................................182
*RANGE...........................................................228
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Purpose
Definesanumericalfieldina*FORMquestion.
Syntax
*NUMBER [pos]L<length>[.fraction]|<pos>
Description
Thiscommandisalwaysusedina*FORMquestion.Definesafieldthatexpectsanumberasananswer.
Severalfieldsmaybespecifiedinthesame*FORMquestion.Theanswerisrightalignedwithleadingzeros
intheanswerfield.Theanswercanconsistofanintegerorafloatingpointvalue,asdefinedinthedata
fieldspecification.Thedecimalcharacterisnotstoredinthedatefield.
Arguments
pos
length
Thelengthofthedatafield.Thelengthofthedatafielddefinesthenumberofdigitsofthemaximumvalue
ofthequestion.Incaseofafloatingpointvalue,thelengthofthedatafieldislength+fraction.
fraction
Thenumberofdecimalsthatisallowedtobeenteredinafloatingpointvalue.Thefractionisstoredinthe
datafieldwithoutthedecimalseparator.Whichseparator(pointorcomma)istobeusedbythe
interviewerorrespondentdependsontheregionalconfigurationsettings.
Remarks
Theanswerisrightalignedandstoredwithleadingzerosintheanswerfield.
Theanswercanconsistofanintegerorafloatingpointvalue,asdefinedinthedatafieldspecification.
Thedecimalpointinthesyntaxisneverstoredintheanswerrecord.
Themaximumvaluecanbesetwiththe*MAXor*RANGEcommand,butisalsolimitedbythenumber
ofpositionsinthedatafield.
Theminimumvaluecanbesetwiththe*MINor*RANGEcommand.
Negativevaluescanonlybeenteredwhenthe*MINor*RANGEcommandisdefinedwithanegative
value.
Negativevaluesarestoredwithaprecedingminussigninthedatafile.Notethatyoumayrequirean
extrapositioninthefielddefinition.
Positivevaluesarestoredwithoutsign.
Example
*TAB 50, 60
*QUESTION 1 *FORM *BUT 99 "Don't know"
What percentage of your income do you spend on ...
1:Regular expenses (rent, heating, etc)
2:Clothing
*NUMBER 65L3.1 *MAX 100
3:Food *NUMBER 69L3.1 *MAX 100
%
4:Going out

%
%|
*QUESTION 2 *CODES 77L1 *IF [Q1F1 + Q1F2 + Q1F3 + Q1F4 <> 100]
The sum of all 4 fields may not add up over 100%
1: go back and correct *BACK 1
Inthisexample,youcanenterfourvalueswithonedecimaleach.TheOKbuttonisenabledafterallfields
areenteredandmatchthecriterion*MAX 100.Question2checksthesumofthevalues.
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TheDon'tknowbuttonisenableduntilallfieldsarecompleted.IftheDon'tknowbuttonispressed,the
firstfieldofthe*FORMquestioncontainsthevalue99(thevalue0990isstoredinposition6164).
Result:
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*OPEN(questiontype)
Purpose
Definesanopenquestion.
Syntax
*OPEN [pos]L<length>|<pos>
Description
onthesameline.Itdefinesaquestionasanopenquestionthatexpectsanalphanumericalanswer.This
openanswercanbeofvirtuallyunlimitedlength.Theanswerisstoredinaseparatedatafileforopen
answers(surveyO).Duringorafterfieldwork,suchopenendedanswersmaybecodedusingtheNIPO
CodingModuleorNfieldCode.Althoughtheanswerarenotstoredinthedatafile(Ufile)withtheclosed
answers,youmustreservedatapositionsintheUfile.Itisrecommendedbutnotrequiredtoreserve
positionsthatwillbeusedformergingthecodedopenendedanswers.
Arguments
pos
ThestartofthedatafieldreservedintheUfile.ThispositionisalsobeusedasidentificationtomatchOfile
openendedanswerswithaUfiledataposition,toenablecodingopenanswersusingNfieldCodeorthe
NIPOCodingModule.
length
Remarks
Atextboxappearsinwhichyoucantypethecompleteanswer.TypingisfinishedwhentheOKorCancel
buttonispressed.
Optionallythecommand*MULTImaybeadded.Thishasnoinfluenceontheinterviewingprocess.
Whencodingopenanswersthequestionwillbetreatedasamultiplecodedanswerquestion.
Example1
*QUESTION 1 *OPEN 61 *NON
Do you have comment or remarks regarding this questionnaire?
Inthisexample,youcanenteranytext.ThistextisstoredintheOfile.NocodesarestoredintheUfile,so
therelateddatafield(61)remainsempty.Itishoweverusedtoreservesomespaceforcodingopenended
answer.Becauseofthe*NONcommand,itisalsopossiblenottoenteranythinginwhichcasenoopen
endedanswerarestored.
Example2
*QUESTION 2 *OPEN 62L100 *MULTI *BUT 100 "No suggestions"
Do you have any suggestions on how to improve this product?
Inthisexample,youcanenteranytext.ThistextisstoredintheOfile.Thepositionsreservespacetocode
openendedanswersafterwards(maximum100categories,multiple).IfthebuttonNosuggestionsis
pressed,noopenanswerisstored,butcode100ismarkedinthedatafile.
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SeeAlso
*BMP...............................................................104
*CODES ...........................................................109
*LINE ...............................................................171
*OPEN(codesoption).....................................210
*REC ................................................................232
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*OPEN(codesoption)
Purpose
Specifiesacodeasanopencode.
Syntax
*OPEN
Description
Thiscommandisalwaysusedafteracodedefinitionandmustbespecifiedafterthiscodeonthesameline.
Specifiesacodeasopencodeandexpects,ifthecodeispartoftheanswer,aliteralanswerthatcanbeof
virtuallyunlimitedlength.Theenteredanswerisstoredinaseparatedatafileforopenanswers
(surveyO).
Remarks
Atextboxappearsinwhichyoucantypethecompleteanswer.TypingisfinishedwhentheOKorCancel
buttonispressed.
Thiscodesoptionisnotallowedforcode0insinglecodedquestions.
Example
Do you live in Amsterdam or somewhere else?
1: Yes, in Amsterdam
2: No, somewhere else *OPEN
Inthisexample,ifanswer2isselectedalocationcanbeentered.ThistextisstoredintheOfile,whilethe
code(2)isstoredintheUfile.Itisrecommendedtoreservecodespaceforcoding,whichiswhy3positions
arereserved(allowingforamaximumof999differentcountries).
SeeAlso
*CODES ...........................................................109
*OPEN(questiontype) ...................................208
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*ORDER
Purpose
Settheorderofcodesinacodelistortheorderofexecutionina*REPEATloop.
Syntax
*ORDER <var | QnM | QnR>
Description
Youcandefinetheorderofcodesina*CODESor*FORM questionandtheorderofa*REPEATloop
accordingtothecontentsofanarrayvariableortheorderofmentionsofanotherquestion.
Bothvariablenamesandquestionswithorderspecifier(QnMorQnR)maybeusedinthe*ORDER
command.
*ORDERmaybeusedina*REPEAT,*QUESTIONor*FORMstatement.
Invalidordersintheargumentwith*ORDERareignored.Thismeansifanordernumberisusedtwice
orifanindexinthevariableisempty,allremainingcodearedisplayedinregularascendingorder.
*ORDERcannotbeusedtogetherwith*RANDOM,*INV or*ROT.
TheorderofmentionsinaquestionareavailablethroughQnMiwherenisthequestionnumberandi
istheindexofthemention.
ThedisplayorderofarandomquestionisavailablethroughQnRi,wherenisthequestionnumberand
iistheindexoftherandomorder.
Youcanstoretheorderofmentionsandortherandomorderbyspecifyingalengthbehindthe*MULTI
or*RANDOMcommandusingLnwherenisthenumberofpositionstostoreanswers.Theoperators
QnMandQnRareavailable,independentofwhethertheorderissavedornot.
AsyntaxcheckproducesawarningmessageifthevariablesMorRaredefined.Ifthesevariablenames
areused,theoperatorQnMiandQnRiarenotavailable.
Theitemsina*REPEATblockorcodelistwhicharenotinthe*ORDERcommand,aredisplayedinthe
orderasiftherewasno*CONTROLcommand.Thismeansthatifyouonlywanttoshowtheitems
mentionedinaprevious*CODESquestionintheordertheywerementioned,youhavetousebotha
*ORDER anda*CONTROLcommand.
Arguments
var
Thisisavariablenameofanarrayvariable(*VARS name[n]).Thevaluesinthisvariablesettheorderin
whichthecodesaredisplayedortheorderinwhichthe*REPEATloopisprocessed.
QnM
Thisisorderofmentionsofaprevious*MULTI question.
QnR
Thisistheorderinwhichapreviousquestionwith*RANDOM,*INV or*ROT wasdisplayed.
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Example1
Which brands do you know?
(Int. do NOT help!
Type the answers in the same order as given by the respondent)
1:
2:
3:
4:
brand
brand
brand
brand
A
B
C
D

*QUESTION 2 *CODES 71L5 *MULTI 76L4 *CONTROL Q1 W *ORDER Q1M
Which brand do you use most often
(Brands are presented in the order that was entered in Q1)
1:
2:
3:
4:
brand
brand
brand
brand
A
B
C
D
Example2
*QUESTION 3 *CODES 81L5 *MULTI *RANDOM
Which of the following brands do you know?
1:
2:
3:
4:
brand
brand
brand
brand
A
B
C
D

*TEXTVARS STATEMENT
*REPEAT 5 *ORDER Q3R
** The repeat loop will be executed in the same order
** that Q3 was (randomly) displayed
*REPNUM
*REPNUM
*REPNUM
*REPNUM
*REPNUM
1
2
3
4
5
*PUT
*PUT
*PUT
*PUT
*PUT
STATEMENT
STATEMENT
STATEMENT
STATEMENT
STATEMENT
*?STATEMENT
5:
4:
3:
2:
1:
5 (good)
4
3
2
1 (poor)
*ENDREP
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"Brand A"
"Brand B"
"Brand C"
"Brand D"
"All brands"
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Example3
*** 'Brand A' should always be presented first
*** 'Brand B', 'Brand C' and 'Brand D' should be in random order
*** 'All brands' should always be last
*VARS MyOwnOrder[4],NR
*PUT MyOwnOrder[1] [1]
*** Create an extra repeat-loop to get 3 unique numbers
*** 2 through 4
*REPEAT 3 *RANDOM
*PUT NR [ NR + 1 ]
*PUT MyOwnOrder[?R + 1] [NR + 1]
*ENDREP
*TEXTVARS STATEMENT
*REPEAT 5 *ORDER MyOwnOrder
**
**
**
**
**
The repeat loop will be executed in the order

that I defined in the variable MyOwnOrder
As the variable MyOwnOrder has only 4 indices,
the fifth repetition will be executed in the normal order
(i.e. last)
*REPNUM
*REPNUM
*REPNUM
*REPNUM
*REPNUM
1
2
3
4
5
*PUT
*PUT
*PUT
*PUT
*PUT
STATEMENT
STATEMENT
STATEMENT
STATEMENT
STATEMENT
"Brand A"
"Brand B"
"Brand C"
"Brand D"
"All brands"
*?STATEMENT
5:
4:
3:
2:
1:
5 (good)
4
3
2
1 (poor)
*ENDREP
WhenyoucreaterandomordernumbersforbrandA,B,CandD,youcouldalsousetheRANoperator.But
thenyouarenotsurethatitwillpickfourdifferentnumbers.Ifthishappens,brandA,B,CandDwillbein
randomorderuntiladuplicateismet.
*PUT
*PUT
*PUT
*PUT
MyOwnOrder[1]
MyOwnOrder[2]
MyOwnOrder[3]
MyOwnOrder[4]
[
[
[
[
(RAN
(RAN
(RAN
(RAN
4)
4)
4)
4)
+
+
+
+
1
1
1
1
]
]
]
]
*REPEAT 4 *ORDER MyOwnOrder
SeeAlso
*CODES ...........................................................109
*FORM ............................................................132
*INV ................................................................163
*RANDOM.......................................................226
*REPEAT...*ENDREP ......................................235
*ROT ...............................................................241
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*PAGE
Purpose
Definesapageoftext.
Syntax
*PAGE
Description
Definesapageoftext.Thiscommandshouldbeatthebeginningofalineorunderconditionusing*IF.
Thetextconsistsofallfollowinglinesuptothefirstnewcommandthatisatthebeginningofaline,
excluding**,*?and*FONT(switching).Duringtheinterviewthistextisdisplayed.ToproceedonlyENTER
orOKneedtobepressed.Thetextusuallycontainsanexplanationforthenextquestionorquestions.
Example1
*PAGE
And now some questions about snacks.
Did you have a snack today?
1: Yes
2: No
Inthisexample,ashortintroductiontothenext(setof)question(s)isdisplayed.
Example2
*IF [ TMP = 1 ] *PAGE This text will appear on a separate page
Afteran*IFstatement,youmayimmediatelyspecifyan*PAGEwithtext.
SeeAlso
*HELP(definition) ...........................................151
*INFO ..............................................................158
*INSTRUC........................................................161
*PNW..............................................................220
*QUESTION .....................................................224
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Purpose
Displaysapicture.
Syntax
*PICT <filename|n|[expression]>
or
*PICT <n|[expression]> <"library name">
Description
Displaysapictureonthescreen.Thedefaultpositionofthepictureisintheupperrightcorner.Thefilecan
alsobepartofapicturelibrary.Inthiscasethepositionisdefinedinthepicturelibrary.The*PICT
commandmayalsobeusedincombinationwith*PAGE,*INFOand*HELP.
Oicturesinthefollowingformatsmaybeused:
BMP
JPG (normalandprogressiveencoding)
Arguments
filename
Thefilenameoftheimagethatmustbedisplayed.Ifthisfileisnotintheworkingdirectoryafullorrelative
pathnamemaybeused.Notethatscreenresolutionforrespondentsorinterviewerworkstationsmight
vary.Alwayscreateapictureinthelowestresolutionthatisusedforoptimumresults.
n|expression
Apositiveintegerorexpressionthatindicatesthenumberofthepictureinapicturelibrary(Pfile).
library name
Thenameofapicturelibraryotherthanthedefaultpicturelibrary.Adefaultpicturelibraryisalibrarywith
thesamenameasthequestionnaire:nameP.
Example1
*QUESTION 1 *CODES 61 *PICT NipoSoftwareLogo.jpg
Have you seen this logo before?

1: Yes
2: No
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ThisexampledisplaysaquestionwiththepictureNipoSoftwareLogo.jpg.Thescreenpositionofthe
picturecannotbeset.Emptylinesareusedtoreservespacetodisplaythepicture.
Example2
QUESTION 1 *CODES 61 *PICT 1
Have you seen this logo before?
1: Yes
2: No
Thisexampledisplaysaquestionwithpicture1fromthepicturelibrary.Thescreenpositionofthepicture
canbechangedintheMultimediaLibrary:
Example3
*QUESTION 1 *CODES 61 *PICT 1 "mylib" *PICT 3 "otherlib"
Thisexampledisplaysaquestionwithpicture1fromthepicturelibrarymylibandpicture3fromthe
picturelibraryotherlib.
SeeAlso
*HELP(definition) ...........................................151
*INFO ..............................................................158
*PAGE .............................................................214
*PICT(codesoption).......................................217
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*PICT(codesoption)
Purpose
Displaysapictureonacode.
Syntax
*PICT <n|[expression1]> <m|[expression2]>
Description
Thiscommandisalwaysusedonacodedefinitionandmustbespecifiedafterthiscodeonthesameline.A
pictureisdisplayedidentifiedbythepicturenumber.Thepicturecomesfromthepicturelibrary(Pfile).
Arguments
n|expression1
Apositiveornegativeintegerorexpressionthatindicatestheverticalshiftofthepictureinpixels.When
thevalueispositive,thedirectionoftheshiftisupwards.Whenthevalueisnegative,thedirectionofthe
shiftisdownwards.
m|expression2
Thevaluemisapositiveintegerorexpressionwhichindicatesthepicturenumberinthepicturefile(Pfile).
Remarks
ShiftingupanddowniscurrentlyonlysupportedforNIPOCAWI,butthefirstargumentmustbe
specifiedforNIPOCATIandNIPOCAPI.
Picturesmustcomefromthesurveypicturelibrary(surveyPfile).Directlyreferringtoafilenameor
referringtoanotherpicturelibraryisnotsupportedforpicturesaftercodes.
Example
Which flag do you like best?
1: *PICT 11 United Kingdom
2: *PICT 12 France
3: *PICT 13 Germany
4: *PICT 14 Italy
5: *PICT 15 United States of America
6: *PICT 16 Japan
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Result:
SeeAlso
*PICT(questionoption) ..................................215
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*PLAY
Purpose
Playsmultimediafiles.
Syntax
*PLAY [n1] [n2] <filename>
Description
Playsmultimediafiles,suchassoundfragmentsormovies.Duringplaybacktheinterviewdoesnotstop;
playbackoccurssimultaneously.Playbackstopswhenananswerisgiven.Thiscommandisalsoallowed
undercondition.Tohearsoundfragments,asoundcardisobviouslyrequired.
Arguments
n1
Anumberreferringtoapictureinthepicturelibrary.Whendefined,avideoclipispositionedonthesame
positionasthepictureinthelibrary.
n2
Anumberindicatingthesizeofthevideoclip.Theclipwillappearn2timestheoriginalsizeofthevideo
clip.Ifn1isdefined,n2ismandatory.
filename
Thenameofthemultimediafile.Absoluteorrelativepathsmaybeused.Thisisespeciallyimportantfor
NIPOCAWIandNIPOCAPIinterviews,wheremultimediafilesarelocatedinthesurvey's
TemplateRelatedFilesdirectory,orforNIPOCAPIinterviewswherethefilesaresimplytoolargeto
betransferredonlineandplayeddirectlyfrommediasuchasaCD.
Remarks
AllmultimediafilesrecognizedbythemultimediainterfaceoftheMicrosoftWindowsoperatingsystemcan
beplayed.
Example1
*PLAY "letitbe.wav"
Do you recognize this sound?
1: yes
2: no
Example2
ThisplaystherelatedvideofilefortheNIPOCAPIClient,assumingthesurveyiscalledDemo:
*PLAY "TemplateRelatedFiles\Demo\Video.avi"
Do you recognize this video fragment?
1: yes
2: no
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*PNW
System
NIPOCATIonly.
Purpose
Definesapageoftext,notwaitingforanentry.
Syntax
*PNW
Seealso
*PAGE*HELP*INFO*INSTRUC*QUESTION
Description
Createsapagetext.Thiscommandhastobeatthebeginningofaline.Thetextconsistsofallfollowing
linesuptothefirstnewcommandthatisatthebeginningofaline,excluding**,*?and*FONT
(switching).Duringtheinterviewthistextisdisplayed.Thetextusuallycontainsanexplanationforthenext
questionorquestions.ThesystemdoesnotwaitforanENTERorOKpressfromtheinterviewer/
respondentbeforecarryingoutthenextcommand.Usethiscommandifforinstanceaheavycalculation
willtakesometimeandabriefinformationmessageisrequired.
Example
*PNW
The system is now calculating if the year is a leap year
(where February has 29 instead of 28 days).
Please wait a moment.
*VARS YEAR,HELPYEAR
*TEXTVARS LEAPYEAR
*DATE Q1
*PUT YEAR Q1
*PUT HELPYEAR Q1
*REPEAT 3
*IF [HELPYEAR < 1001 ] *END
*PUT HELPYEAR [ HELPYEAR - 1000 ]
*ENDREP
*IF [ HELPYEAR = 1000 ] *PUT LEAPYEAR "a leapyear" *GOTO 2
*REPEAT 10
*ENDREP
*IF [ HELPYEAR = 100 ] *PUT LEAPYEAR "not a leapyear" \
*GOTO 2
*REPEAT 25
*ENDREP
*IF [ HELPYEAR = 4 ] *PUT LEAPYEAR "a leapyear" \
*ELSE *PUT LEAPYEAR "not a leapyear"
*QUESTION 2 *NCLS
At the moment it is *?YEAR.
This is *?LEAPYEAR
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SeeAlso
*HELP(definition) ...........................................151
*INFO ..............................................................158
*INSTRUC ........................................................161
*INTRO............................................................162
*PAGE .............................................................214
*QUESTION .....................................................224
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*PUT
Purpose
Putsdatainvariable.
Syntax
*PUT <var> <"text" | [value] | Qn | Qn,code | [expression] >
Description
Replacesthecontentsofavariablebydataindicatedinthesecondargument.Thiscommandisalsoallowed
undercondition.Youcantransferthecontentsofanumericvariabletoatextvariableandviceversa.
Whentransferringthecontentsofatextvariabletoanumericvariablethetextvariablemustcontaina
value.Thefollowingrulesapply:
Anyfractionsaretransferredaswell.
Thetransferstopsatthefirstnonnumericalcharacter.
Ifthefirstcharacterisnotnumeraltheresultvalueis0.
Whentransferringthecontentsofanumericvariabletoatextvariable,itisroundedtothenextinteger,
unlessanotherformatisspecifiedwiththe*FORMAT command.
Arguments
var
Thisisanearlierdefinedvariable,whichreceivesthedata.
text
Directtextenclosedinquotes(singleordouble)witheventuallyembeddedcontentsofavariable.Ifquotes
aretobedisplayedinthetextusetheotherquotestoembedthetext.
value
Avalueenclosedinsquarebrackets.
Qn
Theanswertothequestionwillbeusedasdata.
Qn,code
Thecodeofaquestionisusedasdata.Inatextvariablethedescriptivetextofthecodeisused.
Qn,var
Acodeofquestionnisusedasdata.Thiscodeisdefinedinthevariablevar.Inatextvariablethe
descriptivetextofthecodeisused,ratherthanthecodenumber.
Qn,?R
Acategoryofquestionnwillbeusedasdata.Thiscodeisdefinedbytherepetitionnumber.Inatext
variablethedescriptivetextofthecodeisused,ratherthanthecodenumber.
expression
Theresultoftheexpressionisstoredinthevariable.
Remarks
Atextvaluemayrangeseverallines.Alllinesupuntiltheclosingofthequotesareconsideredpartof
thetext.Linefeedsarealsoconsideredpartofthetext.Ifaclosingquoteismissingforacommand,an
erroroccursduringthesyntaxcheck.
AtextmaynotcontainNIPOODINcommandsotherthanthe*?and*FONT(switching)directives.
Sampletable
IfaSampletableisusedwhilecopyingpositionsfromaTfile,thepositionsaretranslatedtowardstheir
relativedatabasefield.Forexample:
*PUT intnr 52L8
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Copiestheinterviewnumber(position52L8intheTfile)inthevariableintnr.
However,inthisexampleasimplesolutionisalsoavailable:
*SAMPLEDATA intnr
ThiswillautomaticallyfillthevariableintnrwiththeinterviewnumberfromtheSampletable.
Example1
*VARS age
How old are you?
*PUT age Q1
Inthisexample,theanswerofquestion1isstoredinthevariableage.
Example2
*TEXTVARS paper
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
La Repubblica
La Stanza
The Mirror
The New York Times
Le Figaro
La Libration
None *NMUL
*REPEAT 6
*IF [Q2,?R] *ELSE *GOTO 4
*PUT paper Q2,?R
How often do you read *?paper?
1:
2:
3:
4:
Daily
Once a week
Once a month
Dont know
*QUESTION 4
*ENDREP
Example3
*TEXTVARS sex
Gender?
1: Man
2: Woman
*PUT sex "Men"

*PUT sex "Women"
SeeAlso
*? ......................................................................89
*FORMAT ........................................................135
*SAMPLEDATA ................................................244
*TEXTVARS......................................................283
*VARS..............................................................287
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*QUESTION
Purpose
Definesaquestion.
Syntax
*QUESTION <n>|X
or
*Q <n>|X
Description
Definesaquestionwithquestionnumbern.Thiscommandhastobeatthebeginningofaline.
Thequestionconsistsofalllinesuptothefirstcommandthatisatthebeginningofaline(excludingfor**,
*?,*FONTand*PICT).Afterthecommand*QUESTION (or*Q)thereareoftenmorecommandsonthe
sameline.Thesecommandsonthequestionlinedefinethespecificconditionsandoptionswhenanswering
thisquestion.
Arguments
n
Apositivenumberthatindicatesthequestionnumber.Questionnumbersaremadeupofpositivenumbers
(>=1).Noalphabeticorothercharactersareallowed(exceptforX,seebelow).Eachquestionnumberhas
tobeuniquewithinthe(sub)questionnaire.Youmayuseanyquestionnumberintherange1to
2147483647inanyordertheorderofthequestionnaireisnotsetbythequestionnumbers.TheNIPO
ODINDeveloperallowsyoutorenumberquestionnumbersifnecessary.
X
Aplaceholdervaluetobefilledwithaquestionnumberautomaticallylater,byrenumberingthe
questionnaire.Itisnotpossibletosetroutingorfilteringforplaceholderquestionnumbers.
Remarks
Questionswithoutquestiontextandcodesareconsidereddummyquestionsandareskippedduring
execution.
Example1
Int. type Gender of respondent.
1: Male
2: Female
What is your age?
*QUESTION 9999
These were all the questions. Thank you very much for your co-operation.
*END
InthisexampleQuestion1isaprecodedquestion,Question2isanumericquestionandQuestion9999isa
questionwithouttype,whereonlyENTERisrequiredtocontinue.
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Example2
What is your age ?
*IF
*IF
*IF
*IF
*IF
*IF
[
[
[
[
[
[
Q12
Q12
Q12
Q12
Q12
Q12
<=
>=
>=
>=
>=
>=
24
25
35
45
55
65
]
&
&
&
&
]
*COPY
Q12 <
Q12 <
Q12 <
Q12 <
*COPY
Q11 [ 1 ]
35 ] *COPY
45 ] *COPY
55 ] *COPY
65 ] *COPY
Q11 [ 6 ]
Q11
Q11
Q11
Q11
[
[
[
[
2
3
4
5
]
]
]
]
InthisexampleQuestion11isadummyquestion,butiscreatedtobeabletostoretheagein6distinct
codes.
SeeAlso
*CODES ...........................................................109
*FORM ............................................................132
*LINE ...............................................................171
*PAGE .............................................................214
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*RANDOM
Purpose
Randomizesanswercodesorrepetitions.
Syntax
*RANDOM [[pos]L<length>|<pos>]
Description
Thiscommandcanbeusedincombinationwith*QUESTION,*REPEATand*FORMandmustbespecified
afterthesecommandsonthesameline.Thecodesandthedescriptionsofaquestionareshowninrandom
orderonthescreen.Repetitionsareexecutedinrandomorder.
Arguments
pos
Thedatafieldspecificationwheretheusedorderisstoredinthedatafilewiththeclosedanswers.
length
Remarks
Ifyouuse*RANDOM onaquestionthefollowingapplies:
Thenumberofcodesofwhichtheorderissaveddependsonthelengthofthedatafieldspecification.
Tostoretheentireorder,thismustbejustaslongasthenumberofcodestobesavedmultipliedbythe
numberofdigitsinthehighestcode.Theappliedrandomorderisstoredintheclosedanswerfile.
With*NOCONanswercodescanbeexcludedfromtherandomization.
Withina*FORM,fieldsarenotdisplayedinrandomizedorderifmorethanonefieldisusedonasingle
row.
Example
*QUESTION 1 *CODES 61L10 *MULTI *RANDOM 71L6
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
8:
9:
10:
Acer
AST
Compaq
Dell
Hewlett Packard
IBM
Philips
Tulip
Other *OPEN *NOCON
Dont know *NMUL *NOCON
Inthisexample,allmentionsarestoredinposition61L10.Intheanswerfield71L6thecodenumbersofthe
firstthreecodesdisplayedarestored.Thelasttwocodesarenotrandomizedalongandwillbedisplayed
alwaysatthebottomofthelist.
Example2
*TEXTVARS who
*REPEAT 5 *FIELD 86L15 *RANDOM 1L1
*REPNUM 1: *PUT who "Johnny"
*REPNUM 2: *PUT who "Mary"
*REPNUM 3: *PUT who "Bill"
*REPNUM 4: *PUT who "Anne"
*REPNUM 5: *PUT who "Joey"
How old is *? who?
*ENDREP
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Inthisexample,question1isrepeated5times,randomly.Theanswerofthequestionsisstoredinthedata
field86L15:foreachquestion1position(1L1)fortheorderinwhichthequestionwasdisplayedand2
positions(2L2)fortheanswer.Forexample,thequestionsforJohnnyarestoredinpositions86L3(86L1the
order,87L2theanswer),forMaryinposition89L3(89L1theorder,90L2theanswer),etcetera.
SeeAlso
*FORM ............................................................132
*GROUP ..........................................................146
*INV ................................................................163
*NOCON..........................................................199
*ORDER...........................................................211
*REPEAT...*ENDREP ......................................235
*ROT ...............................................................241
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*RANGE
Purpose
Specifiesavaluerangefornumericalquestions.
Syntax
*RANGE <[n1|expression [TO n2|expression]]>[;n3 [TO n4];...]
Description
Thiscommandspecifiesarangefornumericalquestionsandnumericalfieldsina*FORMquestion.Youcan
specifyastartvalueandanendvaluefortherangebyseparatingthetwovalueswiththekeywordTO.
Multiplevaluescanseparatedbyasemicolon(;).Insteadofavalue,anexpressionmayalsobeused.
Remarks
Youcanonlyuseanincrementalrange(1 TO 5ratherthan5 TO 1).
Asemicolonmustbeusedtoseparatetworanges.Whenusingacomma,thesysteminterpretsthisasa
columncodereference.
TheargumentTOmustbeusedtoseparatetheextremeswithinarange.Thedash(-)isinterpretedasa
minussignandshouldnotbeused.
Arguments
n1
Thestartvalueoftherange.
n2
Theendvalueoftherange.
expression
Anexpressionofwhichtheresultwillbeusedasthestartorendvalue.
Example1
*QUESTION 1 *NUMBER L2 *RANGE [ 18 TO 70 ; 99 ]
How old are you?
Int.: enter "99" for no answer.
Inthisexample,theanswercanbeintherangeof18to70and99.
Example2
*QUESTION 1 *NUMBER L3 *RANGE [ -10 TO -1 ; 1 TO 10 ]
Specify a number in the ranges of -10 to -1 or 1 to 10.
Inthisexample,theanswercanbeintherangeof10to1and1to10.
Example3
*VARS x,y
*PUT x [-3]
*PUT y [3]
*QUESTION 1 *NUMBER L2 *RANGE [x TO y]
Specify a number in the ranges of *?x to *?y.
Inthisexample,theanswercanbeintherangeof3to3.
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SeeAlso
*MAX ..............................................................178
*MIN ...............................................................182
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*READ
System
NIPOCATIandNIPOCAPIonly.
Purpose
Readsdatafromafile.
Syntax
*READ <Qn|var> ["filename"]
Description
Withthiscommanddatacanbereadfromafileandplacedinthedatafieldorvariableindicatedbythefirst
argument.Ifthefilenameisomitteddatawillbereadfromthelastfileusedforreading.Thefileconsistsof
asinglerecord.Thecontentsoftherecordconsistofoneormorevalueswhichareeithernumbersortext.
NIPOODINtakescareofproperlyreadingvaluesonebyoneinconsecutivecallsto*READ.Itisnot
requiredtobeawareofthefileformatcreatedbyNIPOODINunlessthedataisaccessedorchangedbyan
externalapplication.
Fileformatfor*READand*WRITEforeachvalue
HeaderIdentifier
Size
Value
.Singleposition
containinga'D'
Decimalvalueof
4digits
indicatingthe
sizeofthevalue.
Anystringof
charactersofwhich
thesizeisdetermined
intheheader.
Forexample,whenthevalues123456andthetext"NIPOODINScript"arestoredinasinglefile,itwould
containthestring"D0006123456D0016NIPO ODIN Script".
Arguments
Qn
Thequestionreferenceofthedatafieldwherethedatabeingreadwillbestored.
var
Thenameofthevariablewherethedatabeingreadwillbestored.
filename
Thefilenameofthefiletostoretheinformationin.
Remarks
Duringaninterviewyoucannotgobackovera*READwithafilename,youcanhowevergobackovera
*READwithoutafilename.
Youcannotcombine*READwith*WRITEonthesamefile;aftera*WRITEafilenamehastobe
specifiedwiththenext*READ.
Ifnomoredatacanberead,theresultquestionorvariablewillbe0ifitisnumericoremptyifitis
alphanumeric.
Example
*VARS numb[2]
*READ numb[1] "myfile.txt"
*READ numb[2]
Inthisexample,twonumbersarereadfromthefilemyfile.txtandstoredinthearraynumb.
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SeeAlso
*WRITE............................................................293
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*REC
System
NIPOCATIonly
Purpose
Records(partsof)interviews.
Syntax
*REC [[pos]L<length>|<pos>]
Description
Withthiscommanditispossibletorecordpartsofanintervieworeventhewholeinterview.Thiscommand
canbeusedat:
Thebeginningofaline.Whenusedatthebeginningofalineadatafieldmustbespecified.Thisdata
fieldisusedtostoringtheanswersaftercoding.Specifying*RECatthebeginningofalineusingadata
fieldspecificationstartsrecording;specifying*RECwithoutadatafieldspecificationendsrecording.
Recordingalsoautomaticallystopsattheendofthescript.
Asaquestionoption.Onlythequestionisrecorded;recordingstopsautomaticallyatthenextquestion.
RecordedanswersaresavedtotheBfile(surveyBfile).Theseanswerscanbecodedinthesamewayas
theregularOfile,usingtheNIPOCodingModuleorNfieldCode.Notethatrecordingstakeapproximately
MBofdiskspaceperminute.
Remarks
Torecord(partsof)interviews,adialerisrequired.
Forrecordingsstartedatthebeginningofaline,recordingsarenotautomaticallyrestartedwhen
followingupanappointment.Ifyourequiretorecordtheentireinterview,placethe*RECcommand
withdatafieldspecificationinan*INITblock.
Arguments
pos
length
Example1
We would like to record your answers. Do you agree?
1: Yes
2: No *GOTO 2
*REC 649L20
*QUESTION 2
Recording of the interview starts here.
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Example2
*REC 648L20
Do you own a dog?
1: Yes
2: No
*QUESTION 2 *OPEN 669 *IF [ Q1 , 1 ]
What is the name of your dog?
Do you own a cat?
1: Yes
2: No
*REC
*QUESTION 4
This question is no longer recorded.
Inthisexample,theanswersonquestions1,2and3willberecordedandsavedintheBfile.
SeeAlso
*BMP...............................................................104
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System
NIPOCATIonly
Purpose
Storesthecurrentpositioninascaleorlinequestion.
Syntax
*REPEAT <n>
Description
Thiscommandisalwaysusedincombinationwith*QUESTIONandthequestiontypedefinitions*SCALE
or*LINEandmustbespecifiedafterthesecommandsonthesameline.Onspecifiedintervalsthecurrent
positionoftheblockorthelengthofthelineisstored.Howmanytimesthishappensdependsonthe
numberofreservedpositionsinthedatafieldspecificationandthegivenmaximum.Forinstance,ifthe
maximumofthescaleis10(i.e.2digitsareusedpervalue)andthelengthofthedatafieldis80,the
registrationwillberepeated40times.
Arguments
n
Positiveintegerthatrepresentsthenumberofsecondstowaitbetweeneveryregistration.
Example
*QUESTION 1 *LINE 61L60 *MAX 40 *REPEAT 5
This is an example of a line question.
Inthisexample,thelengthofthelineisstoredevery5secondsupto30times(sizeofdatafield(60)divided
by2positionsforthehighestcode(40)).
SeeAlso
*LINE...............................................................171
*REPEAT...*ENDREP......................................235
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*REPEAT...*ENDREP
Purpose
Startrepetitionblock.
Syntax
*REPEAT n
<commands>
*ENDREP
Description
Definesthestartofarepetitionblock.Thiscommandhastobeonthebeginningofaline.Thiscommandis
alwaysusedincombinationwith*ENDREP(endrepetitionblock).Arepetitionblockconsistsofasetof
commandsandquestionsthatareconsideredtobeaspecialcomponent.Whenarepetitionblockis
executedinthequestionnaire,thesystemexecutesallcommandswithintherepetitionblockasmanytimes
asisindicatedbyn.Theanswerfieldswithintherepetitionblockareconsideredrelativepositionstothe
datafield.Whenarepetitionblockisexecuted,thesystemusesthestartingpositiondefinedby*FIELD
onthe*REPEATstatementasthestartingpointtodeterminewheretheanswershavetobestored.For
everyrepetitiontheanswerfieldsbelongingtothecommandsintherepetitionblockarestoredinfixed
fieldsoneafteranother.Itispossibletorefertotherepetitionnumberwiththe?Roperatororthe
*REPNUMcommand.
Arguments
n
Thisisapositiveintegerthatgivesthenumberofrepetitions.
Remarks
Youcannotjumpoutofarepetitionblockwiththe*GOTOcommand.Toterminatearepetitionblock,
the*ENDcommandmustbeused.
Jumpingfromoutsidetherepetitionblockintoaquestionwithinarepetitionblockwiththe*GOTO
commandisnotpossible.
Therepeatnumbersinrepeatblockscanbecontrolledby*CONTROL,randomizedby*RANDOM,
invertedby*INVandrotatedby*ROT.
Example1
*TEXTVARS who
How old is *? who?
*ENDREP
Inthisexample,question1isrepeated5times.Theanswersofthe5questionsarestoredinthedatafield
86L10(foreachanswer2positions=1L2x5questions).Forexample,theanswersforJohnnyarestoredin
position86L2,forMaryin88L2,etcetera.
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Example2
*TEXTVARS who
*REPEAT 5 *FIELD 86L15 *RANDOM 1L1
How old is *? who?
*ENDREP
Inthisexample,question1isrepeated5times,inrandomorder.Theanswersofthe5questionsarestored
inthedatafield86L10(foreachanswer2positions=1L2x5questions).Forexample,theanswersfor
Johnnyarestoredinposition86L2,forMaryin88L2,etcetera.
Example3
*TEXTVARS paper
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
La Repubblica
La Stanza
The Mirror
The New York Times
Le Figaro
La Libration
None *NMUL

*PUT paper Q2,?R
*QUESTION 3 *CODES 1 *IF [Q2,?R]
1:
2:
3:
4:
Daily
Once a week
Once a month
Dont know
*ENDREP
Inthisexample,question3isrepeated6times.OnlyforthosenewspapersmentionedinQ2thequestionis
displayed.
Example4
*TEXTVARS paper
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
La Repubblica
La Stanza
The Mirror
The New York Times
Le Figaro
La Libration
None *NMUL
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*REPEAT 6 *FIELD 68L6 *CONTROL Q2 W

*PUT paper Q2,?R
1:
2:
3:
4:
Daily
Once a week
Once a month
Dont know
*ENDREP
Thisexampleisthesameastheprevious,butnowthe*IFstatementhasbeenreplacedwitha*CONTROL
statementtothesameeffect.
SeeAlso
*END ...............................................................121
*FIELD .............................................................127
*INV ................................................................163
*ORDER...........................................................211
*RANDOM.......................................................226
*REPNUM........................................................238
*ROT ...............................................................241
RepeatNumber.................................................72
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*REPNUM
Purpose
Conditiononrepetitionnumber.
Syntax
*REPNUM <n|[expression]>: <action> [*ELSE <action>]
Description
Thiscommandcanonlybeusedinsidearepetitionblock.Itcomparesthecurrentrepetitionwiththe
numberindicatedbyn.Iftheseareequalthecommandsafterthecolonareexecuted.Optionallyyoucan
usethecommand*ELSE afterwhichyouplacecommandsthatareexecutedifthecurrentrepetitionis
notequalton.
Arguments
n|expression
Thisisapositiveintegerthatindicatestherepetitionnumbertobecompared.
Remarks
Therepetitionnumberisstoredinthesystemvariable?R.
Thecoloninthesyntaxmaybeusedasaseparatorbetweentheconditionandtheaction.Itmayalsobe
leftout.
Thecommands*RANDOM,*ROT,*INVand*ORDERdonotchangetherepetitionnumber,butdo
changetheorderinwhichtherepeatblockisexecuted.
Example
*TEXTVARS who
How old is *? who?
*ENDREP
Inthisexample,question1isrepeated5times.Theanswerofeachquestionisstoredinthedatafield
86L10(foreachanswer2positions(1L2x5questions).
SeeAlso
*REPEAT...*ENDREP......................................235
RepeatNumber ................................................72
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*RETURN
Purpose
Returnsfromsubroutine.
Syntax
*RETURN
Description
Returnsfromasubroutinebeforethephysicalendofthesubroutineisreached.Thiscommandisalso
allowedundercondition,butismandatoryforevery*SUBROUTINE.
Example
*TEXTVARS PAPER, OTHERPAPER
*SUBROUTINE "NEWSPAPER"
*QUESTION 101 *NUMBER L1 *MAX 6
How many of the last 6 issues of *?PAPER did you read?
*IF [Q101 = 0] *RETURN
Did you read *?PAPER yesterday?
1: Yes
2: No
*ENDSUB
*QUESTION 1 *CODES L8 *MULTI *SAVE PAPER
Which newspapers do you read?
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
8:
La Repubblica *GOSUB NEWSPAPER

La Stanza *GOSUB NEWSPAPER
The Mirror *GOSUB NEWSPAPER
The New York Times *GOSUB NEWSPAPER
Le Figaro *GOSUB NEWSPAPER
La Libration *GOSUB NEWSPAPER
El Pais *GOSUB NEWSPAPER
Other *OPEN *GOSUB NEWSPAPER
SeeAlso
*GOSUB...........................................................137
*SUBROUTINE...*ENDSUB.............................275
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*RIGHT
Purpose
Questiontypeoptionandoptionwithinconjointanalysis.
Syntax
*RIGHT text
Description
Thiscommandisalwaysusedincombinationwith*QUESTIONand*SCALEorincombinationwith
*CONJandmustbespecifiedafterthesecommandsonthesameline.Withthiscommandatextcanbe
givenwhich,duringtheinterview,isplacedattherighthandpoleofthescale.
Arguments
text
Thisisthetextthatwillbedisplayedontherighthandpoleofthescale.
Remarks
Ifthetextcontainsspacesithastobespecifiedbetweendoublequotes.
Example
*QUESTION 1 *SCALE 61 *LEFT "Left scale text" *RIGHT "Right scale text"
This is an example of a scale question.
Result:
SeeAlso
*CONJ...*ENDCONJ .......................................111
*LEFT...............................................................170
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*ROT
Purpose
Displaysanswercategoriesrotated.
Syntax
*ROT [[pos]L<length>|<pos>]
Description
Thiscommandisalwaysusedincombinationwitha*CODESquestionor*REPEATblockandhastobeon
thesamelineasthequestiondefinition.Thecodesandtheirlabelsareshowninrotatedorderonthe
screen,startingrandomlyfromanyoftheavailableanswercodes.Thenthenextcodesfollowinsequence,
uptoandincludingthehighestcode.Nextthelowestcodesfollowuptocodewhereitrandomlystarted.
Arguments
pos
Thedatafieldspecificationwheretheorderofthedisplayedcategoriesiswrittenintheclosedanswerfile.
length
Remarks
Thenumberofcodes,ofwhichtheorderwillissaved,dependsonthelengthinthedatafield
specification.Thishastobejustaslongasthenumberofcodestobesavedmultipliedbythelengthof
thehighestcode.Theorderofappearanceofthecodesonthescreenisstoredinthedatafilewiththe
closedanswers.
With*NOCONanswercodescanbeexcludedfromtherotation.
Example
*QUESTION 1 *CODES 61L10 *MULTI *ROT 71L8
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
8:
9:
10:
Acer
AST
Compaq
Dell
Hewlett Packard
IBM
Philips
Tulip
Other *OPEN *NOCON
Dont know *NMUL *NOCON
Inthisexample,allmentionsarestoredinposition61L10.Intheanswerfieldbehind*ROTthecodesfor
thefirst4codesonthescreenarestored.Thelasttwocodesarenotrotatedalongandarealways
displayedatthebottomofthecodelist.
SeeAlso
*GROUP ..........................................................146
*INV ................................................................163
*NOCON..........................................................199
*ORDER...........................................................211
*RANDOM.......................................................226
*REPEAT...*ENDREP ......................................235
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*RUN
System
NIPOCATIandNIPOCAPIonly
Purpose
RunsanexternalWindowsmodule(.DLL)withintheNIPOCATIClientandNIPOCAPIClient.
Syntax
*RUN Qn "[LIBRARY],[FUNCTION]"
Description
The*RUNcommandexecutesafunctionwithinanexternallibrary.Thelibrarymusthavebeenspecifically
developedtoworkinconjunctionwiththeNIPOODINengine,andmustbeaccessiblefortheNIPOCATI
ClientandNIPOCAPIClientexecutableinarelativepath.Thelibrarymayaccessvariablesdefinedwithin
theNIPOODINscriptandreturninformationinthespecifiedquestion.ItmayalsoreturndatainNIPOODIN
variables.
Formoreinformationoncreatingyourownlibraries,contacttheNIPOSoftwareHelpdeskforexample
source.
Arguments
Qn
Thetargetquestionwheretheresultvaluefromthelibraryfunctioncallisstored.Ifthedatafieldofthe
targetquestionisnotlongenough,theincomingdataistruncated.
LIBRARY
Thepartialorfullfilepathandnameofthelibrarytocall.
FUNCTION
Thenameofthefunctionwithinthelibrarytocall.Notethatthefunctionnameiscasesensitive.
STDRUN32
AspartofitsinterviewingclientsoftwareNIPOSoftwareincludesthelibrarySTDRUN32.DLL.Thislibrary
containsasinglefunctionSTDRUNENTRYwhichallowstheNIPOODINscripttocallanexternalexecutable
andpassinformationtotheexecutableusingtheclipboardorafile.Thefollowingvariablesmaybedefined
inNIPOODINscripttobeusedbySTDRUN32.DLL:
CMDLINE
Textvariable.Fullorpartialpathtotheapplicationthatneedstobecalled.
INPUTDATA
ThelibrarySTDRUN32.DLLusesthetextvariableINPUTDATAtotransferinformationtotheexternal
application.ThevalueofINPUTDATAiscopiedtotheclipboardpriortocallingtheapplication.Notethat
theapplicationthatiscalledneedstobeabletohandleinformationpassedtotheclipboard.
STDRUNTEMPFILEPATH
Ifyoudonotwishtousetheclipboardtopassinformationtotheexecutable,STDRUN32.DLLmayusea
fileinstead.Thistextvariablesetsapartialorfullfilepathtowardsafileinwhichtostorethecontentsof
INPUTDATA.AnyinformationpassedtoINPUTDATAisplacedinthisfileasanullterminatedstring.Note
thattheexecutablethatiscalledwillhavetotakecareofopening,readingandoptionallychangingthe
informationinthisfile.Anychangedinformationisultimatelypassedtothetargetquestionusingthisfile.
WhenusingSTDRUNTEMPFILEPATHitisrecommendedtosetRUNTYPEto1(seebelow)toavoidfile
accessissues.
RUNTYPE
Numericvariable.SetswhetherornotSTDRUN32.DLLwaitsfortheexternalapplicationtofinishbefore
NIPOODINcontinuestheinterview.
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Runtypevalues
Value
Function
0/10
WaitforapplicationthatwasopenedbytoclosebeforecontinuingtheNIPOODINscript.Use0for16bitapplicationsand10
for32bitapplications.
1/11
Donotwaitforapplicationtofinishcontinuethequestionnaireimmediately.Use1for16bitapplicationsand11for32bit
applications.
Waitfortheapplication,andforanyotherapplicationthatwasstartedbytheapplicationinturn,tofinishbeforecontinuing
theNIPOODINscript.
STDRUN32Example#1
ExampleofusingSTDRUN32.DLLusingtheclipboard.Returninformation,ifany,isstoredinQ1.
*TEXTVARS CMDLINE, INPUTDATA
*VARS RUNTYPE
*PUT CMDLINE "MYOWN.EXE"
*PUT RUNTYPE [ -1 ]
*PUT INPUTDATA "mydata"
*RUN Q1 "STDRUN32.DLL,STDRUNENTRY"
STDRUN32Example#2
ExampleofusingSTDRUN32.DLLusinganexternalfile.Returninformation,ifany,isstoredinQ1.
*TEXTVARS CMDLINE, INPUTDATA, STDRUNTEMPFILEPATH
*VARS RUNTYPE
*PUT CMDLINE "MYOWN.EXE"
*PUT STDRUNTEMPFILEPATH "TEMP.TXT"
*PUT RUNTYPE [ -1 ]
*PUT INPUTDATA "mydata"
*RUN Q1 "STDRUN32.DLL,STDRUNENTRY"
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*SAMPLEDATA
Purpose
WiththiscommandvariablesintheNIPOODINquestionnairecanbelinkedautomaticallywithfieldnames
intheSampletable.
Syntax
*SAMPLEDATA var1,var2,
Description
ThevariableintheNIPOODINquestionnaireisfilledautomaticallywiththecontentsofthematching
databasefieldwhenstartingtheinterview.Thefieldsinthedatabasetableareupdatedwiththecontents
ofthevariablewhenclosingtheinterviewforafinal(non)responseoranappointment.Ineveryother
aspect,asampledatavariableworksjustlikearegularNIPOODINvariable.
Remark
Whenusingatelephonefile,sampledatavariablesaremappedtopositionsinsystemfields.Inthiscase,
nocustomfieldscanbeused.
Default(system)fieldsinthesampletablemustbeprefixedwithTT.Forexample,toretrievethe
telephonenumberfromthesampletable,useTTTelephoneNumber.
Example
*SAMPLEDATA Region
*PAGE
According to our database the region is *?Region.
AssumesthatthesampletableforsurveyA1234containsafieldcalledRegion.
SeeAlso
*MOVA ...........................................................184
*MOVU ...........................................................185
*NEXTRECORD ................................................195
*PUT................................................................222
*SQLADD.........................................................261
*SQLGET .........................................................265
*SQLPUT .........................................................268
*TEXTVARS......................................................283
*VARS..............................................................287
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*SAVE(questionoption)
Purpose
Savestheanswerofaquestioninavariable.
Syntax
*SAVE <var>
Description
onthesameline.Theansweronaquestionissavedinavariable.Ifitisanumericvariablethecodevalue
orthenumberissaved.Ifitisatextvariablewithaclosedquestionwithprecodedanswersthelabelofthe
codeissaved.Savingananswertextisparticularlyofuseifyouwanttoinsertthistextinasubsequent
question(dynamictextmodification).
Maynotbeusedinasinglequestionincombinationwith*SAVEasacodeoption.Ifusedona*MULTI
question,itsavesthehighestselectedcode(text)only.
Arguments
var
Any(alpha)numericalvariableoranyofthetensystemvariables.Iftheargumentisomittedsystemvariable
0isusedbydefault.
Example
*TEXTVARS PARTY
*QUESTION 5 *CODES 81 *SAVE PARTY
Which party will you vote for in the next election?
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
Conservative union
Social democrats
Liberals
Greens
Communists
6: Other party *OPEN

7: None *GOTO 7
Did you also vote for the *? PARTY in the previous election?
1: Yes
2: No
*QUESTION 7
...
SeeAlso
*PUT................................................................222
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*SAVE(codesoption)
Purpose
Savesacodenumberorlabelinavariable.
Syntax
*SAVE <var>
Description
Ifitisanumericvariablethecodevalueissavedasanswer.Ifitisatextvariablethedescriptivetextofthe
answercategoryissaved.Ifitisanopencodetheopenendedanswertextissaved.
Remark
Maynotbeusedinasinglequestionincombinationwith*SAVEasaquestionoption.
Arguments
var
Any(alpha)numericalvariableoranyofthetensystemvariables.Iftheargumentisomittedsystemvariable
0isusedbydefault.
Example
*TEXTVARS localpaper
To what newspapers do you subscribe?
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
New York Times

The Guardian
Sunday Times
Washington Post
Herald Tribune
A local paper *OPEN *SAVE localpaper
7: Dont know *NMUL

*QUESTION 2 *CODES L1 *IF [Q1,6]
Do you read *? localpaper frequently?
1: Yes
2: No
SeeAlso
*SAVE(questionoption).................................245
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Purpose
Definesadiscretescalequestion.
Syntax
*SCALE <pos>L<length>
Description
Thiscommandmustbeusedaftera*QUESTIONonthesameline.Inputisdonebymeansofpositioninga
blockinannpoints(default7points)scale.Theanswerconsistsofthepositionoftheblockinthescale
startingatoneandincreasingfromlefttoright.Thescalecanbemodifiedtoamaximumsizeof26points.
Theupperlimitisdeterminedbythemaximumvaluethatfitsthespecifiedlength,orbythe*MAX
command.Use*MINtosetaninitialcursorpositionforthe*SCALEquestion(default:middle).Specifying
*MIN 0doesnotplacethecursoranywhere.Use*RIGHTtosetatextontherighthandsideofascale
question.Use*LEFTtosetatextonthelefthandsideofascalequestion.
Arguments
pos
length
Remark
IntheclientapplicationconfigurationforNIPOCAPIandNIPOCATI,thesettingScaleInitValue=n
positionsthecursorinascalequestionattheboxindicatedbyn.Withoutthissettingthedefaultpositionis
theboxinthemiddle.Ifn=0nocursorwillbedisplayed.
Example
*QUESTION 71 *SCALE 101L1 *LEFT "Poor taste" *RIGHT "Good taste"
What do you think of the taste of Heineken beer?
Result:
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SeeAlso
*LEFT...............................................................170
*LINE...............................................................171
*MAX ..............................................................178
*MIN ...............................................................182
*REPEAT(questionoption).............................234
*RIGHT ............................................................240
*SCALERANGE.................................................252
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*SCALE(in*FORMquestion)
Purpose
Definesahorizontalgridquestion.
Syntax
*SCALE <pos>L<length> n1 n2
Description
Thiscommandmustbeusedincombinationwitha*FORMquestiontocreateagridofoneormorerows.
Thesekindsofquestionsusecheckboxestomarktheanswersonscreeninsteadofusingcodes.Withthe
*SCALE commandyoucancreatehorizontalgrids,eithersinglecodedormultiplecodedusing*MULTI.
Tocreateverticalgrids,see*GRID.
Arguments
pos
length
n1
Thisisanumberorexpressionthatindicatesthenumberofcheckboxes.
n2
Thisisthespacingbetweeneachcheckbox.Onlyavailableinagrid.Negativevaluesresultinaverticalgrid.
Remarks
Expressionsarenotallowedfor*SCALEin*FORMquestions.
InNIPOCAWI,thevaluen2isoverruledbythecolumnwidthasdefinedbythe*TABcommand,but
mustbespecifiedregardless.
Use*TABand[Tab]tospacescales:
Toaligncolumntexts(headers)abovethescale,tabpositionsmustbedefinedwiththe*TABcommand
beforea*FORM*SCALEquestion.Foreachcolumninthescaleatabmustbedefined.Thescalesare
alwaysdistributedevenlybetweenthefirstandthelasttabitisnotpossibletovarythegapsbetween
columns.Ifthelasttabisnotat100%,thelastcolumntextandthe*SCALEmustbefollowedby
[Tab][Space]tofillthelastinvisiblecolumn.Usestylesheets(CSS)tocentertextsinNIPOCAWI.
*TAB 30, 40, 50, 60, 70
*QUESTION 1 *FORM
Question text
Column 1
Column 2
1:Scale 1
*SCALE 61L1 4 1
2:Scale 1
*SCALE 62L1 4 1
3:Scale 1
*SCALE 63L1 4 1
Column 3
Column 4
Notethattabsareusedtoseparatecolumnheadersandcodetextsandtheir*SCALEstatements.Boththe
headerrowandthecoderowsendwithatabspace.
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Example1
*TAB 35, 45, 55, 65, 75, 85
*QUESTION 2 *FORM
Very poor
1:Heineken
*SCALE 67L1 5 6
2:Amstel
*SCALE 68L1 5 6
3:Grolsch
*SCALE 69L1 5 6
4:Carlsberg
*SCALE 70L1 5 6
5:Tuborg
*SCALE 71L1 5 6
Very good
Again,tabsareusedtoseparatecolumnheaders(aspaceeachforthemiddlethree)andcodetextsand
their*SCALEstatements.Boththeheaderrowandthecoderowsendwithatabspace.
Result:
Example2
*QUESTION 882 *FORM
What did you think of the service at the following gas stations?
Esso
1:Very good
Good
Average
Poor
Very poor
No opinion
Mobil Oil
Shell
*SCALE L1 6 -1 *SCALE L1 6 -1
*SCALE L1 6 -1
Verticalscalesareusedhere,whichiswhy3*SCALEstatementsareplacedonasinglerow.
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Result:
Example3
*TAB 35, 45, 55, 65, 75, 85
*QUESTION 2 *FORM
Which features would you attribute to these beers?
Dark
Strong Sweet
Bitter Clear
1:Heineken
*SCALE 67L5 5 6 *MULTI
2:Amstel
3:Grolsch
4:Carlsberg[Tab]
5:Tuborg
[Tab]*SCALE 71L5 5 6 *MULTI
Result:
SeeAlso
*FORM ............................................................132
*MULTI............................................................186
*SCALERANGE.................................................252
*TAB................................................................279
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*SCALERANGE
Purpose
Definesthevaluesfora*SCALEquestion.
Syntax
*SCALERANGE [n]
or
*SCALERANGE [n1;n2;n3;...]
or
*SCALERANGE [n1 TO n2;...]
or
*SCALERANGE
Description
Thiscommanddefinesthevaluesthatwillbeusedfora*SCALEquestion.Bydefaultclickingthefirstbox
fromtheleftsavesvalue1,clickingthesecondboxfromtheleftsavesvalue2,etcetera.Thevaluessaved
froma*SCALEcanbechangedusing*SCALERANGE.Thescalerangeissetforall*SCALEquestions.
Arguments
[n]
Specifiestheoffsetfortheboxvalues.Thefirstboxwillgetvaluen,thesecondwillgetvaluen+1,third
n+2,etcetera.
[n1;n2;n3]
Specifiestheboxvaluesseparatedbysemicolons.Valuesmustbeintegersandmaybecontainnegative
valuesaswell.TheNIPOODINDevelopersyntaxcheckchecksifnovaluesareusedmorethanonce.When
moreboxesareusedthanvaluesspecified,thesystemautomaticallyusesthedefaultvalueofthoseboxes.
[n1 TO n2]
Specifiesarangeofvalues.Allvaluesinbetweenareused.
Whennoargumentisspecified,thedefaultboxvalueswillbeused.Use*SCALERANGEwithoutargument
toresetboxvalues.
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Remark
Itispossibletousemorethanone*SCALERANGEinthesameNIPOODINquestionnaire.However,
fromamethodologicalpointofview,thisisnotrecommended.
*SCALERANGEshouldnotbeusedincombinationwitha*SCALE *MULTIina*FORMquestion.
Youcannotusedescendingscaleranges.
Whenavalueisnotaninteger(ifdecimalsareused),thevalueistruncated(thedigitsafterthedecimal
pointareignored).
Itisnotrecommendedtouseexpressionsorvariablestosetthe*SCALERANGE.Ifyoudo,makesure
anyvariablevaluesaredeterminedbeforesettingthescalerange.Otherwise,theyareconsidered0and
thefollowingerrorappears:"Error: 'SCALERANGE' , illegal argument".Makesureyou
checktherouting(*GOTO,*IF,*BACK,*CUT,etc.)inyourquestionnaire,topreventyoufrom
unexpectedlyjumpingovera*SCALERANGE,asthiswouldmakeanalysisofthedataimpossible(as
youdonotknowwhattheboxvaluesrepresent).
Ifaboxvalueisusedmorethanonce,theNIPOODINDevelopersyntaxcheckpresentsawarning
message"Warning: Duplicate Code: n"ifthisisthecase.
Ifthe*SCALERANGE specifiesfewervaluesthanboxesareused,thedefaultboxvaluewillbeused.
Thismaybeavaluethatwasalreadyusedinyour*SCALERANGE specification.Itisnotpossibleto
differentiatebetweenthese2boxes.Thesyntaxcheckgiveswarningmessage"Warning: number
of boxes in SCALE (n) exceeds number of values specified in SCALERANGE
(m)"ifthisisthecase.
In*SCALERANGEyoumayspecifynegativeboxvalues.WhenexportingthequestionnairetoNIPO
Diana,makesurethatyoudonotexportthescalequestionswiththeoption'Createcodesforscale
questions'switchedon,asNIPODianadoesnotsupportnegativecodevalues.Exportthescale
questionsasvaluesonly.InIBMSPSSPCandTripleSusingnegativecodevaluesaresupported(check
yourIBMSPSSdocumentationonhowtousethesescales).
Example1
*SCALERANGE [ 0 ; 1 ; 2 ; 3 ; 4 ]
*QUESTION 1 *FORM
0
1:Heineken
*SCALE 61L1 5 10
2:Amstel
*SCALE 62L1 5 10
3:Grolsch
*SCALE 63L1 5 10
4:Carlsberg
*SCALE 64L1 5 10
5:Tuborg
*SCALE 65L1 5 10
Theleftmostgridboxsavesvalue0,thesecondboxsavevalue1,thethirdvalue2,thefourth3andthe
rightmostboxsavesvalue4.Notethattabsareusedtoseparatecolumnheadersandcodelabelsand
*SCALEstatements,andthateachrowendswithatabspacecombination.
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*SCALERANGE [-2 TO 2 ; 9]
*QUESTION 2 *FORM
Very poor taste
Don't know
-2
-1
Poor taste
Neutral Good taste
1:Heineken
*SCALE 66L2 6 10
2:Amstel
*SCALE 68L2 6 10
3:Grolsch
*SCALE 70L2 6 10
4:Carlsberg
*SCALE 72L2 6 10
5:Tuborg
*SCALE 74L2 6 10
Very poor taste
Theleftmostboxontheleftsavesvalue2,thesecondboxsavesvalue1,thethirdvalue0,thefourth1,
thefifth2andtherightmostboxsaves9.Notethattabsareusedtoseparatecolumnheadersandcode
labelsand*SCALEstatements,andthateachrowendswithatabspacecombination.
Result:
Notethatthevaluesabovetheboxesinthisexamplearepartofthequestiontext.Theyhaveno
significancefortheboxvalue.
Example3
*SCALERANGE [0]
*QUESTION 3 *SCALE L1 *MAX 5
Inascaleof5boxes,thefollowingboxvalueswillbeused:leftmostboxvalue0;secondbox1,thirdbox:2;
thefourth3andtherightmostboxvalue4.Thisisthesameas*SCALERANGE [0;1;2;3;4]or
*SCALERANGE [0 to 4].
Example4
*SCALERANGE [1;3;5]
*QUESTION 6 *SCALE L1
Inascaleof4boxes,thefollowingboxvaluesareused:leftmostbox1,secondbox3;thirdbox5andthe
4th(rightmost)boxvalue4asitwouldhavebeenitsdefaultvalue.
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*SHOWDOCUMENT
System
NIPOCAWIonly
Purpose
Showadocumentduringanonlineinterview.
Syntax
*SHOWDOCUMENT "URL [,frame]"
Description
Thiscommandisusedtoshowawebsiteduringanonlineinterview.
Arguments
URL
ThisistheURL(address)ofawebsitetobeshown.
frame
ThisisoptionalthenameoftheframeinwhichtoopentheURL.Theframemusthavebeendefinedinthe
NIPOODINTemplate.Ifnoframewasspecified,anewbrowserwindowisopened.
Remark
The*SHOWDOCUMENTcommandisignoredNIPOCATI,NIPOCAPI,NIPOCASIandNIPOCATIstandalone.
Example
Please first have a look at this web-site
1: Start
*SHOWDOCUMENT "http://www.niposoftware.com"
How did you like the new NIPO Software Website?
1:
2:
3:
4:
Very good
Good
Poor
Very poor
5: Dont know \ no opinion
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*SIZE
System
Purpose
Determinesthesizeoftheopenendedanswerboxin*OPENand*OPEN*BMPquestionsandthesizeof
checkboxesina*SCALEor*GRIDquestion.
Syntax
*SIZE x y
*SIZE expression1 [expression2]
Description
onthesameline.Incaseofan*OPENquestionitdefinesthesizeoftheanswer(textorbitmap)box,in
caseofa*SCALE,*GRIDor*FORMquestionitdefinesthesizeofthecheckboxes.
InNIPOCATI,youcansetthewidthandtheheightoffullyopenendedanswertextandbitmap(*OPEN
*BMP)boxes.Thesizeofasemiopenendedanswerbox(whichusesadialogbox)cannotbealteredusing
*SIZE.
InNIPOCAPI,youcanuse*SIZEtosetthewidthandheightoffullyandsemiopenendedtextanswer
boxes.Howeverforafullyopenendedbitmap(*OPEN *BMP)answerboxyoucanonlysettheheight;the
widthparameterisignored.Forsemiopenendedbitmapanswerboxesyoucansetboththewidthandthe
height.
ThedefaultheightforafullyopenendedbitmapanswerinNIPOCAPIissettohalftheapplicationwindow.
InbothNIPOCATIandNIPOCAPI,NIPOODINenforcesaminimumsizefortheopenendedanswerboxes.
Valuesbelowtheminimumaresettotheminimum.
Arguments
x
Thehorizontalsizeoftheappropriateobject.Thesizeisspecifiedintenthsofpoints(1pointis
approximately1/72ofaninch).Maybespecifiedasanexpression.
y
Theverticalsizeoftheappropriateobject.Thesizeisspecifiedintenthsofpoints(1pointisapproximately
1/72ofaninch).Maybespecifiedasanexpression.
Ifonlyoneparameterisprovided,thefollowingrulesapply:
Inafullyopenendedbitmapanswer(*OPEN *BMP)inNIPOCAPI,usingasingleparametersetsthe
heightoftheinputbox.Thewidthoftheinputboxisalwayssettothewidthoftheapplicationwindow.
Notethatthisdoesnotapplytotextopenendedanswerboxes.
Inallothercases,asingleparametersetsthewidthoftheopenendedanswerboxonly.
Example1
*QUESTION 1 *OPEN L11 *MULTI *SIZE 3000 1000
What reasons did you have to sell your car?
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Result:
Example2
*TAB 40,50,60,70,80,90
*QUESTION 1 *FORM *SIZE 200 200
Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with the following statements:
agree
disagree
1: Coca Cola is tasteful
*SCALE L1 5 10
2: Coca Cola is expensive
*SCALE L1 5 10
3: Coca Cola is modern *SCALE L1 5 10
Result:
Example3
*QUESTION 1 *OPEN L11 *MULTI *SIZE 1500
What reasons did you have to sell your car?
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ResultinNIPOCAPI:
SeeAlso
*BMP...............................................................104
*CODES ...........................................................109
*FORM ............................................................132
*OPEN(codesoption).....................................210
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*SKIP
System
NIPOCAPIonly
Purpose
Skipsaquestionnaireinacluster.
Syntax
*SKIP "name"
Description
ThiscommandisusedtoskipaquestionnaireinaclusterinNIPOCAPI.Nodataisstoredforthatspecific
questionnaire.Usethiscommandforinstancetoskiparegionalquestionnaireoraquestionnairefora
specifictargetgroup.Thiscommandismostlyusedintheapreliminaryscreeninginthefirstquestionnaire
ofacluster.Ifthecallneedstobemadeinthequestionnaireitself,use*ABORTinstead.
Arguments
name
Thisisthenameofaquestionnairetobeskipped(excludingtheQ).Ifthefileismissingornotdefinedinthe
clusterthecommandisignored.
Example
Interviewer: type sex of respondent
1: Male
2: Female
** The questionnaire RAZORQ is only for males.
*IF [ Q1,2 ] *SKIP "razor"
** The questionnaire PERFUMEQ is only for females.
*IF [ Q1,1 ] *SKIP "perfume"
SeeAlso
*ABORT.............................................................92
*APPOINT..........................................................97
*CUT ...............................................................116
*END ...............................................................121
*ENDNGB........................................................123
*ENDST ...........................................................124
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*SQLADD
System
NIPOCATIandNIPOCAWIonly
Purpose
Createnewdatabaserecord.
Syntax
*SQLADD count var1,var2, "SELECT field1,field2, FROM TableName"
Description
Usethe*SQLADDcommandinaNIPOODINquestionnairetocreatenewrecordsinadatabasetable.This
maybeacustomtable,thecurrentSampletable,oraSampletableforanothersurvey.Ifthe*SQLADD
commandisexecutedsuccessfullythevariablecountcontainsthenumberofrecordsthathavebeen
addedinthetable.
SeeAdvancedUseof*SQLADDCommand(onpage303)formoredetailsonworkingwith*SQLADD.
Arguments
count
Thisavariablethatstorestheresultofthecommand,whichisthenumberofrecordsthatweresuccessfully
addedtotheSQLtable.Canbeusedtoseeifthequerywasexecutedsuccessfully.Morethanonerecord
maybeaddedifanyofthepassedvariableswasanarraytypevariable.Thesmallestarraysizedefineshow
manyrecordsmaybeadded.Ifcountissmallerthanthatsmallestarray,oneormorerecordscouldnotbe
added.Likelycausesareprimarykeyviolations,incompatibledatatypesetcetera.Anerrorpreventsthe
systemfromaddingmorearrayvaluesfromthe*SQLADDstatement.
var1,var2, ...
Inputvariablesorvaluesthataretobeinsertedinthenewrecord(s).Forundopurposesthesemustinclude
theprimarykey(s)forthetable,forundopurposes.Thenumberofvariablesshouldmatchthenumberof
fieldsintheSELECTstatement.Arraytypevariablesmustbespecifiedwithoutarrayindexes.
field1, field2, ...
Fieldsintowhichthevariablesaretobeinserted.Theseshouldatleastincludeallprimarykeyfield(s).Asa
consequencethetablemustuseaprimarykey.Theorderinwhichthefieldsarespecifiedistheorderin
whichtheirvaluesareinserted,andthenumberoffieldsshouldmatchthenumberofvariables:var1goes
intofield1,var2intofield2andsoforth.
TableName
Nameofthetabletocreaterecordsin.ThedatabaseODBCname(DSN)isconfiguredinthesurvey
configurationfile,usuallyaspartofthesurveyconfiguration.Asasurveycanuseonlyonedatabase
reference,thisisusuallythesamedatabasethatcontainsthesurveysSampletable.Thetablemaybethe
currentSampletable,thesampleofanothersurveyoranyothertableinthesamedatabase.
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Remark
ThisfunctionrequirestheuseofadatabaseserverconnectedtotheNIPOFieldworkSystem.
Goingbackintothequestionnaireoveran*SQLADDstatementwillundoit,unlesstherecordwas
lockedbyanotherprocess.Youmayspecifya*NOTBACKcommandintheNIPOODINquestionnaireif
undoingisnotappropriate.
Thevariablesmustbespecifiedwiththe*VARS,*TEXTVARSor*SAMPLEDATAcommandfirst.
Thefieldsmustexistinthetable.
Thetablemusthaveaprimarykey.
*SQLADDmaynotbeusedonaview,sinceviewsdonothaveaprimarykey.
*SQLADDmaynotbeusedonatablewithanautomaticprimarykey,since*SQLADDdeterminesits
ownkey.
Contrarytothe*NEXTRECORDcommand,youmustspecifyavalidrecordnumber(key)forthetable.
Thenumberofvariablesmustmatchthenumberoffields.
Expressionsarenotsupported.Usethe*PUTcommandfirsttoevaluateexpressions.
ThesyntaxcheckintheNIPOODINDeveloperwillnotcheckifthecontentsofthevariablesthatyou
specifiedfitinthefields.Inotherwords,youmustensurethevariablesmatchthefieldtypesofthe
database.Textsthatdonotfitacharacterfieldaretruncated.
Youmaychangethecontentsofsystemfields(systemvariables)inSampletables.Thereisnovalidity
checkduringthe*SQLADDcommand,exceptforconstraintsofthefields,soensureyouusevalid
systemvalues.Inparticular,theInterviewNumberfieldshouldbesettoavalueintherange1
99999999,theStatusfieldto18andtheResponseCodefieldto099.
Ifthereisatypemismatchbetweenthevariablevalueandthefieldtype,anerrorisreportedandthe
recordisnotadded.
Forreference,thefieldtypeTinyIntmaybeusedforvaluesbetweenandincluding0and255;the
typeSmallIntmaybeusedforvaluesbetweenandincluding32768and+32767;thefieldtype
Integermayfitvaluesbetween214783648and214783647andthetypeFloatingmaycontain
anyvalueofupto15digits,withprecisionused.
Example1
*VARS Count,NewNumber
*TEXTVARS Name,Email,Telephone
*PUT
*PUT
*PUT
*PUT
NewNumber [ 9001 ]
Name "NIPO Software Helpdesk"
Email "Helpdesk@niposoftware.com"
Telephone "00 31 20 5225 980"
*SQLADD Count NewNumber,Name,Email,Telephone

"SELECT RecordNumber,Name,Email,Telephone
FROM Contacts"
AnewrecordiscreatedintheContactstablewithRecordNumber9001andthevariablesaresavedin
theName,EmailandTelephonefieldsforthisrecord.Allotherfieldsfromthistableeitherremain
emptyorreceivetheirinitialvalueassetintheconstraintsforthistable.
Example2
*VARS NewNumber,Count
*TEXTVARS Name,Address,City,Country,TelephoneNumber
*QUESTION 1 *FORM
Type the contents for your new record
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1:
2:
3:
4:
Name *ALPHA 69L45 *SAVE Name

Address
*ALPHA 114L35 *SAVE Address
City *ALPHA 149L35 *SAVE City
Country
*ALPHA 184L35 *SAVE Country
5: TelephoneNumber
*ALPHA 219L17 *SAVE TelephoneNumber
*PUT NewNumber [TTInterviewNumber+50000000]

*SQLADD Count NewNumber,Name,Address,City,Country,TelephoneNumber \
"SELECT InterviewNumber,DisplayField1,DisplayField2, \
DisplayField3,DisplayField4,TelephoneNumber \
FROM SampleA1234"
*QUESTION 2 *IF [ Count = 1 ]
Successfully added new record.
*END
ThesystemaddsanewsamplerecordtothetableofsurveySampleA1234.Avalueof50000000isadded
totheInterviewNumberandusedastheprimarykeyforthenewrecord.Thismethodmaycreatenew,
nonexistentprimarykeyswithoutcausingaprimarykeyviolation.
Example3
*VARS NewNumber, Count, Maxnumber
*TEXTVARS Name, Address, City, Country, TelephoneNumber
*QUESTION 1 *FORM
1: Name *ALPHA
2: Address
69L45 *SAVE Name

*ALPHA 114L35 *SAVE Address
3: City *ALPHA 149L35 *SAVE City

4: Country
*ALPHA 184L35 *SAVE Country
5: TelephoneNumber
*** First retrieve the highest InterviewNumber so far

*SQLGET Count MaxNumber \
"SELECT InterviewNumber FROM SampleSqlAdd2 \
WHERE InterviewNumber = \
(Select MAX(InterviewNumber) FROM SampleSqladd2)"
*PUT NewNumber [ MaxNumber + 1 ]
*SQLADD Count NewNumber,Name,Address,City,Country,TelephoneNumber \
"SELECT InterviewNumber,DisplayField1,DisplayField2, \
DisplayField3,DisplayField4,TelephoneNumber \
FROM SampleSqlAdd2"
*QUESTION 2 *IF [Count = 1]
Successfully added new record.
*END
ThischecksforthehighestusedInterviewNumberwith*SQLGET,addsoneandthenusesthisvalueto
createthenewrecord.
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Example4
*VARS FamilyNumber, FamilyMemberNumber[9], FamilySize, Count
*TEXTVARS Name[9]
*QUESTION 1 *FORM
1:FamilyNumber:
2:FamilySize:
*NUMBER 61L6 *MIN 1 *MAX 999999 *SAVE FamilyNumber

*NUMBER 67L1 *SAVE FamilySize *MIN 1 *MAX 9

*REPEAT 9
*IF [?R <= FamilySize] *INCLUDE Q1001 [?R] \
*PUT FamilyMemberNumber[?R] [(FamilyNumber * 100) + ?R]
*ENDREP
Names of family members
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
8:
9:
First person:
Second person:
Third person:
Fourth person:
Fifth person:
Sixth person:
Seventh person:
Eighth person:
Ninth person:
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
77L35
112L35
147L35
182L35
217L35
252L35
287L35
322L35
357L35
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
Name[1]
Name[2]
Name[3]
Name[4]
Name[5]
Name[6]
Name[7]
Name[8]
Name[9]
*SQLADD Count FamilyMemberNumber,Name \

"SELECT PanelMemberNumber,Name FROM TestPanelmembers"
*QUESTION 3 *IF [Count = FamilySize]
Successfully added *? Count records out of *? FamilySize members.
Thesystemaddsatmaximum9recordswiththenamesofpanelmembersintheTestPanelmembers
table.Thesystemusesthe6digitFamilyNumberandaddsa2digitnumberforeachfamilymemberto
createaunique8digitPanelMemberNumber.
Whenfewerthan9familymemberswerespecified,thesystemreportsawarningmessagetothefieldwork
manager.Howeverthiserrormaybeignored..
Note:
ThevariablenameFamilyMemberNumber[9]andthedatabasefieldname
PanelMemberNumberdonotneedtocarrythesamename.
SeeAlso
*NEXTRECORD................................................ 195
*SQLGET ......................................................... 265
*SQLPUT......................................................... 268
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*SQLGET
System
NIPOCATIandNIPOCAWIonly
Purpose
Retrievesavalueortextfromadatabase.
Syntax
*SQLGET count var[,var...] "SQL statement"
Description
Thiscommandretrievesavariablefromadatabase.Ifmorethan1variableisusedthefirstvariablewillget
thevalueofthefirstfieldinthedatabaserecord,thesecondvariablegetsthesecondfieldetcetera.The
variablecanalsobeanarray.Inthatcase,iftheSQLstatementreturnsmorethan1record,thefirstrecord
willbecopiedfromthefirstelementofvar,thesecondrecordfromthesecondelementofvaretcetera.
Tobeabletouse*SQLGET,theNIPOFieldworkSystemmustbeconfiguredtouseadatabase.
Arguments
count
AnumericvariablethatwillcontainthenumberofrecordsretrievedbytheMSSQLstatement.Thiscannot
beanarrayvariable.
var
AvariablethatwillreceivetheresultoftheSQLstatement.Thismaybeanarrayvariable,butshouldbe
specifiedwithouttheindex.
"SQL statement"
AnSQLstatement.OnlySELECTstatementsintheformat"SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE ..."
areallowed.
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Remark
NIPOODINwillnotsyntaxchecktheSQLstatement.AsfarasNIPOODINisconcerneditisjustatext
stringwhichmeansthatyoucansubstitutevariableswiththe*?command.Ifthereisanerrorwhile
executingtheSQLstatementthisisreportedtothefieldworkmanager.Theinterviewcontinueswith
countsettozero.
VariablenamesintheNIPOODINquestionnairedonotneedtobeequaltothefieldnamesinthe
databasetable.
ItisadvisedtomatchthenumberofresultvariablestothenumberoffieldsreturnedbytheSQL
statement.TheorderinwhichfieldsarelistedintheSELECTstatementisthesameorderforstorage
usedbythedefinedvariables.
IfnorecordisfoundmatchingtheWHEREstatementoroneormoredatabasefieldsintheSQL
statementaremissing,thecountvariablewillbezero.
IfmorethanonerecordisfoundmatchingtheWHEREstatementandthevarisdefinedasanarray,the
arrayindexesofthevariablesareusedtostoresubsequentrecords.Thenumberofmatchingrecords
willbestoredinthecount.
Ifmorethanonematchingrecordisfound,butvarwasnotdefinedasanarrayvariable,thesystem
retrievesallmatchingrecordsbutcanstoreonlythelastfoundinformation.Thevariablecount
containsthenumberofrecordsfound.Notethattheorderinwhichrecordsarefoundisnotalwaysthe
(ascending)recordnumbers.
Ifmorethanonematchingrecordisfound,butthearrayvariablewasdefinedwithinsufficientindexes,
thesystemonlyretrievespartoftherecords.
AftertheWHEREstatementanyvalidSQLsyntaxexpressionisallowed.Usebracketstosetpriority
rules.
SQLstatementsmayonlyrefertotableswithintheasingledatabase.Whenreferringtootherdatabases
onthesameserver,theSQLstatementreturnszerorecords.
SQLstatementsmayrefertoonlyonetableatthetime,sojoinedqueriesarenotallowed.When
referringtoseveraltablesinasingle*SQLGETstatement,thestatementreturnszerorecords.If
informationfrommorethanonetableisrequired,considerusingmorethanone*SQLGETstatement.
FieldnameswithinthetablemaynotcontainspacesorothercharactersthatarenotintherangesAZ,
azand09.
TheWHEREstatementdoesacasesensitivesearchbydefault.Thismayonlybedisabledinthedatabase
configuration.
Note:
Requiresareferencetothedatabasename(DSNnameontheNIPOCATI/WebMaster)inthe
surveyconfigurationfile.Thisreferenceisbydefaultincludedwhenasampletableiscreated.
WhenretrievingfieldsfromSampletables,keepinmindthatSampletablesareprefixedwith
Sample(forexample,theSampletableofsurveyA1234iscalledSampleA1234).
Ifyouneedtoretrieveinformationfromthesamplerecordcurrentlyinuse,itisrecommendedto
use*SAMPLEDATAtodirectlyaccessfields.
Example1
InthedatabasetableNamestheIDisstoredinthefieldUserIDandthenameisstoredinthefield
Name.
SurveyconfigurationfileA1234.INI:
[Config]
RespondentDatabase=NIPOFieldworkSystem
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Questionnaire
*VARS CNT,NAME,USERID
*QUESTION 1 *NUMBER L8 *SAVE USERID
What is your ID number?
*SQLGET CNT NAME "SELECT Name FROM Names WHERE ID='*?USERID'"
*PAGE
According to our database your name is *?NAME.
Example2
RetrievefieldsBrandandTypefromdatabasetableProductswith*SQLGET.Thescriptassumeseach
brandcanhaveupto5types,andapreviouslydefinedlistofcomputerbrands(notincludedinthisscript).
*TEXTVARS CNT,BRAND,TYPE[5]
*VARS PRICE[5]
*QUESTION 1 *ALPHA L50 *SAVE BRAND *LIST "Computer brands"
What is the brand of your computer?
*FORMAT 3.2
*SQLGET CNT TYPE,PRICE "SELECT Type,Price FROM ProductTable WHERE Brand='*?BRAND'"
*QUESTION 1001 *CODES L5 *MULTI *DUMMY
*REPEAT 5
*IF [ CNT >= ?R ] *INCLUDE Q1001 [ ?R ]
*ENDREP
*QUESTION 2 *CODES L1 *IF [ CNT >= 1 ] *CONTROL Q1001 W
Please select the type of your *?BRAND computer:
Type:
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
*?TYPE[1]
*?TYPE[2]
*?TYPE[3]
*?TYPE[4]
*?TYPE[5]
Price
*?PRICE[1]
*?PRICE[2]
*?PRICE[3]
*?PRICE[4]
*?PRICE[5]
9: Dont know *NOCON

*QUESTION 1002 *ALPHA L50 *DUMMY
Dummy question to store the type
*QUESTION 1003 *NUMBER L3.2 *DUMMY
Dummy question to store the price
*** Store the type and price in the dummy questions
*IF [ Q2,1-5 ] *INCLUDE Q1002 "*?TYPE[Q2]"
*IF [ Q2,1-5 ] *INCLUDE Q1003 [ PRICE[Q2] ]
SeeAlso
*MOVA............................................................184
*MOVU ...........................................................185
*NEXTRECORD ................................................195
*SAMPLEDATA ................................................244
*SQLADD.........................................................261
*SQLPUT .........................................................268
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*SQLPUT
System
NIPOCATI/NIPOCAWIonly.
Purpose
Storesoneormorevaluesortextsinadatabasetablerecord.
Syntax
*SQLPUT count var[,var...] "SQL statement"
Description
Storesvariableinanexistingdatabasetablerecord.Ifmorethan1variableisusedfirstvariablewillbe
storedinthefirstfield,thesecondinthesecondfieldetcetera.
Arguments
count
AnumericvariablethatwillcontainthenumberofrecordsupdatedbytheSQLstatement.Thisshouldnot
beanarrayvariable.
var
Oneormorevariablescontainingthedatatobestoredinthetablerecord(s).Variablesmaybearraysif
theSQLstatementretrievesmorethanonerecord,theindexedvaluesofthesearraysareusedtofillthe
records.
"SQL statement"
AnSQLstatement.OnlySELECTstatementsintheformat"SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE ..."
areallowed.ItisnotpossibletouseanUPDATEquery.
Note:
Requiresareferencetothedatabasename(DSNnameontheNIPOCATI/WebMaster)inthe
surveyconfigurationfile.Thisreferenceisbydefaultincludedwhenasampletableiscreated.
DonotattempttoupdaterecordswithintheSampletableofarunningsurvey,includingthe
questionnaire'sownSampletable.Recordsofsuchtablesmaybelocked,causingtheupdatetofail.
Ifyouneedtoupdateinformationinthesamplerecordcurrentlyinuse,itisrecommendedtouse
*SAMPLEDATAtodirectlyaccessfields.
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Remark
Thiscommanddoesnotcreatenewrecordsitonlyupdatesexistingrecords.
NIPOODINwillnotsyntaxchecktheSQLstatement.AsfarasNIPOODINisconcerneditisjustatext
stringwhichmeansthatyoucansubstitutevariableswiththe*?command.Ifthereisanerrorwhile
executingtheSQLstatementthisisreportedtothefieldworkmanager.Theinterviewcontinueswith
countsettozero.
VariablenamesintheNIPOODINquestionnairedonotneedtobeequaltothefieldnamesinthe
databasetable.
ItisrequiredtomatchthenumberofinputvariablestothenumberoffieldsreturnedbytheSQL
statement.TheorderinwhichfieldsarelistedintheSELECTstatementisthesameorderforstorage
usedbythedefinedvariables.
IfnorecordisfoundmatchingtheWHEREstatementoroneormoredatabasefieldsintheSQL
statementaremissing,thecountvariablewillbezero.
IfmorethanonerecordisfoundmatchingtheWHEREstatementandthevarisdefinedasanarray,the
arrayindexesofthevariablesareusedtofillsubsequentrecords.Thenumberofmatchingrecordswill
bestoredinthecount.Ifthearraysaretoosmalltofittheselection,onlypartoftheselectionisfilled;
ifthearraysaretoolargetofitthenumberoffoundrecords,onlypartofthearraysarestored.Note
thattheorderinwhichrecordsarefoundisnotalwaysthe(ascending)recordnumbers.
AftertheWHEREstatementanyvalidSQLsyntaxexpressionisallowed.Usebracketstosetpriority
rules.
SQLstatementsmayonlyrefertotableswithintheasingledatabase.Whenreferringtootherdatabases
onthesameserver,theSQLstatementreturnszerorecordsandtheupdatefails.
SQLstatementsmayrefertoonlyonetableatthetime,sojoinedqueriesarenotallowed.When
referringtoseveraltablesinasingle*SQLPUTstatement,thestatementreturnszerorecords.If
informationmustbestoredinmorethanonetable,considerusingmorethanone*SQLPUTstatement.
FieldnameswithinthetablemaynotcontainspacesorothercharactersthatarenotintherangesAZ,
azand09.
TheWHEREstatementdoesacasesensitivesearchbydefault.Thismayonlybedisabledinthedatabase
configuration.
Example
ThedatabasetableNamescontainsaprimarykeythatmatchestheIDusedintheSampletable.The
respondent'snamemustbestoredinthefieldName.ItisassumedthatthetableNamesalreadycontains
thematchingrespondentIDs.
*VARS CNT
*TEXTVARS Name
*QUESTION 1 *ALPHA L45 *SAVE Name
What is your name?
*SQLPUT CNT Name "SELECT Name FROM Names WHERE ID='*?ID'"
*PAGE
Your name (*?Name) has been updated in our database.
SeeAlso
*MOVA............................................................184
*MOVU ...........................................................185
*SAMPLEDATA ................................................244
*SQLADD.........................................................261
*SQLGET..........................................................265
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*STOPAUTO
Purpose
Stoptheautomaticarrangingofanswercodesintocolumns.
Syntax
*STOPAUTO
Description
Thiscommandisalwaysusedincombinationwithacodedefinitionandmustbespecifiedafterthiscodeon
thesameline.Iftheanswercodesareautomaticallyarrangedintocolumnsbymeansof*AUTOthenthis
codeandallfollowingcodeswillnotbearrangedintocolumnsbutwillbedisplayedunderneath.
Note:
*NOCONhasamatchingresult.
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Example
Question text
1:code
2:code
3:code
4:code
5:code
6:code
7:code
8:code
9:code
10:code
11:code
12:code
13:code
14:code
15:code
16:code
17:code
18:code
19:code
20:code
21:code
22:code
23:code
24:code
25:code
26:code
27:code
28:code
29:code
30:code
31:code
32:code
33:code
34:code
35:code
36:code
37:code
38:code
39:code
40:code
41:code
42:code
43:code
44:code
45:code
46:code
47:code
48:code
49:code
50:code
51:code
52:code
53:code
54:code
55:code
56:code
57:code
58:code
59:code
60:code
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61: don't know *STOPAUTO

62: no answer
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Result:
SeeAlso
*AUTO...............................................................98
*NOCON..........................................................199
*NOHIDE .........................................................201
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*STOPRANDOM
Purpose
Stopsrandomizationofanswercodes.
Syntax
*STOPRANDOM
Description
Iftheanswercodesaredisplayedinrandomorderbymeansof*RANDOM*ROTor*INVthenthiscode
andallfollowingcodesarenotrandomizedbutdisplayedinregularorder.
Note:
*NOCONhasamatchingresult.
Example
*QUESTION 1 *CODES 61L11 *MULTI *RANDOM
Which of the following brands do you know?
1:Aiwa
2:Denon
3:Kenwood
4:Marantz
5:Philips
6:Pioneer
7:Samsung
8:Sharp
9:Sony
10:Other, specify ...
11:Don't know *NMUL
*OPEN *STOPRANDOM
Inthisexamplecodes19aredisplayedinrandomorder,whilecodes10and11arealwaysdisplayedatthe
bottomofthecodelist.
SeeAlso
*INV ................................................................163
*NOCON..........................................................199
*NOHIDE .........................................................201
*RANDOM.......................................................226
*ROT ...............................................................241
*STOPAUTO ....................................................270
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*STRAT
Purpose
Stratificationonoutput.
Syntax
*STRAT <n|[expression]>
Description
Withthiscommandacheckcanbemadetoseeifacertainstratumhasreacheditslimit.Thestratification
criteriaareputintheTfile/Sampletablerecordduringtheinterview,socalledstratificationonoutput.If
thestratumlimitisreached,thequestionnaireiscontinuedwiththequestionwiththequestionnumber
indicatedbytheargument.
Arguments
n|expression
Apositiveintegerthatspecifiesanexistingquestionnumber.
Example
*QUESTION 1 *CODES 201 *ADDRESS
Do you own a VCR?
1: Yes
2: No
*MOVA Q1 Q2
*STRAT 99
Did you use your VCR yesterday?
1: Yes
2: No
*QUESTION 4
Thank you for your co-operation.
*END
*QUESTION 99
I dont have anymore questions for you.
Thank you for your co-operation.
*ENDNGB
Inthisexample,theanswerofquestion2istransferredtotheTfile/Sampletablerecordandthe
stratificationcellsarecheckedtoseeifthequotawasreached.Ifso,ajumptoquestion99ismade.Itis
assumedthestratificationfile(Sfile)checksforstratumlimitsusingposition201.
SeeAlso
*ABORT.............................................................92
*CUT ...............................................................116
*END ...............................................................121
*ENDNGB........................................................123
*ENDST ...........................................................124
*NONRESP ......................................................203
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*SUBROUTINE...*ENDSUB
Purpose
Definesasubroutine.
Syntax
*SUBROUTINE name
<commands>
*ENDSUB
Description
Definesthestartofasubroutine.Thiscommandhastobeatthebeginningofaline.Thiscommandis
alwaysusedincombinationwith*ENDSUB(endsubroutine).Thesubroutinecanbejumpedtoatanytime.
Asubroutineconsistsofasetofcommandsandquestionsthatthesystemconsidersasaspecial
component.Whenasubroutineiscalledinthequestionnairethesystemexecutesthecommandsinthe
subroutine.Itisasifthecommandsinthesubroutineareinsertedwherethesubroutinewascalled.The
answerfieldsinasubroutinewillbeconsideredrelative.
Whenasubroutineiscalledthesystemusesthepositioninthe*FIELDparameterbelongingto*GOSUB
asthestartingpointtodeterminewheretheanswershavetobeput.Asubroutineisconsideredaseparate
componentofthequestionnaire.Itshouldbeplacedsomewhereinthequestionnairebeforethefirstcallto
thesubroutine.
Inasubroutineyoucancallsubroutinesrecursivelywithamaximumdepthlimitedbythecomputer
memoryandthe99999datapositionsavailableforNIPOODIN.
Subroutinescanalsobecalledaftera*NEWcommand,whenplacedinthefirstsubquestionnaires.
Arguments
name
Thenameofthesubroutine.
Remarks
Itisnotallowedtojumpoutofasubroutinebymeansofthe*GOTOcommand.Toendsubroutine
execution,use*RETURNinstead.Atleastone*RETURNmustbedefined.
Example
*TEXTVARS BRAND
*SUBROUTINE OPINION
1:
2:
3:
4:
Very good
Good
Poor
Very poor
*ENDSUB
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
Esso
Shell
Texaco
BP
*GOSUB
Mobil
*GOSUB
*GOSUB
*GOSUB
OPINION
*GOSUB
OPINION
OPINION
OPINION
OPINION
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SeeAlso
*FIELD .............................................................127
*GOSUB ..........................................................137
*RETURN.........................................................239
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*SWILANG
Purpose
Switchestoanother(predefined)language.
Syntax
*SWILANG "[name]"
Description
Withthiscommanditispossibletoswitchtoanotherlanguageduringtheinterview.Thecommandhasthe
sameeffectaschoosingthelanguagefromtheLanguagemenuintheNIPOCATIClientandtheNIPOCAPI
Client.Thenameinthesyntaxhastomatchthenameofthelanguagesection.
Arguments
name
ThisisthenameofthelanguagesectionthatNIPOODINrefersto.Toswitchtothedefaultlanguageyou
canomitaname.
Remark
Thedoublequotesaroundthesectionnamearemandatory.
InNIPOSYS.INIthefollowingsettingapplies:SwilangDisablesLanguageSwitch = n.When
turningthissettingon(n=1),theLanguagemenuisdisabledsothattheinterviewercannotswitch
languages.Default=0(languageswitchenabled).
Thedefaultlanguage,containingtheactualquestionnairelogic,isalwaysconsideredEnglishevenifit
isn't.WhenyoursourcequestionnaireisnotinEnglish,butEnglishisoneofthetranslations,usefor
example*LANGUAGE "UK"and*SWILANG "UK".
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Example
Interviewer: choose a language
1:
2:
3:
4:
Dutch *SWILANG "Dutch"

German *SWILANG "German"
French *SWILANG "French"
English *SWILANG ""

Do you have a dog?
1: Yes
2: No
*END
*LANGUAGE "Dutch"
*QUESTION 2
Heeft u een hond?
1: Ja
2: Nee
*LANGUAGE "German"
*QUESTION 2
Haben Sie einen Hund?
1: Ja
2: Nein
*LANGUAGE "French"
*QUESTION 2
Avez vous un chien?
1: Oui
2: Non
SeeAlso
*LANGUAGE....................................................166
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*TAB
Purpose
Setsthetabpositions.
Syntax
*TAB <n>[,n2,...]
Description
Thiscommandcanbeusedtospecifythetabwidth.Thetabwidthisdeterminedbypercentagesofthe
Window'swidthinNIPOCATI.InNIPOCAWIandNIPOCAPI,Thetabpositionsareconvertedtocolumnsin
thebrowserwindow.
IntheNIPOCAPIClientonly,the*TABcommandcanbeusedtolayoutcodelistsusing*AUTOtoformatthe
numberofcolumns.
Arguments
n
Thisisapositiveintegerthatindicatesthetabwidth.
Example1
*FONT 0 "10 ARIAL"
*TAB 30
*QUESTION 1 *FORM
Please, fill in:
1:Name : *ALPHA 73L30
2:Street
: *ALPHA 103L40

4:Age
: *NUMBER 163L2
Notethattabsareusedbehindallcodelabels.
Result:
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Example2
*TAB 40,50,60,70,80,90
*QUESTION 1 *FORM
How do you rate ....
very poor
know/ no answer
poor
1:Statement 1 *SCALE L1 6
4:Very long statements may
*SCALE L1 6 10
neither poor
nor good
good
very good
don't
10
10
10
be placed in one line, because the TAB will force a linewrap
Notethattabsareusedbetweenheadingtextsandbehindallcodelabels.
Result
Note:
Thevalue10in*SCALEisignored:thesystemcalculatesthescaledistanceusingthe*TAB
command.Notethatthedistancebetweenthescalesisalwaysequal.*TABdefinitionsabove100
areignored.
InNIPOCAPI,usingstylesheetsitisalsopossibletocenterthescaleboxesunderthetext.
SeeAlso
*AUTO .............................................................. 98
*FORM ........................................................... 132
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*TABLE
Purpose
EnablesexportinformationforhierarchicaldatafortheNIPODSCforSPSSDimensionsinterface.
Syntax
*TABLE ["iteration name"]
Description
ThiscommandappliestotheNIPODiana/NvisionScriptexportonly,butisignoredineitherpackage.It
addsacommentline(COM)tothevariabledefinitionwhichtellstheNIPODSCforSPSSDimensions
interfacethatthe*FORMquestionor*REPEATblockmustbeusedforahierarchicaldatarepresentation.
Thiscommandcanbeusedintwoways:
1. Ona*FORMquestiondefinition.Nolabelneedstobespecified.Hierarchicaldataofthefieldsofa
*FORMquestioncanonlybecreatedifallfieldsinthe*FORMquestionareofthesametypeandsize
(forexample,all*NUMBERsofsize2,all*SCALEsofsize1,asingle*GRIDetcetera).
2. Withina*REPEATblock.The*TABLEcommandisspecifiedinadvanceofthefirstquestioninthe
repeatlookanddefinesanameforthecurrentiteration.
Arguments
"iteration name"
Forusein*REPEATblocksonly,definesalabelforthecurrentiteration.
Example1:*FORMquestion
*QUESTION 4 *FORM *TABLE *VCONTROL Q1 W *LABEL "Scale"
Vertical control
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
1:*GRID 73L24 6.4 4.8 *MULTI
Column 4
ThiscreatesacommentlinethattellstheNIPODSCforSPSSDimensionstolayoutthegridinahierarchical
datastructure.
Example2:*REPEATblock
*REPEAT
*REPNUM
*REPNUM
*REPNUM
*REPNUM
4
1
2
3
4
*FIELD
: *PUT
: *PUT
: *PUT
: *PUT
101L24
TXT "Iteration
TXT "Iteration
TXT "Iteration
TXT "Iteration
A"
B"
C"
D"
*TABLE "X *? TXT"

Are you:
1: Male
2: Female
*QUESTION 7 *FORM *TABLE *LABEL "Age"
1:Your age:
*NUMBER 3L2
s:Your partner' age:
*NUMBER 5L2
*ENDREP
ThiscreatesacommentlinethattellstheNIPODSCforSPSSDimensionstolayouttherepeatblockina
hierarchicaldatastructure.
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*LABEL ............................................................165
*VAR ...............................................................285
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*TEXTVARS
Purpose
Definesoneormoretextvariablesorarrays.
Syntax
*TEXTVARS <name>[,name2,...]
or
*TEXTVARS <name[size]>[,name2[size2],...]
Description
Definestextvariablesoronedimensionaltextarrays.Thiscommandhastobeatthebeginningoftheline.
Thesetextvariablesorarrayscanbeusedthroughouttheentirequestionnairetostoredataorretrieve
data.Intextvariablesorarraysallalphanumericaldatacanbestored.Atextvariableorarrayinitiallyis
empty.
Note:
FortechnicalreasonsitisnotpossibletousevariableswhichnamestartwithanL.
Systemvariablesdonotneedtobedefined.
Arguments
name
Thenameofthevariableorarray.Multiplevariablesorarrayscanbecreatedwithasingle*TEXTVARS
commandbyincludingadditionalvariableorarraynamesseparatedbycommas(Name2,Name3,andso
on).
size
Specifiesthesizeofthearraytobecreated.Onlyonedimensionalarraysaresupported.Thevariablewill
containthespecifiedamountofrows:youhavecreatedsizevariableswiththesamename.
Example
*TEXTVARS UHELP[2]
*QUESTION 2 *ALPHA 151L20 *SAVE UHELP[1]
What is the name of the oldest child?
*QUESTION 3 *ALPHA 171L20 *SAVE UHELP[2]
What is the name of the second oldest child?
*PAGE
The oldest child is named *? UHELP[1]
The second oldest child is named *? UHELP[2]
SeeAlso
*? ......................................................................89
*PUT................................................................222
*SAMPLEDATA ................................................244
*VARS..............................................................287
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*USELIST
Purpose
Useanswercodesfromalist.
Syntax
*USELIST <n|[expression]|"name">
Description
Thiscommandisalwaysusedincombinationwithaclosedquestionandusesalistasasubstitutefor(apart
of)acodelist.Thisissimilartothe*LISTcommandexceptthat*USELISThastobeusedas(partof)a
codelistwhile*LISThastobeusedasaquestionoption.Morethanone*USELISTmaybeusedina
singlequestion.
Arguments
n|expression
Thisisapositiveintegerorexpressionthatindicatesanexistinglist.
name
Thisisthenameofanexistinglist.
Remark
Thiscommandcanonlybeusedinthecontextofclosedcodedquestions.
Example
*LIST 1
1: Heineken
2: Amstel
3: Grolsch
4: Carlsberg
5: Tuborg
*USELIST 1
6: Other *OPEN
7: Dont know *NMUL
Inthisexample,thefirstfivecodescomefromapredefinedcodelist.
SeeAlso
*LIST(definition).............................................173
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*VAR
Purpose
DefinesavariablenameforexporttoNIPODIANA/NvisionScriptvariables,IBMSPSS,etcetera.
Syntax
*VAR <name>
Description
specifiedafterthesecommandsonthesameline.NormallyvariablenamesintheNIPODiana/Nvision
ScriptvariablefilearebasedonthequestionnumbersinyourNIPOODINquestionnaire.The*VAR
commandgivesthepossibilitytocreateyourownvariablenamesduringtheexporttoNIPODiana/Nvision
Script,IBMSPSS,etcetera.
Arguments
name
Anameofmaximum12characters.Thevariableshouldnotcontainspacesandshouldnotstartwitha
number.
Remark
Thevariablenamedefinestheexportvariablenameofthequestionintheexport.Thisisnotthesameas
thevariablescreatedwithinyourNIPOODINquestionnairewiththe*VARSand*TEXTVARScommands.
ThevariablenamesdonothavetobeuniqueintheNIPOODINquestionnaire,butobviouslyyouranalysis
toolwillnotbeabletodifferentiatevariableswiththesamename.TheNIPOODINDevelopersyntaxcheck
producesaWarning: Duplicate variable namemessageifavariablenameisnotunique.This
warninghasnoimpactonrunningthequestionnaire,andnamesmaybechangedwithoutconsequencesat
alatertime.
Variablenameswithina*REPEATblockaresuffixedwitharepeatnumber.Variablenameswithina
*GOSUBaresuffixedwithanumberindicatingthenumberofcallstheroutinewascalleduntilthen.Insome
exports,multiplecodedvariablesareexportedasmultipledichotomyvariables,wherethevariablenameis
suffixedwithacodelabelindexnumber.
Example
*QUESTION 1 *CODES L1 *VAR Gender
Int. type the respondents gender
1:Male
2:Female
*QUESTION 2 *NUMBER L2 *VAR Age
Could you please tell me your age?
ExporttoNIPODiana/NvisionScriptcreatesthefollowingvariables:
*Gender *SNG 61L1: Int. type the respondents gender
1:Male
2:Female
*Age 62L2: Could you please tell me your age?
ExporttoIBMSPSScreatesthefollowingvariables:
VARIABLE LABELS
Gender 'Int. type the respondents gender'
Age 'Could you please tell me your age?'
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*LABEL ............................................................165
*TABLE ............................................................281
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*VARS
Purpose
Definesoneormorenumericvariablesorarrays.
Syntax
*VARS <name>[,name2,...]
or
*VARS <name[size]>[,name2[size2],...]
Description
Definesnumericvariablesoronedimensionalnumberarrays.Thiscommandmustbespeciifedatthe
beginningofaline.Numericvariablesorarrayscanbeusedthroughouttheentirequestionnairetostore
dataorretrievedata.Innumericvariablesorarraysallalphanumericaldatacanbestored.Anumeric
variableorarrayinitiallyisempty.
Arguments
name
Thenameofthevariableorarray.Multiplevariablesorarrayscanbecreatedwithasingle*VARS
commandbyincludingadditionalvariableorarraynamesseparatedbycommas(name2,name3,andso
on).
size
Specifiesthesizeofthearraytobecreated.Thevariablecanstoreuptosizevalues.
Remarks
NIPOODINhas10systemvariables,0uptoandincluding9,whichdonotneedtobedefined.Contrary
toallothervariablesinNIPOODIN,variable9willnotbeclearedatthestartofanewinterview.
Onlyonedimensionalarraysaresupported.
Example
*VARS GHELP,HHELP[2]
*QUESTION 1 *NUMBER 93 *SAVE GHELP
How many children, living at home, are there in this
household?
*QUESTION 2 *NUMBER 94L2 *SAVE HHELP[1]
What is the age of the oldest child?
*QUESTION 3 *NUMBER 96L2 *SAVE HHELP[2]
What is the age of the second oldest child?
*PAGE
There are *? GHELP children living at home.
The oldest is *? HHELP[1] years.
The second oldest is *? HHELP[2] years.
SeeAlso
*? ......................................................................89
*PUT................................................................222
*SAMPLEDATA ................................................244
*TEXTVARS......................................................283
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*VCONTROL
Purpose
Makesthedisplayofcolumnsandtextsinagridquestiondependentonanswerstoapreviousquestion.
Syntax
*VCONTROL <Qn> <W|N>
Description
Thiscommandisalwaysusedincombinationwitha*FORM*GRIDquestionandhastobeonthesameline
asthequestiondefinition.Thiscommandcontrolsthedisplayofanswercolumnsandtextsina*GRID
questiondependentonanswerstoapreviousquestion.Thispreviousquestionisreferredtobymeansof
Qn.
Arguments
Qn
Thereferencetothecontrolquestionwherenisthenumberofthequestion.
W
Onlyanswercodesthatwerementionedinthecontrolquestionarebeingdisplayed.
N
Onlyanswercodesthatwerenotmentionedinthecontrolquestionarebeingdisplayed.
Remarks
Makesurethatthecontrolquestionandthecurrentquestionhavematchingsetsofanswercodes.
Codesthataresuppressedasaresultofthiscommand,cannotbepartoftheanswer.Whenallcodes
aresuppressedthequestionisskipped.
Thecolumnheadertextsabovethegridcolumnshavetobepositionedbyusingtabs.
INNIPOCATIandNIPOCAPI,thecontrolledcolumnsareremovedfromthescreenandtherestofthe
columnswillshifttothelefttofillthegaps.
InNIPOCAWI,thecontrolledcolumnsarenotremovedbutdisabled(checkboxesaredisplayedingray
andcannotbeselected).
Example1
Which of the following Dutch beer brands did you ever taste?
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
Heineken Beer
Amstel Beer
Grolsch Beer
Bavaria Beer
Leeuw Beer
*TAB 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70

How would you rate the taste of these beer brands?
*FONT 1 Heineken Beer
Very poor
Poor
Average
Good
Very good
Amstel Beer
Grolsch Beer
Bavaria Beer
Leeuw Beer
*FONT 0
1:*GRID 71L5 5.2 5.10
Notethattherearetabsbetweencolumntextsaswellasinfrontofthe*GRIDcode.Alllineswithtextand
inatabspacecombination.
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ResultintheNIPOCATIClientwhenselectingHeineken,GrolschandBavariainQ1:
ResultintheNIPOCAWIwhenselectingHeineken,GrolschandBavariainQ1:
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Example2
Beer brands
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
Heineken Beer}
Amstel Beer
Grolsch Beer
Bavaria Beer
Leeuw Beer
*TAB 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100

Statements (multiple grid)
Heineken Beer
1:Value for money
Amstel Beer
Grolsch Beer
Bavaria Beer
Leeuw Beer
*GRID 66L20 4.2 5.5 *MULTI
Good product
Must have this product
None of these statements apply for this product
ResultinNIPOWebClientwhenselectingHeineken,Amstel,andLeeuwinquestion1:
SeeAlso
*CONTROL ......................................................112
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*WAITCR
System
NIPOCAPIClientonly.
Purpose
Onquestionsusing*NON,setstheminimumwaitingtimebeforeanonresponsemaybegiven.
Syntax
*WAITCR <n|[expression]>
Description
Onquestionsusing*NON,setstheminimumwaitingtimebeforeanonresponsemaybegiven.Beforethe
waitingtimeelapses,theinterviewer/respondentcannotpresstheENTERkeytoproceed.However,the
interviewmaybecontinuedwithoutwaitingwhenanyotheranswerisgiven.
Arguments
n|expression
Thisisapositiveintegerthatspecifiesthenumberofunitsof1/18second.
Remarks
Defaultvalueis0(nowaittime).
Example
*WAITCR 54
*Q 10 *OPEN L99 *MULTI *NON
Do you have any remarks with regard to the service offered?
Inthisexample,ittakes3secondsbeforetheinterviewcanbecontinuedwithoutgivinganyanswer.
SeeAlso
*BUT................................................................106
*NON ..............................................................202
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*WAITPLAY
Purpose
Waitsformultimediafilestofinish.
Syntax
*WAITPLAY
Description
Duringplaybackofamultimediafiletheinterviewdoesnotstop;playbackoccurssimultaneously.Withthis
commandhowever,itispossibletoforceawaitingtimeuntiltheplaybackhasfinished.
Remarks
Allmultimediafilesrecognizedbythemultimediainterfacecanbeplayed.Toplaysoundfragments,a
soundcardisrequired.
Ifanimagefile(suchasJPGorGIF)isusedin*PLAY,*WAITPLAYpausesforapproximately25seconds.
Example
*PLAY "letitbe.wav"
*WAITPLAY
Do you recognize this song?
1: yes
2: no
SeeAlso
*DELAY............................................................118
*PLAY ..............................................................219
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*WRITE
Purpose
Writesdatatoafile.
Syntax
*WRITE <Qn|var> ["filename"]
Description
Withthiscommanddatacanbestoredintoafilefromadatafieldorvariableindicatedbythefirst
argument.Ifthefilenameisomitteddataisstoredinthelastfileusedtostoredata.Thefileconsistsofa
singlerecord.Thecontentsoftherecordconsistofoneormorevalueswhichareeithernumbersortext.
NIPOODINtakescareofproperlystoringvaluesonebyoneinconsecutivecallsto*WRITE.Itisnot
requiredtobeawareofthefileformatcreatedbyNIPOODINunlessthedataisaccessedorchangedbyan
externalapplication.
Fileformatfor*READand*WRITEforeachvalue
HeaderIdentifier
Size
Value
.Singleposition
containinga'D'
Decimalvalueof
4digits
indicatingthe
sizeofthevalue.
Anystringof
charactersofwhich
thesizeisdetermined
intheheader.
Forexample,whenthevalues123456andthetext"NIPOODINScript"arestoredinasinglefile,itwould
containthestring"D0006123456D0016NIPO ODIN Script".
Arguments
Qn
Thequestionreferenceofthedatafieldthathastobestored.
var
Avariablethatholdsthedatathathastobestored.
filename
Thefilenameofthefiletostoretheinformationin.
Remarks
Duringaninterviewyoucannotgobackovera*WRITE withfilename,youcanonlygobackovera
*WRITEwithoutfilename.
Youcannotuse*WRITEindifferentlyincombinationwith*READ:atanytimeonlyonefileisassumed
open.Any*READor*WRITEthatspecifiesafilenameautomaticallyclosesthepreviousfile.
Filesareautomaticallyclosedforwritingwhentheinterviewisterminated.
Example
*TEXTVARS txt[2]
*PUT txt[1] "my text"
*PUT txt[2] "my second text"
*WRITE txt[1] "myfile"
*WRITE txt[2]
SeeAlso
*READ .............................................................230
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AdvancedUseof*NEXTRECORDCommand
TheNIPOCATI/WebMasternowsupportsinterviewingmultiplerespondentsonthesametelephonic
contact.Thiswayyoucanforinstanceinterviewallfamilymemberswithinthesamehouseholdorinterview
severalemployeeswithinthesamecompany,withasinglephonecall.
Foreachextrarespondent(forexample,familymember)aseparatenewrecordiscreatedintheSample
table.Whensomefamilymembersarenotavailableatthatmoment,youcanmakeappointmentsonthese
records.
IntheNIPOODINScriptLanguagethecommand*NEXTRECORDisavailableforthispurpose.Withthis
commandyoucanaddrecordsand/orupdaterecordsinyourSampletableandsubsequentlyinterview
multiplerespondentsonthesametelephonecontact.
ScenariosUsing*NEXTRECORD
Tousethe*NEXTRECORDcommand,threescenariosarepresentedhere.Eachscenariodescribeshowto
dealwiththeuseoforcreationofinterviewnumberswithinthesample.
Scenario1:UsingSystemdefinedInterviewNumbers
Thisscenarioappliesthefollowingdirectives:
Westartthesurveywithhouseholdrecords(eachhouseholdaseparaterecord).
Forthefirstrespondentinthehouseholdweaskthefamilysizeandthenamesofallfamilymembers.
Foreachextrarespondentinthefamilyanewfamilymemberrecordiscreated.
Thesystemdefinestheinterviewnumberstobeusedforthesenewrecords.
Whenthesecond,third,etceterafamilymemberareinterviewed,thescreenerquestionsaboutfamily
sizeareskipped.
Foreachextrafamilymemberanewrecordiscreatedinthedatafile.
ExtraSampletablefieldsforscenario1
InterviewNumber
DisplayField1
DisplayField2
AskHousehold
FamilySize
Int
Varchar(45)
Varchar(35)
Int
Int
00000001
Newhouseholdrecord
Family#1
00000002
Newhouseholdrecord
Family#2
00000003
Newhouseholdrecord
Family#3
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ExampleNIPOODINquestionnairefor*NEXTRECORD:scenario1
*SAMPLEDATA TTDisplayField1, TTDisplayField2
*SAMPLEDATA AskHousehold, FamilySize, TTInterviewNumber
*TEXTVARS Name[9],NewNumber
*TAB 30
*************************************************
**** Ask household situation only first time ****
*************************************************
*IF [AskHousehold <> 1] *GOTO 3
*QUESTION 1 *NUMBER 61L1 *SAVE FamilySize
How many family members are in this household?
*REPEAT 9
*IF [?R <= Q1] *INCLUDE Q1001 [?R]
*ENDREP
What are the names of your family members?
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
8:
9:
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
person
person
person
person
person
person
person
person
person
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
71L35
106L35
141L35
176L35
211L35
246L35
281L35
316L35
351L35
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
Name[1]
Name[2]
Name[3]
Name[4]
Name[5]
Name[6]
Name[7]
Name[8]
Name[9]
*PUT TTDisplayField1 '*?Name[1]'

*PUT AskHousehold [0]
*REPEAT 9 *CONTROL Q1001 W
*** make sure that the NewNumber variable is reset
*** before each call to *NEXTRECORD!
*PUT NewNumber [0]
*IF [?R > 1] *NEXTRECORD NewNumber "TTDisplayField1=*?Name[?R], \
FamilySize=*?FamilySize, AskHousehold=*?AskHousehold"
*ENDREP
******************************************************
*** Questions for all family members *****************
******************************************************
Does *?TTDisplayField1 have his/her own mobile telephone?
1: Yes
2: No
*QUESTION 4 *OPEN 387L1 *IF [Q3,1]
Who is the provider of that mobile telephone?
*QUESTION 9999
These were all questions for *?TTDisplayField1.
If any persons left in the household, the interview is restarted for the next.
*END
ThefieldAskHouseHoldisusedtoskipthescreeningquestionsiffurtherhouseholdmembersare
interviewed.
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IfthevalueofNewNumberissetto0,the*NEXTRECORDcommandcreatesarecordandautomatically
assignsanunusedInterviewerNumbervalue.Foranyvalueintherange199999999, itattemptsto
createarecordwiththatInterviewNumbervalue.MakesurethattheNewNumbervariableis
initializedinthe*REPEATloopeverytime.Ifyouforgettoinitializeitwithzero,itwouldattempttoeither
createorupdateconsecutiverecordswiththegivenvalue,whichresultsinaruntimeerrormessage
"Error in *NEXTRECORD: Sample record [n] is not valid for interviewing".A
failedattempttocreateorupdatearecordreturnsthevalue1forNewNumber.
NotethattheInterviewNumbervaluescreatedbythesystemarenotlinkedtotheoriginalfamily
memberrecords.Ifyourequirealinkbetweenthesevalues,itishighlyrecommendedtosaveafamily
memberIDwiththesamplerecords.
Scenario2:InterviewNumbersBasedonHouseholdInterviewNumber
Westartthesurveywithhouseholdrecords(eachhouseholdaseparaterecord).
Inthequestionnairethefamilysizeandthenamesofallfamilymembersareasked.
Thefirstrespondentsupplieshispersonaldatainthehouseholdrecord.
Foreachextrarespondentanewfamilymemberrecordiscreated.
Theinterviewnumbersarebasedonthehouseholdnumber.Inourexample,thelast4digitsofall
householdnumbersare0000a1isaddedforeachfamilymember).
Wheninterviewingthesecond,third,etceterafamilymember,thescreeningquestionsaboutfamily
compositionareskipped.
Foreachextrafamilymemberanewrecordiscreatedinthedatafile.
ExampleSampletableforscenario2
InterviewNumber
DisplayField1
DisplayField2
AskHousehold
FamilySize
Int
Varchar(45)
Varchar(35)
Int
Int
10010000
Newhouseholdrecord
Family#1
10020000
Newhouseholdrecord
Family#2
10030000
Newhouseholdrecord
Family#3
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*TEXTVARS Name[9],NewNumber, TempNumber
*TAB 30
*IF [AskHousehold <> 1] *GOTO 3
*QUESTION 1 *NUMBER 61L1 *SAVE FamilySize
How many family members are there in this household?
*REPEAT 9
*IF [?R <= Q1] *INCLUDE Q1001 [?R]
*ENDREP
What are the names of your family members?
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
8:
9:
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
person
person
person
person
person
person
person
person
person
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
71L35
106L35
141L35
176L35
211L35
246L35
281L35
316L35
351L35
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
Name[1]
Name[2]
Name[3]
Name[4]
Name[5]
Name[6]
Name[7]
Name[8]
Name[9]
*PUT TTDisplayField1 '*?Name[1]'

*PUT AskHousehold [0]
*PUT NewNumber [TTInterviewNumber]
*IF [?R > 1] *PUT NewNumber [ NewNumber + 1 ] \
*PUT TempNumber [ NewNumber ] \
*NEXTRECORD TempNumber "TTDisplayField1=*?Name[?R], \
FamilySize=*?FamilySize, AskHousehold=*?AskHousehold"
*ENDREP
1: Yes
2: No
*QUESTION 4 *OPEN 387L1 *IF [Q3,1]
*QUESTION 9999
That's all questions for *?TTDisplayField1.
The next person in this household will be interviewed now.
*END
ThefieldAskHouseHoldisusedtoskipthescreeningquestionsiffurtherhouseholdmembersare
interviewed.
IfthevalueofNewNumberissetto0,the*NEXTRECORDcommandcreatesarecordandautomatically
assignsanunusedInterviewerNumbervalue.Foranyvalueintherange199999999, itattemptsto
createarecordwiththatInterviewNumbervalue.MakesurethattheNewNumbervariableis
initializedinthe*REPEATloopeverytime.Ifyouforgettoinitializeitwithzero,itwouldattempttoeither
createorupdateconsecutiverecordswiththegivenvalue,whichresultsinaruntimeerrormessage
"Error in *NEXTRECORD: Sample record [n] is not valid for interviewing".A
failedattempttocreateorupdatearecordreturnsthevalue1forNewNumber.
MakesureuniqueInterviewNumbervaluesarecreatedusingNewNumber,whicharenotyetusedin
theSampletable.Iftherecordnumberalreadyexists,thesystemwillattempttoupdatetheexistingrecord.
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ExampleSampletableafterscenario2
InterviewNumber
DisplayField1
DisplayField2
AskHousehold
FamilySize
Int
Varchar(45)
Varchar(35)
Int
Int
10010000
John
Family#1
10020000
Mick
Family#2
10030000
Bruce
Family#3
10010001
Paul
Family#1
10010002
George
Family#1
10010003
Ringo
Family#1
10020001
Keith
Family#2
10020002
Charlie
Family#2
Scenario3:UsingaPresetInactiveInterviewNumberforEachRespondent
Westartthesurveywithaseparaterecordforeachfamilymember.
Wealreadyknowthefamilysizeandthenamesofallfamilymembers.
ThefirstfamilymemberStatusforeachhouseholdissetinitiallyto0(NIPOCATIactive).
TheStatusforthefollowuprecords(otherfamilymembers)areinitiallysetto5(Waiting).
Thefirstrespondentcan'activate'otherfamilymembers.
ExampleSampletableforscenario3
Interview
Number
Household
Number
Family
Member
Number
Status
DisplayField1
DisplayField2
Household
Family
Size
Int
Int
Int
Int
Varchar(45)
Varchar(35)
Int
Int
60010001
6001
John
Family#1
60010002
6001
Paul
Family#1
60010003
6001
George
Family#1
60010004
6001
Ringo
Family#1
60020001
6002
Mick
Family#2
60020002
6002
Keith
Family#2
60020003
6002
Charlie
Family#2
60030001
6003
Bruce
Family#3
InthisscenarioitisimportantthatthefamilymemberrecordsareinitializedinwithStatusvalue5
(Waiting).Ifnot,theyareavailablefordistributiontoanyotherinterviewerandwillnotbeavailablewith
the*NEXTRECORDcommand.
TheFieldworkManagermayinitializesamplerecordstotheWaitingstatus.Inaddition,theStatusvalue
canalsobepresetdirectlyontheSampletabletoimportbeforethesurveyisstarted.Alternatively,records
maybesettoaninactivestatusbyhavingtheminitializedforasNIPOCAWIavailable.
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*SAMPLEDATA TTDisplayField1, TTDisplayField2, TTDisplayField3
*SAMPLEDATA HouseholdNumber, Household, FamilyMemberNumber
*VARS NewNumber, TempNumber
*IF [ Household <> 1 ] *GOTO 3
*REPEAT 9
*IF [?R <= FamilySize ] *INCLUDE Q1001 [?R]
*ENDREP
*** The InterviewNumbers will be based on the 4-digit household number.
*PUT NewNumber [HouseholdNumber * 10000 + 1]
*IF [?R > 1] *PUT NewNumber [ NewNumber + 1 ] \
*PUT TempNumber [ NewNumber ] \
*NEXTRECORD TempNumber ""
*ENDREP
1: Yes
2: No
*QUESTION 4 *OPEN 387L1 *IF [ Q3,1 ]
*QUESTION 9999
That's all.
The next person in this household, if any left, will be interviewed now.
*END
Makesurethatanexisting,uniquenumberintheNewNumbervariableisgeneratedinthe*REPEATloop
eachtime.Ifyoutrytoupdatearecordforthesecondtime,thesystemhasalreadyclaimedtherecordand
willreporttheruntimeerrormessage"Error in *NEXTRECORD: Sample record -1 is not
valid for interviewing".
Example|ExampleSampletableafterscenario3
Interview
Number
Household
Number
Family
Member
Number
Status
DisplayField1
DisplayField2
Household
Family
Size
Int
Int
Int
Int
Varchar(45)
Varchar(35)
Int
Int
60010001
6001
John
Family#1
60010002
6001
Paul
Family#1
60010003
6001
George
Family#1
60010004
6001
Ringo
Family#1
60020001
6002
Mick
Family#2
60020002
6002
Keith
Family#2
60020003
6002
Charlie
Family#2
60030001
6003
Bruce
Family#3
ReturnCodesfor*NEXTRECORD
Iftheexecutionofthe*NEXTRECORDfails,thevariablewillcontaina(negative)returncodevalue.
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TheFieldworkManagerisalertedwithamessage.Noruntimeerrorisproduced,theinterviewcan
continueasnormal.However,theNIPOODINscriptwritermayusethisreturncodetodisplayawarningto
theinterviewer,ifrequired,orchooseanalternateroutingthroughthescript.
ReturnCodeValuesfor*NEXTRECORD
ReturnCode
Description
Samplerecordisclaimedbythesystem.EithertheNIPOFMSortheNIPOCATI/WebMasterhasclaimedthisrecordfor
use.Ineithercase,itcannotcurrentlybeaccessedforinterviewing.
Therelatederrormessageis"Error in *NEXTRECORD: sample record <interview number> is
not valid for interviewing. Error in survey <survey>".
Samplerecordcontainsadefinitiveresponsecode(refusal,completedsuccessfully,etcetera).
Anexistingrecordmayonlycontainnondefinitiveresponsecodes.Therelatederrormessageis"Error in
*NEXTRECORD: sample record <interview number> is not valid for interviewing.
Error in survey <survey> ".
ThereisnoSampletablepresentforthesurvey.Thisisablockingerrorthesurveywillhaltinanerrorstatus.The
relatederrormessageis"Error in *NEXTRECORD: no sample table present. Error in survey
<survey>".
TheconfiguredInterviewNumbervalueisnotcorrect.Forexampleheinterviewnumberenteredisnegative.It
mustbeanintegerwithvalue0to99999999.Therelatederrormessageis"Error in *NEXTRECORD: sample
record <interview number> is not valid for interviewing. Error in survey
<survey>".
WorkstationcouldnotcontactNIPOCATI/WebMaster.AconnectionwiththeNIPOCATI/WebMasterisrequiredfor
thiscommandtoexecutecorrectly.Theinterviewhaltsattheendofthecontact.
Systemerror.Thesamplerecordcouldnotbecreatedoraccessed.ThisusuallyindicatesanMSSQLDatabaseproblem.
Therelatederrormessageis "Database error in <database>. Error in *NEXTRECORD: sample
record <interview number> is not valid for interviewing. Error in survey
<survey>".
7/unchanged
Commandisnotexecutedinthecorrectchannel:*NEXTRECORDisonlysupportedforNIPOCATI.
Notethatthe*NEXTRECORDcommandhasnoeffectontheSampletableifanyoftheerrorsoccurred.
ErrorWhenReadingNextRecord
Ifthesystemtriestocontinuewiththenextrecordandthatrecordisnolongeravailableoraccessible,the
interviewerispresentedwithanerrormessage.
'Interviewcannotcontinuewithnextperson'message
Thissituationmayoccurif
TheconnectionbetweentheNIPOCATIClientandtheNIPOCATI/WebMasterhasbeenlost;
TheconnectionbetweentheNIPOCATI/WebMasterandtheMSSQLserverhasbeenlost;
TheSamplerecordhasbeenchangedordeletedfromtheSampletablebyanotherapplication.The
NIPOFMScannotdeleterecordsthatarecreatedwith*NEXTRECORDandclaimedbytheNIPOCATI/
WebMaster.
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InterruptingtheTelephonicContact
Ifthetelephoniccontactisinterruptedwhilenotallofthecreatedrecordsinthequeuewerehandled,the
remainingrecordsofthisqueuewillbeavailabletothesystemandmaybedistributedtoother
interviewers.Thiswillforinstancehappenincasetheinterviewerchoosestodoanyofthefollowing
actions:
ClosetheNIPOCATIClientapplication
Switchtoadifferentsurvey
Takeabreak.
WhencreatingorupdatingSamplerecordswiththe*NEXTRECORDcommand,theserecordsarequeued
tobeloadednextaftercompletionofthecurrentinterviewsothatinterviewingmaycontinuewithout
disconnectingthetelephoneline.
Whentheinterviewerrestartsaninterviewafterthe*NEXTRECORDcommandwasexecuted,therecords
thatwereaddedtotheSampletablebythecurrentrecordwillbesettosystemerror(ResponseCode20,
Status2)andwillberemovedfromthequeue.
Recordsthatwerecreatedorupdatedbyapreviousrecord(beforeusingthecurrentrecord)willremainin
thequeue.Inotherwords,restartingtheactiverecordwillonlyaffecttherecordswhichwerecreated
duringtheinterviewoftheactiverecord.
Forexample,personAinacompanygivesthenameofcolleagueBandcolleagueCinthatsamecompany.B
andCwillbeinterviewedinthesametelephonesession,eachofthemmaygivethenamesofnew
colleagues.PersonBgivesthenameofDandE.IfBrestartstheinterviewafterthenewrecordsforDandE
werecreated,theserespondentsarenotcontacted.ButC(thatwascreatedbyA)isstillcontacted.
Using*NEXTRECORDinCombinationwithStratification
Therecordwhichisspecifiedinthe*NEXTRECORDcommandisnotcheckedforstratificationlimitsduring
thecurrentcontact.Thismeansthataftertheexecutionofthecommand,therecordisclaimedforthe
interviewandwillbehandedouttotheinterviewereveniftherecordfitstoastratificationcellofwhich
thelimitwasalreadyreached.Usethe*STRATcommandinthequestionnaireifthestratificationneedsto
beappliedanyway.
ThecolumnOutofthestratificationoverviewintheNIPOCATI/WebManagershowsthetotalnumberof
claimedrecordsofallinterviewers.Sinceeachinterviewermayclaimmultiplerecords,thisnumbermaybe
higherthanthetotalnumberofinterviewers.
HidedialogInterviewWillContinuewithNextPerson
IntheNIPOSYS.INIoftheNIPOCATIClientyoumayconfigurewhetherthefollowingdialogwillappear
ornotafteraninterviewiscompleted,beforeanewrecordwillbestartedonthesametelephonecontact:
'Interviewwillcontinuewithnextperson'dialog
ConfigurationforNIPOSYS.INI:
[Odqes]
ShowContinueNextSample=1 | 0
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Showorhidethedialog'Interviewwillcontinuewithnextperson'and'Interviewcannotcontinuewithnext
person'.Bydefault,italwaysshowsthedialog.
ChangeTextinDialogInterviewwillcontinuewithnextperson
ChangethetextthatwillbeusedinthedialogintheNIPOSYS.INIoftheNIPOCATIClient.
ChangedialogtextinNIPOSYS.INI:
[OdQesText]
Text_73="Interview will continue with next person"
Text_74="Interview cannot continue with next person"
Advanceduseof*SQLADDCommand
With*SQLADDyoucancreatenewrecordsinadatabasetable.ThismaybethecurrentSampletable,the
Sampleforanothersurveyoranyothertablewithinthesamedatabase.
*SQLADDcanbeseenasanextensionofthecommands*SQLGET,*SQLPUTand*NEXTRECORD:
Thecommand*SQLGETcanretrievedatafromanydatabasetable.
Thecommand*SQLPUTcanupdateexistingrecordsinanydatabasetable.
Thecommand*NEXTRECORDcanwritenewrecordsinthecurrentSampletable,thatcan
automaticallybeusedbytheNIPOCATI/WebMastertointerviewmultiplerespondentsonthesame
telephonecontact.
Thecommand*SQLADDcanwritenewrecordsinanydatabasetable.
Scenariosfor*SQLADD
Tousethe*SQLADDcommand,wepresentfourscenarios.
Scenario1:StoreNewRecordinTable(NottheSampleTable)
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TheNIPOFieldworkSystemdatabasecontainsacustomtableTestSqladd1,createdusingthe
MicrosoftSQLServerManagementStudio.
ThistablehasaprimarykeycalledRecordNumber.
Thistablecontainssomecustomfieldsthataregoingtobeprovidedwithvaluesfromthescript:
Exampletablefor*SQLADD:scenario1
Fieldname
Fieldtype
Constraints
Field1
varchar(50)
Field2
varchar10
Integer1
int
Integer2
smallint
32768to32767
Integer3
tinyint
0to255
Floating
floating
ExampleNIPOODINquestionnairefor*SQLADD:scenario1
*VARS RecordNumber, Integer1, Integer2, Integer3, Floating, Count
*TEXTVARS Field1, Field2
*QUESTION 1 *FORM
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
RecordNumber
*NUMBER
Field1 (max 50 pos) *ALPHA
Field2 (max 10 pos) *ALPHA
Integer1 (int)
*NUMBER
Integer2 (smallint) *NUMBER
Integer3 (tinyint) *NUMBER
Floating (use decimals)
61L8
*SAVE
69L50
*SAVE
119L10
*SAVE
129L11
*SAVE
140L6
*SAVE
146L4
*SAVE
*NUMBER 150L10.5
RecordNumber
Field1
Field2
Integer1
Integer2
Integer3
*SAVE Floating
*SQLADD Count \
RecordNumber,Field1,Field2,Integer1,Integer2,Integer3,Floating \
"SELECT \
RecordNumber,Field1,Field2,Integer1,Integer2,Integer3,Floating \
FROM TestSqlAdd1"
*QUESTION 2 *IF [Count >= 1]
Writing a new record was successful
Writing a new record was NOT successful
*END
ThiswillcreatenewrecordsinthetableTestSqladd1.ThetableisnotaccessiblethroughNIPOSoftware
applicationsotherthanthrough*SQLGETcalls.Anyattempttocreaterecordnumberthatalreadyexistsin
thetableresultsin*SQLADDtofail.AnerrorisreportedtotheFieldworkManager.Onanyerror,the
questionnaireisresumedatquestion3.
SQLhasnorangelimitonprimarykeys,thereforeitisperfectlypossiblesocreaterecordnumberswith
negativevaluesorvaluesover99999999,whichareoutsideoftheInterviewNumberrange.Thescript
doesnotcheckforvalidinputvalues.
For*SQLADDtowork,aSampletableisnotrequired.However,tobeabletousethe*SQLADDcommand
adatabasereferencemustbemadeinthesurveyconfigurationfilewithsetting
RespondentDatabase=<DSN>signifyingavalidDSNontheNIPOCATI/WebMaster.Thedatabase
usernameandpasswordoftheNIPOFieldworkSystemareusedtoattempttoaccessthisdatabase.
WhenyouuseaSampletableonthesurvey,thenewtablemustbeinthesamedatabaseasyoucannot
specifyanotherDSN.Theownerofthedatabasetableisnotrelevant.Howeverthedatabaseuser(theNIPO
FieldworkSystem)musthavesufficientrightstocreatenewrecordsinthetable.
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Scenario2:StoreNewRecordinCurrentSampleTable
WehaveasurveycalledSqladd2,usingaSampletableSampleSqladd2.
Inthissurveyweaskrespondentsiftheyknowanyoneelsewhomightbewillingtocooperateinthis
survey.
Thesurveyusesthe*SQLADDcommandtoaddanewrecordintheSampletable.
Thenewlycreatedrecordsmaybedistributeddirectlytoanyinterviewer.
ExampleNIPOODINquestionnairefor*SQLADD:scenario2
*VARS NewNumber, Count, MaxNumber
*TEXTVARS Name, Address, City, Country, DisplayFields, TelephoneNumber
*VARS NewStatus, NewResponseCode
Can you give us the name and address of someone else who might be willing to co-operate in
this survey?
1: Yes, knows someone else
2: No, doesn't know anyone who would co-operate.
*QUESTION 2 *FORM
Type name and address for this person
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
Name *ALPHA 62L45

Address
*ALPHA
City *ALPHA 142L35
Country
*ALPHA
TelephoneNumber
*SAVE Name
107L35 *SAVE Address
*SAVE City
177L35 *SAVE Country
*** Retrieve the highest interview number so far

*SQLGET Count MaxNumber \
"SELECT InterviewNumber FROM SampleSqlAdd2
WHERE InterviewNumber =
*** Add 1 to the highest number and use this as InterviewNumber
*PUT NewNumber [MaxNumber + 1]
*** Initialize the Status and ResponseCode for the new record
*PUT NewStatus [0]
*PUT NewResponseCode [0]
*PUT DisplayFields [4]
*** Now write a new record in the Sample table
*SQLADD Count NewNumber,Name,Address,City,Country,TelephoneNumber,\
DisplayFields,NewStatus,NewResponseCode \
"SELECT InterviewNumber,DisplayField1,DisplayField2,\
DisplayField3,DisplayField4,TelephoneNumber,\
ShowDisplayFields,Status,ResponseCode \
FROM SampleSqlAdd2"
Writing a new record failed
*QUESTION 9999
That's all
*END
Youmayevenmakeappointmentsforyournewrecords.Notethattheformatforthe
AppointmentTimefieldis"YYYYMMDD HHmm",regardlessofthedate/timeformatconfiguredforuse
atthedatabaseserver.
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ExampleNIPOODINquestionnairefor*SQLADD:scenario2b
*PUT NewAppointmentTime "*?Year*?Month*?Day *?Hour*?Minutes"
*PUT NewStatus [ 4 ]
*PUT NewResponseCode [ 6 ]
*SQLADD Count NewNumber,Name,Address,City,Country,DisplayFields,\
TelephoneNumber,NewStatus,NewResponseCode,\
NewAppointmentTime\
DisplayField3,DisplayField4,ShowDisplayFields,\
TelephoneNumber,Status,ResponseCode,\
AppointmentTime \
FROM SampleSqlAdd2"
DonotforgettoinitializethefieldsStatusandResponseCodeinthenewsurvey.Recordsareonlybe
distributedtointerviewerswhentheyhaveavalidandnondefinitiveStatusandResponseCode.
MakesurethatyouretrievethehighestInterviewNumbersofarjustbeforeattemptingtocreateanew
record.Ifyouretrievethenumberearlierinthisquestionnaire,anotherrecordmighthavebeenadded
duringanotherinterviewinthemeantime.
DonotusethesystemvariablesTTDisplayField1,TTDisplayField2,TTDisplayField3,
TTDisplayField4andTTTelephoneNumbertostorethenameandaddressforthenew
respondents.ThesewouldbesavedinthecurrentSamplerecordaswell.
negativevaluesorvaluesover99999999,whichareoutsideoftheInterviewNumberrange.Thesame
appliestotheStatusfield(0or4)andtheResponseCodefield,whichbesetwithanindefinite
responsecode.Thescriptdoesnotcheckforvalidinputvalues.Alternatively,configureconstraintsonthe
Sampletablebutbeadvisedthatthe*SQLADDcommandwillthensimplyfailonanattempttoadda
recordwithoutofboundsvalueswiththemessage"Database error in
<database>(<owner>.<tablename>) : INSERT statement conflicted with COLUMN
CHECK constraint '<field>'. The conflict occurred in database
<database>', table '<tablename>', column '<field>'. The statement has
been terminated.".
Scenario3:StoreNewRecordinAnotherSampleTable
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WehaveasurveycalledSqladd3,usingaSampletablecalledSampleSqladd3.
WehavecreatedasecondSampletablecalledSampleSqladd4.
Inthefirstsurveyweaskiftherespondentiswillingtocooperatewithoursecondsurvey.
Thefirstsurveyusesthe*SQLADDcommandtowritetheaddressinformationfromthefirstsurveyinto
theSampletableforthesecondsurvey.
The*SAMPLEDATAcommandisusedtoretrievealladdressinformationfromtheSamplerecordinthe
firstsurvey,tobereusedforthenewSamplerecordinthesecondsurvey.
Thenewlycreatedrecordsinthesecondsurveymaybedistributeddirectlytoanotherinterviewer
workingonthesecondsurvey.
ExampleNIPOODINquestionnairefor*SQLADD: scenario3
*SAMPLEDATA TTInterviewNumber,TTDisplayField1,TTDisplayField2
*SAMPLEDATA TTDisplayField3,TTDisplayField4,TTShowDisplayFields
*SAMPLEDATA TTTelephoneNumber,TTRespEmail,TTAppointmentName
*VARS NewStatus,NewResponseCode, Count
Do you want to participate in another survey?
1: Yes
2: No *GOTO 9999
*SQLADD Count TTInterviewNumber,TTDisplayField1,TTDisplayField2,\
TTDisplayField3,TTDisplayField4,TTShowDisplayFields,\
TTTelephoneNumber,TTRespEmail,TTAppointmentName,\
NewStatus,NewResponseCode \
DisplayField3,DisplayField4,TTShowDisplayFields,\
TelephoneNumber,Email,AppointmentName,\
Status,ResponseCode \
FROM
SampleSqlAdd4"
*QUESTION 3 *IF [Count = 0]}
Writing a new record failed
*QUESTION 9999
That's all
*END
Youmayevenmakeappointmentsforyournewsurvey.NotethattheformatfortheAppointmentTime
fieldis"YYYYMMDD HHmm",regardlessofthedate/timeformatusedbytheMSSQLserver.
*PUT NewAppointmentTime "*?Year*?Month*?Day *?Hour*?Minutes"
*SQLADD Count TTInterviewNumber,TTDisplayField1,TTDisplayField2,\
TTDisplayField3,TTDisplayField4,TTShowDisplayFields,\
TTTelephoneNumber,TTRespEmail,\
TTAppointmentName,NewAppointmentTime,\
NewStatus,NewResponseCode \
DisplayField3,DisplayField4,,ShowDisplayFields,\
TelephoneNumber,Email,\
AppointmentName,AppointmentTime,\
Status,ResponseCode \
FROM SampleSqlAdd4"
DonotforgettoinitializethefieldsStatusandResponseCodeinthenewsurvey.Recordswillonlybe
distributedtointerviewerswhentheyhaveavalidandnondefinitiveStatusandResponseCode.
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InthisexampleweusedtheSamplerecordsofonesurveytocreatenewSamplerecordsinanothersurvey.
Ifwechangedthecontentsofanyofthefields,thiswouldbechangedinboththeoldandthenewsurvey.
ThisiswhyweusedthevariablesNewStatus,NewResponseCodeandNewAppointmentTime
ratherthanTTAvailabilityCode,TTStatusCodeandTTAppointmentTime,becauseyouare
obviouslynotallowedtochangethesefieldsinarunningsurvey.
negativevaluesorvaluesover99999999,whichareoutsideoftheInterviewNumberrange.Thesame
appliestotheStatusfield(0or4)andtheResponseCodefield,whichbesetwithanindefinite
responsecode.Thescriptdoesnotcheckforvalidinputvalues.Alternatively,configureconstraintsonthe
Sampletablebutbeadvisedthatthe*SQLADDcommandwillthensimplyfailonanattempttoadda
recordwithoutofboundsvalueswiththemessage"Database error in
<database>(<owner>.<tablename>) : INSERT statement conflicted with COLUMN
CHECK constraint '<field>'. The conflict occurred in database
<database>', table '<tablename>', column '<field>'. The statement has
been terminated.".
Scenario4:StoreSeveralRecordsinaTable(VariableswithArrays)
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WehaveasurveycalledSqladd5.
WehavecreatedtablecalledTestPanelmembers.
TheprimarykeyforthistableistheintegerfieldPanelMemberNumber,thathasaconstraintof1to
99999999.
Inthesurveyweaskforthenamesofallfamilymembers.Thesenameswillbesavedinthe
TestPanelmemberstable,eachfamilymemberinanewrecord.
Weusearrayvariablessomaximum9recordswillbesavedinonethe*SQLADDcommand.
*VARS FamilyNumber, FamilyMemberNumber[9], FamilySize, Count
*TEXTVARS Name[9]
*QUESTION 1 *FORM
1:FamilyNumber:
2:FamilySize: *NUMBER 67L1 *SAVE FamilySize *MIN 1 *MAX 9
*REPEAT 9
*IF [?R <= FamilySize] *INCLUDE Q1001 [?R] \
*PUT FamilyMemberNumber[?R] [(FamilyNumber * 100) + ?R]
*ENDREP
Names of family members
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
8:
9:
First person:
Second person:
Third person:
Fourth person:
Fifth person:
Sixth person:
Seventh person:
Eighth person:
Ninth person:
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
*ALPHA
77L35
112L35
147L35
182L35
217L35
252L35
287L35
322L35
357L35
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
*SAVE
Name[1]
Name[2]
Name[3]
Name[4]
Name[5]
Name[6]
Name[7]
Name[8]
Name[9]

"SELECT PanelMemberNumber,Name \
FROM TestPanelmembers"
*QUESTION 3 *IF [Count = FamilySize]
Writing a new records was successful *?Count times
Writing new records failed
*QUESTION 5 *IF [Count >= 1 & Count <> FamilySize]
Writing some new records failed. Only *?Count records were created
*QUESTION 6
That's all
*END
Inthisexamplewecanwritemaximum9recordsper*SQLADDcommand,asthearrayshaveanindexof9.
Butobviouslynotallfamilieshave9familymembers.Wesolvedthisbysettingthe
FamilyMemberNumberonlyforexistingfamilymembers.Butthismeansthe*SQLADDcommandmay
reportanerrortotheFieldworkMaangerforeachfamilysmallerthan9.Theseerrorsmaybeignored.
Thesolutionforthesemessages,thatmayconfuseyourfieldworkmanagers,wouldbenottousearray
variablesandtocreatea*REPEATloopandonlyexecutethe*SQLADDcommandasoftenasyouhave
familymembers.
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*VARS FamilyNumber, FamilyMemberNumber, FamilySize, Count
*TEXTVARS Name,Person
*QUESTION 1 *FORM
1:FamilyNumber:
2:FamilySize:

*NUMBER 67L1 *SAVE FamilySize *MIN 1 *MAX 9

1: First person
2: Second person
3: Third person
4: Fourth person
5: Fifth person
6: Sixth person
7: Seventh person
8: Eighth person
9: Ninth person
*REPEAT 9
*IF [ ?R > FamilySize ] *END
*PUT Person Q1001,?R
*PUT FamilyMemberNumber [(FamilyNumber * 100) + ?R]
*QUESTION 2 *FORM
Name of
1:*?Person:
*ALPHA
77L35 *SAVE Name

"SELECT PanelMemberNumber,Name \
FROM TestPanelmembers"
*ENDREP
*QUESTION 6
That's all
*END
Scenario5:AddNewRespondentsinNIPOCAWISurveyAndEmailThemDirectly
WehaveasurveycalledSqladd6.
RespondentareinterviewedinNIPOCAWI.
Inthissurveyweaskrespondents,iftheyknowanyoneelsewhomightbewillingtocooperatewiththis
survey.
WewillcheckiftheEmailaddresswasnotalreadypresentintheSampletable.
Wewillretrievethehighestinterviewnumbersofartocreateanewrecord.
WewillsetthefieldSwitchedintheSurveytableto1.TheNIPOFieldworkSystemthenautomatically
sendsanEmailtothenewrespondent(usingthecoldhandoverfromNIPOCATI)
Amaximum10respondentscanbeaddedinthissurvey.
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*VARS NewNumber, MaxNumber

*VARS Count, Count2, Count3, Count4
*TEXTVARS Name, EmailAddress, CheckName
*VARS NewStatus, NewResponseCode, Switched
*** In DisplayField1 the name of the respondent is stored
*** In DisplayField4 the person who gave us this name is stored
***** The actual questions for the survey:
Your name was given to us by: *?TTDisplayField4
Do you like co-operating with on-line surveys?
1:
2:
3:
4:
Yes, I like it very much

Yes, I like it
No, I do not like it
No, I dislike it very much
9: Don't know \ no opinion

*** Reset all counters
*PUT Count [0]
*PUT Count2 [0]
*PUT Count3 [0]
*PUT Count4 [0]
*** Ask for new respondent
*** Jump out of the REPEAT-loop if no other person
Can you give us the name and Email-address for someone else who might be willing to cooperate in this survey?
1: Yes, knows someone else
2: No, doesn't know anyone else who would co-operate *END
*QUESTION 3 *FORM
Type name and address for this person
1: Name *ALPHA 2L45 *SAVE Name
2: Email
*ALPHA 47L35 *SAVE EmailAddress
*** Check if the Email-address does not already exist in the Sample
*SQLGET Count4 CheckName "SELECT DisplayField1 FROM SampleSqladd6 \
WHERE (Email='*?EmailAddress')"
*** If the Email-address already exists,
*** give the respondent the choice what to do next.
*QUESTION 4 *CODES 82L1 *IF [Count4 >= 1]
The Email-address *? EmailAddress, that you just gave us, is already present in our
database.
It belongs to *? CheckName.
1:
2:
3:
4:
Continue, send him/her a second mail

Continue, this person is someone else, using the same Email-address
Go back to change the Email-address *BACK 3
Don't sent a mail to *?Name *GOTO 2
*** Retrieve the highest interview number so far

*** Note that you may not use MAX(InterviewNumber) in the SELECT
*** but you may use it in the WHERE clause.
*SQLGET Count MaxNumber "SELECT InterviewNumber FROM SampleSqlAdd6 \
WHERE InterviewNumber = \
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*** Add 1 to the highest number and use this as InterviewNumber

*** for the new record
*PUT NewNumber [MaxNumber + 1]
***
***
***
***
***
Initialize the Status and ResponseCode for the new record to

'Switched to web, not yet sent'.
The ResponseCode '41' should be configured as 'SWITCH'
via the NIPO CATI/Web Manager.
Make sure that you create and configure a switch Email-text in advance.
*PUT NewStatus [7]

*PUT NewResponseCode [41]
*PUT Switched [1]
*** Now write a new record in the Sample table
*** Save the new name in DisplayField1
*** Save the name of the current respondent in DisplayField4
*SQLADD Count2 NewNumber,EmailAddress,Name,\
TTDisplayField1,NewStatus,NewResponseCode \
"SELECT InterviewNumber,Email,DisplayField1,\
DisplayField4,Status,ResponseCode \
FROM SampleSqlAdd6"
*** Do not allow going back after the record has been added,
*** as an Email will be sent immediately
*NOTBACK
*** Now set the field Switched in the Survey table,
*** to let NIPO FMS send the Email
*SQLPUT Count3 Switched "SELECT Switched FROM Survey
WHERE (SurveyName='Sqladd6')"
*** Show if record was added successfully in the Sample table
*QUESTION 5 *IF [Count2 >= 1]
Writing new record *?NewNumber was successful.
*?Name will receive an Email shortly on his/her Email-address: *?EmailAddress
*** Show if record could not be added in the Sample
*QUESTION 6 *IF [Count2 = 0]
Writing a new record failed (*?NewNumber already exists?)
*ENDREP
*QUESTION 9999
That's all
*END
ErrorsUsing*SQLADD
ThefollowingerrorscannotbedetectedbyasyntaxcheckintheNIPOODINDeveloper,andwillresultin
runtimeerrorsduringexecution:
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1. Usingadatabasetablefieldnamethatdoesnotexistreports"[Error] Database field

[Field] not found."
2. Usingatablewithoutaprimarykeymakes*SQLADDreports"[Error] Cannot add record
to [Table], table has no key.
3. Puttingavaluethatistoolargetofitinanint,smallintortinyintatruntimeandtherecord
isnotcreated.Theissuereports"[ERROR] Database error in [Database]: Numeric
value out of range.
The allowed range for fieldtype smallint is -32768 to +32767; the
range for tinyint is 0 to 255; the range for Int depends on the
constraints that are set in SQL."
ThefollowingerrorscannotbedetectedbyasyntaxcheckintheNIPOODINDeveloper,andwillnotresult
inruntimeerrorsduringexecution:
1. Usingmorevariablesthanfieldnamesormorefieldnamesthanvariablesisignored.Theresult
valuesorfieldsareleftempty.
2. Textistruncatedifitdoesnotfitavarcharfield.
3. Storingtextinanintegerfieldwillstorevaluezero(0).
4. Puttingavalueinavarcharstoresthevalueastextratherthananumber.Theformatdependson
the*FORMATcommand.
5. Thetablenamemaybespecifiedwithorwithouttheowner(e.g.,TestSqlAddor
MyName.TestSqlAddordbo.TestSqlAdd).Buteventhewrongowner(e.g.
NonExisting.TestSqlAdd)maybeused,astheownerissetbyNIPOCATI/WebMaster.
ErrorsMessagesUsing*SQLADD
Aftertheexecutionofthe*SQLADD,thevariableCountcontainsthenumberofsuccessfullyadded
records.AnerrormessageisreportedNoruntimeerrorisproducedandtheinterviewcancontinue
normally.HoweverNIPOODINscriptwritercanusethisvariableCounttodisplayawarningifrequired.
Errormessagesfor*SQLADD
Errorcode
Description
Recordnumberwiththesameprimarykeyisalreadyusedindatabasetable.Therelatederrormessageis
"Database error in <Database>(<dbo>.<Tablename>) : Violation of PRIMARY KEY.
Cannot insert duplicate key in object '<Tablename>'. The statement has been
terminated."
RecordnumberdoesnotmeetconstraintsthathavebeensetintheSQLtable.Therelatederrormessageis
"Database error in <Database>(<dbo>.<Tablename>) : INSERT statement
conflicted with COLUMN CHECK constraint '<constraintname>'. The conflict
occurred in database '<database>', table '<Tablename>', column '<Column
name>'. The statement has been terminated."
Databasefieldisnotfoundintable.Therelatederrormessageis"Database field <fieldname> not

found."
DSNisnotfound.Ifusinganotherdatabase,anODBClinkshouldbecreatedontheNIPOCATI/Webmaster.The
relatederrormessageis"Database error in <Database>: Data source name not found
and no default driver specified."
Insufficientrighttoinsertrecords.Therelatederrormessageis"[ERROR] Database error in

<Database>(<owner>.<Tablename>) : INSERT permission denied on object
'<Tablename>', database '<Database>', owner '<user>'."
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GoingBackOver*SQLADDRemovesAddedRecords
Contrarytothe*NEXTRECORDcommand,theinterviewercangobackinthequestionnaireafteran
*SQLADDisexecutedandthisremovestherecordsthatwerejustcreated,exceptwhenarecordis
currentlyclaimedbyanotherprocess(forexamplewhenitiseditedinNIPOFMSorclaimedforinterviewing
byNIPOCATIorNIPOCAWI).
Thesystemdoesnotcheckiftherecordsthatareremovedareunchanged.Forexampletheymayhave
beeneditedandchangedwiththeNIPOFMSand/orhaveasuccessfulinterviewperformedbyanother
interviewer.Thesystemonlycheckswhetherrecordsareclaimedforusebeforeremovingthem.
Youmayspecifya*NOTBACKcommandintheNIPOODINquestionnaireifgoingbackisnotdesired.
RestartingtheInterviewDoesNotRemoveNewRecords
Restartingtheinterviewdoesnotremoverecordsthatwerecreatedduringtheinterview.Youmayremove
themenuitemRestartviatheMenuSpecsettingontheNIPOCATIClient,ifgoingbackisnotdesired.Use
theBackbuttonifrecordsneedtoberemoved.
InstructionModeorTestModeMayCreateNewRecords
WhentheNIPOCATIClientisstartedinInstructionmode(using/Aintheshortcut)orinTestmode(using
/Tintheshortcutorpress<Test>ontheinterviewernumberdialog),the*SQLADDcommandisexecuted
asnormalandrecordsmaybecreated.NotehoweverthatbothInstructionmodeandTestmodealwaysuse
thesameInterviewNumbervalueintherunningsurvey,soany*SQLADDcommandthatbasesthe
newrecordnumberontheinterviewnumbermightcause*SQLADDtofailwithaduplicatekey.
ReusingSampleRecordsfromTfileThatWereAlready
Completed
InsomecasesitisrequiredtoreuseNIPOCATIsamplerecordsthathavealreadybeensettoadefinite
responsecode.Forexample,insomecasesfieldworkmaydecidetoretryrefusalsbecausethereisa
considerablelackofsample,orbecausethequestionnaireneedstoberedoneforanumberofrespondents.
ReusingsamplerecordsinasurveyusingaSampletableisamatterofreinitializingthesamplerecords.The
FieldworkManagercantakecareofthis.
ReusingInterviewNumbersinasurveyusingaTfileworksslightlydifferently.Youwouldexpectittobe
sufficientenoughtosettheresponsecodeto0,butthisisnottheonlyplacewherethestatusofarecordis
kept.TheDfile(abinaryfilecontainingtheSuspendImagesoftheinterview)alsocontainstheresponse
information.Anyattempttouseareinitializedsamplerecordwillresultinanerror"Record already
completed in Suspend Image"atsurveystart.Thishappensforanyrecordwheretheinterview
hasprogressedbeyondtheintroductionscreen.
Inthissectionanumberofapproachesarepresentedtodealwiththisissue.
Stratification
WhenstratificationcellshavechangedandtelephonenumberswithResponseCode21havetobereused,
therearetwooptions:
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Ifthestratificationwasoninput(dataalreadyavailableintheTfilebeforestartingtheinterview),the
previousresponsecodemaybeused.NoDrecordwascreated,sonoproblemwithduplicatesarise.
Ifthestratificationisonoutput(datathatwascollectedinthequestionnaireand*STRATwasused),
respondentshavealreadybeencontactedandtoldthattheywerenotinyourtargetgroup(andaD
recordwascreatedwiththatrouting).Ifyouinitializethesenumbers,theinterviewnumberhastobe
changedtoo.
ChangeInterviewNumber
Whenrefusalshavetobedialedagain,initializetheResponseCode(position1819),butalsochangethe
InterviewNumber,forexamplebyplacingthevalue9inposition52L1.Thiswaythenumberswillbe
consideredasnewInterviewNumbers.
Morethan5Contacts
Releasingnumberswithmorethan5contactscanmucheasierbedonebychangingthemaximumnumber
ofcontacts(forthissurvey)intheNIPOCATI/WebManager.IntheSURVEY.INIfileaddthefollowing
setting:
[Config]
MAXCON=10
Theminimumnumberofcontactsis3.Alternatively,resetposition2021intheTfileto0butkeepinmind
thatthisresultsinamismatchbetweenthenumberofcontactsreportedintheTfileandthenumberof
contactsfoundintheCfile.
SystemErrors
IfTrecordshavearesponsecode20(systemerror)theyshouldonlybeinitializedwhenyoufoundthe
causeofthesystemerror.IfthesystemerrorwascausedbycommunicationproblemsbetweentheNIPO
CATI/WebMasterandtheNIPOCATIClient,usetheRECINT32.EXEtooltorecovertheinterviewsfrom
theinterviewerworkstationortheRecoverdirectoryontheNIPOCATI/WebMastercomputer.
CreateaNewSurvey
IfaTfileshouldbeusedforrecallsurveyoramonthlypanelsurvey,youshouldnotusethesamesurvey
name,butcreateanewsurvey(B1234BinsteadofB1234A).Ormakeabackupofthecompletedirectory
andthenremoveallfiles,exceptfortheQuestionnaireandtheTfile.
AlreadyCompletedCode
ThechecksforInterviewNumberswithadefiniteresponsecodeintheDfileisexecutedwhenloadinga
survey.Fieldworksupervisorcancheckthemessagesanddecideiffieldworkforthesurveyshouldbe
startedornot.
Bydefault,TrecordswithamatchingcompletedDrecordaresettocode20(SystemError).TheTrecordis
rejectedandcannotbeusedforinterviewing.
Tochangethisbehavior,thefollowingsettingcanbespecifiedintheSURVEY.INIfile:
AlreadyCompletedCode=nn
ForallInterviewNumbervaluesforwhichadefiniteresponsecodeisfoundintheDfile,theDfile
recordinformationisignored.Theresponsecodeischangedtothecodespecifiedbythe
AlreadyCompletedCode.Thismaybe:
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Adefiniteresponsecode(forexampleresponsecodes04,05,08to17and20oracustomdefinite
responsecode).TheTrecordwillnotbeused.
Code0.TheTrecordisusedagain,buttheinterviewstartsatthebeginningofthequestionnaire.
Anyavailablecode.(forexampleresponsecodes01,02,03,06and07oracustomavailableresponse
code).Theinterviewwillresumeatthesamequestionwhereitwasinterrupted.
Exampleusingadefiniteresponsecode
AlreadyCompletedCode=35
RESPC35T=Already completed interview in D-file
RESPC35=STOP
Inthiscase,theTrecordswithadefiniteresponseintheDrecordarereported,rejectedandsetto
responsecode35.
Exampleusinganindefiniteresponsecode
RESPC36T=Already completed interview in D-file may be used again
RESPC36=AVAIL
Inthiscase,theTrecordswithadefiniteresponsecodeintheDrecordarereportedbutsettoresponse
code36.Therespondentsmaybecontactedagainandtheinterviewresumesatthequestionwherethey
werelastinterrupted.
Example3usingresponsecode0
Inthiscase,theTrecordswithadefiniteresponsecodeintheDrecordarereportedbutsettoresponse
code0.Therespondentsmaybecontactedagainandtheinterviewisstartedfromthebeginning.
DeleteDfile
Inallcaseswhereyoualreadystartedfieldwork,withoutrealizingthattheinterviewnumberswere
duplicates,amoredrasticmeasurecanbeused:deletetheDfile.Allinterviewswillstartatthebeginning
ofthequestionnaire,includingappointmentsthatweremadeduringtheinterviewandforwhichinterview
datahasalreadybeencollected.
Thesystemchecksforduplicateinterviewnumbers.Itdoesnotcheckduplicatetelephonenumbers.Inthe
NIPOFMSitispossibletocheckandremoveduplicatetelephonenumbers,whenusingaSampletable
insteadofaTfile.
WhenusingSampletableinsteadofTfile,youcaninitializetheSuspendImagefortherecordsthatshould
bereused.ButiftheSuspendImageisnotcleared,thesamerulesapply.
ReusingaTfileorSampletablerecordwiththeAlreadyCompletedCodesetting,willnotremovethe
datarecordfromtheUandtheOfile,sothesameinterviewnumbermightbeusedtwice.Makesurethat
youhavetoremoveduplicatesbeforestartingtheanalysis.
JumptoQuestionResponseCode
YoucanconfigurearesponsecodetofirstjumptoaspecificquestionintheNIPOODINquestionnaire,by
addinga*GOTOcommandinthespecificationinthesurveyconfigurationfile.Thisquestionblockinthe
NIPOODINquestionnaireshouldbeclosedwithanotherresponsecode(*END,*ENDST,*CUT,etcetera),
asthenonresponselistwillbeunavailable.
ResponsecodetojumptospecificquestionfirstinSurvey.INI
[Config]
RESPC41T=Terminate interview *GOTO 9001
RESPC41=1,AVAIL
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ResponsecodehandlinginSurveyQ
Before actually terminating the interview, may I ask you for your age?
1: 18-44
2: 45-64
3: 65+
*QUESTION 9002
Thank you very much.
*ENDST 42
SettingtheCodePage
IfaquestionnaireshouldbedisplayedinaspecificCodePagethiscanbespecifiedinthesurvey
configurationfile.OpenthefileSURVEY.INI.Editthefileasfollows:
[Files]
Q=""SURVEYQ:CP""
WhereSURVEYQisthefilenameofthesurveyandCPisthenumberrepresentingthecodepage,for
example:
[Files]
Q=""A1234Q:1282""
NIPOConjointMeasurement
Note:
NIPOConjointMeasurementissupportedforNIPOCAWIonly.
NIPOConjointMeasurementisawayofdoingresearch,thatputstheresearcherinapositiontofollowthe
weighingprocessofrespondents,whenbuyingproductsorservices.Thisprocessofweighingisbeing
'staged'.Collectingthedatainthismanner,theimportanceofcertainfeatures,whenchoosingaproductor
service,canbedeterminedmuchmorepreciseincomparisonwith'standard'methodsofmarketresearch.
TheresultofNIPOConjointMeasurementwillbeaclearinsightacertainfeaturehasfortherespondent
whenpurchasingaproductorservice.
NIPOConjointMeasurementespeciallyisanimportanttoolwhendevelopingnewproductstodeterminein
advancewhichspecificfeaturesoftheproductaremoreandwhicharelessessential.Italsocanplayarole
atrecruitmentandselectioninvestigations,toknowwhichapplicants,havingacertainsetoffeatures,have
moreprobabilitytogetthejob.
FurtheranalysisofNIPOConjointMeasurementdatacanbedoneinthestatisticalpackageofyourchoice.
Thetheoryofconjointanalysisassumesthatthevalueofaproductfortherespondent,thesocalledutility,
canbesplitupinseveralpartutilities,foreveryfeatureofthatproductaseparatepartutility.Traditionally
aconjointmeasurementsurveyconsistsoftheshowingofabatchofcardstotherespondent,eachofthem
containing2profiles:profilesare2differentdescriptionsofaproduct.Therespondentisthentoorder
thesecards;giventheorderedcardsthe(relative)importanceofeachfeatureandevenofeachlevel
withinthatfeaturecanbedetermined.
Buthavingproductswithforexample5features,eachofthemhavingonaverage4levels,thisledto
enormouspracticalproblemsbecauseofthelargenumberofpossiblecombinations.Onesolutionwasto
showeachrespondentonlyasubsetofthetotalnumberofcardsandtodotheconjointanalysisatan
aggregatelevelonly,ratherthanatanindividuallevel.
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TheuseofpersonalcomputersinthefieldworkhasenlargedwidelythepossibleapplicationsofNIPO
ConjointMeasurement.Nowacomputermaybeusedtodopresentandaccumulateduringtheinterview,
soitisnolongernecessarytogothroughthewholesetofcards.Fornow,atanymomentduringthe
interviewwhenconstructingnewprofiles,theanswersgivensofarbytherespondentcanbeusedto
consideronlythosefeatures/levelsthataremostrelevanttothisrespondent.Inthiswayitispossibleto
determinerelativeimportance(partutilities)foreachlevel,andforeachrespondent.
IntheNIPOConjointMeasurementwithintheNIPOFieldworkSystemtherespondentisfirstaskedto
mentionunacceptablelevels:thelevelstherespondentwouldneveragreeto,forexamplechewinggum
containingsugar.Theselevelswillnolongerappearintheinterviewoneisallowedtoacceptalllevels.The
numbersoftheseunacceptedlevelsarenotstoredintheUfile,buttheircorrespondingutilitieswillhavea
specificnegativevalue,sotheymayberecognizedafterwards.
Thentherespondenthastoordertheremaininglevelsaccordingtohispreference:nowthewholelisthas
tobeputinanhierarchicalorderthefirstandthelastchoicewillbestoredintheanswerfile.
Afterthistherespondenthastomarktheimportanceofthedifferencesbetweenthefirstandthelast
choice,inotherwords:istheorderinthelevelsallthesametotherespondentordothesedifferences
matter.Thisimportancefactor(onascalefrom1to4)isalsostoredintheUfile.
Inthesocalledmainparttheprofilesareconstructedandshowntotherespondent:therespondenthasto
lookattwodescriptionsofaproductthathavetotalutilityasequalaspossible,anddecidetowhatextend
oneofthetwocorrespondstohis/herpreference(movingacursorblocktotheleftortotherightona
scalefrom1to9).Atleast2andatmost5featuresappearonthescreentogether,andthisnumberof
screenfeaturesisincreasedslowlyfrom2totheactualnumberoffeatures(orto5,thisdependsonwhatis
reachedfirst).Afterananswerhasbeengivenutilitiesofallacceptedlevelswillbereestimated,andthe
nextprofileisbeingconstructedbasedontheseutilityvalues.
Thenumberofprofilequestionsdependsonthenumberofacceptedlevels.
Basedontheanswerstothesequestionsfinalutilityvaluesforalllevelsareestimated;allthesevalueswill
becorrectedafterthefinalpartandwillbestoredintheUfile.(Storingalltheprofileinformationwould
costtoomuchroom).
Inthefinalpart3questionsfollowabouttheprobabilityofpurchasingaproduct:theproductwiththe
smallestsumofutilityvaluesofalllevelsisshownfirst,andtherespondentisaskedtogivetheprobability
topurchasethatproduct;inthethirdquestiontherespondentisshowntheproductwiththehighestsum
ofallutilityvaluesandalsothequestionistoentertheprobabilitytopurchasethatproduct.Butin
betweentherewasthesecondquestionwithaproductwithsumofutilityvaluessomewherebetweenthe
firstandthethirdconcept.These3answersshouldbeincreasing,providedtherespondentisanswering
consistently.
Thentworegressioncoefficients(aandb)andacorrelationcoefficientareestimatedthese3coefficients
arestoredintheUfile.Theregressioncoefficientsareusedtocorrecttheutilityvalues.
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OverviewofsupportedcommandsinNIPOConjointMeasurement
SupportedCommandsinNIPOConjointMeasurement
Command
Syntax
Meaning
*CONJ
*CONJ <position>L<length>
StartNIPOConjointMeasurementmodule.
....
*ENDCONJ
*ENDCONJ
EndNIPOConjointMeasurementmodule.
....
*ENDCONJ
CONJTXT[n]
*PUT CONJTXT[n] "text"
DefinitionofhelpscreenstobeusedwithinNIPO
ConjointMeasurement.Thesemustbespecified
beforestartingthe*CONJsection.
*LIST
*LIST <n|"name">
Listspecification:
*CONJ nLm
n=numberofthelist
...
"name"=nameofthelistbetweenquotes.
*ENDCONJ
Thelistsmustbedefinedbeforethe*CONJ
statement.
*CONJ nLm
Uselistasspecified,where:
*LIST <n|"name"|expression>
n=numberofthepredefinedlist
...
"name"=nameofthelistbetweenquotes.
*ENDCONJ
expression=expressionthatwillleadtoapredefined
list.
Iftheexpressioncomesbackwithanumberthatisnot
apredefinedlist,thesurveystopsinerrorstatus.The
listshavetobedefinedfirst,beforethe*CONJ
statement.
*CONJ
Numberoflevelsthatmustremainacceptable.
*LIST <n> *MIN <n>
Ifthenumberisequaltothenumberoflevelsforthat
feature,thequestionaboutunacceptablelevelswill
beskipped.Mustbespecifiedonthesamelineasthe
*LISTstatement.
*LIST
*MIN
...
*ENDCONJ
*IF
*CONJ nLm
*LIST x
*LIST y
*IF [ expression ]
Filtertobeusedforbothprofilesandthelast3
calibrationquestions.
The*IFstatementshouldbespecifiedinthe*CONJ
block.Onlyone*IFmaybespecifiedper*CONJ.
...
*ENDCONJ
*LEFT
*RIGHT
*CONJ nLm *LEFT "text"
Texttobeusedatthelefthandpoleofthescale.
...
*ENDCONJ
The*LEFTstatementmustbespecifiedonthesame
lineasthe*CONJstatement.
*CONJ nLm *RIGHT "text"
Texttobeusedattherighthandpoleofthescale
...
The*RIGHTstatementmustbespecifiedonthe
samelineasthe*CONJstatement.
*ENDCONJ
*AUTO
*CONJ nLm
*LIST <n> *AUTO
...
*ENDCONJ
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Automaticallyorderthelevelsofthefeaturein
descendingorder.Thefirstcodehasthehighest
preference.Thequestionaboutorderingthelevelsis
skippedifthisfeatureisused.The*AUTOstatement
mustbespecifiedonthesamelineasthe*LIST
statementandcannotbecombinedwiththe*INV
statementonthesamefeature.
AdvancedScripting
Command
Syntax
Meaning
*CONJ
StartNIPOConjointMeasurementmodule.
....
*ENDCONJ
*INV
*CONJ nLm
*LIST <n> *INV
...
*ENDCONJ
*ROT
*CONJ nLm
*LIST <n> *ROT
...
*ENDCONJ
*PICT (within
*LIST n
list definition) 1: text *PICT <n|"name">
2: text *PICT <m|"name">
Automaticallyorderthelevelsofthefeaturein
ascendingorder.Thelastcodehasthehighest
preference.Thequestionaboutorderingthelevelsis
skippedifthisfeatureisused.The*INVstatement
mustbespecifiedonthesamelineasthe*LIST
statementandcannotbecombinedwiththe*AUTO
statementonthesamefeature.
Rotatethescaleonthescreen.Codesaredisplayed
nexttoeachotherinsteadofundereachother.
The*ROTstatementmustbespecifiedonthesame
lineasthe*LISTstatement.
Withinthe*LISTdefinitionyoumayspecifypictures
oneachcode.Thetextisfollowedbythepicturefrom
thepicturelibraryorwiththespecifiedfilename.
*CONJ nLm
...
*ENDCONJ
*PICT (within
*CONJ)
*NP
*LIST n
Whenusingaspecificcombinationoflevels,display
thepictureasspecifiedabovetheleveltexts,where:
*LIST m
n,marelistnumbers
*PICT [?An,p & ?Am,r ...] x
p,qarelevelnumbersforlistn
*PICT [?An,q & ?Am,s ...] y
r,sarelevelnumbersforlistm
*ENDCONJ
x,yarepicturenumbersinthepicturelibrary.
*CONJ nLm
Preventsthepresentationofthelevelpicturesthat
arealreadypresentedinacombinedpicture.By
defaultalllevelpicturesincludingapossible
combinationpicturearepresented.
*CONJ nLm
*LIST n
*LIST m
*PICT [?An,p & ?Am,r ...] x
*PICT [?An,q & ?Am,s ...] y
*NP
*ENDCONJ
StartmoduleNIPOConjointMeasurement
NIPOConjointMeasurementdefinition
...
*ENDCONJ
Thiscommandmarksthebeginningofamoduleconjointanalysiswithinaquestionnaire.Thecommand
mustbeputatthebeginningofaline;itisusedalwaystogetherwiththecommand*ENDCONJ
(terminationoftheconjointmodule).Definitionofthefeaturestodotheconjointanalysiswithhastobe
doneusingthecommand*LIST.
Afeatureisforexamplethecolorofaproduct,andwithinafeaturealevelthenisforexamplered(orblue,
...).
ThemoduleforNIPOConjointMeasurementinODINconsistsof3parts.
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Intheintroductoryparttherespondentisbeingaskedtoeliminateanylevelsthatareunacceptabletohim
/her;theremaininglevelsthenneedtobeorderedbytherespondentfromthefirstchoicetothelast
choiceandfinallytherespondenthastostatebyanumberhowimportantthedifferencebetweenfirstand
lastchoicewas(forexamplethe2choicesarenearlyequalinpreferencesothedifferenceisnotimportant,
ortheyareverywideapartinpreferenceandthedifferenceisimportant).
Inthemainparttherespondentisshownanumberofsetsof2'profiles',aprofilebeingadescriptionofa
product:therespondenthastostatebymeansofascalequestionwhichofthe2profileshasthe
preference,andtowhatextend.Basedontheanswersgivensofar,utilitieswillbedeterminedforalllevels.
Withinthispartthecommands*LEFTand*RIGHTmaybeusedtodefinethetextstoappearontheleft
and/orrightsideofthescale.Whennotextsaredefinedhere,thelastdefinedtextsfor*LEFTand/or
*RIGHTareusedagain.Otherwisethedefaulttextsareused.
Inthelastparttherespondentisshown3profiles,ofwhichtotalutilityrises,andhe/sheisaskedtogivea
percentagetoreflecttheprobabilitytobuythatproduct.
Usingthoselast3answersregressioncoefficientsandacorrelationcoefficientisestimated,andallutilities
willberescaled.All3coefficientsandtherescaledutilitieswillbestoredintheanswerfile(theUfile).
DefiningTextScreens
AlltextwithintheConjointMeasurementmoduleisdefinedusingthearrayCONJTXT[n]whichcontains
50textvariables,inwhicheachindexreferstoaparticularsectionofthedisplayedtext.Thiswayyoucan
customizetheConjointonscreentexts.ThesetextarraysshouldbesetbeforestartingtheNIPOConjoint
Measurementmodule.
ReferenceToaFeature
Allfeaturesarereferencedusinga*LISTcommand:
*LIST <n|expression|"name">
Thiscommandisareferencetoapreviouslydefinedlistwithlevelsofafeature.Whenanexpressionis
given,itwillbeevaluatedfirstandtheresultwillbeusedaslistnumber.
Filters
Thecommand*IFcanbeusedtospecifyalogicalexpression.Withthiscommanditispossibletoexclude
certaincombinationsoflevels(withinthesameprofileorbetween2profiles),ortothecontrary,levelscan
bedefined(whichmeansthatcertainlevelsalwayshavetoappeartogether).
*IF <[expression]>
Thiscommandcanbeinsertedonlyoncebetween*CONJand*ENDCONJ,buttheexpressionitselfcanrun
overseverallines.Furthermoreitispossibletoinsertreferencesintheexpressionwhichrefertoquestions
outsidetheConjointmodule.
Twolistsareidentifiedinthecomparison,andtheyarereferencedasAlistandBlist.Itisnotofany
importancewhethertheyappearonthescreenontheleftortheright.Directlyafterthelistreferencethe
numberofthedescriptionofthelistarespecified.Forexample,?A2referstolist2,and?B"price",3
referstothethirdcodeofthelistcalledprice.
Themeaningofafilterexpressionlike*IF [#(?A2,4 & ?B"price",3)]is:code4fromlist2(at
onesideofthescreen)andcode3fromthelistcalled"price"(attheothersideofthescreen)maynot
appearatthesametime.
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Theuseofthecommand*IFisinprincipalexcluding,whichmeansitpreventstheappearanceoftwo
levelsatthesametimeonthescreen.Ifusedforincluding,whichmeanstwolevelsalwayshavetoappear
onscreentogether,ithastobedefinedfor"left"andfor"right":
*IF [ ( ?A2,1 & ?A3,1 ) \ ( ?B2,1 & ?B3,1 ) ]
Thisfilterspecifiesthatlevel1offeature2andlevel1offeature3mustalwaysappeartogether,forboth
sidesofthescreen.
CONJTXT[n]TextArray
CONJTXT[n]arrayvalues
Arrayindex
AppearsinNIPOConjointMeasurement
Defaulttext
Feature
Feature:
29
Generalintroductionand
none
introductiontextforquestionsaboutunacceptableitems
10
Questiontextaboutunacceptablequestions
EnterthelevelsthatareUNACCEPTABLEtoyou.
1119
Introductiontextforquestionsaboutrotation
20
Questiontextrotationquestions
Orderthelevelsbelowaccordingtoyourpreference.
2125
Introductiontextforquestionsaboutrelativeimportance
none
26
Codetextsforquestionsaboutrelativeimportance
totallyunimportant,thereishardlyanydifferencein
preference.
27
notsoimportant,thereisaslightpreferenceforlevelA.
28
important,Iwouldrathernotchooseaproductwithlevel
B.
29
veryimportant,Iwouldneverchooseaproductwithlevel
B.
30
Questiontextrelativeimportancequestions
Howimportantisthedifferencebetweenthelevelsshown
below?
3139
Introductiontextforprofilequestions
none
40
Questiontextprofilequestions
MovetheblocktoenteryourpreferenceforLEFTorRIGHT.
41upto49
Intro.textforquestionsaboutprobabilityofbuying
none
50
Questiontextprobabilityofbuyingquestions
none
FiltersinNIPOConjointMeasurement
Theprofileontheonesideofthescreenisreferredtoas?A,theprofileontheothersideofthescreenis
referredtoa?B.
ThefilterwithinNIPOConjointMeasurementisinprincipalexcluding,whichmeansitpreventsthe
appearanceoftwolevelsatthesametimeonthescreen.Ifusedasincluding,iftwolevelsalwayshaveto
appearonscreentogether,bothsideshavetobedefined(seebelow).
Notethatheparameters?Aand?Bdonotrefertoleftorrightsideofthescreen!Usuallyinnegativefilters
the?Bisonlyusedwhenyoudonotwishtocomparetwolevelsofthesamefeature(forinstancewhen
twobrandnamesareactuallythesamebrand(forexamplePhilipsversusWhirlpool)orproduct(e.g.Opel
AgilaandSuzukiWagonR+arethesamecarproducedunderadifferentname).Seealsoexample3.
Example1
*IF [ # (?A1,1 & ?A2,2) ]
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Level1offeature1shouldnotappeartogetherwithlevel2offeature2withinoneprofile.
Example2
*IF [ # (?A"BRAND",1 & ?A"PRICE",1,2,3) ]
Level1offeatureBRANDshouldnotappeartogetherwithlevel1,2or3offeaturePRICEwithinoneprofile.
Example3
*IF [ # (?A"BRAND",1 & ?B"BRAND",2) ]
Level1offeatureBRANDshouldnotappearoppositetolevel2offeatureBRANDinoppositeprofiles.
Example4
*IF [ ?A1,1 & ?A2,2 ]
Level1offeature1shouldalwaysappeartogetherwithlevel2offeature2.Thisfilterisincomplete,asit
mightappearontheothersideofthescreen!
Example5
*IF [ (?A"BRAND",1 & ?A"PRICE",1,2,3) \ (?B"BRAND",1 & ?B"PRICE",1,2,3)]
Level1offeatureBRANDshouldalwaysappeartogetherwithlevel1,2or3offeaturePRICE.Thiscounts
forbothsidesofthescreen.
HowdoesfilteringinNIPOConjointMeasurementactuallywork?
Foreachcomparetestbetweenasetoftwoprofiles,thesystemfirstpicksanumberoflevelsrandomly,
thenselectstwoprofilesoutofthemthatareutilitybalanced,thenlookswhetherthecombinationoflevels
alreadyhavebeenpresented,andthentriesifitisallowedaccordingtothefilterconditions.Ifa
combinationhasalreadybeenpresented,ortheprofilesarenotcompliantwiththefilterthisprocedureis
repeated.After25triesthecombinationrepeatcheckisignored,after50triesthefilterisignored.
Thisimpliesthatifthefilteristoodemanding,youmightendupthatthefilterwillbeignoredtotallyand/
ortwoprofilesmightbepresentedtwice.
Theadvantageofthisprocedureistherandompick.However,incombinationwiththecomplexfilter
possibilitiesitmakestheprocessunpredictablefortheresearcher.Questioniswhetherthis"search"
functionstillworksaccordingtothe"specifications"orusersexpectations.
Inpracticetheutilitybalancefunctionsupportsthefilterfunctionindirectly.Thefilterfunctionisaimedto
blockunrealisticprofilesandmostofthetimethisfunctionwillproducesuchrealisticprofiles.Inteststhat
arenotaimedtomimictheserespondents,butmerelytocheckthefilterfunction,thissupportwillnotbe
noticeable.
LimitationsontheUseofFilterswithinNIPOConjointMeasurement
Firstofall,whencreatingfiltersintheNIPOConjointMeasurement,itisimportanttoemphasizethat
ConjointMeasurementisabouthypotheticalorvirtualproducts.
Theuseofhypotheticalproductsisanecessityforindependentlyestimatingtheeffects(weightsand
importances).Afilterharmsthisindependence.Itmakesthoseeffectsconfounded,blendedormixed.The
filter'sinfluenceshouldthereforebereducedtoaminimum.
Inpracticeitmeansthatafilterwillblockonlyalimitednumberoflevelcombinations.Forexampleina
conjointsurveyonhouseswiththeattributessurfaceofgroundfloor(50m2,70m2or90m2)andnumberof
bedrooms(1,3or5),thecombinationof50m2and5bedroomsand90m2and1bedroommaybefiltered
out,butnomore.Otherwisetheparameterinfluenceswillbemixed.
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Asaguideline:donotfilteroutmorethen1levelinalistof3.For4levelsthereisalsoamaximumof1,for
5levelattributesamaximumoftwolevelscanbefilteredout,for6alsoonly2,7approximately3etcetera.
Themoreattributesareinvolvedthebiggerthemixeffectwillbe.
Moreover,ifafilterbecomeslarger,andthenumberofpossiblecombinationsdecreases,thesystemis
morelikelytoshownonpreferredcombinationsanyway.Andifthefilteristoocomplex,thefilterwillbe
ignoredcompletely.
Furthermore,thereareotherwaystopreventimpossiblecombinationfromshowing,forexampleby
combiningtheimpossiblecombinationsinoneattribute.Intheexampleoftheconjointonhouses,make
oneattributewith7levels:50m21bedroom,70m21bedroom,50m22bedrooms,70m22bedrooms,
90m22bedrooms,70m23bedrooms,90m23bedrooms.
Itisrecommendedthatpricesarenotincludedaspartoftheleveldescriptionsofmorethenoneattribute.
Theutilityvaluesshouldaidthedecisiontoperceivedvalueratherthanguidearespondenttowardsa
logicallyconsistentcost.Thisisbecausetheintentionofconjointistoestimateutilityforacertainlevel,not
forthatlevelandaprice.Theinclusionwouldcomplicatethemeasurementsinthesensethatitmixestwo
levels.Thecomplicationisnotonlyfortheanalystbutalsofortherespondents:theyhavetoaddupallthe
differentprices.
ExampleNIPOConjointMeasurement
ThisexampledealswithanintercontinentalflighttoBangkok.Theproducthasseveralfeatures:typeof
connection,airline,price,etcetera.Foreveryfeatureseverallevelscanbedefined:fortypeofconnection
nonstop,1stopandmakingatransfer;forairlineKLM,ChinaAirlines,etcetera.
Product:flighttoBangkok:FeaturesandLevels
Features
Levels
Connectiontype Price
Airline
Serviceonboard
Pre/postflightservice
nonstop
1350,
KLM
extralegroom
.35,discountonparkingfeesat
airportofdeparture
direct
1200,
ChinaAirlines
goodmeals
.15,discountonKLMExpress
transfer
1050,
Garuda
friendlystaff
taxfreevoucherof
.15,perpersonvalidatairport
ofdeparture
900,
SingaporeAirlines
broadselectionoffilms/ .25,discountontaxifareto
music
airportofdeparture
750,
ThaiAirways
freenewspapers
600,
Malaysian
discountof.15,perpersonon
travelinsurance
EvaAir
discountvouchertothevalueof
.35,onhirecaratdestination
Sothereare5features,totallycontaining27levels.
AtthestartoftheConjointsectioneveryfeatureisshown,andtherespondentisaskedtomark
unacceptablelevelsforeachfeature.Examplesofthesewouldbeapriceof.1350,atransfer,etcetera.
Theremaininglevelsthenhavetobeorderedhierarchicallybytherespondent.Theexceptiontothisisthe
Pricefeature,whichmaybeorderedautomaticallyaswemayassumetherespondentfavorslowerpricing.
Finallytheimportanceofthedifferencebetweenthefirstandthelastlevelasorderedbytherespondentis
asked.
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Thentheprofileswillbeconstructed,initiallyhaving2features(forexampleairlineandprice),ofwhich2
levelsareshown(forexampleKLMandGaruda,and.1350,and.1050,).Thenumberoffeatureslisted
onthescreenincreasesslowlyasprofileafterprofileisshown;ofeachfeatureonly2levelsareshown.The
respondentmusttomarkhis/herpreferenceforoneofthetwoprofilesonascalefrom1to9.
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ExampleNIPOConjointScript
ExampleNIPOODINQuestionnaireforNIPOConjoint
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*FONT 5SUBJECT: AIRLINE SERVICES

(Conjoint measurement)
*FONT 1Demo NIPO Conjoint Measurement in NIPO CAWI.

Copyright NIPO Software.
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*QUESTION 66666
In This questionnaire you will be asked to make a profile of your ideal flight to the Far
East. You will see NIPO's version of the adaptive conjoint analysis method.
First you will be asked to indicate which service aspects of the airline you find
unacceptable.
Then the remaining aspects must be ranked in the order of preference, after which you are
asked to indicate the relative importance of a selected set of service aspects.
Finally the service aspects are combined by the program to service packages and proposed to
you. You can give your opinion by means of an optical scale. The best three packages are
then rated using a continuous scale.
** First the lists (= characteristics) with levels
** You can either give the lists a name (between quotes)
** or a number between 1 and 9.
*LIST "Company"
1: Lufthansa
2: China Airlines
3: Garuda
4: Singapore Airlines
5: Thai Airways
6: Malaysian
7: Eva Air
*LIST "Type of connection"
1: non-stop
2: direct (1 stopover\same aircraft)
3: transfer (stopover to different aircraft)
*LIST "Price"
1: 1350
2: 1200
3: 1050
4: 900
5: 750
6: 600
*LIST "Discounts"
1: 35 discount on
2: 15 discount on
3: tax-free voucher
4: 25 discount on
5: discount voucher
6: discount of 15
parking fees at airport of departure

Lufthansa Express
of 15 valid at the airport of departure
taxi fare to airport of departure
to the value of 35 on hire car at destination
per person on travel insurance
*LIST "Extras"
1: extra legroom
2: good meals
3: friendly staff
4: broad selection of films\music
5: free newspapers (English\German)
** Start of the main questionnaire
** The introductory screens for conjoint measurement follow
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** For the meaning of each screen see the ODIN-manual.

*PUT CONJTXT[1] "Feature: "
*PUT CONJTXT[2] "
With your help we would like to establish what you consider to be important when choosing
an airline, should you wish to fly from Frankfurt to Bangkok for your holiday and travel on
from there.
We offer you possibilities that you would in reality be able to choose from. The program
enables you to make comparisons that you would in reality also make.
"
*PUT CONJTXT[3] \
"
The trip concerned is a holiday by air to the Far East. The choice to be made actually only
concerns the flight to Bangkok. Not, therefore, the whole package.
So try to imagine that you are busy choosing a flight to Bangkok.
"
*PUT CONJTXT[4] \
"
You can select the alternatives by mouse to make a choice. Try to imagine you are making a
REAL choice, that you are REALLY looking for the best alternative for yourself for a flight
to Bangkok.
"
*PUT CONJTXT[5] \
"
First we present a number of alternatives regarding various aspects of the flight. Your
initial task is to determine which of these alternatives are absolutely UNACCEPTABLE to
you.
Options ruled out do not reappear, so be careful not to rule out too much (You would not do
that in a real situation either). For each feature at least two alternatives must be left.
For the features 'Price' and 'Company' four alternatives must be left.
"
*PUT CONJTXT[11] \
"
You have indicated which alternatives you found to be absolutely unacceptable.
We would now like you to indicate your preference regarding a number of aspects of the
holiday flight to Bankok.
We ask you to select your first preference in respect of each aspect (for example: inflight service).
Subsequently select your second choice et cetera.
You will notice that you do not have to rank the price (we assume that you'll answer that
you prefer the cheapest possibility), nor the connection type (we assume you'll prefer to
fly non-stop).
"
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*PUT CONJTXT[21] \
"
It is now interesting to establish how heavily you lean towards a particular alternative.
You have indicated where your preference lies.
We now ask you to indicate how important you consider the difference between two
alternatives. In this way we obtain ever greater insight into the kind of holiday flight
you are looking for.
"
*PUT CONJTXT[31] \
"
On the basis of your choices so far, the computer is able to present profiles of flights
where you will be shown combinations.
In this way you will be steered into making subtle choices. The intention is that you weigh
up the different flights as carefully as possible.
All prices shown are for return flights from Frankfurt to Bangkok!
"
*PUT CONJTXT[32] \
"
Some more explanation: in the next questions you will see descriptions of two flights, one
in a box on the left and one on the right. You will also see an optical scale which you can
select using the mouse.
If you consider the flight shown on the left-hand side to be more pleasant or better for
yourself, you select the scale to the left. The more you select to the left, the better you
like the left option. If you consider the flight shown on the right-hand side to be more
pleasant or better for yourself, you select to the right. The more you select to the right,
the better you like the right option.
"
*PUT CONJTXT[41] \
"
This is the final part of the interview. Together we have reviewed a great many
possibilities.
Three profiles of flights have now been calculated by the computer and will be presented to
you in the next questions.
You will most probably find the first flight a less than attractive proposition and be
unlikely to choose it in reality. The second should be more to your liking, and the third
is most likely to comply with your ideal.
"
** The question texts follow.
*PUT CONJTXT[10] \
"Choose each alternative which is UNACCEPTABLE to you. Make sure at least two alternatives
must be left (four for Company and Price).
Choose [OK] if all (other) alternatives are acceptable."
*PUT CONJTXT[20] \
"Now put the alternatives in order of your preference. First select the alternative you
prefer most, then select your second preference, etc."
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*PUT CONJTXT[30] \
"How important do you consider the difference between the alternatives below? Please choose
an answer from the scale below."
*PUT CONJTXT[26] \
"Not important at all"
*PUT CONJTXT[27] \
"Important to some degree (I would not base my decision on this)"
*PUT CONJTXT[28] \
"Very important (B would have to be very good in other respects)"
*PUT CONJTXT[29] \
"Extremely important (I would hardly ever accept B)"
*PUT CONJTXT[40] \
"Position the scale below to indicate your preference."
*PUT CONJTXT[50] \
"How likely is it that you will choose the flight shown below? Answer by typing in a
percentage, where 100 means very likely, 0 means very unlikely.
Type in a number from 0 to 100, then choose [OK]."
** the conjoint task itself follows

*CONJ L300
*LIST "Company" *MIN 4
*LIST "Type of connection" *AUTO
*LIST "Price" *INV *MIN 4
*LIST "Discounts"
*LIST "Extras"
*ENDCONJ
**
**
**
**
End of conjoint measurement module

After you close the conjoint measurement module you can only go back
to the beginning of the conjoint measurement module. So you can't just
change the answer of the last questions. Therefore a *NOTBACK is used here.
*NOTBACK
*QUESTION 3
These were all the questions.
Thank you kindly for your cooperation.
*END
DatapositionsinNIPOConjointMeasurement
TheNIPOConjointMeasurementstoresdataintheUfile.Thelengthofthedatafieldisdependingonthe
numberoffeaturesandthenumberoflevelsperfeature.Thelengthperfirstandlastchoiceofanfeatureis
dependingonthehighestcodenumberinthelist(forexampleifthehighestcodeis9ituses1position,ifit
is24ituses2positions,etcetera.Theratingofimportanceperfeatureisstoredinoneposition.Foreach
levelinafeature7positionsareused.Finally3times7positionsareusedforIntercept,Slopeand
Correlation.
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ExamplequestionnairetocalculatenumberofpositionsrequiredforNIPOConjointMeasurement
*LIST 1
1: A
2: B
3: C
4: D
*LIST 2
1: K
3: L
2: M
*LIST 3
11: P
12: Q
13: R
14: S
15: T
*CONJ 61L116
*LIST 1
*LIST 2
*LIST 3
*ENDCONJ
Note:
Codesinalistdonothavetostartwith1(seelist3above)norhavetobeinascendingorder(seelist
2above).Thesystemsetspositionsaccordingtotheorderinthelistandonlyreservespositionsfor
thenumberofcodesthatareusedratherthanthehighestcodenumber.Filtersarebasedonthe
codenumber,notontheorderinthelist.
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NumberofpositionsrequiredforNIPOConjointMeasurement
Description
Length
Inexample
foreachfeature
Exampleposition
Firstchoicefeature1
dependingonhighestnumberinLIST
LIST1
61L1
Lastchoicefeature1
LIST1
62L1
Ratingfeature1
1position
LIST1
63L1
foreachleveloffeature1
Level1offeature1
7positions
64L3.4
Level2offeature1
7positions
71L3.4
Level3offeature1
7positions
78L3.4
Level4offeature1
7positions
85L3.4
...
Firstchoicefeature2
LIST2
92L1
Lastchoicefeature2
LIST2
93L1
Ratingfeature2
1position
LIST2
94L1
Level1offeature2
7positions
95L3.4
Level2offeature2
7positions
102L3.4
Level3offeature2
7positions
109L3.4
...
Firstchoicefeature3
LIST3
116L2
Lastchoicefeature3
LIST3
118L2
Ratingfeature3
1position
LIST3
120L1
Level1offeature3
7positions
121L3.4
Level2offeature3
7positions
128L3.4
Level3offeature3
7positions
135L3.4
Level4offeature3
7positions
142L3.4
Level5offeature3
7positions
149L3.4
...
allotherfeatures
...
Intercept
7positions**
156L3.4
Slope
7positions**
163L3.4
Correlation
7positions**
170L1.6
**unacceptedlevels:999999
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Item
Limit
minimumnumberoffeatures
maximumnumberoffeatures
none
minimumnumberoflevelsforeachfeature
maximumnumberoflevelsforeachfeature
none
minimumnumberofscreenfeatures
(=numberoffeaturestoappeartogetheronthescreen)
maximumnumberofscreenfeatures
(=numberoffeaturestoappeartogetheronthescreen)
minimumnumberofprofilequestions
(dependingonnumberoflevelsandfeatures)
maximumnumberofprofilequestions
50
MultibyteCharacterFields(MBCSFieldsSetting)
Note:
ThissectionisonlyrelevantforNIPOSoftwareuserswhorequiremultibytecharactersinnon
Unicodedatafiles
WiththesettingMBCSFieldsintheSURVEY.INIfileyoucanconfigurefieldsthatshouldcontainMulti
bytecharacters,suchasChinese,Japanese,Korean,Hebrew,Arabic,withouthavingtosavefilesinUnicode.
ThiswayyoucanuseyournonUnicodeanalysistool,butarestillabletostoretextfrommultibyte
languagesindatafiles.
TheNIPOCATI/WebMasterreceivesUandOfiledatafromtheNIPOCATIClientsand/orWebClientin
theUnicodeformat.Bydefault,theNIPOCATI/WebMasterconvertsthesefilestoanonUnicode(ASCII)
formatusingtheconfiguredcodepage,assumingtheconfigurationwasnotsettostoreasUnicodefile.
Some(mostlyAsian)codepagesusemultibytecharacters.Asinglecharactermaybestoredinone,twoor
3bytes.Textfilesstorethesecharactersrunlength.Thismeansthattwolineswithanequalamountof
charactersmayneedadifferentamountofactualbytes(positions)tostorethetext.
Duringconversiontotheconfiguredcodepage,multibytecharacterencodingintheUfilecancausedata
tobehorizontallyshifted.Thishappensin*ALPHAdatafieldswhenenteringmultibytecharactersonly.If
thesecontaincharactersofvaryingbytelength,subsequentdatafieldsarenotproperlyalignedtothedata
positionsspecifiedintheQfile.Theproblemdoesnotoccurwithcharactersfromasinglebyteencoding
(theknownwesternASCIIrange).
ThesettingMBCSFieldsintheSURVEY.INIfilesolvesthisproblem.
Considerthefollowingscript:
*Q 10 *ALPHA 61L15
What is your name?
*Q 20 *NUMBER 76L3 *MIN 16
What is your age?
*Q 30 *CODES 80L99 *MULTI
Multiple coded question
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Inasinglebytecharacterset(SBCS)suchasinWestEuropeanlanguages,theinterviewermayenteratext
ofupto15characters.AfterconversionfromUnicodetotheconfiguredcodepage,theUfilerecordmay
looklikethis:
pos
61
|
..00000Martin Rijks
76 80
| |
021000000000000...
RunningthesamequestionnaireintheNIPOFieldworkSystemusingamultiplebytecharacterset(MBCS)
suchasJapanese,theinterviewerisstillallowedtoenteratextofupto15characters.Forstoragehowever
eachcharactermayneedmorethanoneposition,theexactlengthdependingonthenumberofbytes
requiredpercharacter.Thecodepageconversionisunawareofthedatalength.Thepositionsmayendup
likethisintheUfile(hypotheticalassumption):
pos
61
|
76
|
86 89
| |
..00000 021000000000000...
Whilethetextconsistsofonly10characters,mostcharactersusemorethan1byte
tostorethecharacterinaMBCS.Theresultlengthofthedatavariesdependingonwhichcharactersare
used.Thelengthoftheresultoftheconversionisnotthesameasthelengthoftheinitialtextthatwas
enteredbytheinterviewer.
Inshort:ThelengthofeachUrecordinnumberofbytesisdeterminedbythecharactersitconsistsof.
Thus,thecontentdeterminesthelength.Inaworstcasescenario,norecordhasthesamelength.Thedata
onpositionafteran*ALPHAfield,willvary.
SimplystoringdatainUnicodeformatwouldsolvethisissueaseachcharacterinUTF16occupiesthesame
amountofbytes(a15characterfieldwouldalwaysbeconvertedtoa30bytetext).However,some
customersneedtosticktothenonUnicodeformatbecausetheirdataanalysisproductsdonotsupport
Unicode.Customersthatusemultibytecharactercodepagesneedasolutiontoproperlystorethe
*ALPHAinput,withoutcausingthedatatoshiftpositions.
Thesolutiontothisistwofold:theNIPOODINScriptwriterneedstoreservedummypositionsintheQfile,
afterthe*ALPHAfield,intowhichtheNIPOCATI/WebMastermayextendtheMBCSintheUfile.Second,
theNIPOCATI/WebMasterneedstobetoldexplicitlywhichpositionsmaycontainmultibytecharacters
sothatthesefieldsmaybeproperlyformattedandspacedduringcodepageconversion.Thisisdoneby
specifyingthepositionsinthesurveyconfigurationfile:
SurveyconfigurationfilesettingforMBCSfields
[Config]
MBCSFields=posLlen[,posLlen, ...]
ThissettingchangestoNIPOCATI/WebMasterstorageofUfiledata,inparticulartheconversionfrom
(internallyused)UnicodetoMBCSfileformat.
Scenario:*ALPHAforMBCSStorage
Foreach*ALPHAfieldofaquestionnaireforMBCSoutput,theNIPOODINscriptwriterneedstotakethe
followingsteps:
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1. Determinethelengthoftherequiredmaximumamountofactualcharactersthatmaybeentered(by
theinterviewer/bythewebrespondent).Setthisaslengthoftheactualinput*ALPHAfield.
2. Determinethemaximumpossibleamountofrequiredbytesfordatastorage.Agoodconventionfor
thisistomultiplythelengthofthe*ALPHAfieldwith3(themaximumamountofbytesper
characterinmostMBCS(multibytelanguages)).
3. Createadummy*ALPHAquestion.Thepositionsofthisdummymustimmediatelysucceedthe
positionsofthepreviouslydefined*ALPHAquestion.
4. Thelengthforthedummyshouldequaltheresultofthecalculationat2minusthelengthofthe
original*ALPHAfield.Fewerpositionsmaybeused,butwillresultintruncatedtext.Usingmore
positionsisrecommended.
Shortcutmethodforsteps14:
Thedefinitionofasuccessive(dummy)*ALPHAfieldcanbeavoidedbydefiningan*ALPHAfieldand
multiplyingitslengthby3.Thisresultsinenoughstoragespacetostoreanansweroftheoriginallyintended
length.Nodummyneedstobecreated,andtheMBCSFieldssettingonlyneedstorefertoasingle
*ALPHAfield.Moreover,anexporteddatafile(definition)containsavariablereferenceforthecomplete
field;dummyusagerequiresareferencetothecompletefield.Thedisadvantageisthatthemaximum
amountofcharacterstobeinsertedbytheNIPOCATIInterviewerorwebrespondentcannotbecontrolled.
Thelengthofthe*ALPHAfieldexplicitlydecidesthemaximumamountofinputcharacters.Asaresult,
excessdatamaybetruncatedandtheanswermaybeincomplete.
1. ConfigurethesetofpositionsoccupiedforthisMBCSfieldinthesurveyconfigurationfile.The
followingsection,settingandformatareused:
[Config]
MBCSFields=posLlen[,posLlen, ...]
Multiplefieldsmaybespecified,separatedbycommas.Thepositionindicatesthestartpositionof
theoriginal*ALPHAfieldwhereasthelengthspecifiesthetotallengthofbytes(notcharacters)that
maybewritten.Incaseofstep14thelengthwillbeofthetwofieldstogether.
Foromnibussurveys,thefollowingsettingnamesexist:
MBCSFieldsforthemain(first)surveyoftheomnibusasdescribedabove
MBCSFieldsNNforunnamedsubsurveys(nameisnotknown)oftheomnibus,whereNNis0199
and01isthefirstsubsurvey.
MBCSFieldsSURVEYwhereSURVEYisreplacedwiththenameofthesubsurvey.
2. Thesystemtruncatestheinputofthefirst*ALPHAfieldintothepositionsspecifiedbythe
MBCSFieldsvalue,leftaligned.Trailingspacesareinsertedafterthetexttofillthefieldspecified
byMBCSFields.
TherawUfileisMBCSencodedwithfixedpositions.ThisdatacanimmediatelybeusedforNIPODiana
output.TheNIPOODINDeveloper32bitexportsfortheseMBCSfilesareflawlessaslongasthedata
formatisretained.Howeverwhenthedataformatisnotretained,thepositioningofdataduringexport
mayresultinshiftedpositionsagainbecausetheexport,too,usesUnicodeinternally.Inthiscase,the
followingstepsarerequired:
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1. NIPOODINscriptwriterusestheODINDeveloper32bittoexportdatatoNIPODiana/NvisionScript
asthedataformatisalwaysretained.
2. OnthebasisoftheexportedVARandDATfiles,NIPOODINscriptwriterusesNIPODiana/Nvision
ScripttocreateanexportfortherequiredproductsuchasIBMSPSS,Quantum,etcetera.
YoumustspecifytheMBCSFieldssettingforeach*ALPHAfieldthatyouwanttostoreasmultibyte.Itis
theNIPOODINscriptdeveloper'sresponsibilitythatthefieldlengthissufficient.Forinstance,typing10
ChineseorJapanese(doublebyte)charactersrequiresa*ALPHA L10field,buttheMBCSFieldsmust
be20positions(eachdoublebytecharacterisstoredin2positions).IftheMBCSFieldsisshorterthan
twicethe*ALPHAfield,theChinesetextistruncated.
Youcannot'combine'fields.Forexample,MBCSFields=101L30,131L30,161L30cannotbe
combinedasMBCSFields=101L90.
ThereisnovaliditychecktoseeiftheMBCSfieldsreallymatch*ALPHAfieldsdefinedinthequestionnaire.
Thismeansthatdatamaybeoverwrittenortruncated,orthattheMBCSFieldsdefinitionpointstothe
wrongpositions.
ThisfunctionalitynotonlyappliestotheNIPOCATIClient,butalsototheSTRANDtoolandtheNIPOCATI
Standalonesystem.Thismeansthatyoumightcorrecterrorsbychangingthesurveyconfigurationfile
accordinglyandexportingthedatathroughtheNIPOStrandTool(STRAND.EXE).
ThisfeatureshouldonlybeusedbyexpertNIPOODINScriptwriters.Forthisreasonthesettingisnot
accessibletotheFieldworkManager,unlesstheyeditthesurveyconfigurationfiledirectly.
Tobeabletoconvertmultibytecharacterscorrectly,youmustalsospecifythecodepagethattheNIPO
CATI/WebMastershouldusefortheconversionofyourmultibytecharactersinthesurvey.INIfile:
SurveyconfigurationofquestionnaireA1234usingcodepage932
[Files]
Q=""A1234Q:932""
ThecodepagenumbershouldbesupportedbytheNIPOCATI/WebMastercomputer.ChecktheControl
Panel>RegionalandLanguageSettings/RegionalOptions>Advancedsettingsforsupportedcodepages.
ExampleUsingAdobeFlashinNIPOCAWIandNIPOCAPI
ThissectiondescribeshowtodisplayAdobeFlashcontentandcaptureitsoutputinthedataofaNIPOODIN
questionnaireinNIPOCAPIandNIPOCAWI.
ThebasicideatotransferinformationbetweentheFlashapplicationandtheODINscriptistomakeuseof
JavaScriptonthepages.TheFlashapplicationshouldbecreatedinawaythatitattheendoftheuser
interactionmakesacalltoapredefinedJavaScriptfunctionwiththeresultingvaluesoftheFlash
application.TheJavaScriptfunctionreceivesthesevaluesandwillpassthemtothecorrespondingfields
generatedbytheNIPOODINquestionnaire.
TheJavaScriptfunctionsandtheFlashapplicationcanbeincludedintheNIPOODINtemplateforthe
specificquestionwheretheFlashapplicationisused.TheNIPOODINquestioncanbedesignedasa*FORM
questionwiththeregularfields(*ALPHAor*NUMBER)tostorethevalues.Dependingontheselected
questiontype,thenecessaryJavaScriptmayneedchangestoactuallyfillintheanswerintotherightfields
onthepage.Thesefieldsshouldhowevernotbeactuallyshownonthepage,soCSSisusedtohidethese
fieldsonthepage.Thismeansthefieldswillnotbevisible,buttheywillexistintheHTMLpage,andassuch
canbeupdatedbytheJavaScriptfunction.
DependingonthetypeofdatatosendfromFlashtotheJavaScriptfunction,itmaybenecessaryto
explicitlyformatthedataasanarrayinFlash(insteadofpassingastring)tomakesureJavaScriptalso
recognizesthedataasanarray.
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ThissectionprovidesanexampleonhowJavaScriptmaybeusedtocreatethelinkbetweentheFlash
applicationandtheHTMLgeneratedbytheNIPOODINscript.ItdoesnotexplainhowtheactualFlash
applicationshouldbecreated.
NIPOODINTemplateUsingAdobeFlash
TheNIPOODINtemplatedefinestheHTMLpageinwhichtheNIPOODINquestionisshown.Forthespecific
questionwheretheFlashapplicationisused,thereneedstobeaseparateODINtemplate.Thistemplate
containsthefullHTMLpagelayoutincludingtheJavaScriptfunctionintheheadersectionoftheHTML
page.
ExampleNIPOODINTemplatefile
<html>
<head><title>NIPO Software Flash example</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function SendDataToJS(FlashAnswer){
//
alert(FlashAnswer);
document.getElementsByName('odinanswer0')[0].value = FlashAnswer[0];
document.getElementsByName('odinanswer1')[0].value = FlashAnswer[1];
document.getElementById("odinbuttonOK").style.visibility = "visible";
}
</script>
</head>
<body><div id="ODINSERVLETINSERTIONPOINT"></div>
</body>
</html>
NIPOODINQuestionnaireUsingAdobeFlash
TheNIPOODINquestionnairedefinesthespecificquestion,whereweuseinlineHTMLtosetspecific
controlsonitemsoftheHTMLpagewhichshouldnotbeshown.Thequestionnumbermustmatchthe
templateasdefinedinthepreviousparagraph.
TheHTMLgeneratedbytheNIPOFieldworkSystemshouldbetotallyhiddentopreventinteractionbythe
user.ThesefieldswillbefilledinbytheJavaScriptfunctions.Forthisreasontheactualfields,thecategory
texts,theclearbuttonandthebackbuttonshouldbehidden.OncetheAdobeFlashapplicationhas
activatedtheJavaScriptfunction,theJavaScriptfunctionwillenabletheOKbuttonsotherespondentcan
proceed.
PleasenotethatthefontnumberasgeneratedintheHTMLdoesnotmatchthefontnumberintheNIPO
ODINsyntax,butisrenumberedbasedonthetotalnumberofdefinedfonts.Intheexamplebelowyoucan
seethat*FONT 99isdefined,whereasthestyleforodinfontnumber-1shouldbesettohidden.
Betweenthe<OBJECT>tagsyouwillneedtospecifytheAdobeFlashSWFfile.
ExampleNIPOODINQuestionnaire
*FONT 0 "10 verdana"
*FONT 99 "10 verdana (255 255 255,255 255 255)"
*Q 10 *FORM
<<<!<OBJECT> DEFINE YOUR SWF
<<<!<style>.odinnumeric
<<<!<style>.odinalpha
<<<!<style>.odinfontnumber-1
<<<!<style>.odinbuttonCLEAR
<<<!<style>.odinbuttonOK
HERE </OBJECT> !>>>

{visibility:hidden; display: none;}</style>!>>>
{visibility:hidden }</style>!>>>
*FONT 99
1: example numerical field *NUMBER L4
2: example alphanumerical field *ALPHA L4
*NOTBACK
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AdobeFlashApplication
Ascanbedeductedfromthepreviousparagraphs,theAdobeFlashapplicationmustmakeacalltothe
JavaScriptfunctionSendDataToJS():
SendDataToJS([123,'ABC']);
Inthepreviousexamplesweassumedaquestionwhere2itemswereneeded,sothecalltothefunction
shouldprovideanarrayofelements.Iflessormoreitemsareused,allitemsneedtobeadjusted
accordingly.
RefertoyourAdobeFlashdocumentationforActionScript2orActionScript3forinformationonhowto
callJavascriptfunctionsfromwithinAdobeFlash.
AdditionalRemarks
TheexamplesshowninthisdocumentaretheveryminimalthingsneededtouseanAdobeFlash
applicationwithoutputtobeusedinthescript.Itisrecommendedtouse*NOTBACKinthescripttomake
suretherespondentwillnotbeforcedtostarttheAdobeFlashapplicationagain.
ChangestotheJavaScriptcanbemadetocheckifthevaluesreturnedbytheAdobeFlashapplicationare
correctaccordingtotheNIPOODINquestion.ItisevenpossibletocreateJavaScriptfunctionswhichcheck
previouslyfilledinanswersandsendthemtoaAdobeFlashapplication,whichwouldallowgoingbackand
forthinthequestionnaire,butthiswillrequiresomeadditionalcodeandamethodtopassinformationto
theAdobeFlashapplication.
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DataFiles
WiththeexceptionoftheBfile(bitmapopenanswers),theDfile(suspendimages)andthePfile(Picture
Library),allfilesinNIPOODINareeitherinASCII/ANSIformat,formattedaccordingtotheCodePageused
bythecentralsystem,orinUnicode.Allfileshaveafixedfilestructure.Thesestructuresaredescribedin
thissection.
ClosedAnswersFile(Ufile)
Theclosedanswersfile(Ufile)containstheanswerstoallclosedquestions.Foreachinterview
(respondent)onerecord(line)iswritteninthefile.Thelengthoftherecordsisfixed,anddependingonthe
highestpositionusedintheNIPOODINquestionnaire.Thefirstpositions(fields)ineachrecordarereserved
forthesystem.
Recorddescriptionoftheclosedanswersfile
Position
length
Description
18
interviewnumber
910
subquestionnairenumber
1115
interviewtimeinseconds
1619
numberofscreensshown
20
interruptindication:
1=interviewbrokenoff
2=appointmentmade
2128
interviewernumber
2940
12
dateandtimelastcontact
41
0(zero)
4248
ODIN/OdDemonversionnumber
4953
Idletime
5455
Weeknumber
(CASIonly)
5657
Weekversionnumber
(CASIonly)
5859
Uniquefamilymembernumber
(CASIonly)
60
Channel:
1=CATI
2=CAWI(Web)
3=CAPI
4=CASI(Panel)
61...
answers
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Openanswersfile(Ofile)
Theopenendedanswersfile(Ofile)containstheanswerstoallopenendedandsemiopenquestions.For
eachopenanswerthatisactuallyaskedtotherespondent,onerecord(line)iswritteninthefilesoseveral
recordsisstoredforeachinterview(respondent).Theamountofrecordsdependsontheroutingandthe
numberofopenendedquestionsinthequestionnaire.Thelengthoftherecordsisunfixed,andcanbeas
longastheopenanswerthatwasentered.Thefirstpositions(fields)ineachrecordarereservedforthe
system.
Recorddescriptionoftheopenanswersfile(defaultformat)
position
Length
Description
18
interviewnumber
910
1115
startingpositionanswerfieldinUfile
1618
lengthreservedanswerfieldinUfile
19...
(dependingon1618)
correspondinganswercodenumber(orblank)
(dependingon19,etc.)
textofopenanswer
Incaseswheretheamountofpositionsusedforasingleopenendedanswerislargerthan999,theOfile
recordformatisextended:
Recorddescriptionoftheopenanswersfile(extendedformat)
position
Length
Description
18
interviewnumber
910
11
Contains*toindicatetherecordisextended
1221
10
startingpositionanswerfieldinUfile
2231
10
lengthreservedanswerfieldinUfile
32...
(dependingon2231)
correspondinganswercodenumber(orblank)
(dependingon32,etc.)
textofopenanswer
NotethattheextendedOfileformatmayberecognizedbyastarinposition11.
StoringdatainUnicode
BydefaultthedataisstoredinplainASCII.WhenUnicodedatafilesareneededforseparatesurveys,this
canbeconfiguredinthefilesurveyconfigurationfile:
[Config]
UnicodeData=Y
Ifadatafileisalreadypresent,thissettingisignored:filesarestoredintheformatthefilewasoriginally
createdin.
When*ALPHAisusedinaquestionnaireandtherespondentusesaUnicodelanguage(i.e.aUnicode
charactersetisused),theUfilemustbewritteninUnicode.
When*OPENisusedinaquestionnaireandtherespondentusesaUnicodelanguage(i.e.aUnicode
charactersetisused),theOfilemustbewritteninUnicode.
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TelephoneFile(Tfile)
TheSamplefile(telephonefileorTfile)isthefilecontainingtelephonenumbersandaddressesofthe
(targeted)respondentsforNIPOCATI.
Thefollowingrulesapplytotelephonefiles:
Eachrespondentisstoredinaseparaterecord.
Therecordlengthofallrecordsshouldbethesame(noemptylines)
Theminimumrecordlengthis135positions.
Priortouse,positions1819and2021mustbesettoavalue(0000foraregularavailablerecord).
TfilesdonotsupportUnicode.
Recorddescriptionofthetelephonefile
Position
length
Description
117
17
Telephonenumber(areacodeandsubscribersnumber)
1819
Responsecode.SeeOverviewOfResponseCodes(onpage353)fordetails.
2021
Numberofcontacts
2223
Responsecodeoflastcontact
2435
12
Dateandtimeoflastcontact
3643
Interviewernumberoflastcontact
4445
Responsecodeoflastbutonecontact
4647
Responsecodeofsecondlastcontact
4849
Responsecodeofthirdlastcontact
5051
Responsecodeoffourthlastcontact
5259
Interviewnumber
6071
12
AppointedtimeorredialtimeintheformatYYYYMMDDhhmm
72101
30
Nameofappointedrespondent
102
Indicationtoshowsecondtelephonenumber
(1=showsecondtelephonenumber
2=usesecondtelephonenumberbydefault)
103119
17
Secondtelephonenumber(areacodeandsubscribersnumber)
120127
Timeintervalforcontactingrespondent
128133
Reservedforfutureuse
134
Indicateswhetherthe2 telephonenumberwasdialedinsteadofthefirst
nd
1=secondnumberwasused
135
Numberofaddressfieldstobeshownonscreen
(1=showfirstfieldonly,
2=showfirstandsecondfield,etc.)
136180
45
Firstaddressfield
(forexamplename)
181215
35
Secondaddressfield(forexamplestreetandnumber)
216250
35
Thirdaddressfield (forexamplezipcodeandresidence)
251285
35
Fourthaddressfield(forexampledepartment,country)
286...
Availableforotherdata
ForOmnibussurveys,thefileformatissomewhatdifferentstartingfromposition251:
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RecorddescriptionofthetelephonefileincaseofOmnibus
Position
length
Description
251490
240
StratificationdataforeachsubsurveyinaCATIomnibus
(20positionspersubsurvey,maximum12subsurveys)
251257
Nameoffirstsubsurvey
258
Containsa1iffirstsubsurveyissuccessful
259270
12
Freeforstratificationfirstsubsurvey
271500
501
Samefor2nd,3rdetceterasubsurveys
Availableforotherdata
Ifrequired,interviewnumbersmaybecreatedinadvance.Thesenumberswillbeusedasinterviewnumber
inalldatafilesbelongingtothesurvey.Makesurethenumbersareuniquevalues.Ifaninterviewnumberis
notuniqueitisskipped.Interviewnumbersneedtoconsistsof8digits(leadingzerosarerequired).
ContactFile(Cfile)
Forallcontactattempts,arecordisstoredinthecontactfile(Cfile).
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RecorddescriptionoftheContactfile
Position
length
Description
18
Interviewernumber
916
Dateofcontact(orcontactattempt)(format:YYYYMMDD)
1720
Timeofcontact(orcontactattempt)(format:uumm)
2128
Interviewnumber
2930
Responsecode(spacemeansnosamplefileavailable).SeeOverviewOfResponseCodes(onpage
353)fordetails.
3132
Contactnumber
3338
Totaltimeinseconds.
ThetotaltimebetweenthemomenttheNIPOCATI/WebMastersendsasamplerecordtothe
interviewerworkstationuntilafterfinallyreceivingthesamplerecordbackagainfromthe
workstation.Thisincludesinterviewtime,introductiontimeandedittime,
butexcludeswaitingtime.
3944
Introductiontimeinseconds
TimebetweenthemomenttheNIPOCATI/WebMastersendsasamplerecordtotheinterviewer
workstationandtheinterviewerpressingStartorconfirminganonresponseontheintroduction
screen.
(Alsoincludedinthetotaltime)
4550
Areacode(thefirst6digitsoftelephonenumber).
5156
Telephonetimeinseconds.Thisiseither:
Theaccumulatedstopwatchtime.ThestopwatchistoggledbytheinterviewerbypressingF10
duringtheinterview.Thestopwatchstopsautomaticallyattheendoftheinterview(before
editingopenendedanswers).Thisfeaturemustbeenabledinthesurveyconfiguration.Theactual
telephonecontact(call)timewiththerespondent(onlyavailableifusingadialer,asreportedby
thedialer).Notethatthetelephonetimemaydifferfromthetotaltime.
5760
Numberofscreensshowntointerviewer.Notethatwhentheinterviewergoesbackinthe
questionnaireandfollowsanotherrouting,thenumberofscreenwillbereset.
6166
Editopentimeinseconds.Thisisthetimeittooktheinterviewertoedittheopenendedanswers
attheendoftheinterview(alsoincludedintotaltime).
6772
Waitingtime,inseconds.TimespentbytheNIPOCATI/WebMastertosearchanewsample
recordandthedialerinpower/predictivemode(ifany)tomakecallattempts(waitingtimemay
besignificantlyhigher).
7379
Omnibussurveyname,ifquestionnaireispartofanomnibussurvey.
8081
Channel:
01=CATI
02=CAWI(Web)
03=CAPI
04=CASI(Panel)
8293
12
AppointmentTime(ifonewasmade)
Note:
InanomnibusaseparaterecordwillbewrittenintheContact.Logfileforeachsubquestionnaire,
withtheinterviewtimeandthenumberofscreensforthatspecificsubquestionnaire.Butonlyone
Cfilewillbecreatedforanomnibus,containingtheaccumulatedinterviewtimeandnumberof
screensforallsubquestionnaires.
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Stratificationfile(Sfile)
Astratificationfile(Sfile)isusedtodividethesampleintoseveralstrataorsubsamples,inwhichalimited
numberofinterviewsmustberealized.StratificationisonlypossibleifaTfileorSampletableisused.Each
stratummustbedefinedinoneseparaterecordwiththefollowingformat:
stratum field offset: characteristic (limit) description
SeeStratification(Quota)fordetailsaboutstratification.
Databasetables
Sampletable(SeparateTableforEachSurvey)
BydefaultforeachsurveyintheNIPOFieldworkSystemaseparateSampletableisused.Thedefaultname
fortheSampletableisSampleName,whereNameisthesurveyname(forinstance:theSampletablefor
surveyA1234iscalledSampleA1234).TheSampletablecanalsobeanASCIIfile(Tfile),seeTelephone
File(Tfile)(onpage343)fordetails.
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FieldnamesintheSampletable(separatetableforeachsurvey)
Fieldname
PosinT
file
Description
Type
Length
NOTNULL
AppointmentName
72L30
Nameofrespondentthatwillbe
calledatappointmenttime
nvar
30
Timetheappointmentshouldbe
redistributed
date
AppointmentTime
60L12
char
time
CallIntervalBegin
Addressshouldneverbedistributed Var
beforethistime
Char
(4digits,where1500standsfor3
oclockintheafternoon)
CallIntervalEnd
Addressshouldneverbedistributed Var
afterthistime
Char
(4digits,where2100standsfor9
oclockintheevening)
Channel
Channel,
int
Dateandtimeoflastcontact
(attempt).
Date
Firstaddressinformationfield(for
examplename)
nvar
Secondaddressinformationfield
(forexampleaddress)
nvar
Thirdaddressinformationfield(for
exampletown)
nvar
where:
1=CATI
2=CAWI(Web)
3=CAPI
4=CASI(Panel)
99=Samplerecordsentas
anonymouswebinterview.
ContactTime
DisplayField1
DisplayField2
DisplayField3
DisplayField4
24L12
136L45
181L35
216L35
251L35
Email
Time
45
35
35
Fourthaddressinformationfield(for nvar
examplecountry,zipcodeetcetera) char
35
EmailaddressforCAWIrecords
50
215
char
char
char
var
char
ExtraData
GroupID
286
Leftforcompatibilitywithsurveys
usingTfiles.Onlyavailableif
configuredintheNIPOCATI/Web
Master.
Var
Char
UseGroupIdtodistributecertain Var
addressesonlytocertain
Char
interviewers,forinstancetomatch
thelanguageoftherespondentand
theinterviewer.
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Fieldname
PosinT
file
Description
Type
Theuniqueidentifier,thatiscreated var
foreachrespondentintheSample char
table,whensendinganon
anonymousmail(blankfor
annymoussurveys).
ID
Length
NOTNULL
50
TheIDshouldbeunique,notonly
withintheSampletable,butalso
withintheEmailManagemenent
table.Canautomaticallybe
generatedbytheFieldwork
Manager.
Indicator2ndNumber
120L1
Lastdialednumber:
int
1=secondnumber
blank=only1numberavailable/no
contact
Channelusedwheninitially
importingthesamplerecord,
InitialChannel
Int
where:
1=CATI
2=CAWI(Web)
3=CAPI
4=CASI(Panel)
InterviewerNumber
36L8
Interviewernumberofthe
interviewerofthelastcontact
attempt.
int
52L8
Uniqueidentifierwithinthesample
andallrelateddatafiles
int
NOT NULL
Languageofrespondent
var
InterviewNumber
Language
char
(forsendingmailand/ormulti
languagequestionnaires).Thisfield
isalsoautomaticallyupdatedbythe
questionnaire(a.o.the*LANGUAGE
scriptcommand).
1
20L2
Numberofcontactattempts,
includingnotathome,
appointments,suspended
interviews,etcetera.
int
NOT NULL
ResponseCode
18L2
2digitresponsecode.SeeOverview int
OfResponseCodes(onpage353)
fordetails.
NOT NULL
SecondPhoneNumber
103L17
17
NumberOfContacts
Alternativephonenumber
Var
Char
ShowDisplayFields
135
Numberofdisplayfieldstoshow
0=Nodisplayfields
1=ShowonlyDisplayField1
2=ShowDisplayField1+
DisplayField2
3=ShowDisplayField1+
DisplayField2+
DisplayField3
4=Showalldisplayfields
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int
Fieldname
PosinT
file
Description
Type
Length
NOTNULL
ShowSecondPhoneNumber
102L1
0=Hidesecondphonenumber
int
int
NOT NULL
1=Showsecondphonenumber
2=Usesecondphonenumberby
default
4
Status,where
Status
0=Available(CATI)
1=Available(Web)
2=Notsuccessful/Refusal
3=Completed
4=CATIappointment
5=CATIwaiting(previouslyWWin
ResponseCodefield)
6=Out,distributedforNIPOCATI
andNIPOCAWI
7=SwitchedtoNIPOCAWI(butnot
yetsent)
8=laimedbyNIPOFMSClientfor
editing
Image
SuspendImage,containingallthe
answersandtheroutingofprevious
sessions.
SuspendImage
SystemData
22L2
The5previousresponsecodes
10
Int
Interviewernumbertobeused
wheninterviewerrequestedto
followuptheinterview.Onlyusedif
SameInterviewerAppointmentwas
switchedonforthissurvey.
TelephonenumberforCATIrecords
17
10
Var
Char
44L2
46L2
48L2
50L2
TargetInterviewer
TelephoneNumber
1L17
Var
Char
TimeDifference
Timedifferenceinminutesbetween Var
respondentandthecallcenter.
Char
Note:
Foranonymoussurveysorinvitationstosurveysonananonymousbasis,anewsamplerecordis
createdforeverynewentry.NotethatAnonymoussurveysmaybetriggeredindefinitely.
UsingCustomSampleTableFields
NewcustomfieldsmaybecreatedbytheFieldworkManagerusingtheNIPOFMSonly.
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AllfieldsthatarecreatedbytheFieldworkManagercanberetrievedintheNIPOODINquestionnaireusing
the*SAMPLEDATAcommand.Definethefieldnameswith*SAMPLEDATAasvariablesinyour
questionnaireandthevariablewillbefilledautomaticallywiththecontentsofthedatabasefield(ifany)
whenstartingtheinterview.Whentheinterviewisended(eitherbyappointment,suspensionorby
completion)thedatabasefieldisupdatedwiththecurrentcontentsofthevariable.Notethatsampletable
fieldsareonlyupdateduponterminationneverduringtheinterview.Whenusingthe*STRATcommand
withinaNIPOODINquestionnaire,checksallfieldsinthedatabasedefinedby*SAMPLEDATAasifalready
updated.
UsingSystemFieldsintheSampleTable
AllsystemfieldsintheSampletablesmayonlybereferredtobytheirsystemnames,notbytheiractual
fieldnames.Anyattempttoaccessthembytheactualfieldnameresultsinanerrormessage.
SettingnamesandFieldnamesinSampletable
FieldnameinSampletable
FieldnameinNIPOODINScript
AppointmentName
TTAppointmentName
AppointmentTime
TTAppointmentTime
CallIntervalBegin
TTCallIntervalBegin
CallIntervalEnd
TTCallIntervalEnd
Channel
TTChannel
ContactTime
TTContactTime
DisplayField1
TTDisplayField1
DisplayField2
TTDisplayField2
DisplayField3
TTDisplayField3
DisplayField4
TTDisplayField4
Email
TTRespEmail
ExtraData
TTExtraData
GroupID
TTGroupID
ID
TTID
Indicator2ndNumber
TTIndicator2ndNumber
InterviewerNumber
TTInterviewerNumber
InterviewNumber
TTInterviewNumber
Language
TTLanguage
NumberOfContacts
TTNumberOfContacts
ResponseCode
TTStatusCode
SecondPhoneNumber
TTSecondPhoneNumber
ShowDisplayFields
TTShowDisplayFields
ShowSecondPhoneNumber
TTShowSecondPhoneNumber
Status
TTAvailabilityCode
SystemData
TTSystemData
TargetInterviewer
TTTargetInterviewer
TelephoneNumber
TTTelephoneNumber
TimeDifference
TTTimeDifference
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Note:
ThefieldsID,Status,SystemData,Language,ChannelandResponseCodearesystem
fieldsandmaybereadbutmaynotbechangedbytheNIPOODINquestionnaire.TheLanguage
fieldisautomaticallyupdatedwhenswitchingbetween*LANGUAGEsections.TheResponseCode
fieldisindirectlymanagedbythecommands*NONRESP,*ABORT,*CUT,*END,*APPOINTand
*ENDNGB.
OmnibusorSubSampleTable(SeparateTableforEachSurvey)
Separatetableforeachomnibussurvey,onlyincombinationwithSampletable.ForusewithintheNIPO
FieldworkSystemonly.
ThedefaultnamefortheomnibusorsubsampletableisSubName,whereNameisthesurveyname(for
instance:theomnibustableforsurveyA1234iscalledSubA1234).
InthistabletheNIPOFieldworkSystemstoresthestratificationdataforeachsubsurveyinanomnibus.
FieldnamesintheOmnibusTable
Fieldname
InterviewNumber
Description
Type
Minimum
length
NOTNULL
Interviewnumber
Integer
NOT NULL
Subquestionnairename
Text
Subquestionnairestatus:
Integer
12
(ReferstoarecordintheSampletable)
QuestionnaireName
Success
1=successful
otherisunsuccessful
STData
Extradatafieldtostorestratificationfieldsfor varchar
subquestionnaires.Onlyavailableif
configuredattheNIPOCATI/WebMaster.
UsingCustomOmnibusTableFields
NewcustomfieldsmaybecreatedbytheFieldworkManagerusingtheNIPOFMSonly.
AllfieldsthatarecreatedbytheFieldworkManagercanberetrievedintheNIPOODINquestionnaireusing
the*SAMPLEDATAcommand.Definethefieldnameswith*SAMPLEDATAasvariablesinyour
questionnaireandthevariablewillbefilledautomaticallywiththecontentsofthedatabasefield(ifany)
whenstartingtheinterview.Whentheinterviewisended(eitherbyappointment,suspensionorby
completion)thedatabasefieldisupdatedwiththecurrentcontentsofthevariable.Notethatsampletable
fieldsareonlyupdateduponterminationneverduringtheinterview.Whenusingthe*STRATcommand
withinaNIPOODINquestionnaire,checksallfieldsinthedatabasedefinedby*SAMPLEDATAasifalready
updated.
UsingSystemFieldsintheOmnibusTable
AllsystemfieldsintheOmnibustablesmayonlybereferredtobytheirsystemnames,notbytheiractual
fieldnames.Anyattempttoaccessthembytheactualfieldnameresultsinanerrormessage.
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SettingnamesandFieldnamesinOmnibustable
SettingnameinNIPOCAPIMaster
FieldnameinSampletable
STSuccess
Success
STQuestionnaireName
QuestionnaireName
STInterviewNumber
InterviewNumber
STData
Data
NIPOCAPIClientAddressTable
InNIPOODINusingtheNIPOCAPISystemyoucanrefertodatabasefieldsintheaddresstableusing
*SAMPLEDATAinexactlythesamemanneraswiththeNIPOFieldworkSystem.However,thefieldnames
usedwithinNIPOODINarealittledifferentthanthenamesusedwithinthedatabasefielditself.Belowisan
overviewofthefieldmappings.
Notes:
IntheNIPOCAPIClienttheuseofaddressfileshasbecomeobsolete.Positionreferencesnowmap
directlytoaddressfieldsinthedatabase.Positionshavebeenlistedforbackwardscompatibility
purposes.Notethatifyoutrytostoreinformationinpositionsoverlappingtwofields,thedatawill
betruncated.
Inadditiontothefieldslistedhere,*SAMPLEDATAmayalsoreferencecustomfieldsthathavebeen
addedtotheAddresstableintheNIPOCAPISystem.ConsultyourNIPOCAPISystemadministrator
fordetails.
AddressfieldmappingsintheNIPOCAPISystem
DatabasefieldinNIPOCAPIClient
Position
Fieldreferenceusing*SAMPLEDATA
TTAddressNumber
5L8
AddressNumber
TTAppointmentTime
734L12
AppointmentTimeStamp
TTClusterNumber
1L4
ClusterNumber
TTDisplayField1
147L30
Name
TTDisplayField2
177L30
Address
TTDisplayField3
215L30
Town
TTDisplayField4
117L30
AddressComment
TTInterviewerNumber
19L8
InterviewerID
TTMainStatus
17L2
AddressStatus
TTNumberOfContacts
691L2
ContactCount
TTTelephoneNumber
253L17
TelephoneNumber
TTZipCode1
207L8
Zipcode1
TTZipCode2
245L8
Zipcode2
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Status,ResponseCodes,TerminateCodes
StatusFieldinSurveyTable
OverviewofStatusfieldinSurveytable
Code
Description
Inactive.SurveycannotbestartedbyNIPOCATI/WebMaster.
Active:SurveycanbestartedbyNIPOCATI/WebMaster.
Running:SurveyhasbeenstartedbyNIPOCATI/WebMaster.
Pause:SurveyisabouttobereloadedbyNIPOCATI/WebMaster.
StatusfieldinSampleTable
OverviewofStatusfieldinSampletable
Value
Description
Available(CATI)
Available(Web)
Notsuccessful/Refusal
Completed
CATIappointment
CATIwaiting
Out,distributedtoCATI/WebClient
ChannelandInitialChannelFieldinSampleTable
OverviewofChannel/InitialChannelfieldinSampletable
Code
Description
CATI
CAWI(Web)
CAPI
CASI(Panel)
99
Samplerecordsentasanonymouswebinterview
OverviewofResponseCodes
Thefollowingoverviewshowsthedefaultresponsecodes.ResponsecodescanbesetintheNIPOCATI/
WebMasterconfigurationorintheSurveyconfigurationfile.Apartfromthedescription,responsecodes
00,1830and9199cannotbechanged.
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Defaultresponsecodes
Responsecode Remark
00
SYS
01
Textshownonthescreen
Specification
Initial/notused
Notathome
Callbacktimein
minutes(NIPOCATI
only)
AVAIL
240
Noanswer
02
Answerdevice
AVAIL
240
03
Busy
AVAIL
60
04
Informationtone
STOP
05
Nohouseatthisaddress/moved
STOP
APPOINT
appointmenttime
Wrongtelephonenumber
06
Makeanappointment
(15minutes)
07
Definiteappointment
APPOINT
appointmenttime
(15minutes)
08
Refusal
REFUSAL
09
#S
Refusal(busy)
REFUSAL
10
#S
Refusal(notbytelephone)
REFUSAL
11
#F
Refusal(ill/notpresent)
REFUSAL
12
#S
Refusal(noapproval)
REFUSAL
13
Nocompanyatthisaddress
STOP
14
Inactivecompany
STOP
15
Companyterminated
STOP
Outsidetargetgroup
STOP
16
17
#S
Alreadyquestioned
STOP
18
SYS
Successful
WRITE
19
SYS
*ENDNGB(inquestionnaire)
WRITE
20
SYS
Systemerror
(orcurrentlyrunning)
21
SYS
Stratificationmaximumreached
22
SYS
*ABORT (inquestionnaire)
23
SYS
Interviewbrokenoff
Tobehandledbyspecialinterviewer
24
25
SYS
Blockedbyblacklist
26
SYS
Duplicateinterviewnumber
27
SYS
Usedbyothersurvey
28
SYS
Abandonedcall
240
29
SYS
Interviewsuspended(NIPOCAWIonly)
30
Interviewernotime
Freeforuse,tobeconfiguredintheSurvey
configuration.
Successful(NIPOCAPIonly)
Reservedforsystem.
31to90
90
9195
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SYS
Responsecode Remark
Textshownonthescreen
Specification
Callbacktimein
minutes(NIPOCATI
only)
96
SYS
Interviewtobecontinued
98
SYS
Systemerror(NIPOCAPIonly)
99
SYS
Initial,alreadysenttointerviewerworkstation
(NIPOCAPIonly)
SpecificationofResponseCodes
ExplanationRemarkandSpecificationcolumn
Indication
Meansresponsecode...
SYS
Cannotbechanged,thesearesystemresponsecodesthatcannotbeshownonthescreen.
#F
Willnotleadtoafinalresponsecode,soaddresswillreappear
#S
Defaultnotshownonthescreen
Isafixedappointmentcode,onlythetextmaybealtered
Onlyshownincaseofbusinessaddress
Cannotbeshownonthescreen,theinterviewerhowevermayenterthiscode
APPOINT
Appointmentscreenwillpopup
AVAIL
Addressstillavailableforinterviewing
REFUSAL
Interviewmarkedasrefusal,notavailableforinterviewing
STOP
Interviewnotavailableforinterviewing
SWITCH
SwitchfromNIPOCATIClienttoWebClient
WRITE
Interviewisstored
TerminateCodes
IntheWebClientthesystemusesTerminateCodevaluestorelocaterespondents,basedonthe
ResponseCodevalue.Negativecodenumbersareusedforthesystemcodes.
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OverviewofTerminatecodes
Responsecode
Description
1 - 99
ResponsecodevalueasstoredbyNIPOODINquestionnaire.
Defaultrelocation,iftheterminatecodewasnotspecifiedinRelocations
tableforthissurvey.
-1
Alreadydone/interviewwasalreadycompleted
-2
Errorinquestionnaire/RuntimeError
-3
JavaAppletError/NIPOOdinServletError
-4
Currentlynotused
-5
Mastererror
-6
Currentlynotused
-7
Licenceerror(morewebconnectionsthanNIPOSoftwarelicenceallows)
-8
Onlyoneinterviewatatimeallowed,interviewended
(RespondentopensnewWindowinBrowserduringNIPOWebInterviewing).
-9
Currentlynotused
-10
Switchsurvey
-11
Pause
-12
InvalidanswerornoreactionfromNIPOODINDemon
-13
Noaddressesavailabletowriteresponsedata
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OverviewofCommandsandSystem
Variables
ListingofCommandsperSystem
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Command
NIPOCATI
Stand
NIPOCATI NIPOCAPI
NIPO
CAWI
Alone
**
*?
*ABORT
*ADDRESS
*ALPHA(questiontype)
*APPOINT
*AUTO
*AUTO(in*CONJ)
*BACK
*BMP
*BUT
*CENTRE
*CODES
*CONJ ... *ENDCONJ
*CONTROL
*COPY
*COUNT
*CUT
*DATE
*DELAY
*DTIME
*DUMMY
*END
*END(in*REPEATloop)
*ENDNGB
*ENDST
*EXCLUDE
*FIELD
*FONT
*FORM
*FORMAT
*GOSUB
*GOTO
*GRID
*GROUP
*HEADING
*HELP(definition)
*IF
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Command
NIPOCATI
Stand
NIPOCATI NIPOCAPI
NIPO
CAWI
Alone
**
*IF(questionoption)
*IF(in*CONJ)
*INCLUDE
*INFO
*INIT
*INSTRUC
*INTRO
*INV
*INV(in*CONJ)
*LABEL
*LANGUAGE
*LEFT
*LEFT(in*CONJ)
*LINE
*LIST
*LIST(in*CONJ)
*MAX
*MERGE
*MIN
*MIN(in*CONJ)
*MOVA
*MOVU
*MULTI
*NCLS
*NEW
*NEWCOLUMN
*NEXT
*NEXTRECORD
*NMUL
*NOCON
*NOENTER
*NOHIDE
*NON
*NONRESP
*NOTBACK
*NP(in*CONJ)
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Command
NIPOCATI
Stand
NIPOCATI NIPOCAPI
NIPO
CAWI
Alone
**
*OPEN(questiontype)
*OPEN (codesoption)
*ORDER
*PAGE
*PICT(codesoption)
*PICT(in*CONJ)
*PLAY
*PNW
*PUT
*QUESTION
*RANDOM
*RANGE
*READ
*REC
*REPEAT ...*ENDREP
*REPNUM
*RETURN
*RIGHT
*RIGHT(in*CONJ)
*ROT
*ROT(in*CONJ)
*RUN
*SAMPLEDATA
*SAVE
*SCALE (in*FORMquestion)
*SCALERANGE
*SHOWDOCUMENT
*SIZE
*SKIP
*SQLADD
*SQLGET
*SQLPUT
*STOPAUTO
*STOPRANDOM
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Command
NIPOCATI
Stand
NIPOCATI NIPOCAPI
NIPO
CAWI
Alone
**
*STRAT
*SUBROUTINE ... *ENDSUB
*SWILANG
*TAB
*TABLE
*TEXTVARS
*TIME
*USELIST
*VAR
*VARS
*VCONTROL
*WAITCR
*WAITPLAY
*WRITE
<<<!...!>>>
ListingofSystemVariablesperChannel
ForafulldescriptionofthesevariablesseeSystemVariablesfordetails.
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Systemvariable
NIPOCATIStand
Alone
NIPOCATI
NIPOCAPI
NIPOCAWI
?R
_CAPI_
_CASI_
_CATI_
_CAWI_
_CHANNEL
_ISCAPI
_ISCASI
_ISCATI
_ISCAWI
0-9
AGENTNAME
BROWSERUSERAGENT
CMDLINE
CONJTXT[n]
INPUTDATA
JAVASCRIPTSUPPORTED
LANGUAGE
PRETEL
RUNTYPE
STOPWATCH[1]
STOPWATCH[2]
STOPWATCH[3]
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TheHTMLGeneratorcanbeusedtolayoutyourNIPOODINquestionnaireinNIPOCAWIandNIPOCAPI,
usingtemplatesandstylesheets.TheNIPOHTMLGeneratorisadynamicgenerator,whichtranslatesthe
NIPOODINquestionnairescriptquestionbyquestionintoHTMLcode.TheNIPOHTMLGeneratortranslates
thevisualpartofaNIPONIPOODINscriptintoHTMLcode.ThismeansthatHTMLisgenerated"onthefly".
Eachquestionwillgothroughthegeneratoreverytimeitisdue.Thus,thegenerationofHTMLisdonelive.
ThegeneratedHTMLprovidesalmostallfunctionalityavailableforNIPOCATI,withafewexceptions.
However,typicallyaquestionnairecanbedevelopedusingtheNIPOODINScriptingLanguage,andmay
transparentlybeusedforNIPOCATI,NIPOCAWIandNIPOCAPI.
TheNIPOHTMLGeneratorisintegratedintheNIPOOdinServletthatisimplementedontheNIPOWeb
Server,intheNIPOCAPIClientandintheNIPOODINDeveloper,enablingaPreviewortestrunofNIPO
CAWIandNIPOCAPIquestionnaires.
ThischapterexplainsthistranslationandshowsyouhowtolayoutyourNIPOODINquestionnaires.
Note:
Inordertounderstandandusethefullstrengthofthesystem,experienceandknowledgeofHTML
andCSSisrequired.
SupportedHTMLstandards
AllHTMLgeneratedbytheNIPOHTMLGeneratorcompliestotheW3CHTML4.01standard.
Thismeansthatthefollowingbrowsersaresupported:
MicrosoftInternetExplorer(IE)5.5andabove.
Netscape6andabove.
Opera7.1andabove
Mozilla1.5andabove.
ObviouslythisonlyappliestothestandardgeneratedHTMLcode.ItdoesnotapplytoanyItdoesnotapply
tothecodeusedinthetemplatesandtheCSSfilessincetheNIPOHTMLGeneratoristransparentforcode
inbothfiles.
ApplyingDesigntoaSurvey
StylingintheNIPOHTMLGeneratorisdoneontwolevels:
1. TheTemplatesareHTMLpagesofyourowndesigninwhichthequestionnairerunsembedded.You
simplydefinetheentrypointforinsertion,andtheNIPOHTMLGeneratorcreatesthefullHTML
outputaccordingly.
2. TheCSSstylesheetscontrolthelookandfeelofallelementswithinthequestionnaire.Apredefined
setofclassesandselectorsareavailableforthispurpose.Thesearedescribedinthischapter.
IfnotemplatesandCSSstylingisapplied,thefactorydefaultsareused.Andtheyareveryboringindeed.
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DefaultandCustomTemplatesandStylesheets
Byusingtemplatesandstylesheets(CSS),itiseasytoworkwithastandardizedlayoutforevery
questionnaire,butatthesametime,itispossibletocustomizethelookofasurveycompletely,oreven
changethelookofonespecificquestionwithinaspecificsurvey.
ThelinkedtemplatesandCSSfilescanbesubdividedintofourgroups:
1. Defaulttemplates(applytoallsurveys)
2. Surveyspecifictemplates
3. DefaultCSSfiles(applytoallsurveys)
4. SurveyspecificCSSfiles
Templatesandstylesheetscanbesurveyspecific,subsurveyspecific,languagespecific,typespecific,
numberspecific,andcombinationsofthesecharacteristics.IncaseofasurveyspecifictemplateorCSS,the
subdirectorywiththenameofthesurveyintheTemplateDirectoryisscanned.Ifnoneisfound,theDefault
subdirectoryoftheCSSdirectoryisscanned.Ifthisisalsonotfound,thesystemdefaultwillbeused.
TheformatoftheTemplatefilenameis:
{SURVEY}[.S-{SUBSURVEY}][.L-{LANGUAGE}][.QNumber-{QuestionNumber}|.QType{QuestionType}].odintemplate.
Parametersbetweenaccoladesareoptional.
ForSUBSURVEYbothsubsurveyname(incaseofOmnibussurvey)andsubsurveynumber(when
using*NEWinaNIPOODINquestionnaire)arechecked.Thesearemutuallyexclusive.
ForLANGUAGEthelanguagenameasusedbytheNIPOODINquestionnaireischecked.
QuestionTypeisoneofthefollowing:
{Page|Codes|Numeric|Alpha|Open|List|Form|Scale|Line}
QuestionNumberisthequestionnumberasdefinedinthequestionnaire.Specialnumbersare-1for
unknownquestionnumbers(likeintroscreen,*PAGE,*HELP,etcetera),-2forappointmentscreens
and-3fornonresponselists.
OrderofCheckingOdintemplateFiles
ThesystemcheckallavailableNIPOODINtemplatefilesinthefollowingorderandwillstopsearchingwhen
itfindstheclosestmatchingOdintemplatefile.
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Orderofcheckingodintemplatesfromfirsttolast
Order
Odintemplate
{SURVEY}.S-{SUBSURVEY}.L-{LANGUAGE}.QNumber-{QuestionNumber}.odintemplate
{SURVEY}.S-{SUBSURVEY}.L-{LANGUAGE}.QType-{QuestionType}.odintemplate
{SURVEY}.S-{SUBSURVEY}.QNumber-{QuestionNumber}.odintemplate
{SURVEY}.S-{SUBSURVEY}.QType-{QuestionType}.odintemplate
{SURVEY}.L-{LANGUAGE}.QNumber-{QuestionNumber}.odintemplate
{SURVEY}.L-{LANGUAGE}.QType-{QuestionType}.odintemplate
{SURVEY}.QNumber-{QuestionNumber}.odintemplate
{SURVEY}.QType-{QuestionType}.odintemplate
{SURVEY}.S-{SUBSURVEY}.L-{LANGUAGE}.odintemplate
10
{SURVEY}.S-{SUBSURVEY}.odintemplate
11
{SURVEY}.L-{LANGUAGE}.odintemplate
12
{SURVEY}.odintemplate
13
Default.S-{SUBSURVEY}.L-{LANGUAGE}.QNumber-{QuestionNumber}.odintemplate
14
Default.S-{SUBSURVEY}.L-{LANGUAGE}.QType-{QuestionType}.odintemplate
15
Default.S-{SUBSURVEY}.QNumber-{QuestionNumber}.odintemplate
16
Default.S-{SUBSURVEY}.QType-{QuestionType}.odintemplate
17
Default.L-{LANGUAGE}.QNumber-{QuestionNumber}.odintemplate
18
Default.L-{LANGUAGE}.QType-{QuestionType}.odintemplate
19
Default.QNumber-{QuestionNumber}.odintemplate
20
Default.QType-{QuestionType}.odintemplate
21
Default.S-{SUBSURVEY}.L-{LANGUAGE}.odintemplate
22
Default.S-{SUBSURVEY}.odintemplate
23
Default.L-{LANGUAGE}.odintemplate
24
Default.odintemplate
25
Systemdefaults
Note:
ForinformationonQType,seeQuestionTypes(onpage367).
Contrarytostylesheets,thesystemloadtheclosestmatchingOdinTemplatefilethatitcanfind,
ratherthanaccumulatingallmatchingfiles.However,styleselectorsmaybechangedintemplatesas
wellasinstylesheets,soastyleintheOdinTemplatemaybeoverruledbythestylethatwas
specifiedinastylesheet.
ExampleofUsingOdintemplateFiles
Assumethefollowingtemplatefilesinuse:
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Default\Default.odintemplate
Default\Default.QType-Open.odintemplate
A1234\A1234.odintemplate
A1234\A1234.L-English.odintemplate
A1234\A1234.QNumber-1.odintemplate
A1234\A1234.L-English.QNumber-1.odintemplate
For*QUESTION 1 *OPEN L1inthisexampleonlythethelasttemplatefileisloaded.Allother

templatesareignored.
OrderofCheckingStylesheets
Thesystemloadsallavailablestylesheetsinthefollowingorder(andoverloadsalreadyloadedstylesby
newstyles):
Orderofcheckingstylesheetsfromfirsttolast
Order
Stylesheet
default.css
default.L-{LANGUAGE}.css
default.S-{SUBSURVEY}.css
default.S-{SUBSURVEY}.L-{LANGUAGE}.css
default.QType-{QuestionType}.css
default.QNumber-{QuestionNumber}.css
default.L-{LANGUAGE}.QType-{QuestionType}.css
default.L-{LANGUAGE}.QNumber-{QuestionNumber}.css
default.S-{SUBSURVEY}.QType-{QuestionType}.css
10
default.S-{SUBSURVEY}.QNumber-{QuestionNumber}.css
11
default.S-{SUBSURVEY}.L-{LANGUAGE}.QType-{QuestionType}.css
12
default.S-{SUBSURVEY}.L-{LANGUAGE}.QNumber-{QuestionNumber}.css
13
{SURVEY}.css
14
{SURVEY}.L-{LANGUAGE}.css
15
{SURVEY}.S-{SUBSURVEY}.css
16
{SURVEY}.S-{SUBSURVEY}.L-{LANGUAGE}.css
17
{SURVEY}.QType-{QuestionType}.css
18
{SURVEY}.QNumber-{QuestionNumber}.css
19
{SURVEY}.L-{LANGUAGE}.QType-{QuestionType}.css
20
{SURVEY}.L-{LANGUAGE}.QNumber-{QuestionNumber}.css
21
{SURVEY}.S-{SUBSURVEY}.QType-{QuestionType}.css
22
{SURVEY}.S-{SUBSURVEY}.QNumber-{QuestionNumber}.css
23
{SURVEY}.S-{SUBSURVEY}.L-{LANGUAGE}.QType-{QuestionType}.css
24
{SURVEY}.S-{SUBSURVEY}.L-{LANGUAGE}.QNumber-{QuestionNumber}.css
Note:
ForinformationonQType,seeQuestionTypes(onpage367).Stylesheetnamesarecasesensitive.
Thisisnormalbehaviorinanyweboperatedenvironment.
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ContrarytoOdinTemplatesthebrowserwillloadthestylesheetsoneafteranother.I.e.specificstyle
selectorsmaybedefinedmorethenonce,wherethelastdefinitionwillbeexecuted.
ExampleofUsingStylesheets
Assumethestylesheetsinuseonyourwebserver:
Default\Default.CSS
Default\Default.QType-Open.CSS
A1234\A1234.CSS}
A1234\A1234.L-English.CSS
A1234\A1234.QNumber-1.CSS
A1234\A1234.L-English.QNumber-1.CSS
InthisexampleforsurveyA1234:*QUESTION 1 *OPEN L1allthestylesheetsareloadedintheorder

fromtoptobottom.Ifstylesheetscontainattributesforthesamelayoutselectorsthelastselectorisused.
Note:
ElementsintheHTMLpagemaybechangedbyseverallayoutselectors.
QuestionTypes
AvailableQuestiontypes
Type
Odincommand
QType-Alpha
*ALPHA
QType-Codes
*CODES
*CODES with *LIST
QType-CONJCodes
codesquestionswithin
*CONJ *ENDCONJ
QType-CONJNumeric
numericquestionswithin
*CONJ *ENDCONJ
QType-CONJScale
scalequestionswithin
*CONJ *ENDCONJ
QType-Form
*FORM with *ALPHA
QType-Line
*LINE
QType-List
*NUMBER with *LIST

*ALPHA with *LIST
QType-Numeric
*NUMBER
QType-Open
*OPEN
QType-Page
*PAGE
*PNW
*QUESTIONwithouttype
*HELP
QType-Scale
*SCALE
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ExampleofGeneratedHTMLPage
TheNIPOHTMLGeneratortranslatestheNIPOODINQuestionnaireintoHTMLpagesquestionbyquestion.
YoucanchecktheHTMLsourcebyrightmouseclickingandthenViewsourceinyourBrowserorinthe
CAWIpreviewintheNIPOODINDeveloper5.05.
ExampleNIPOODINQuestion
Gender:
1: Man
2: Woman
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ExampleHTMLpagegeneratedbyNIPOHTMLGenerator
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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="Generator" content="NIPO Software OdinServlet 1.02.001, build 148">
<title>NIPO Software Web Interview System</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="odinservletscript/odinutils.js">

</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="odinservletscript/odinbuttons.js">

</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="odinservletscript/odinquestions.js">

</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="odinservletscript/odincodesquestion.js">

</script>
<style type="text/css">
<!-.odinfontnumber-0 {
font-size: 10pt;
font-family: "Verdana";
}
.odinfontnumber-1 {
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 10pt;
}
.odinfontnumber-2 {
font-style: italic;
font-size: 10pt;
}
.odinfontnumber-3 {
color: #0000d2;
font-size: 10pt;
}
.odinfontnumber-4 {
color: #d20000;
font-size: 10pt;
}
-->
</style>
<!-.odinerroritem {
border-width: 1;
border-color: #ff0000;
border-style: dotted;
}
.odinerrormessages {
width: 100.0%;
}
.odinerrormessage {
color: #ff0000;
}
.odinerrormessage:link {
text-decoration: none;
}
.odinerrormessage:visited {
}
.odinerrormessage:active {
}
.odinerrormessage:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
}
-->
</style>
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<!-.odincodelist-column {
vertical-align: top;
}
.odincategorycheckcolumn {
}
.odincategorylabel {
}
-->
</style>
<!-.odinprogress-completed {
width: 0%;
}
.odinprogress-remaining {
width: 100%;
}
.odinprogress-completed-vertical {
height: 0%;
}
.odinprogress-remaining-vertical {
height: 100%;
}
-->
</style>
<!-//================================================
// general initialisation for questions
//================================================
function OdinServletInit() {
if (document.getElementById) {
document.getElementById("odinjavascriptsupport").value = 'true';
initialiseCodesQuestion();
}
}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body leftmargin="5" topmargin="5" marginheight="5" class="grayGradient" marginwidth="5"
bgcolor="#eeeeee">
TD {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica;
font-size: 9pt;
height: 9px;
}
</style>
<center>
<img src="TemplateRelatedFiles/Default/bovenbalk3.gif">
<table border="0" width="772" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#999999">}
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<table border="0" width="772" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0"
bgcolor="#ffffff">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<div id="ODINSERVLETINSERTIONPOINT">
<table width="100.0%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="odinfontnumber-0 odinquestion"
id="odinquestionUS10aHJlZToz">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td dir="ltr" align="left">
<div class="odinerrormessages-holder"></div>
</td>
</tr>
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<tr>
<td>
<form method="post" action="http://172.31.6.87:8080/OdinServlet/Interview"
id="odinquestioninputform">
<div class="odincurrentquestion" dir="ltr" align="left">
<table width="100.0%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="25.0%">
<col width="75.0%">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="odintabstop-0" colspan="2"><span class="odinfontnumber-0">Gender
?</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="odintabstop-0" colspan="2"><span class="odinfontnumber-0"
style="visibility: hidden; "> </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="odintabstop-0 odinquestioninput" colspan="2">
<table class="odincodelist odincodelist2 odincodelist-single odincodelist-max2"
width="100.0%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="100.0%">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="odincodelist-column">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="odincategory odincategory1
odincategory-odd odincategory-placement1 odincategory-placement-odd odincategory-single"
id="odincategory1-holder" onmouseout="return OdinOnCategoryHolderMouseOut(event, this,
'odincategory1');" onmouseover="return OdinOnCategoryHolderMouseOver(event, this,
'odincategory1');" onclick="return OdinOnCategoryHolderClick(event, this,
'odincategory1');" ondblclick="return OdinOnCategoryHolderDblClick(event, this,
'odincategory1');">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="odincategorycheckcolumn">
<input type="radio" name="odinanswer0" value="1"
class="odincategorychecksingle" id="odincategory1" onclick="return
OdinOnCategoryClick(event, this);">
</td>
<td class="odincategorylabelcolumn">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="odincategorylabel1">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="odincategorylabel">
<label for="odincategory1"><span class="odinfontnumber-0">
Man
<br>
</span></label>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td class="odincategorymarkcolumn"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="odincategory odincategory2
odincategory-even odincategory-placement2 odincategory-placement-even odincategory-single"
id="odincategory2-holder" onmouseout="return OdinOnCategoryHolderMouseOut(event, this,
'odincategory2');" onmouseover="return OdinOnCategoryHolderMouseOver(event, this,
'odincategory2');" onclick="return OdinOnCategoryHolderClick(event, this,
'odincategory2');" ondblclick="return OdinOnCategoryHolderDblClick(event, this,
'odincategory2');">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="odincategorycheckcolumn">
<input type="radio" name="odinanswer0" value="2"
class="odincategorychecksingle" id="odincategory2" onclick="return
OdinOnCategoryClick(event, this);">
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</td>
<td class="odincategorylabelcolumn">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="odincategorylabel2">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="odincategorylabel">
<label for="odincategory2"><span class="odinfontnumber-0">
Woman
<br>
</span></label>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td class="odincategorymarkcolumn"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="odintabstop-0" colspan="2"><span class="odinfontnumber-0"
style="visibility: hidden; "> </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="odintabstop-0"><img src="odinservletscript/odinservlet-spacer.gif"
alt=""></td>
<td class="odintabstop-1 odintabstop-last odintabstop-nonzero"><img
src="odinservletscript/odinservlet-spacer.gif" alt=""></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<input type="hidden" name="odininterviewid" id="odininterviewid"
value="00000007">
<input type="hidden" name="odinquestionid" id="odinquestionid"
value="US10aHJlZToz">
<input type="hidden" name="startsurvey" id="startsurvey" value="Demo">
<input type="hidden" name="odinusejavascriptanswer" id="odinusejavascriptanswer"
value="false">
<input type="hidden" name="odinjavascriptsupport" id="odinjavascriptsupport"
value="true">
<input type="hidden" name="ValidationErrors" id="ValidationErrors" value="Unknown
error with code 0An answer is requiredInvalid answer: {0}Answer must be in range {0}Too few
categories, minimum is {0}Too many categories, maximum is {0}Maximum number of decimals is
{0}All levels must be orderedAn answer must be specifiedUnknown code: {0}Duplicate code:
{0}This category cannot be selected together with other categoriesAppointment not within
constraints{0} is not a numberSystem error, illegal formatNavigation error. Do not use BACK
button on browser, but use buttons on interview instead.">
<input type="hidden" name="odinscriptbasepath" id="odinscriptbasepath"
value="odinservletscript">
<input type="hidden" name="odinjavascriptmaximum" id="odinjavascriptmaximum"
value="9.000000000000002">
<input type="hidden" name="odinjavascriptminimum" id="odinjavascriptminimum"
value="0.0">
<input type="hidden" name="odinjavascriptnon" id="odinjavascriptnon"
value="false">
<input type="hidden" name="odinjavascriptanswer" id="odinjavascriptanswer"
value="">
<input type="hidden" name="showcategoryorder" id="showcategoryorder"
value="false">
<div class="odinbuttonpanel" dir="ltr" align="left">
<input type="submit" name="odinbuttonBACK" class="odinbutton odinbuttonBACK
odinbuttonnormal odinbuttonBACKnormal" id="odinbuttonBACK" accesskey="B" value="Back"
disabled onclick="return OdinButtonClick(event, this);" onmousedown="return
OdinButtonMouseDown(event, this);" onmouseup="return OdinButtonMouseUp(event, this);"
onmouseover="return OdinButtonMouseOver(event, this);" onmouseout="return
OdinButtonMouseOut(event, this);" onfocus="return OdinButtonFocus(event, this);"
onblur="return OdinButtonBlur(event, this);">
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<input type="submit" name="odinbuttonOK" class="odinbutton odinbuttonOK odinbuttonnormal

odinbuttonOKnormal" id="odinbuttonOK" value="OK" onclick="return OdinButtonClick(event,
this);" onmousedown="return OdinButtonMouseDown(event, this);" onmouseup="return
OdinButtonMouseUp(event, this);" onmouseover="return OdinButtonMouseOver(event, this);"
onmouseout="return OdinButtonMouseOut(event, this);" onfocus="return OdinButtonFocus(event,
this);" onblur="return OdinButtonBlur(event, this);">
<input type="submit" name="odinbuttonCLEAR" class="odinbutton odinbuttonCLEAR
odinbuttonnormal odinbuttonCLEARnormal" id="odinbuttonCLEAR" accesskey="l" value="Clear"
onclick="return OdinButtonClick(event, this);" onmousedown="return
<input type="submit" name="odinbuttonHELP" class="odinbutton odinbuttonHELP
odinbuttonnormal odinbuttonHELPnormal" id="odinbuttonHELP" accesskey="H" value="Help"
onclick="return OdinButtonClick(event, this);" onmousedown="return
</div>
</form>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div style="text-align: right; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9px;">
<span style="color: #000000;">Powered by NIPO </span><span style="font-style:
italic; color: #002084;">Software</span>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<!-// call OdinServletInit on JavaScript enabled browsers.
OdinServletInit();
//-->
</script>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</center>
</body>
</html>
WorkingWithTemplates
TemplatefilesareinfacttemplateHTMLfiles.Theymustobeythefollowingrules:
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TemplatesareplainHTMLfileswithinsertionpointstowhereNIPOODINspecificitemsareplaced.
ThetemplateneedstobeformattedaccordingtotheHTML4DTDstandardforthebestresult.
TheHTMLgeneratedbytheNIPOHTMLGeneratorisconformtheHTML4.01Strict.
Atemplatefilemusthavetheextensionodintemplate.
Atemplateneedstohaveatleasta<head>anda<body>tagwithintheHTMLpage.
TemplateTags
TheNIPOHTMLGeneratortranslatesthequestionintoHTMLcodeandparsesthiscodeintotheTemplate.
WhenthisgeneratedHTMLcodeisparsedintothetemplatefile,theparserlooksforadditionaltagsthatit
canuseaspointsofinsertion.Itlooksforthefollowingtags:
1. The<head>tag
2. The<body>tag
3. Theinsertionpoint:<div id='ODINSERVLETINSERTIONPOINT'></div>
Thesethreetagsareusedinthefollowingway:Firsttheparserwillscanforthe<head>tagwhereitcan
(optionally)insertlinkstocommonCSSfilesbasedonthecurrentsurveyand/orquestionsettings.Thenit
scansthe<body>tagforthe<div>tagcontainingtheODINSERVLETINSERTIONPOINT(case
sensitive)asitsidandinsertsthequestionnaireinterfacethere.Ifthistagisnotfound,thequestionnaire
interfaceisinsertedatthe<body>tag.
Ifnotemplatecanbefound,anemptyHTMLfileiscreatedbythesystem.
Bareminimumexampleofabasictemplate
<html>
<head>
<title>Example template</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id='ODINSERVLETINSERTIONPOINT'></div>
</body>
</html>
Besidesdeterminingwheretheinterviewwillbeinserted,theparseralsoscansfor:
<DIV ID="ODINPROGRESSCOMPLETEDTEXT">and<DIV
ID="ODINPROGRESSREMAININGTEXT">.Theseinsertionpointscanbeusedtobuildaprogress
meterwithatextindicationoftheprogress.
<DIV ID="ODINSHOWDOCUMENTPOINT">istheelementwherethecommand*SHOWDOCUMENT
canopenitslink.
<DIV ID="ODINMMFILEINSERTIONPOINT">istheelementwheremultimediastartedwith
*PLAYareplaced.
<DIV ID="ODINCONJOINTPROGRESS">istheelementwherethetextprofile[n]of[m]inNIPO
Conjointisplaced(NIPOCAWIonly).
<DIV ID="POWEREDBYNIPOSOFTWARE">istheelementwheretheNIPOSoftwarecopyrightlineis
placed.
Allothertagsinthetemplatefileareignored.ThisallowsthetemplatetoanystylingaswellasJavaScript.
Note:
UnlikeXML,HTMLdoesnotallowemptytagslike<div />,soacompletetagsetwillhavetobe
presentinthetemplatefile.
InterviewProgressEstimation
Thetags<DIV ID="ODINPROGRESSCOMPLETEDTEXT">and<DIV
ID="ODINPROGRESSREMAININGTEXT>representpercentagesofcompletedandremainingquestions
respectively.Thefollowingapplies:
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All*DUMMYquestionsareignoredforprogressestimations.
Nullevaluatingfilterquestionsandquestionswithouttextarecountedforprogressestimations.These
canthereforebeusedtoinvisiblyinfluencetheprogressbar.
Estimationsaremadeforthenumberofquestionspresentedthrough*REPEATand*GOSUBblocks.
Theprogressbarcanalwaysjumpforwarddisproportionatelyasitissubjecttoquestionnairerouting
andfiltering.
Bydesign,theprogressbarneveractuallyreaches100%eventhoughroundingmaycauseitto
occasionallyhit100%onverylargequestionnaires.Therelocationpageisconsideredtobethe'100%
page'.Youcanoptionallyincludeacompletedprogressbaronthispage.
UsingJavaScriptinanOdintemplateFile
Ifrequired,youmayuseJavaScriptinsideanodintemplatefiletoallowrunningcustomscriptsona
question.However,youarestronglyadvisedtoalwaysplaceinlineJavaScriptbetweencommenttags:
UsinginlineJavaScriptinanodintemplatefile
<!-...[Your JavaScript scripts]
-->
SinceodintemplatefilesareprocessedbytheNIPOHTMLGenerator,thebrackets<and>areinterpreted
asstartandendofHTMLtags.Sincethesebracketsmayalsobeusedinexpressions,theymaybreakupthe
templateprocessing.PlacinginlineJavaScriptincommentsavoidsthis.
OdintemplateExample
Exampleodintemplatefile
<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>NIPO Software Webdemo</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#eeeeee leftMargin=5 topMargin=5 MARGINHEIGHT="5" MARGINWIDTH="5">
<CENTER>
<img src="http://www.web-survey.com/TemplateRelatedFiles/NipoSoftware.gif">
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width=772 bgColor=#999999 border=0>
<TR>
<TD>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=10 width=772 bgColor=#ffffff border=0>
<TR>
<TD>
<DIV ID="ODINSERVLETINSERTIONPOINT"></DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</CENTER>
</BODY>
</HTML>
WorkingwithCSS
ThefollowingparagraphscovertheCSSselectorsembeddedintheHTMLcodegeneratedbytheNIPO
HTMLGenerator.Itisessentialtoknowandunderstandthefunctionalityoftheseselectorsinordertogain
fullcontroloverthelayout.
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CSSFileDetails
Thefirstelementinsertedinthetemplateisa<table>tagthatholdsalltheothergeneratedelements.
Thistablegetstheclassselectorsodinfontnumber-0andodinquestionwhileitalsogetsanidwith
valueodinquestion-{question-identifier}wherequestion-identifierconsistsof
surveyname,subsurveyidentifierifapplicable,andquestionnumber.This<table>alsohasthe
followingattributesset;widthwithvalue100%,cellpadding,withvalue0andcellspacingwith
value0.
Insidethis<table>isa<tbody>withoutanyselectors,insidewhicharetwo<tr>tags,alsowithout
selectors.Thesetwo<tr>tagsbothcontainasingle<td>tag.These<td>tagsbothhaveadir
attributewithavalueofeitherrtlorltrandanalignattributewithavalueofeitherrightorleft.
Bothofthesevaluesaredeterminedbythecurrentsurvey'sBiDisetting;rtlandrightforbi
directionalreadingandltrandleftinallothercases.
Thefirstofthementioned<td>tagscontaina<div>tagwithaclassselector
odinpreviousquestion.This<div>isemptyunlessa*NCLSwasusedprevioustothecurrent
question,inwhichcaseitcontainsarepresentationofthepreviousscreen(s).
Thesecond<td>tagcontainsa<form>tag,insidewhichisa<div>tagwithaclassselector
odincurrentquesionandwhichcontainsthegeneratedHTMLforthecurrentquestion.
Finallythe<form>tagcontainsanother<div>tagwithaclassselectorodinbuttonpanelcontaining
an<input>tagforeachbuttonthatneedstobedisplayedonscreen.
CharacteristicsforQuestionElements
Ofeachquestionelementthefollowingcharacteristicscanbemanipulated:
1. Fonttype
2. Fontsize
3. Color
4. Horizontalposition(leftaligned,centered,rightaligned)
5. Verticalposition(top,centered,bottom)
6. Buttonsize
7. Buttonskin
8. Buttonbehavior
9. Buttonlocation
Inordertoreachsuchanelaboratedcontroloverthelayoutofthequestion,alargenumberofselectorsare
placedwithinthegeneratedHTMLcode.Theseselectorscanbedividedintothreegroups:
1. Defaultselectors.Theseareattributesgeneratedwitheachquestion.
2. Questionselectors.Theseareattributesrelatedtothetypeofquestion.
3. Independentselectors.Theseareattributesthathavenolinktothetypeofquestionorareseparate
fromthedefaultattributes.
Inaddition,asequenceofattributeselectorsiscreated.Forexample,acodequestionwith4optionswill
resultin:
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1. Anattributeforeachindividualoption(1to4)
2. Ageneralattributeforalloptions
3. Anattributeforallevenoptions(2and4)
4. Anattributeforalloddoptions(1and3)
5. Anattributeforthefirstoption(1)
6. Anattributeforthelastoption(4)
Alltheseplacedselectorsallowyoutoalterthelayoutofthequestionineverypossibleway.Ifyouliketo
changecolorperoption,addanindentoranyotherrequirement,itcanbecreatedwiththeseselectors.
Note:
TheNIPOHTMLGeneratordoesnotsyntaxchecktheattributesandpropertiesinCSSfiles.
QuestionElementsExample
ExampleNIPOCAWIPreview
Intheexampleabovethefollowingquestionelementsmaybestyled:
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Thequestiontext"WhatbrandofVCR'sdoyouhave"and"Note:morethenonebrandallowed"
Answercode1Philips
Answercode2Sony
Answercode3Blaupunkt
OddanswercodesPhilips,Blaupunkt,Hitachi,JVCandOther
EvenanswercodesSony,Akai,Samsung,MitshubishiandDon'tknow
Answercode*OPENOther
Answercode*NMULDon'tknow
All*MULTIanswercodes(notincludingDon'tknow)
Theentirebuttonpanel
TheBackbutton.
TheOKbutton
TheClearbutton
CSSforQuestions
Everyquestion,independentofthetype,ismadeupofa<table>insidethe<div
class="odincurrentquestion">tag.Thistabledoesn'thaveanyselectors,butdoeshavethe
followingattributes;widthwithvalue100%,cellpaddingwithvalue0andcellspacingwithvalue
0.
Insidethis<table>tagisa<tbody>tagwithoutanyselectorsorattributes.Thecontentsofthis
<tbody>tagdependsentirelyonthedefinitionofthecurrentquestioninsidethequestionnaire,buthere
areafewpointers;everylineoftext(identifiedbyaCR/LFinthescript)isrepresentedbya<tr>tag
withoutanyselectors.Individualpiecesoftextonthesamelinecanbeseparatedbytabs.Foreachtab
characterencounteredanewtablecellisdefinedusinga<td>tagwithaclassselectordependingonthe
currenttabsettingsandtabcount.
DefaultQuestionSelectors
Defaultquestionselectors
Selector
Function
odinquestion
GeneralAttributegeneratedwitheveryNIPOODINquestion
odinpreviousquestions
GeneralAttributegeneratedwitheveryNIPOODINquestion.Onlyappliesif*NCLSis
usedintheNIPOODINscript
odincurrentquestion
GeneralAttributegeneratedwitheveryNIPOODINquestion
*CONJQuestionSelectors(NIPOConjointMeasurement)
TheNIPOConjointMeasurementwillasktomakecomparisonsbetweenprofiles.Thefirstquestionsinthe
NIPOConjointMeasurementaretreatedasnormal*CODESquestions.
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*CONJquestionselectors
Selector
Function
odinconjointcomparerow
Genericattributeforallfeaturerowsinaconjointcomparison.
odinconjointcomparerowN
AttributeforrowNinaconjointcomparison.
odinconjointprofilecompare
odinconjointprofileitem
odinconjointprofileitem-A
odinconjointprofileitem-AN
odinconjointprofileitem-B
odinconjointprofileitem-BN
odinconjointprofileitem-buffer
odinconjointprofileitem-last
odinconjointprofileitemN
odinconjointprogress
odinconjointprogress-N
odinconjointprogress-NofM
odinconjointprogress-percent-N
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*CODESQuestionSelectors
*CODESquestionselectors
Selector
Function
odincodelist
Herethecodeliststarts.Thisselectorappliestoeverythingwithinthetable
odincodelist-column
Generalattributeofallcodelistcolumns
odincodelist-columnN
SpecificcodelistcolumnattributewhereNisthecolumnrangingfrom0to
numberofcolumns1.
odincodelist-single
Generalattributeofallcodelistsofsinglecodedquestions
odincodelist-multi
Generalattributeofallcodelistsofmultiplecodedquestions
odincodelist-maxN
odincategory
Generalattributeofallcodecategories
odincategoryN
SpecificcodecategoryattributewhereNisthecodecategoryrangingfrom0to
numberofcategories1.
odincategory-even
Specificevencodecategoryattribute
odincategory-odd
Specificoddcodecategoryattribute
odincategory-single
Specificsingleanswercodecategoryattribute
odincategory-multi
Specificmultipleanswercodecategoryattribute
odincategory-open
Specificopencodecategoryattribute
odincategorypicture
Picturethatisbehindacodecategoryina*CODESquestion.
odincategory-checked
Codecategorythatischeckedbyinterviewer/respondent
odincategory-placementN
Ordernumberinwhichthecodecategoryisplaced(whenusing*RANDOM,
*INV,*ROT)
odincategory-placement-even
Evenordernumbersinwhichthecodecategoryisplaced(whenusing
*RANDOM,*INV,*ROT)
odincategory-placement-odd
Oddordernumbersinwhichthecategoryisplaced(whenusing*RANDOM,
*INV,*ROT)
odincategorycheckcolumn
Generalattributeofthecheckboxorradiobuttonofacodecategory
odincategorychecksingle
Attributeofthecheckboxorradiobuttonofacodecategoryinasinglecoded
question
odincategorycheckmulti
Attributeofthecheckboxorradiobuttonofacodecategoryinamultiple
codedquestion
odincategorylabel
Generalattributeofthetextlabelofthecategorycode
odincategorylabelN
Specificattributeofthetextlabelofthecategorycode,whereNisthecategory
codenumber,anumberrangingfrom1tothenumberofcodes
odincategorylabelcolumn
Attributeofthecolumncontainingallcategorycodelabels
*CODES*MULTIQuestionSelectors
*CODES*MULTIquestionselectors
Selector
Function
odincategory-nmul
Attributethatappliestothe*NMULcodecategory
odincategory-multi
Attributethatappliestoall*MULTIcodecategories
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*NUMBERQuestionSelectors
*NUMBERquestionselectors
Selector
Function
odinquestioninput
Attributeforthe<TD>containingthenumericinputfield
odinnumeric
Attributeforthenumericinputfield
*ALPHAQuestionSelectors
*ALPHAquestionselectors
Selector
Function
odinquestioninput
Attributeforthe<TD>containingthealphanumericinputfield
odinalpha
Attributeforthealphanumericinputfield
Whena*LISTisusedincombinationwith*NUMBERor*ALPHA,thebrowserpresentseitheratype
aheadfunction(forlonglists)oradropdownbox(25orlessitemsinthelist).
A*LISTincombinationwitha*CODESquestionusestheregular*CodesQuestionSelectors(onpage
381).
Selector
Function
odinlist
Attributesappliestotheentirelist
odinlist-dropdown
Attributeappearonlywithlistsmallerthen20items
odinlistX
AttributereferstolistofXitems
odinquestioninput
Attributeforthe<TD>containingthelist
odinlistitem
Genericattributeforalllistitems
odinlistitemN
AttributeforitemNfromthelist,whereNisavaluebetween0and
thenumberofitems1.
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*FORM*NUMBERand*FORM*ALPHAquestionselectors
Selector
Function
odinformelement
Attributeappliestoeveryformelementwithinthetable
odinnumeric
Attributeforallnumericfields
odinalpha
Attributeforallalphanumericinputfields
odinquestioninput
Attributeforthe<TD>containingtheinputfield
odinnumericN
AttributeforthespecificinputfieldN,whereNisavaluebetween0andthenumberof
fields1.
odinalphaN
AttributeforthespecificalphanumericinputfieldN,whereNisavaluebetween0and
thenumberoffields1.
Selector
Function
odinscale
Attributethatappliestoeveryelementwithinthetable
odinscaleholder
Attributethatappliestothetablewhereeveryselectableelementwithinthescale
questionisplaced
odinscalecell
Attributethatappliestoeveryscalecell
odinscalecell-odd
Attributethatappliestoeveryoddscalecell
odinscalecell-even
Attributethatappliestoeveryevenscalecell
odinscalecell-min
Attributethatappliestothescalecellwiththelowestvalue
odinscalecellN
AttributethatappliestoscalecellN
odinscalecell-less
Attributethatappliestotheeveryscalecellwithavaluelessthatthemiddle
odinscalecell-middle
Attributethatappliestotheeveryscalecellwiththemiddlevalue
odinscalecell-more
Attributethatappliestotheeveryscalecellwithavaluemorethatthemiddle
odinscalecell-max
Attributethatappliestothescalecellwiththehighestvalue
odinscaleitem
Attributeforthecontainerinwhichthescaleisplaced
scaletext-textleft
Attributefortheleftendtextofthescaleasdefinedwith*SCALE
scaletext-textright
Attributefortherightendtextofthescaleasdefinedwith*SCALE
odinscale-normal
Attributeforascalecellwhenenabledbutnotselected
odinscale-disabled
Attributeforascalecellthatisdisabled
odinscale-selected
Attributeforascalecellthatisselected(marked)
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*FORM*SCALEQuestionSelectors
*FORM*SCALEquestionselectors
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Selector
Function
odinscale
Attributethatappliestoeveryelementwithinthetable
odinformelement
Attributethatappliestoeveryformelementwithinthe
table
odinformelement-N
AttributethatappliestoformelementN
odinscaleholder
Thisattributeappliestothetablewhereeveryselectable
elementwithinthescalequestionisplaced
odinscalecell
Attributethatappliestoeveryscalecell
odinscalecell-odd
Attributethatappliestoeveryoddscalecell
odinscalecell-even
Attributethatappliestoeveryevenscalecell
odinscalecell-min
Attributethatappliestothescalecellwiththelowest
value
odinscalecellN
AttributethatappliestoscalecellN
odinscalecell-less
Attributethatappliestotheeveryscalecellwithavalue
lessthatthemiddle
Attributethatappliestotheeveryscalecellwiththe
middlevalue
odinscalecell-more
Attributethatappliestotheeveryscalecellwithavalue
morethatthemiddle
odinscalecell-max
Attributethatappliestothescalecellwiththehighest
value
odinformelement-above-placementN
Attributethatappliestotheheadingjustaboveascalecell
(notethatheadingsmaybeplacedbetween*SCALE
rows).
odinformelement-above-placement-even
Attributethatappliestotheeveryevenheadingjust
aboveascalecell.
odinformelement-above-placement-odd
Attributethatappliestotheeveryoddheadingjustabove
ascalecell.
odinformelement-above-N-M
AttributethatappliestocolumnNofrowM.
odinformelementbefore
Genericattributethatappliestothetextjustinfrontof
the*SCALE.
odinformelementbefore-N
AttributethatappliestothetextjustinfrontoftheNth
code.
odinformelementbefore-even
Attributethatappliestothetextjustinfrontofeven
codes.
odinformelementbefore-odd
Attributethatappliestothetextjustinfrontofodd
codes.
odinformelementbefore-placement-N
AttributethatappliestothetextjustinfrontoftheNth
*SCALEonthescreen.
odinformelementbefore-placement-even
Attributethatappliestothetextjustinfrontofevery
even*SCALEonthescreen.
odinformelementbefore-placement-odd
Attributethatappliestothetextjustinfrontofeveryodd
*SCALEonthescreen.
odinformelementbefore-placement-first
Attributethatappliestothetextjustinfrontofthefirst
*SCALEonthescreen.
odinformelementplacement-first
Attributethatappliestothefirst*SCALEonthescreen.
odinformelement-above-placement-first
Attributethatappliestothefirstcode.
odinscale-normal
odinformelementbefore-placement-last
Attributethatappliestothelast*SCALEonthescreen.
odinformelementplacement-last
Attributethatappliestothelastcode.
*FORM*GRIDQuestionSelectors
*FORM*GRIDquestionselectors
Selector
Function
odingrid
Completegridofa*FORM*GRIDquestion
odingridcell
Cellwithinagridofa*FORM*GRIDquestion
odingridcolumn
Columnwithinagridofa*FORM*GRIDquestion
odingridcolumnholder
Holderofacolumnwithinagridofa*FORM*GRIDquestion
odingridcolumnspace
Spacebetweencolumnswithinagridofa*FORM*GRIDquestion
odingridrowspacing
Spacebetweenrowswithinagridofa*FORM*GRIDquestion
CSSforButtons
Buttonsthatneedtobedisplayedonscreentaketheformofan<input>tagwiththeclassselectors
odinbuttonandodinbutton{mnemonic}where{mnemonic}isreplacedbyauniqueidentifierfor
thebutton(seethetablebelow).These<input>tagsallareoftypesubmit.
Thevalueattributecontainsthecaptionofthebutton,whiletheidattributecontains
odinbutton{menmonic}.Ifthedefinedcaptioncontainsanampersand(&),thecharacterfollowingthe
firstampersandisconvertedtoformthevalueoftheaccesskeyattributetocreateakeyboardshortcut.
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Buttonsselectors
Selector
Desciption
odinbuttonpanel
Locationofthebuttons
odinbutton
Genericinputforeverybutton.
odinbuttonOK
OKButton
odinbuttonBACK
BackButton
odinbuttonSTART
StartButton
odinbuttonCLOSE
CloseButton
odinbuttonHELP
HelpButton
odinbuttonDONTKNOW
Don'tknowButton(in*QUESTION*SCALE*NON)
odinbuttonNEXT
NextButton(in*HELPpages)
odinbuttonPREV
PreviousButton(in*HELPpages)
odinbuttonSUSPEND
SuspendButton
odinbuttonQBUT0
Firstquestiondefinedbutton(*BUT)
odinbuttonQBUT1
Secondquestiondefinedbutton(onsamequestion)
odinbuttonQBUT2
Thirdquestiondefinedbutton(onsamequestion)
odinbuttonQBUT3
Fourthquestiondefinedbutton(onsamequestion)
odinbuttonQBUT4
Fifthquestiondefinedbutton(onsamequestion)
CSSforTabs
Tabsettingscanbedefinedbyusingthe*TABcommandintheNIPOODINscript.Thevaluesofthetab
commandareusedtodeterminethewidthsofthecellsinthequestiontext.Forexample,*TAB 50,60
resultinatablewiththreepredefinedcolumns,wherethefirstcolumnwouldhaveawidthof50%,the
secondwouldhaveawidthof10%(6050)andthelastcolumnswouldbetheremaindercolumnandhavea
widthof40%(10060).
Giventhetabsettingsabovethefirstpieceoftext(uptothefirsttabcharacter)onalinewouldbeplaced
ina<td>tagwithaclassselectorodintabstop-0.Thenextpieceoftextwouldbeplacedinanother
<td>tagwithaclassselectorodintabstop-1.Theremainingpiecesoftextwouldbeplacedinthelast
cell,whichwouldhaveaselectorodintabstop-2.
The<style>taggeneratedinsidethe<head>tagwouldlooklikethis:
NIPOODINscript:*TAB
*TAB 50,60
Exampletaggeneratedinsidethe<Head>tagusing*TAB
<colgroup>
<col width="50.0%">
<col width="10.0%">
<col width="40.0%">
</colgroup>
Ifmoretabsareencounteredonalineanadditional<table>tagisgeneratedinsidethecurrent<td>
tag.Insidethis<table>willbea<tbody>and<tr>tag,allwithoutanyselectors.Insidethis<tr>tag
willbeanadditional<td>tagwithaclassselectorodintabstop-extra,forwhichnoinlinestyle
sheetdefinitionwillbegenerated.
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Tabstopselectors
Selector
Description
odintabstop-extra
Extratabstopsforthosedefinedwiththe*TABcommand.
odintabstop-last
Lasttabstop.
odintabstop-N
TabstopnumberN.Tabstartnumberingatzero.
odintabstop-nonzero
Alltabstops,excludingthefirst(numberzero).
CSSforFonts
Everytimea*FONTcommandisencounteredinthescript,thecurrentfontischangedanda<span>tag
isaddedwithaclassselectorodinfontnumber-{fontnumber}where{fontnumber}isreplaced
withanincrementalnumberstartingwithzero.Ifnofontsaredefinedinthescriptalltextwillbeenclosed
witha<span class="odinfontnumber-0">tag,toindicatethedefaultfont.
Optionallyaninlinestylesheetdefinitioncanbegeneratedtoreflectthefontdefinitionfromthe
questionnairescript.
Note:
Changingthefont,fontsizeandfonttypecanbedonebyusing*FONTcommandintheNIPOODIN
questionnaire.When*FONTisusedinthequestionnaire,donotchangethefontviaCSS.
NIPOODINscriptcommand*FONT
*FONT 0 "10 Arial"
*FONT 1 "10 Arial BOLD"
*FONT 9 "10 Arial Italic"
Exampleinlinestylesheetdefinition
<style>
<!-.odinfontnumber-0 {
color: #000000;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
font-size: 10pt;
font-family: "Arial";
}
.odinfontnumber-1 {
color: #000000;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 10pt;
}
.odinfontnumber-2 {
color: #000000;
font-style: italic;
font-size: 10pt;
}-->
</style>
Ifyouchoosenottogeneratetheinlinestylesheetdefinition,thisprovidesanexcellentmeanstoapplya
commonhousestyleacrossquestionnaires.
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Fontselectors
Selector
Description
odinfontnumber-N
fontfortextthatischangedbythe*FONTcommandintheNIPOODINquestionnaire
whereNisthefontnumber.
CSSforProgressBar
Fortheprogressbarsomeadditionaltagsareautomaticallygeneratedwithinthe<head>tagofthe
template.Theseconsistofasingle<style>tagwithvaluesforfourindividualCSSclassselectors.These
selectorsareodinprogress-completed,odinprogress-remaining,odinprogresscompleted-verticalandodinprogress-remaining-vertical.
Thefollowing(partial)exampleshowsthecompletetagasitwouldbegeneratedforaninterviewthathas
beencompletedfor41%.
ExampleoftagwithODINProgressbar
<style>
<!-.odinprogress-completed {
width: 41%;
}
.odinprogress-remaining {
width: 59%;
}
.odinprogress-completed-vertical {
height: 41%;
}
.odinprogress-remaining-vertical {
height: 59%;
}
-->
</style>
AndthiswouldapplytothefollowingHTMLcode:
ResultinHTMLcode
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" width="100%">
<tr>
<td height="20" align="center">
<table border="1" cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0"
width="25%" bgcolor="#c88a00">
<tr>
<td style="height: 20px;" class="odinprogress-completed"
bgcolor="#666666"></td>
<td class="odinprogress-remaining" bgcolor="#f1b200"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
Theselectorsodinprogress-completedandodinprogress-remainingaremeanttobeused
forhorizontalprogressindicators,whileodinprogress-completed-verticaland
odinprogress-remaining-verticalaremeantforverticalindicators.
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Progressbarselectors
Selector
Description
odinprogress-completed
partoftheprogressbarthatshowshowmuchisalreadycompleted
odinprogress-completed-vertical
partoftheprogressbarthatshowshowmuchisalreadycompleted
(vertical)
odinprogress-remaining
partoftheprogressbarthatshowshowmuchisremaining
odinprogress-remaining-vertical
partoftheprogressbarthatshowshowmuchisremaining(vertical)
SelectorsinNIPOCAWI(AlphabeticalOverview)
TherearesubtledifferencesbetweennamesofselectorsinNIPOCAWIandNIPOCAPI.Tofindoutthe
nameofaparticularselector,runapreviewintheNIPOODINDeveloperandrightclickonthepage,then
selectViewsource.Theitemortextyouwanttochangecanbefoundwithalltheselectorsthatyoucan
useintheCSS.
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SelectorsinNIPOCAWI(alphabeticoverview)
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Selector
Appliesto
HTMLtag
checkcolumn
General
labelcolumn
General
markcolumn
General
odinalpha
*FORM
Input
odinalpha
*NUMBERor
*ALPHA
Input
odinalphaN
*FORM
Input
odinbutton
Buttons
Input
odinbuttonBACK
Buttons
Input
odinbuttonCLOSE
Buttons
Input
odinbuttonDONTKNOW
Buttons
Input
odinbuttonHELP
Buttons
Input
odinbuttonNEXT
Buttons
Input
odinbuttonOK
Buttons
Input
odinbuttonpanel
Buttons
Div
odinbuttonPREV
Buttons
Input
odinbuttonQBUT0
Buttons
Input
odinbuttonQBUT1
Buttons
Input
odinbuttonQBUT2
Buttons
Input
odinbuttonQBUT3
Buttons
Input
odinbuttonQBUT4
Buttons
Input
odinbuttonSTART
Buttons
Input
odinbuttonSUSPEND
Buttons
Input
odincategory
*CODES
TD
odincategory-checked
*CODES
TD
odincategorycheckcolumn
*CODES
TD
odincategorycheckmulti
*CODES
TD
odincategory-even
*CODES
TD
odincategorylabel
*CODES
TD
odincategorylabelN
*CODES
TD
odincategorymarkcolumn
*CODES
TD
odincategory-multi
*CODES *MULTI TD
odincategoryN
*CODES
odincategory-nmul
*CODES *MULTI TD
odincategory-odd
*CODES
TD
odincategory-open
*CODES
TD
odincategorypicture
Table
odincategorypicture
*CODES
Table
odincategory-single
*CODES
TD
TD
odincodelist
*CODES
TD
odincodelistN
*CODES
TD
Selector
Appliesto
HTMLtag
checkcolumn
General
odincodelist-column
*CODES
TD
odincodelist-columnN
*CODES
TD
odincodelist-maxN
*CODES
TD
odincodelist-multi
*CODES
TD
odincodelist-single
*CODES
TD
odinconjointcomparerow
Conjoint
measurement
TD
odinconjointcomparerowN
Conjoint
measurement
TD
odinconjointprofilecompare
Conjoint
measurement
TD
odinconjointprofileitem
Conjoint
measurement
TD
odinconjointprofileitem-A
Conjoint
measurement
TD
odinconjointprofileitem-AN
Conjoint
measurement
TD
odinconjointprofileitem-B
Conjoint
measurement
TD
odinconjointprofileitem-BN
Conjoint
measurement
TD
odinconjointprofileitem-buffer
Conjoint
measurement
TD
odinconjointprofileitem-last
Conjoint
measurement
TD
odinconjointprofileitemN
Conjoint
measurement
TD
odinconjointprogress
Conjoint
measurement
TD
odinconjointprogress-N
Conjoint
measurement
TD
odinconjointprogress-NofM
Conjoint
measurement
TD
odinconjointprogress-percent-N
Conjoint
measurement
TD
odincurrentquestion
General
Div
odinerroritem
General
odinerroritemX
General
odinerrormessage
General
odinerrormessage:active
General
odinerrormessage:hover
General
odinerrormessage:link
General
odinerrormessage:visited
General
odinerrormessages
General
odinfontnumber-X
*FONT
odinformelement
*FORM
Table
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Selector
Appliesto
HTMLtag
checkcolumn
General
odinformelementbefore
*FORM
Table
odinformelementholder
*FORM
Table
odinformelementplacement-odd
*FORM
TD
odinformelementplacement-even
*FORM
TD
odingrid
*FORM *GRID
TD
odingridcell
*FORM *GRID
TD
odingridcolumn
*FORM *GRID
TD
odingridcolumncontrolled
*CONTROL
odingridcolumnholder
*FORM *GRID
TD
odingridcolumnspace
*FORM *GRID
TD
odingridrowspacing
*FORM *GRID
TD
odinline-left
*LINE
TD
odinline-right
*LINE
TD
odinlist
*LIST
Select
odinlist-dropdown
*LIST
Select
odinlistitem
*LIST
Option
odinlistitemN
*LIST
Option
odinlist-list
*LIST
Select
odinlistX
*LIST
odinmultimedia
*PLAY
odinnumeric
*FORM
Input
odinnumeric
*NUMBERor
*ALPHA
Input
odinnumericN
*FORM
Input
odinopencategory
*CODES *OPEN
Input
odinopenquestion
*OPEN
Input
odinpicture
*PICT
odinpreviousquestions
general
Div
odinprogress-completed
progressbar
odinprogress-completed -vertical
progressbar
odinprogress-remaining
progressbar
odinprogress-remaining -vertical
progressbar
odinquestion
general
Table
odinquestionidlabel
general
Input
odinquestioninput
*ALPHA
Input
odinquestioninput
*FORM
Input
odinquestioninput
*LIST
Input
odinquestioninput
*NUMBER
Input
odinscale
*FORM *SCALE
TD
odinscalecell
*FORM *SCALE
TD
odinscalecell-even
*FORM *SCALE
TD
odinscalecell-less
*FORM *SCALE
TD
Selector
Appliesto
HTMLtag
checkcolumn
General
odinscalecell-max
*FORM *SCALE
TD
*FORM *SCALE
TD
odinscalecell-min
*FORM *SCALE
TD
odinscalecell-more
*FORM *SCALE
TD
odinscalecellN
*FORM *SCALE
TD
odinscalecell-odd
*FORM *SCALE
TD
odinscalecellspacing
*FORM *SCALE
odinscaleholder
*FORM *SCALE
Table
odinscaleitem
*SCALE
*CONJ
scaletext-textleft
*SCALE
*CONJ
scaletext-textright
*SCALE
*CONJ
odinscale-normal
*SCALE
*CONJ
odinscale-disabled
*SCALE
*CONJ
odinscale-selected
*SCALE
*CONJ
odintabstop-extra
*TAB
odintabstop-last
*TAB
odintabstop-N
*TAB
odintabstop-nonzero
*TAB
testsurvey
general
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SelectorsinNIPOCAPI(AlphabeticOverview)
SelectorsinNIPOCAPI(alphabeticaloverview)
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Section
Selector
Alpha
odinalpha
AppointmentScreen
AppointmentCaption
AppointmentScreen
AppointmentDate
AppointmentScreen
AppointmentDescription
AppointmentScreen
AppointmentDialog
AppointmentScreen
AppointmentTime
AppointmentScreen
AppointmentTitle
AppointmentScreen
AppointmentWith
AppointmentScreen
DateSection
AppointmentScreen
TimeSection
AppointmentScreen
WithSection
Category
Category
odincategory
Category
odincategory-{0}", this.category_.Code));
Category
odincategoryCheckColumn
Category
odincategorycolumnholder
Category
odincategorycolumnholder-{0}", ((i % 2) == 0 ?
"even" "odd"));
Category
odincategorycolumnholder-{0}", i);
Category
odincategoryheading
Category
odincategoryhidden
Category
odincategoryLabelColumn
Category
odincategorylist
Category
odincategorylist
Category
odincategoryMarkColumn
Category
odincategoryNumberColumn
Category
odincategoryNumberColumn-hidden
Category
odincategory-selected
Category
odincategorystopauto
Category
opencode
Category
single
Column
odintabstop-{0}", this.tabCount_ - this.tabsLeft
Column
odintabstop-extra
Column
odintabstop-extra-{0}", this.currentColumnCount_
- this.tabCount_ - 1);
Column
odintabstop-last
Column
odintabstop-nonzero
Font
odinfontnumber-{0}", (this.font_ != null) ?

this.font_.Number-1);
FormElementsAlpha
odinalpha
FormElementsAlpha
odinalphaelement
FormElementsAlpha
odinerrorelement
Section
Selector
FormElementsAlpha
odinformelement
FormElementsAlpha
odinformelement{0}", id
FormElementsAlpha
odinhiddenalpha
FormElementsAlpha
odinhiddenalphaelement
FormElementsAlpha
odinhiddenformelement
FormElementsAlpha
odinhiddenformelement{0}" + id
FormElementsGrid
FormElementsGrid
FormElementsGrid
odinformelement
FormElementsGrid
FormElementsGrid
odingridcell
FormElementsGrid
odingridcell-{0}-{1}-{2}", this.id_,
this.currentColumn_ + 1, this.currentRow
FormElementsGrid
odingridelement-{0}", this.id
FormElementsGrid
odingridpadding
FormElementsGrid
FormElementsGrid
odinhiddenformelement{0}", id
FormElementsNumeric
odinerrorelement
FormElementsNumeric
odinformelement
FormElementsNumeric
FormElementsNumeric
FormElementsNumeric
odinhiddenformelement", id
FormElementsNumeric
odinhiddennumeric
FormElementsNumeric
odinhiddennumericelement
FormElementsNumeric
odinnumeric
FormElementsNumeric
odinnumericelement
FormElementsScale
FormElementsScale
odinerrorelement-horizontal
FormElementsScale
odinerrorelement-left
FormElementsScale
odinerrorelement-top
FormElementsScale
odinerrorelement-vertical
FormElementsScale
odinscalecell
FormElementsScale
odinscalecell-{0}-{1}", this.id_,
++this.currentItem
FormElementsScale
odinscaleelement-{0}", this.id
FormElementsScale
odinscalepadding
Hidden
odinerrorelement
Hidden
odinformelementabovehidden
Hidden
odinformelementabovehidden-{0}
Hidden
odinformelementabovehidden-even
Hidden
odinformelementabovehidden-odd
Hidden
odinformelementabovehidden-placement-first
Hidden
odinformelementabovehidden-placement-last
Hidden
odinformelementabove-placement-{0}
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Section
Selector
Hidden
odinformelementabove-placement-even
Hidden
odinformelementabove-placement-odd
Hidden
odinformelementbeforehidden
Hidden
odinformelementbeforehidden-{0}
Hidden
odinformelementbeforehidden-even
Hidden
odinformelementbeforehidden-odd
Hidden
odinformelementbeforehidden-placement-{0}
Hidden
odinformelementbeforehidden-placement-even
Hidden
odinformelementbeforehidden-placement-first
Hidden
odinformelementbeforehidden-placement-odd
Hidden
odinformelementbefore-placement-last
Hidden
odinformelementholder
Hidden
odinformelementholder{0}", id);
Hidden
odinhiddenformelementholder
Hidden
odinhiddenformelementholder{0}", id);
Hidden
odinformhiddenrow
IntroScreen
odinintro-appointmenttime
IntroScreen
odinintro-appointmentwith
IntroScreen
odinintro-displayfield
IntroScreen
odinintro-displayfield-{0}", i);
IntroScreen
odinintro-phonenumber
IntroScreen
odinintro-phonenumber-{0}", i);
IntroScreen
odinintro-screeninfo
Line
odinline-button-left
Line
odinline-button-left-disabled
Line
odinline-button-right
Line
odinline-button-right-disabled
Line
odinline-ruler
Line
odinline-ruler-fill
Line
odinline-ruler-fillholder
List
List
odinlist
List
odinlistelement
List
odinlistelement
List
odinlistelement
List
odinlistelement-{0}", numberOfItems
List
List
List
odinlistelement-disabled
List
odinlistelement-dropdown
List
odinlistelement-dropdown-{0}", numberOfItems
List
odinlistelement-list
List
odinlistelement-list-{0}", numberOfItems
Section
Selector
List
odinlistitem
List
odinlistitem-{0}", ((this.absoluteIndex_ % 2) ==
0) ? "event" | "odd
List
odinlistitem-nocon
List
odinlistitem-text
Multimedia
Numeric
odinnumeric
Open
odinopen
Picture
QuestionId
odinquestionid
Scale
odinscaleCell
Scale
scale
Scale
scaledisabled
Scale
scalesel
Scale
scaleseldisabled
Text
lefttext
Text
lefttext-holder
Text
righttext
Text
righttext-holder
CSSExamples
TheexamplecontainedwithinthissectionusesasimpleNIPOODINquestionnaire.
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ExampleNIPOODINQuestionnaireUsingStylesheets
ExampleNIPOODINQuestionnaireusingstylesheets
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Gender:
(without CSS)
1: Male
2: Female
3: Unknown
Gender:
(with CSS to change color/style of third category)
1: Male
2: Female
3: Unknown
Closed question with semi-open answers
(without CSS)
1: Brand A
2: Brand B
3: Brand C
9: Other brand *OPEN
Closed question with semi-open answers
(with CSS to enlarge the open answer box)
1:
2:
3:
9:
Brand
Brand
Brand
Other
A
B
C
brand *OPEN
*QUESTION 3 *OPEN L1
Open question
(without CSS)
*QUESTION 30 *OPEN L1
Open question
(with CSS to enlarge the open answer box)
*TAB 40,50,60,70,80,90,100
*QUESTION 4 *FORM
FORM SCALE question
(without CSS)
Totally disagrees
Disagrees
agrees Don't know / no answer
1: Statement A
*SCALE L1 6
2: Statement B
*SCALE L1 6
3: Statement C
*SCALE L1 6
4: Long statement will be wrapped
*TAB statement *SCALE L1 6 10
Neither disagrees, nor agrees Agrees Totally
10
10
10
automatically within the first column, defined by the
*QUESTION 40 *FORM
FORM SCALE question
(with CSS to center scales)
Totally disagrees
Disagrees
1: Statement A
*SCALE L1 6 10
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2: Statement B
*SCALE L1 6 10
3: Statement C
*SCALE L1 6 10
4: Long statement will be wrapped automatically within the first column, defined by the
*QUESTION 41 *FORM
FORM SCALE question
(with CSS to center scales and scale texts)
Totally disagrees
Disagrees
1: Statement A
*SCALE L1 6
2: Statement B
*SCALE L1 6
3: Statement C
*SCALE L1 6
10
10
10
*QUESTION 42 *FORM
FORM SCALE question
(with CSS to center scales and scale texts, make gray lines on even statements)
Totally disagrees
Disagrees
1: Statement A
*SCALE L1 6
2: Statement B
*SCALE L1 6
3: Statement C
*SCALE L1 6
10
10
10
*TAB 10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90,100
*QUESTION 62 *FORM
For each of the following statements, what is the best brand and what is the second best?
Quality of the brand
Brand is easy to use
Brand offers value for
money (i.e. cheap brand for its quality)
Packaging appeals to me
Best brand
Second best brand
Easiest brand Second easiest brand
Cheapest
brand
Second cheapest brand Brand that appeals best
Brand that appeals second best
1:Brand A
Brand B
Brand C
Brand D
Brand E
Other brand
*GRID 125L8 6.1 8.10
*QUESTION 9999
*END
Note:
Tabshavebeenusedtoseparateheadingtexts.
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Example1:ChangeBackgroundColorofaSelectedCode
Question1withoutstylesheet
StylesheetTestcss.QTypeCodes.css:changebackgroundcolorofselectedcode
.odincategory-checked {
background-color: #D3D3D3;
}
Result:
Example2:BoxSizeforOpenAnswerCode
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Example|StylesheetTestcss.QNumber20.css:boxsizeforopenanswercode
.odinopencategory {
height: 80px;
width: 250px;
}
Result:
Example3:boxSizeforOpenQuestion
StylesheetTestcss.QNumber30.css:boxsizeforopenquestion
.odinopenquestion {
height: 150px;
width: 70%;
}
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Result:
Example4:CenterScales
StylesheetTestcss.QNumber40.csstocenterscales
.odinscalecell {
text-align: center;
}
Result:
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Example5:CenterTextAboveScales
StylesheetTestcss.QNumber41.css:centertextabovescales
.odinscalecell {
text-align: center;
}
.odintabstop-0 {
text-align: left;
}
.odintabstop-1 {
text-align: center;
}
.odintabstop-2 {
text-align: center;
}
.odintabstop-3 {
text-align: center;
}
.odintabstop-4 {
text-align: center;
}
.odintabstop-5 {
text-align: center;
}
Result:
Example6:ColorBackgroundforFirstandThirdStatementGray
StylesheetTestcss.QNumber42.css:colorbackgroundforfirstandthirdstatementgray
.odinscalecell {
text-align: center;
}
.odintabstop-0 {
text-align: left;
}
.odintabstop-nonzero {
text-align: center;
}
}
.odinformelementbefore-placement-odd {
}
.odinformelementplacement-odd {
}
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Note:
Inthepreviousexample6numberedodintabstop-nwerespecified,inthisexampleweused
odintabstop-nonzeroforthesameresult.
Result:
Example7:GridUsingVariousStylingOptions
StylesheetTestcss.QNumber62.css:gridusingvariousstylingoptions
.odinscalecell {
text-align: center;
}
.odintabstop-0 {
text-align: left;
}
.odingridcell {
text-align: center
}
.odingridcell-odd {
}
.odintabstop-nonzero {
text-align: center;
font-weight: bold;
font-style: normal;
}
.odinformelement-above {
text-align: center;
font-weight: normal;
font-style: italic;
}
.odingridcell {
border: solid 1px #000000;
}
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Index
*
*?89
*ABORT .................................................................................92
*ADDRESS .............................................................................93
*ALPHA(in*FORMquestion)................................................96
*ALPHA(QuestionType) .......................................................95
*ALPHAQuestionSelectors ................................................382
*APPOINT..............................................................................97
*AUTO...................................................................................98
*AUTONotSupportedinNIPOCAWI....................................24
*BACK .................................................................................102
*BMP ..................................................................................104
*BUT ...................................................................................106
*CENTRE .............................................................................108
*CENTREDoesNotProperlyCenterHeadingTexts ..............22
*CODES ...............................................................................109
*CODES*MULTIQuestionSelectors ...................................381
*CODESQuestionSelectors ................................................381
*CONJ...*ENDCONJ ...........................................................111
*CONJQuestionSelectors(NIPOConjointMeasurement) .379
*CONTROL ..........................................................................112
*COPY .................................................................................114
*COUNT ..............................................................................115
*CUT ...................................................................................116
*DATE .................................................................................117
*DELAY................................................................................118
*DTIME ...............................................................................119
*DUMMY ............................................................................120
*END ...................................................................................121
*ENDNGB ............................................................................123
*ENDST ...............................................................................124
*EXCLUDE ...........................................................................125
*FIELD .................................................................................127
*FONT(definition) ..............................................................129
*FONT(switching)...............................................................130
*FORM ................................................................................132
*FORM*GRIDQuestionSelectors ......................................385
.......................................................................................383
*FORM*SCALEQuestionSelectors.....................................384
*FORMAT ............................................................................135
*GOSUB ..............................................................................137
*GOTO ................................................................................139
*GRID(in*FORMquestion) ................................................141
*GROUP ..............................................................................146
*HEADING ...........................................................................149
*HELP(definition) ...............................................................151
*HELP(questionoption) .....................................................152
*IF(condition)...*ELSE.......................................................154
*IF(questionoption)...........................................................155
*INCLUDE............................................................................156
*INFO ..................................................................................158
*INIT...*END ......................................................................159
*INITblockisExecutedBeforeSuspendImage.....................24
*INSTRUC ............................................................................161
*INTRO................................................................................162
*INV ....................................................................................163
*LABEL ................................................................................165
*LANGUAGE........................................................................166
*LEFT...................................................................................170
*LINE...................................................................................171
*LIST(definition) ................................................................ 173

*LIST(questionoption) ...................................................... 175
*LISTquestionselectors ..................................................... 382
*MAX.................................................................................. 178
*MERGE.............................................................................. 180
*MIN................................................................................... 182
*MOVA ............................................................................... 184
*MOVU............................................................................... 185
*MULTI ............................................................................... 186
*NCLS ................................................................................. 188
*NEW ................................................................................. 189
*NEWCOLUMN................................................................... 190
*NEXT ................................................................................. 194
*NEXTRECORD.................................................................... 195
*NMUL ............................................................................... 198
*NOCON ............................................................................. 199
*NOENTER.......................................................................... 200
*NOHIDE ............................................................................ 201
*NON.................................................................................. 202
*NONRESP.......................................................................... 203
*NOTBACK.......................................................................... 204
*NUMBER(in*FORMquestion) ......................................... 206
*NUMBER(questiontype).................................................. 205
*NUMBERQuestionSelectors ............................................ 382
*OPEN(codesoption) ........................................................ 210
*OPEN(questiontype) ....................................................... 208
*ORDER .............................................................................. 211
*PAGE................................................................................. 214
*PICT(codesoption) .......................................................... 217
*PICT(questionoption)...................................................... 215
*PLAY.................................................................................. 219
*PLAYNoLongerSupportedAsaQuestionOption.............. 21
*PNW ................................................................................. 220
*PUT ................................................................................... 222
*QUESTION ........................................................................ 224
*RANDOM .......................................................................... 226
*RANGE .............................................................................. 228
*READ................................................................................. 230
*REC ................................................................................... 232
*REPEAT(questionoption)................................................. 234
*REPEAT...*ENDREP.......................................................... 235
*REPNUM ........................................................................... 238
*RETURN ............................................................................ 239
*RIGHT ............................................................................... 240
*ROT................................................................................... 241
*RUN .................................................................................. 242
*SAMPLEDATA.................................................................... 244
*SAVE(codesoption) ......................................................... 246
*SAVE(questionoption)..................................................... 245
*SCALE(in*FORMquestion).............................................. 249
*SCALE(questiontype) ...................................................... 247
*SCALEquestionselectors.................................................. 383
*SCALERANGE .................................................................... 252
*SHOWDOCUMENT............................................................ 256
*SIZE................................................................................... 257
*SKIP................................................................................... 260
*SQLADD ............................................................................ 261
*SQLGET ............................................................................. 265
*SQLPUT............................................................................. 268
*STOPAUTO........................................................................ 270
*STOPRANDOM.................................................................. 273
*STRAT ............................................................................... 274
*SUBROUTINE...*ENDSUB ................................................ 275
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Index
*SWILANG........................................................................... 277
*TAB ................................................................................... 279
*TABLE ................................................................................ 281
*TEXTVARS.......................................................................... 283
*USELIST ............................................................................. 284
*VAR ................................................................................... 285
*VARS ................................................................................. 287
*VCONTROL ........................................................................ 288
*WAITCR ............................................................................. 291
......................................................................................... 21
*WAITPLAY ......................................................................... 292
*WRITE ............................................................................... 293
<
<<<!!>>> ........................................................................... 88
A
Aboutthismanual .................................................................. 9
AdditionalConfigurationOptions ......................................... 65
AdditionalRemarks............................................................. 339
AdobeFlashApplication ..................................................... 339
AdvancedScripting ............................................................. 295
AdvancedUseof*NEXTRECORDCommand ....................... 295
Advanceduseof*SQLADDCommand ................................ 303
AlreadyCompletedCode...................................................... 316
AnonymousSurveys.............................................................. 86
AnswerCodes ....................................................................... 68
ApplicationConfigurationOptions........................................ 57
ApplyingDesigntoaSurvey................................................ 363
Ascribe ............................................................................ 51,54
AutomaticSyntaxChangeWhenReferencingPositionsinT
files .................................................................................. 82
AutosaveOptions ................................................................. 63
B
Backslashes........................................................................... 80
BrowserUserAgent................................................................ 76
C
ChangeInterviewNumber.................................................. 316
ChangeTextinDialogInterviewwillcontinuewithnext
person........................................................................... 303
ChangesinNIPOODINDeveloper......................................... 18
ChangesinNIPOODINDeveloper5.04................................. 20
ChangesinNIPOODINDeveloper5.11.003 .......................... 18
ChangesinNIPOODINScriptLanguage ................................ 15
ChangesinNIPOODINScriptLanguage5.08 ........................ 16
ChangesinNIPOODINScriptLanguage5.15.001 ................. 15
ChangingCodeOptions ........................................................ 31
ChangingQuestionOptions .................................................. 28
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ChannelandInitialChannelFieldinSampleTable ..............353
ChannelAwareScripting .......................................................70
ChannelAwareScriptingExample.........................................71
ChannelAwareScriptingVariablesandConstants ................71
CharacteristicsforQuestionElements ................................377
CheckOptions .......................................................................59
CheckRoutingforStratification ............................................38
ClosedAnswersFile(Ufile).................................................341
CodeLabelExportsina*FORMQuestion .............................42
CodingSystemOptions .........................................................59
CommandIndex ....................................................................87
Comment/Uncomment .......................................................38
CommonMistakesinExpressions .........................................79
ConjTxt[n]..............................................................................75
CONJTXT[n]TextArray ........................................................323
ConsequencesofChannelAwareScriptingandSwitchMode
Surveys .............................................................................72
ContactFile(Cfile)..............................................................344
ContactingNIPOSoftwareSales............................................12
ContactingtheNIPOSoftwareHelpdesk ...............................12
ContactingUs ........................................................................12
CopyingPositionsFromaTfileIsLimitedtoFieldLength ....24
CreateaNewSurvey ...........................................................316
CreateCodeNumbersBeforeCodeLabelsandFields...........39
CreateQuestionnairesinUnicode.........................................39
CSSExamples.......................................................................397
CSSFileDetails ....................................................................377
CSSforButtons....................................................................385
CSSforFonts .......................................................................387
CSSforProgressBar ............................................................388
CSSforQuestions ................................................................379
CSSforTabs.........................................................................386
D
DataFields.............................................................................67
DataFiles.............................................................................341
DatapositionsinNIPOConjointMeasurement...................331
Databasetables...................................................................346
DefaultandCustomTemplatesandStylesheets .................364
DefaultQuestionSelectors..................................................379
DefiningTextScreens..........................................................322
DeleteDfile ........................................................................317
DummyDataOptions............................................................61
.........................................................................................25
DutchCommandSetDropped...............................................20
Dutchcommandsetnolongersupported.............................21
E
Erroron*FORMQuestionLanguageSectionMismatch........37
ErrorWhenReadingNextRecord .......................................301
ErrorsMessagesUsing*SQLADD ........................................314
ErrorsUsing*SQLADD.........................................................313
Example1
ChangeBackgroundColorofaSelectedCode..............401
Example2
BoxSizeforOpenAnswerCode ...................................401
Example3
boxSizeforOpenQuestion..........................................402
Example4
CenterScales................................................................403
Example5
CenterTextAboveScales .............................................404
Example6
ColorBackgroundforFirstandThirdStatementGray..404
Example7
Index
GridUsingVariousStylingOptions...............................405
ExampleNIPOConjointMeasurement ...............................325
ExampleNIPOConjointScript .............................................327
ExampleNIPOODINQuestionnaireUsingStylesheets........398
ExampleofGeneratedHTMLPage .....................................368
ExampleofUsingOdintemplateFiles .................................365
ExampleofUsingStylesheets .............................................367
ExampleUsingAdobeFlashinNIPOCAWIandNIPOCAPI .337
ExamplesofExpressions .......................................................78
ExportXFile ..........................................................................54
Exportsof*FORMQuestionswithCodes..............................44
ExpressionOperators............................................................77
Expressions ...........................................................................76
F
FileStructuresandDatabaseTables ...................................341
FilesandTables.....................................................................10
FilesOptions .........................................................................64
Filters ..................................................................................322
FiltersinNIPOConjointMeasurement ...............................323
FindFunctionwithRegularExpressionsandMarkAll...........39
FormFieldReferences ..........................................................79
ForwardSlashesNoLongerSeparateCodeLabels................23
G
General .................................................................................10
GoingBackOver*SQLADDRemovesAddedRecords .........315
GridComposer ......................................................................32
H
HidedialogInterviewWillContinuewithNextPerson .....302
HowdoesfilteringinNIPOConjointMeasurementactually
work? .............................................................................324
I
Images/Sound .......................................................................53
Imports .................................................................................54
InsertingQuestionDefinitions ..............................................28
InstructionModeorTestModeMayCreateNewRecords.315
InterruptingtheTelephonicContact...................................302
InterviewProgressEstimation ............................................375
InterviewSystemOptions .....................................................58
Introduction ............................................................................9
J
JavaScriptSupported .............................................................75
JumptoQuestionResponseCode ......................................317
L
Language...............................................................................76
LimitationsofNIPOConjointMeasurement .......................334
LimitationsontheUseofFilterswithinNIPOConjoint
Measurement ................................................................324
LineSize ................................................................................27
ListingofCommandsperSystem ........................................357
ListingofSystemVariablesperChannel .............................361
M
MenuOptions .......................................................................38
MigratingSurveysFromNIPOODIN4.08..............................20
Morethan5Contacts .........................................................316
MultibyteCharacterFields(MBCSFieldsSetting)...............334
N
NamingConventions ............................................................ 67
NfieldCode......................................................................53,55
NIPOCAPIClientAddressTable.......................................... 352
NIPOConjointMeasurement ............................................. 318
NIPODiana ........................................................................... 40
NIPOODINDeveloperConfiguration.................................... 56
NIPOODINQuestionnaireUsingAdobeFlash .................... 338
NIPOODINTemplateUsingAdobeFlash............................ 338
NonAnonymousSurveys ..................................................... 86
O
ObsoleteCommandNames.................................................. 21
ODINOptions ....................................................................... 57
OdintemplateExample....................................................... 376
OmnibusorSubSampleTable(SeparateTableforEach
Survey)........................................................................... 351
Omnibussurvey,usingSampletablesandOmnibustables.. 85
OpenallQuestionnairesinOmnibusSurvey ........................ 38
Openanswersfile(Ofile)................................................... 342
OpenDataFiles .................................................................... 38
OpenQuestionnaireFile....................................................... 27
OrderCodeNumberExportinNIPODiana........................... 43
OrderofCheckingOdintemplateFiles................................ 364
OrderofCheckingStylesheets............................................ 366
OverviewofCommandsandSystemVariables .................. 357
OverviewofResponseCodes ............................................. 353
OverviewofsupportedcommandsinNIPOConjoint
Measurement ................................................................ 320
P
PopupMenuOptions .......................................................... 27
PreTel ................................................................................... 76
PrintOptions ........................................................................ 62
Q
Quantime ............................................................................. 51
QuestionElementsExample............................................... 378
QuestionPreviewinNIPOCATI/CAWI/CAPI ..................... 27
QuestionTypes................................................................... 367
Questions ............................................................................. 67
QuestionsandAnswers ........................................................ 10
R
RandomCodeNumberExportinNIPODiana....................... 43
ReferenceToaFeature ...................................................... 322
RemoveCommands ............................................................. 38
RepeatNumber .................................................................... 72
RestartingtheInterviewDoesNotRemoveNewRecords . 315
...................................................................................... 302
ResultsWindowKeepsPreviousSyntaxChecks ................... 37
ReturnCodesfor*NEXTRECORD........................................ 300
ReusingSampleRecordsfromTfileThatWereAlready
Completed ..................................................................... 315
S
Sampletable(SeparateTableforEachSurvey) .................. 346
Scenario
*ALPHAforMBCSStorage........................................... 335
Scenario1
StoreNewRecordinTable(NottheSampleTable)..... 303
UsingSystemdefinedInterviewNumbers .................. 295
Scenario2
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InterviewNumbersBasedonHouseholdInterview
Number................................................................. 297
StoreNewRecordinCurrentSampleTable................. 305
Scenario3
StoreNewRecordinAnotherSampleTable ................ 306
UsingaPresetInactiveInterviewNumberforEach
Respondent........................................................... 299
Scenario4
StoreSeveralRecordsinaTable(VariableswithArrays)
.............................................................................. 308
Scenario5
AddNewRespondentsinNIPOCAWISurveyAndEmail
ThemDirectly........................................................ 310
Scenariosfor*SQLADD ....................................................... 303
ScenariosUsing*NEXTRECORD .......................................... 295
ScriptCommandTemplate ................................................... 75
SelectingAnotherCharacterSetinthe*FONTCommand .... 24
SelectorsinNIPOCAPI(AlphabeticOverview).................... 394
SelectorsinNIPOCAWI(AlphabeticalOverview) ............... 389
SelfModifyingScriptNoLongerSupported.......................... 22
SettingtheCodePage......................................................... 318
ShowVariables ..................................................................... 38
SoftwareCompatibility ........................................................... 9
SpecificationofResponseCodes ........................................ 355
SPSSPortable........................................................................ 47
SPSSPC ................................................................................. 49
StartEditorinWorkbookMode............................................ 39
StartmoduleNIPOConjointMeasurement ........................ 321
StatusfieldinSampleTable................................................ 353
StatusFieldinSurveyTable ................................................ 353
Status,ResponseCodes,TerminateCodes ......................... 353
Stopwatch[1] ........................................................................ 74
Stopwatch[1]andStopwatch[2]NotSupportedinNIPOCAPI
andNIPOCAWI ................................................................ 25
Stopwatch[2] ........................................................................ 74
Stopwatch[3] ........................................................................ 74
StoringdatainUnicode ...................................................... 342
Stratification ....................................................................... 315
Stratification(Quota) ............................................................ 80
Stratificationfile(Sfile) ...................................................... 346
Stratificationfile(Sfile)forNIPOCAWI................................ 86
Stratificationfile(Sfile)whenusingSampletable ............... 83
......................................................................................... 84
SupportedHTMLstandards ................................................ 363
SurveysstartedfromaURL................................................... 86
SyntaxcheckforOmnibusSurveys ....................................... 37
SyntaxChecking .................................................................... 35
SyntaxHighlighting ............................................................... 57
SystemErrors...................................................................... 316
SystemVariables................................................................... 70
SystemVariables09............................................................. 73
T
TelephoneFile(Tfile) ......................................................... 343
TemplateTags..................................................................... 374
TemplatedRelatedFilesFolderConfiguration........................ 56
TerminateCodes................................................................. 355
Terminology.......................................................................... 10
TestRunQuestionnaireinNIPOCATI/CAPI/CAWI ............ 37
TheNIPOHTMLGenerator ................................................. 363
TheNIPOODINDeveloper .................................................... 40
TheScriptEditorWindow ..................................................... 27
Timers ................................................................................... 74
TimersExample..................................................................... 74
ToggleDisplayingTabsandSpaces ....................................... 27
TripleSXML.......................................................................... 45
TypographicalConventions................................................... 11
Page410
U
UndeclaredVariablesareCreatedwhenFixinga
Questionnaire...................................................................37
Using*NEXTRECORDinCombinationwithStratification ....302
UsingCodeNumbersina*FORMQuestion ..........................25
UsingCustomOmnibusTableFields ...................................351
UsingCustomSampleTableFields ......................................349
UsingJavaScriptinanOdintemplateFile ............................376
UsingSystemFieldsintheOmnibusTable ..........................351
UsingSystemFieldsintheSampleTable.............................350
UsingtheNIPOODINDeveloper ...........................................27
UsingtheNIPOODINScriptLanguage...................................67
V
Variables ...............................................................................68
VersionHistory......................................................................15
VerticalLineQuestionNotSupportedinNIPOCAPIandNIPO
CAWI.................................................................................21
W
WarningMessagefor*CODESQuestionWithoutCode
Categories ........................................................................37
WarningMessageforUnfixedQuestions ..............................37
WorkingwithCSS ................................................................376
WorkingWithTemplates.....................................................374
Y
YourFeedbackonthisGuide.................................................13
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The NIPO ODIN Script Language, the NIPO Software
scripting solution for questionnaires in the NIPO CATI,
NIPO CAPI and NIPO CAWI environments.
The NIPO ODIN Developer, the application for
designing NIPO ODIN scripts, testing the questionnaire
in various channels, and exporting the data to a
statistical analysis software of choice.
The NIPO HTML Generator, the styling guide for NIPO
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*QUESTION 1 *CODES 61L2

var, numvar, txtvar

*CODES L20 *MULTI *AUTO

19: None of these *STOPAUTO

*PUT NAME 251L50

*MOVA 101L50 201L50

*GRID L12 3.2 4.4 *MULTI

*NUMBER 61L3.2 Euros

61L35: What is your address? Street

did you think of the service at the following gas stations?

did you think of the service at the following gas stations?

did you think of the service at the following gas stations?

did you think of the service at the following gas stations?

*QUESTION 1 234 567 890

*REPEAT 6 *FIELD 68L12 *CONTROL Q2 W

[ Q12,1,2,3 & Q13 >= 18 ]

[ #(Q5 \ Q6) & Q7 = 1 ]

*IF [20 < Q2 < 40]

*IF [ Q2 > 20 & Q2 < 40 ]

ThischecksifQ20has *IF [ Q20,3,4,5 ]

*IF [ Q21 = 1-3 ]

Thischecksifthevalue *IF [ Q21,1,2,3 ]

ThisfirstchecksifQ21 *IF [ #(Q21 = 1) ]

"N" (100) North

1 (100) Total sub-survey about PC

(100) Sub-survey about PC

InterviewNumber Questionnairename Success

2:Street: *ALPHA 103L40

98: don't know *NOCON

2:Street: *ALPHA 103L40

24: Other *NOCON *OPEN

*QUESTION 2 *CODES 66L5 *MULTI *CONTROL Q1 N

5: Dont know *NMUL

What do you think is the quality of *?brand ?

5: Dont know \ no answer

Do you recognize this commercial?

*QUESTION 1 *CODES 1L1

*CODES 71L10 *MULTI

5: Dont know \ no answer

5: Dont know \ no answer

2:Street: *ALPHA 103L40

*NUMBER 64L4.2 *SAVE Price

*PUT PricePerComputer [Q3F2 / Q3F1]

6: None of these *NMUL

*NUMBER 64L4.2 *SAVE Price

5: Dont know \ no answer

5: Dont know \ no answer

*IF [ Q2, 2 ] *PUT BRAND "Shell" *GOSUB OPINION

1:Row 1 *GRID 61L4 3.2 4.1

Grolsch Amstel Carlsberg

*GRID L6 5.2 6.10 *NON

Grolsch Amstel Carlsberg

*GRID L30 5.2 6.10 *MULTI

*TAB 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100

*GRID 66L20 4.2 5.5 *MULTI

98:don't know *NOCON *GROUP

*CODES 71L10 *MULTI

*GRID L12 4.1 3.10

15: Other *NOCON *OPEN

15: Other #1 *OPEN

Resultsinthemessage"Warning: 136L55 spans multiple database fields, will be

Resultsinthemessage"Warning: 136L55 spans multiple database fields, will be

*QUESTION 2 *CODES L2 *AUTO

NIPO ODIN Scripter's Guide

NIPO ODIN Scripter's Guide

QUESTION 1 CODES 61L2

CODES L20 MULTI *AUTO

GRID L12 3.2 4.4 MULTI

REPEAT 6 FIELD 68L12 *CONTROL Q2 W

24: Other NOCON OPEN

QUESTION 2 CODES 66L5 MULTI CONTROL Q1 N

QUESTION 1 CODES 1L1

CODES 71L10 MULTI

NUMBER 64L4.2 SAVE Price

NUMBER 64L4.2 SAVE Price

IF [ Q2, 2 ] PUT BRAND "Shell" *GOSUB OPINION

GRID L6 5.2 6.10 NON

GRID L30 5.2 6.10 MULTI

GRID 66L20 4.2 5.5 MULTI

98:don't know NOCON GROUP

CODES 71L10 MULTI

15: Other NOCON OPEN

QUESTION 2 CODES L2 *AUTO

2: House NUMBER L1 MIN 1 MAX 2 IF [Q1F2=2] *NEXT 4

10: None of the above NMUL NOCON

NUMBER 61L3.1 MAX 100

5: None of these NMUL NOCON

5: None of these NMUL NOCON

5: None of these NMUL NOCON

REPEAT 4 ORDER MyOwnOrder

REPEAT 6 FIELD 68L6

REPEAT 6 FIELD 68L6 *CONTROL Q2 W

SCALE 67L5 5 6 MULTI

SCALE 68L5 5 6 MULTI

SCALE 69L5 5 6 MULTI

SCALE 70L5 5 6 MULTI

[Tab]SCALE 71L5 5 6 MULTI

Name ALPHA 69L45 SAVE Name

ALPHA 219L17 SAVE TelephoneNumber

3: City ALPHA 149L35 SAVE City

ALPHA 184L35 SAVE Country

ALPHA 219L17 SAVE TelephoneNumber

NUMBER 61L6 MIN 1 MAX 999999 SAVE FamilyNumber

QUESTION 1001 CODES 68L9 *MULTI

QUESTION 2 CODES 202

TABLE "X ? TXT"

GRID 66L20 4.2 5.5 MULTI

PUT TTDisplayField1 '?Name[1]'

PUT TTDisplayField1 '?Name[1]'

NUMBER 61L6 MIN 1 MAX 999999 SAVE FamilyNumber

QUESTION 1001 CODES 68L9 MULTI DUMMY