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The text highlighted in this example 'HERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT COUGHS AND COLDS' may be mistaken for a sequence however it is actually a statement. This is because it does not satisfy the requirements of a sequence in having an clear start and end. See here for more on sequences.
- NSHD
This This example contains instructions for the questionnaire however the text is still entered as multiple statements. The text within this example is not relevant as question text, an instruction or a condition and therefore remains as statements.
- ALSPAC:
This is an example of a question which consists of the question text as well as a statement. However, As the text is continuous and therefore is not as clear as to , deciciding which parts of are included in the text classify as question text and which parts are included in the statement can be . The first paragraph contains text regarding what information the interviewer would like from the interviewee and hence is input as the question text. Upon further analysis if becomes more evident that the second part of the statement becomes a statement and the first paragraph becomes the question literal.
Note also that when constructing the id label for this statement, it's reference is the sequence 'Section B:...' and therefore the label should be entered as the following 's_SectionB_i'. It has also been numbered as all statements that are referenced back to a sequence need to be numbered even if there is only one statement.
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