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Some statements have text that is contextually important information which is then repeated within the question such as in Example 3. This example shows a simple sentence before a question explaining what the next questions are about. The important context of ‘you and your family’ is repeated in the question, so the statement does not need to be included as part of the question text.
Example 3 Questionnaire: Adult Self completion 2008 (US)
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Archivist layout (us1_ysc):
Multiple Multiple statements
Some questionnaires have long continuous text with breaks at the beginning of a questionnaire explaining to the interviewee how to complete it, as shown in Example 4. In the Archivist view below you will see that five separate statements have been entered. This is because series of statements are entered separately where a carriage return is used in the questionnaire layout.
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Some questions contain text which can be split into both statements and question text.
Example 5 Questionnaire: Food and Things 2004 (ALSPAC) Section B
Where the text is continuous, deciding which parts are included in the question text and which parts are included in the statement can be tricky, see Example 5 questionnaire layout. As the first paragraph contains text regarding what information the interviewer would like from the interviewee, it is input as the question text. However as the second paragraph does not provide such information and it also does not contain text which the first paragraph is contextually dependent on, it is therefore entered as a statement. Note also that as the question text cannot be separate or split from their its response domain, the statement will therefore appear after the question in the Archivist view and not just after the question text as shown in the questionnaire layout.
Example 5 Questionnaire: Food and Things 2004 (ALSPAC) Section B
Questionnaire layout:
Archivist view (alspac_04_fat):
Statements and Sequences
Statements can sometimes be mistaken for a sequence, as in Example 6. But it However the text ‘The next questions are about your opinions on the environment’ is entered as a statement because it does not fulfil the criteria of a sequence; of having a clear start and end.
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Archivist view (us1_asc):
Statements and Instructions
Finally, some questions contain more than one instruction which is not possible to input into Archivist. Therefore only one instruction is input and the remaining ones are entered as statements as shown in Example 7. The decision of choosing which text is entered as a statement and which as an instruction is usually left at the inputter's discretion. This is because the way instructions are used within questionnaires can vary greatly and therefore it is difficult to apply a consistent method. Some salient features of text input as instructions are that the text is often shorter, practically-orientated (in answering the question), and positioned closer to the response domain. See Interviewer Instructions for more on instructions.
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