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Questions in Archivist is where the question text is entered and brought together with the relevant Response Domains. They can be Question Items or Question Grids. The response domains including the Code Lists domain(s) and/or Code List(s) must be created before you can build thesea question, hence why this is not the first step in the process. Interviewer Instructions are attached to the question during the creation of the questions.
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A question item is a representation of a single question in a questionnaire (made up of an the question literal, label, response domain and optional instruction).
A question grid is a matrix of questions with overarching question text that all share the same possible answers. It also has a question literal.
When to use a Question Item
Question Items are the default choice when entering a question most of the time. They must always include at least one Response Domain response domain and question text ( literal ) that should be able to stand alone contextually. Sometimes nearby text has to be concatentated on to inadequate question literalstext, to display complete context. For example, the sentence 'Smoking:' on its own would not be enough for a complete question text, but 'Tell us about your habits: Smoking:' would be. Example 1 below shows a clear example of this, with 'how often did you see him in hospital' being concatenated on to '1st admission' to form a complete question text.
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