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Collect respondent information using Text entry in Qualtrics

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You can create a question that has different fields to collect respondent information such as name, date, email, etc.

2. Click the drop-down arrow next to Text Entry in the left menu and select Form field.

3. The default for Form fields is 3 choices or fields. To increase or decrease the number of fields, use the - or + buttons in the Form fields section.

4. To edit the question and options, click on the text and type new text.

5. Select how much space participants will have to type responses.

“Essay text box” and “Multiple lines” refers to a default size that will be set, so long as you do not resize the text boxes. If you click and drag the handle on the bottom-right of the text box, you may make essay text box and multiple line text boxes as tall and as wide as you need to, making these two variations interchangeable. Note that once you resize a text box, you cannot reset it to its default size except by manual resizing.

6. You can set a validation for each of your entry by clicking on the drop-down menu under Validation.

Once you toggle Add validation to the blue “on” setting in this area, you can specify the exact type of response you want (e.g., set Content type to only accept answers in the format of an email address) or a specific length for the response (e.g., 200 characters). Respondents will not be able to move past the question until a correctly formatted response has been entered.

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