"bins and balls" format question on ODK

Dear ODK community,

I am a new ODK user and have just started to use XLSForm to build my survey instrument. I was hoping to use a visual tool like the one attached (taken from Delavande and Rohwedder 2008) for some of my survey questions. I am attempting to elicit subjective probabilities for some uncertain events and have gathered that a visual tool of this sort usually receives better responses.

Do let me know if you have any ideas on how I can do this sort of thing on my ODK questionairre or if I can integrate it in some other way.

Thanks,

Tanvi

Tanvi,

There's no easy way to do what you describe without custom programming.

For a low fidelity option, you might have your enumerators bring a
sheet of paper and a few coins and have the participants move the
coins around. You can then take have the enumerators enter the counts
(and take a picture of the resulting setup for verification).

Yaw

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On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 10:08 PM, trao389@gmail.com wrote:

Dear ODK community,

I am a new ODK user and have just started to use XLSForm to build my survey instrument. I was hoping to use a visual tool like the one attached (taken from Delavande and Rohwedder 2008) for some of my survey questions. I am attempting to elicit subjective probabilities for some uncertain events and have gathered that a visual tool of this sort usually receives better responses.

Do let me know if you have any ideas on how I can do this sort of thing on my ODK questionairre or if I can integrate it in some other way.

Thanks,

Tanvi

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Hi Yaw,

Thanks for your reply! The problem is that students will be answering the
questionnaire themselves on the tablets though there will be an enumerator
leading the "survey session" with instructions. Since 6-7 students will be
in a classroom in a single setting, taking coins along will make the whole
process a lot messier.

What about a table with a single row and 5 columns (say) with the
requirement that students have to enter an integer in each cell and a
constraint that the cells add up to 100? Is something like that more
feasible? In the sense, will it be possible to present the question in such
a tabular form?

Thanks again,

Tanvi

··· On Wednesday, August 6, 2014 10:38:28 AM UTC+5:30, Tanvi Rao wrote: > > Dear ODK community, > > I am a new ODK user and have just started to use XLSForm to build my > survey instrument. I was hoping to use a visual tool like the one attached > (taken from Delavande and Rohwedder 2008) for some of my survey questions. > I am attempting to elicit subjective probabilities for some uncertain > events and have gathered that a visual tool of this sort usually receives > better responses. > > Do let me know if you have any ideas on how I can do this sort of thing on > my ODK questionairre or if I can integrate it in some other way. > > Thanks, > > Tanvi > >

Tanvi,

Yes. You can have a single screen with five inputs and have a
constraint on the last one that requires all five inputs add up to
100.

Yaw

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On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 8:41 AM, Tanvi Rao trao389@gmail.com wrote:

Hi Yaw,

Thanks for your reply! The problem is that students will be answering the
questionnaire themselves on the tablets though there will be an enumerator
leading the "survey session" with instructions. Since 6-7 students will be
in a classroom in a single setting, taking coins along will make the whole
process a lot messier.

What about a table with a single row and 5 columns (say) with the
requirement that students have to enter an integer in each cell and a
constraint that the cells add up to 100? Is something like that more
feasible? In the sense, will it be possible to present the question in such
a tabular form?

Thanks again,

Tanvi

On Wednesday, August 6, 2014 10:38:28 AM UTC+5:30, Tanvi Rao wrote:

Dear ODK community,

I am a new ODK user and have just started to use XLSForm to build my
survey instrument. I was hoping to use a visual tool like the one attached
(taken from Delavande and Rohwedder 2008) for some of my survey questions. I
am attempting to elicit subjective probabilities for some uncertain events
and have gathered that a visual tool of this sort usually receives better
responses.

Do let me know if you have any ideas on how I can do this sort of thing on
my ODK questionairre or if I can integrate it in some other way.

Thanks,

Tanvi

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