Fill-in-the-blank questions

Hi there - I'm new to MediaLab.

I would like to ask an open-ended question where participants tell me the # of hours per weekday they spend watching television. I would like the question to look like this:

How many hours of TV do you watch in the average weekday in the following times:

6am -12 noon _______ hours per week
12noon-6pm ________ hours per week

I do not know how to get the "hours per week" to appear AFTER the blank. When doing (m******hours per week) that clearly does not work!

Also, I would love for both of those time periods (6am-12noon and 12noon-6pm) to appear on the same page. This might involve customizing via HTML, but I have NO IDEA how to do this.

Thanks!

Kwise1, the easiest way to do this would be a format in which you ask each question one at a time (you could randomize the order if you like). With the questions wording being something like this:

How many hours of TV do you watch in the average weekday in the following times:

Hours Per Week:

6am -12 noon _______

Another way to go might be using the [I]Multiple Response[/I] item type in combination with the [I]specify[/I] option. You could list the various time ranges as options and, if selected, the user could be prompted to enter the number of hours for any given one. For details, see [URL]http://www.empirisoft.com/medialab/help/index.html?medialab_overview.htm[/URL]

Finally, yes, the could be done with custom item--you might check out the multiple fill in the blank custom item sample that comes with MediaLab in the [I]Samples[/I] folder.

Let me know if you run into any trouble!
Blair

Thanks - this helps. The problem is I don't want the participants to see them one at a time. I'd like them all to be on the screen at once.

The problem with giving people questions one at a time is that it increases fatigue, in my opinion at least. After answering 3-4 questions of the same kind, Ss might start to wonder, "how long will this go on?" But if they can SEE on the screen how many questions of a certain kind are being asked, they know when they are almost done. So it would be great if Medialab did a better job of allowing multiple questions on the screen at once, rather than requiring us to create them via custom files (which is not easy - I'm having serious trouble doing so).

But I'll check out the many Sample files to see if I can find one that works for me. Thanks!

Kwise, I'm going to close this thread and refer you to our other (open) thread on the same issue:

[URL]http://www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?t=1091[/URL]