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--- en:survey:hot-change [11.12.2014 21:35] – alexander.ritter
+++ en:survey:hot-change [20.05.2021 21:34] – [Changes to the Questionnaire] sophia.schauer
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-====== Changes During Data Collection ======
+====== Change the Questionnaire During the Survey ======
 In an ideal world, a questionnaire is created, tested and then the survey can begin. Nevertheless, subsequent changes to the questionnaire cannot always be avoided completely -- whether it be correcting a spelling mistake, or an important answer or answer option is missing.
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 ===== Changes in the Text =====
-Normally, changing the text (in particular, correcting spelling mistakes) is not a problem. It does not matter whether changes are made to the question title, item text or text elements: there is no change to the variable structure as a result.
+Normally, changing the text (in particular, correcting spelling mistakes) is not a problem. It does not matter whether changes are made to the question title, item text or text elements: there is no change to the variable structure as a result. Subject to the notes/warnings below, the following changes, for example, are unproblematic:
-Usually, there is no break in the interview. After saving the change, the participant sees the amended version.
+  * Changing the label of an item or an option
+  * Changing texts of a question -- however, a possibly active [:en:glossary#compatibility-representation|Compatibility representation]] is deactivated for a question with saving, so check the display in the preview after saving.
+  * Changing text modules or texts
+Usually, the survey is not interrupted. After saving the change, the participant sees the amended version.
 **Warning:** __Do not__ change the text by entering new questions/items and deleting the old version. The data collected with the question up to now will no longer be available (see below). If you do not want to show an existing item in the questionnaire anymore, you can put a tilde (''~'') in front of the respective item.
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 ===== Changes to the Questionnaire =====
-**Problem 1:** When changing the questionnaire itself -- changing the order of questions or pages, inserting or removing questions, changing the presentation of the question ({{:button.settings.png?nolink|settings}}) -- all changes are saved immediately. This is also true when changes are made to PHP code elements: these are saved while typing, and in some cases do not work until changes are finished.
+After the start of the survey period, SoSci Survey partially locks the editing of the questionnaire under **Compose questionnaire** to prevent unintentional changes. Then no pages, questions and PHP codes can be moved, inserted or deleted in the questionnaire. Editing PHP and HTML codes is still possible (accidental changes are very unlikely here).
+To unlock, click on the lock in the upper right corner.
+{{:en:survey:scr.hot-change.questionnaire.png?nolink|Locked questionnaire during the survey}}
+**Warning:** When changing the questionnaire itself -- changes to the order of questions or pages, dragging questions in or out, changing the question display ({{:button.settings.png?nolink|settings}}) -- all changes are saved immediately. This also refers to changes made to PHP code elements: These are saved while you are still typing and may not work until you are done making changes.
-**Problem 2:** If you insert new pages or shuffle pages around, then the allocation of the page number to the  recorded dwell time (TIME001 etc., [[:en:results:variables#antwortzeiten|Response Times]]) is no longer correct. If a page is given the number 2 initially, and (because another page was inserted before it), is then number 3 after the change, the dwell time is saved in TIME003. However, the old dwell time still remains in TIME002.
+**Warning:** If you insert new pages or move pages, the assignment of page numbers to recorded dwell times (TIME001 etc., [[:en:results:variables#completion_times|response times]]) is no longer correct. If a page initially has the number 2 and (because another page is inserted before) after the change the number 3, then the dwell time is stored in TIME003. However, the old dwell times are still in TIME002.
 If there are more significant changes to be made in the questionnaire (especially to the PHP code), making a copy of the questionnaire beforehand is recommended (**Compose Questionnaire** -> tab //Further questionnaires// -> duplicate button {{:button.copy.gif?nolink|Duplicate Questionnaire}}). Afterwards, ensure that the questionnaire used up to this point is set as default in //Default Questionnaire / Random selection for questionnaires//.