Table of Textboxes Question Type

What is this?

This question type allows respondents to enter short answers to multiple questions in a table format.

When would I use this?

For example, if you want to know what a respondent had to eat for each meal of the day for a week, you can set up the days of the week as the row headers (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc.) and you can set the meals of the day as the column headers (breakfast, lunch, and dinner). Respondents can then type in what they ate each day for all three meals. You can define the width of the textboxes by assigning the number of characters. This question type is great for multiple questions that are asked for different scenarios. You can also use the formatting tab within the question editor to expand the textbox width to allow for more space.

How does this Report?

Reporting Example

Inside of a summary report we do allow you to view data from a Table of Textboxes question type. However, as a summary report is meant to provide aggregate, instead of seeing the specific written answers of each column/row combination, it will show you a count and percentage of how many times someone answered each particular cell in the table. For more specific data (such as the written responses), we would recommend viewing the CSV/EXCEL export.

Exporting Example

The CSV/XLS export will assign a column within the spreadsheet for each row and column combination within the Table of Textboxes. You’ll see above that it will first show you the row header, then the column header, and then the Table of Textboxes’ question itself. It will then display the respondent entered value in the column’s cell.

Below will be the example for Monday and Tuesday in the export. If you’d like to see the full export (Monday through Sunday) please see Question Types: Table of Textboxes Details

**Note**: If a respondent has left a cell in the question blank, inside the CSV/EXCEL export, it will be represented by a blank cell as well.

Articles Related to Table of Textbox Question Type

To learn more about the specifics of this particular question type, please see the links below:

• Tutorial: Question Types: Table of Textboxes