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Topic: Form design
What question types are supported in paper surveys?
Help Center Form design • Last updated: 17 February, 2023Papersurvey.io supports a variety of question types that should be sufficient for most use cases. However, if you require a custom question type, you can contact us at hello@papersurvey.io, and we may be able to add it.
Single Choice
Allow respondents to select only one answer from all available responses. If more than one is selected, it should be flagged for you to correct.
Multiple Choice
Allow respondents to select one or more answers from all available options. You may also choose to limit the number of choices a user can select, specifying the maximum number of options allowed.
Range
Ask the respondent to select the answer that is closest to their left or right response.
NPS
Similar to the Range question, there is a NPS (Net Promoter Score) question type, which is basically an optimized version of Range with a few additions such as calculation of the NPS score.
Single choice grid
Allow respondents to select only one response for each question in a group.
Multiple choice grid
Allow respondents to select multiple responses for each question in a group.
Number
You can either choose a free-form digit field or set a maximum limit on the number of digits participants can write.
- Free-form digits field
- Number question type set to 9 digits
Date
Ask the respondent to enter a specific date or time. The software will automatically verify if the date entered is valid and flag it for review if it is not.
Short text
Allow respondents to enter only one line of text.
Signature
The signature field is similar to a short text field, but the input will be captured as an image since signatures don't require handwriting recognition.
Long text
Allow respondents to enter more than one line of text.
Heading
You can add a heading to your survey and choose from four different heading styles. You can also customize the color of the headings in your survey settings.
Page break
Insert a page break to start a new page. All questions below the page break will be added to a new page.
Divider
Separate question blocks by placing a divider.
Vertical spacing
Add additional spacing between two elements.
Multi-column
This is a special question that allows to display a group of questions in 2/3/4 column layout.
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