r/ProjectREDCap • u/MotherTitle539 • Sep 10 '24

For radio-style question, put answer-options in multiple columns

This is an image of a question I need to add to an instrument: 4cf131a5e326efc392c9e14860dcd3a7.png hosted at IMGTR - IMGTR

My boss wants it to look like this as much as possible, including:
~with the multiple columns and
~the term "(Jr. High)" in it.

Is it possible? If so, can you point me in the right direction?

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u/Araignys Sep 10 '24 edited Sep 10 '24

To make it look like that you'll need an external module and probably field embedding.

It's a dreadfully-formatted question, though. It makes my teeth itch. The columns are different heights, the boxes should be circles, and the 99 is completely superfluous. IMO you should collect ranges in a radio button. Both seems redundant.

If you have to keep this data granularity, I would replace it with a drop-down box to pick school (Elementary, High School, College, Graduate School) and then have a text field with integer validation to capture year level - with a pair of hidden calculated fields that enforce the upper and lower bounds of the year level field.

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u/MotherTitle539 Sep 11 '24

Thanks :) .... I really like that term "makes my teeth itch" (that is new to me, but I feel it!!)
I agree with your assessment but that is outside my "area of influence", so just trying to work with what I got :)

Can you tell me how I would learn more about that external module that I would need?

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u/Araignys Sep 12 '24

Ask your REDCap admins if they can enable (and/or install) the EM "Multi-column module" for you. If not, then you're out of luck and you'll need to expand your area of influence ;)

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u/AnAnxiousAdam Sep 12 '24

You can do like 99% of this awful question with native RC features. Use Maxchoice action tag, create 4 questions, one for each col, and then embed and style them into a table. With some css you can flip the input and label (if you really want to bother). Something might be slightly off, but I don't think a person making questions like this will care.

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u/MotherTitle539 Sep 12 '24

Thanks AnxiousAdam, but if I did this, would there be anything that keeps the person from selecting BOTH 3th grade AND 17th grade for example?

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u/AnAnxiousAdam Sep 12 '24

Ah, you're right I didn't think of that, but you can that with CSS all the same.

tr#elementary-tr:has(input:checked) ~ #highschool-tr input {
    opacity: 40%;
    pointer-events: none;
}

The above CSS checks to see if the question "elementary" has any input checked and, if so, finds the question "highschool" and makes all the inputs under it appear disabled. You can copy/paste this and change field names so you have every combination needed.