Standard wordings for Don't Know responses are checked (see the list below). If your survey uses different labeling for Don't Know (for example, if the survey is not written in English) you can elect to enter your own custom text labels to include in the check.
Example
Technical details
Phrases that are identified as Don't Know type responses are ones that contain one or more of:
- dk
- dont know
- don't know
- don t know
- unsure
- not sure
- do not know
- no idea
- not applicable
The matching of these is not case sensitive.
Additionally, where a label is, in its entirety, NA or na, it is treated as a Don't Know.
If one of the selected questions appears to have more than one Don't Know category, then it will be added to a separate folder. These should be checked carefully, because it is unusual to have more than one option for a respondent to indicate a Don't Know response to a survey question.
How to apply this QScript
- Start typing the name of the QScript into the Search features and data box in the top right of the Q window.
- Click on the QScript when it appears in the QScripts and Rules section of the search results.
OR
- Select Automate > Browse Online Library.
- Select this QScript from the list.
Customizing the QScript
This QScript is written in JavaScript and can be customized by copying and modifying the JavaScript.
Customizing QScripts in Q4.11 and more recent versions
- Start typing the name of the QScript into the Search features and data box in the top right of the Q window.
- Hover your mouse over the QScript when it appears in the QScripts and Rules section of the search results.
- Press Edit a Copy (bottom-left corner of the preview).
- Modify the JavaScript (see QScripts for more detail on this).
- Either:
- Run the QScript, by pressing the blue triangle button.
- Save the QScript and run it at a later time, using Automate > Run QScript (Macro) from File.
Customizing QScripts in older versions
- Contact support@q-researchsoftware.com to obtain a copy of the JavaScript code.
- Create a new text file, giving it a file extension of .QScript. See here for more information about how to do this.
- Modify the JavaScript (see QScripts for more detail on this).
- Run the file using Automate > Run QScript (Macro) from File.
Prior to the 15th of December, 2015, this page was known as Create New Variables - Creating Tables Showing Don't Knows
See also
- QScript for more general information about QScripts.
- QScript Examples Library for other examples.
- Online JavaScript Libraries for the libraries of functions that can be used when writing QScripts.
- QScript Reference for information about how QScript can manipulate the different elements of a project.
- JavaScript for information about the JavaScript programming language.
- Table JavaScript and Plot JavaScript for tools for using JavaScript to modify the appearance of tables and charts.