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I would like to create a multiple choice question with an option "other, please specify"

For example,
Where do you live?
a) London, Ontario
b) Strathroy, Ontario
c) Woodstock, Ontario
d) Other, please specify
Therefore, I would like to set up a multiple choice AND open ended response in the same question.

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Michelle Van Heeswyk shared this idea  ·   ·  Report…  ·  Admin →
under review  ·  Steve from Poll Everywhere responded  · 

This is currently possible by creating two separate polls and then writing your own instructions (on a slide or handout for example).

Combining two on the same visual chart would be interesting. Any ideas/concepts on what that would look like?

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  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Being able to add an "Other" response to Multiple Choice questions with the ability to provide a written response would be very useful for data collection purposes for my company when developing a survey. It would support us to know where information is coming from and if we are missing key indicators in our survey.

    One possibility of how this could be done on a live results chart would be to only show the other in a chart, with the option to show responses below or on a separate screen in a format similar to the open text questions. I can't speak for all but this would work for my purpose.

  • Lawrence commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'd find this really useful too -- on a Live Results chart, it would be particularly useful if the "Other" that is entered became a new answer choice, plotted on the same chart, which other students could then choose to select also. (A little like the "audience favourite" style poll.)

  • AdminSteve from Poll Everywhere (Admin, Poll Everywhere) commented  ·   ·  Report

    That's the part I'm curious about. SurveyMonkey doesn't have a live results chart that I know of. (Which makes sense, as they're a much different product.)

    So, I'm wondering what that would look like on the live results chart!

  • Lisa Steichmann commented  ·   ·  Report

    Steve, I don't have an easy way of showing you what this would look like, but I can say that this is an option in SurveyMonkey. Now, SurveyMonkey, last I used them, did not have a way to use cellphones to answer a survey, but the synergy between SurveyMonkey and PollEverywhere would be awesome.

  • Lisa Steichmann commented  ·   ·  Report

    Steve, I don't have an easy way of showing you what this would look like, but I can say that this is an option in SurveyMonkey. Now, SurveyMonkey, last I used them, did not have a way to use cellphones to answer a survey, but the synergy between SurveyMonkey and PollEverywhere would be awesome.

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