The Continuous Numeric Answer Option type is used for Answer Options that are numeric and can be clearly allocated to a fixed position on an ordered scale. |
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Continuous Numeric Questions are suitable if:
A great feature of Continuous Numeric Questions is that they can use steppings. Steppings define intervals or "ticks" in the widget (well known from a price slider widget that has e.g. steps at 10, 25, 50, 75 and 100 €).
Continuous Numeric | Ordered | |
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Answer Options | There are no explicit Answer Options. They are defined with the aid of the Stepping Configuration. | Ordered Answer Options are manually created and defined by the user. |
Product Attribute Type | Only type Number is allowed. | All types (Text, Number, Boolean) are possible. |
Order of the Values | Order is implicit due to the numeric typing. | Order is defined by the sequence of the created Answer Options. |
Proportion of the Values | Due to the numerical values the proportion/distance is clearly defined. Therefore e.g. 100 is twice as much as 50. | One Answer Option can define intervals e.g. "25 to 50" and "50 to 100". These intervals are written as text and therefore can not be interpreted in the same way as the Continuous Numeric type. |
Some of the following points are connected to the requirements:
A typical example of Continuous Numeric Question is the request of the price (see image below). The next section describes the steps to create this type of Question.
Questions that might use Continuous Numeric:
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We assume that you have a Question card "Price" which is connected to the numeric product attribute "Price". This Question can perfectly converted into a Continuous Numeric Question.
Make sure that the product attribute has the type "Number" (see Data Attribute Table). |
The Stepping feature allows you to add and configure steps for numeric values. Steps means i.e. "ticks" or "stop points" where a specific value can be selected. |
To enter the stepping configuration dialog, just click on the Answer Option box of a Question (i.e. here the box showing "0, ...., 150 (€)". Read more about the Stepping Configuration in the subview.