> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://help.dscout.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://help.dscout.com/study-basics/question-types/closed-ended-questions/multiple-choice-questions.md).

# Multiple choice questions

<table><thead><tr><th>Study type</th><th data-type="checkbox">Availability</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Screeners</strong></td><td>true</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Usability tests</strong></td><td>true</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Media surveys</strong></td><td>true</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Intercept studies</strong></td><td>true</td></tr><tr><td><strong>AI moderated studies</strong></td><td>true</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Diary studies</strong></td><td>true</td></tr></tbody></table>

Multiple choice questions give participants a list of answer options to choose from. Use a multiple choice question when you want answers you can count and compare across participants, rather than open-ended responses you'll need to read and collate manually.

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Every multiple choice question can either be:

* **Single select:** The participant picks exactly one option. Options appear as radio buttons.
* **Multi-select:** The participant can pick more than one option. Options appear as checkboxes, and you can set a minimum and maximum number of selections.

### Multiple choice question settings

The settings available on a multiple choice question depend on which type of study you're building. Select your study type below for more information.

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note:** Multiple choice questions are the only question type that can both **screen** participants (through knockout logic and quotas) and **collect data** in an actual study. The settings available to you depend on whether you're adding a screener question (on the **Screener** tab) or a study question.
{% endhint %}

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Screeners" %}
Add multiple choice questions on the **Screener** tab of your builder. When you auto-recruit participants, multiple choice is the **only** question type available in a screener.

| Setting                                   | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| ----------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Prompt**                                | The question applicants answer.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| **Choices**                               | The answer options an applicant picks from. Add them one at a time, or paste a list to add several at once.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| **Multi-select**                          | When disabled, applicants choose one option. When enabled, applicants can choose more than one.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| **Min/Max**                               | With **Multi-select** enabled, set the fewest and most options an applicant can choose.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **Choice behavior**                       | <p>Set each answer choice to <strong>Knockout</strong> (disqualifies the applicant), <strong>May select</strong>, or <strong>Must select</strong>. For more information, see <a href="/recruit-participants/dscout-scout-panel/knockout-questions.md">Knockout questions</a>.</p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="info" class="hint hint-info"><p><strong>Note:</strong> On an auto-recruit screener, at least one choice has to stay selectable. Setting <em>every</em> choice to <strong>Knockout</strong>, or every choice to <strong>Must select</strong>, blocks launch and displays the error <code>Cannot have Knockout for all choices</code>.</p></div> |
| **Quotas on responses**                   | Limit how many applicants can be accepted for a given answer choice. For more information, see [Using question quotas](/study-basics/question-types/question-settings-and-organization/using-question-quotas.md).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| **Disqualify if all selected**            | On a multi-select question, disqualifies applicants who select every option, which is a common sign of someone clicking through without reading.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| **Randomize choices**                     | <p>Presents answer options in a random order to each applicant.</p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="info" class="hint hint-info"><p><strong>Note:</strong> Randomization isn't supported on Partner Panels screeners—this setting will not be displayed.</p></div>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **"Other" option** (optional)             | <p>Adds an <strong>Other (tap to type)</strong> row so applicants can write in an answer that isn't on your list. The row sits below your written choices and is excluded from randomization.</p><p></p><p>You can't drag or delete it while this setting is enabled, but you can rename it: Click into the row and type over the default text. Turning the option off removes any knockout, must-select, or skip logic attached to it.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| **"None of the above" option** (optional) | <p>Adds a <strong>None of the above</strong> row, anchored below the <strong>Other</strong> row. Applicants can't select it in combination with any other choice, and it's excluded from randomization.</p><p></p><p>Like the <strong>Other</strong> row, you can't drag or delete it but you can rename it. Turning the option off removes any knockout, must-select, or skip logic attached to it.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| **Stimuli** and **Stimuli randomization** | Attach images or media for applicants to react to, and optionally present them in a random order. For more information, see [Question stimuli](/study-basics/question-types/question-settings-and-organization/question-stimuli.md).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| **Skip logic** (optional)                 | Route applicants to a later question or end the screener based on their answer. For more information, see [Skip logic in screeners](/study-basics/design-a-study/skip-logic-in-screeners.md).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note:** On an auto-recruit screener, every question needs at least **2** answer choices to launch, including single-select questions. Screeners that aren't auto-recruiting follow the usual minimums: 1 answer choice for single-select, 2 answer choices for multi-select.
{% endhint %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Usability, intercept, and media surveys" %}
Add multiple choice questions on the **Usability test**, **Study**, or **Media survey** tab of your builder.

{% hint style="success" %}
**Tip:** When auto-recruiting participants, you can add multiple choice questions on the **Screener** tab of your study as well. For information on settings available in that case, refer to the [Screeners table](#screeners) in this article.
{% endhint %}

| Setting                                   | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ----------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Prompt**                                | The question participants answer.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| **Choices**                               | The answer options a participant picks from. Add them one at a time, or paste a list to add several at once.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| **Multi-select**                          | When disabled, participants choose one option. When enabled, participants can choose more than one.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **Min/Max**                               | With **Multi-select** enabled, set the fewest and most options a participant can choose.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| **Randomize choices**                     | Presents answer options in a random order to each participant.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| **"Other" option** (optional)             | <p>Adds an <strong>Other (tap to type)</strong> row so participants can write in an answer that isn't on your list. The row sits below your written choices and is excluded from randomization.</p><p></p><p>You can't drag or delete it while this setting is enabled, but you can rename it: Click into the row and type over the default text. Turning the option off removes any skip logic attached to it.</p> |
| **"None of the above" option** (optional) | <p>Adds a <strong>None of the above</strong> row, anchored below the <strong>Other</strong> row. Participants can't select it in combination with any other choice, and it's excluded from randomization.</p><p></p><p>Like the <strong>Other</strong> row, you can't drag or delete it but you can rename it. Turning the option off removes any skip logic attached to it.</p>                                    |
| **Stimuli** (optional)                    | Attach images or media for participants to react to. For more information, see [Question stimuli](/study-basics/question-types/question-settings-and-organization/question-stimuli.md).                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **Stimuli randomization**                 | Presents attached stimuli in a random order to each participant. Appears once the question has more than one stimulus attached.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| **Skip logic** (optional)                 | Route participants to a later question, question group, or the end of the study based on their answer. For more information, see [Skip logic](/study-basics/design-a-study/skip-logic-in-usability-tests-media-surveys-and-intercept-studies.md).                                                                                                                                                                   |

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note:** On a multi-select question, every answer choice has to share the same skip destination. If you switch a question from single-select to multi-select, any per-choice skip logic you had set is cleared.
{% endhint %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="AI moderated studies" %}
Add multiple choice questions on the **AI moderator** tab of your builder.

Participants answer multiple choice questions in the on-screen interface rather than out loud. The AI moderator reads your prompt, waits for the participant to make a selection, and doesn't read the answer options aloud—they're already visible on screen.

| Setting                                   | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ----------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Prompt**                                | The question the AI moderator asks the participant.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **Choices**                               | The answer options a participant picks from. Add them one at a time, or paste a list to add several at once.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| **Multi-select**                          | When disabled, participants choose one option. When enabled, participants can choose more than one.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **Min/Max**                               | With **Multi-select** enabled, set the fewest and most options a participant can choose.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| **Randomize choices**                     | Presents answer options in a random order to each participant. The AI moderator sees the same order the participant does.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| **"Other" option** (optional)             | <p>Adds an <strong>Other (tap to type)</strong> row so participants can write in an answer that isn't on your list. The row sits below your written choices and is excluded from randomization.</p><p></p><p>You can't drag or delete it while this setting is enabled, but you can rename it: Click into the row and type over the default text. Turning the option off removes any skip logic attached to it.</p> |
| **"None of the above" option** (optional) | <p>Adds a <strong>None of the above</strong> row, anchored below the <strong>Other</strong> row. Participants can't select it in combination with any other choice, and it's excluded from randomization.</p><p></p><p>Like the <strong>Other</strong> row, you can't drag or delete it but you can rename it. Turning the option off removes any skip logic attached to it.</p>                                    |
| **Follow-up questions**                   | How many follow-ups the AI moderator asks about the participant's selection: **1 follow-up** or **2-3 follow-ups**. On a multi-select question, the moderator works through the selected options one at a time.                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| **Follow-up guidance** (optional)         | Guide the kind of follow-ups the moderator asks. For example, to ask why the participant ruled out the options they didn't choose.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| **Visual intelligence**                   | Captures expressions in participant responses. For more information, see [Visual intelligence](/ai-moderated-studies/analyze-an-ai-moderated-study/visual-intelligence.md).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| **Stimuli** (optional)                    | Attach images or media for participants to react to. The moderator can see and understand stimuli. For more information, see [Question stimuli](/study-basics/question-types/question-settings-and-organization/question-stimuli.md).                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **Stimuli randomization**                 | Presents attached stimuli in a random order to each participant. Appears once the question has more than one stimulus attached.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| **Skip logic** (optional)                 | Route participants to a later question, question group, or the end of the study based on their answer. For more information, see [Skip logic](/study-basics/design-a-study/skip-logic-in-usability-tests-media-surveys-and-intercept-studies.md).                                                                                                                                                                   |

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note:** Multiple choice and Scale questions don't count toward an AI moderated study's 30-question total.
{% endhint %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Diary studies" %}
Add multiple choice questions to a diary study on the **Questions** tab of your builder.

| Setting                                   | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ----------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Prompt**                                | The question participants answer.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| **Choices**                               | The answer options a participant picks from. Add them one at a time, or paste a list to add several at once.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| **Type**                                  | Choose **Single select** or **Multiple select**.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **Minimum/Maximum number of choices**     | On a **Multiple select** question, set how few and how many options a participant must choose. Available only when the question has more than one answer choice.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **Randomize choices**                     | Presents answer options in a random order to each participant.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| **"Other" option** (optional)             | <p>Adds an <strong>Other (tap to type)</strong> row so participants can write in an answer that isn't on your list. The row sits below your written choices and is excluded from randomization.</p><p></p><p>You can't drag or delete it while this setting is enabled, but you can rename it: Click into the row and type over the default text. Turning the option off removes any skip logic attached to it.</p> |
| **"None of the above" option** (optional) | <p>Adds a <strong>None of the above</strong> row, anchored below the <strong>Other</strong> row. Participants can't select it in combination with any other choice, and it's excluded from randomization.</p><p></p><p>Like the <strong>Other</strong> row, you can't drag or delete it but you can rename it. Turning the option off removes any skip logic attached to it.</p>                                    |
| **Headline**                              | Makes the participant's answer the title of their diary entry, instead of the date and time the entry was submitted.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| **Stimuli** (optional)                    | Attach images or media for participants to react to. For more information, see [Question stimuli](/study-basics/question-types/question-settings-and-organization/question-stimuli.md).                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **Stimuli randomization**                 | Presents attached stimuli in a random order to each participant. Appears once the question has more than one stimulus attached.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| **Skip logic** (optional)                 | Route participants to a later point in the activity based on their answer. For more information, see [Skip logic in diary studies](/study-basics/design-a-study/skip-logic-in-diary-studies.md).                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note:** Knockout logic and quotas aren't available on diary study questions. Add them to the study's screener instead.
{% endhint %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Add a multiple choice question to a study

{% stepper %}
{% step %}
Navigate to the tab of your builder where you want the question—**Questions**, **Usability test**, **Study**, **Media survey**, **AI moderator**, or **Screener**, depending on your study type.
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
Click **+ Add** in the center of the builder or in the left sidebar. (**+ Add question** in diary studies.)
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
Select **Multiple choice**.

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{% endstep %}

{% step %}
Enter your **Prompt**.
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
Add your answer choices. Type them one at a time, or paste a list to add several at once.

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{% hint style="success" %}
**Tip:** You can add choices in bulk. Copy a list from a spreadsheet or document and paste it into the add-choice field—each line becomes its own answer choice.
{% endhint %}
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
Configure the remaining settings. For details, see [Multiple choice question settings](#multiple-choice-question-settings) above.

{% endstep %}

{% step %}
Click **Done**.
{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}

#### Group and randomize multiple choice questions

Multiple choice questions work with Dscout's question-organization features:

* [**Question groups**](/study-basics/question-types/question-settings-and-organization/question-groups.md) keep related questions together and can randomize the order they're presented in.
* [**Multi-variate testing**](/study-basics/question-types/question-settings-and-organization/multi-variate-testing.md) presents different concepts or design variants to different participants.
* [**Question banks**](/study-basics/question-types/question-settings-and-organization/question-banks.md) let you save a multiple choice question and reuse it across studies.

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note:** Skip logic isn't available on a question inside a randomized question group—the group's random order and a fixed skip destination would conflict.
{% endhint %}

### Analyze a multiple choice question

Multiple choice results appear as a horizontal bar chart, one row per answer choice, with a count of the participants who answered the question below it. You can sort the rows in their **Original order**, by **Smallest to largest**, or by **Largest to smallest**.

#### Counts and percentages

By default, each row shows the raw number of participants who chose that option. Click the **Chart settings** icon in the top right to show percentages instead, or show both.

<figure><img src="https://3976082747-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FIKfn7RcT4CW9XaIbqAdd%2Fuploads%2FHxmMCKc1FG04uMct14t2%2FMultiple_choice%20(6).jpg?alt=media&amp;token=434ed6c2-283f-4645-bbdb-227c34612172" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

In chart settings on diary studies, you have additional options of highlighting the largest response, rounding numbers, or enabling grayscale.

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{% hint style="warning" %}
**Important:** Percentages are calculated against the number of participants who answered the question, not the number of selections made. On a **multi-select** question, participants can choose more than one option, so the percentages down the column can add up to more than 100%. This is expected, not a reporting error.
{% endhint %}

#### Individual responses

Open a participant's entry or session to see their response by itself. A multiple choice response shows your full list of answer choices, with the options that participant selected highlighted and the ones they didn't leave greyed out. When a participant uses the **Other** option, their write-in text appears on the **Other** row, directly beneath its label.

<figure><img src="https://3976082747-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FIKfn7RcT4CW9XaIbqAdd%2Fuploads%2Fb7ssr4elIF5pnPgKGBg8%2FMultiple_choice%20(1).jpg?alt=media&amp;token=77ef9547-2ba8-4fc1-a212-57a728f8a339" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

{% hint style="success" %}
**Tip:** In usability tests, intercept studies, media surveys, and AI moderated studies, the **Other** row in the Questions view becomes expandable when at least one participant has written something in. Expanding it lists the individual write-in responses.
{% endhint %}

#### Filter by multiple choice responses

Open the **Filters** panel and expand **Close ended responses**. Each multiple choice question gets its own section with a checkbox per answer choice, so you can narrow your results to the participants who chose a given option. Knockout choices are listed for reference but can't be used as filters.

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#### Export multiple choice responses

Click the **Download chart data** button to download the displayed responses chart as a CSV or as a PNG. The CSV uses the same counts and percentages as the chart on screen, so it carries the same respondent-based denominator described above.

<figure><img src="https://3976082747-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FIKfn7RcT4CW9XaIbqAdd%2Fuploads%2FgL8A4ZCsED9JqQih5JCX%2FMultiple_choice%20(5).jpg?alt=media&amp;token=22dfe960-9837-4859-bd03-c25654d95eb9" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note:** The study-wide crosstabs export rolls every write-in answer up into a single **Other** row rather than listing them individually, so it won't show you what participants actually typed.
{% endhint %}

### Frequently asked questions

<details>

<summary>How many answer choices can I add?</summary>

A single-select question needs at least **1** answer choice to launch, and a multi-select question needs at least **2**. There's no maximum—add as many as your participants will reasonably read.

Auto-recruit screeners are stricter: Every question there needs at least **2** choices, even a single-select one.

Two things will stop you saving the question:

* **Duplicate choices**, where two choices have the same text.
* **Blank choices**, where a choice row has been left empty.

To reorder your choices, drag one by its handle.

</details>

<details>

<summary>I switched my question back to single-select. Why are my minimum and maximum values gone?</summary>

Minimum and maximum selections only apply to a multi-select question, so switching back to single-select clears the values you'd set. Switching to multi-select again starts you from scratch—you'll need to enter them a second time.

Decide whether the question is single-select or multi-select first, then fine-tune the rest of its settings. On a diary study, that's the **Type** setting; everywhere else it's **Multi-select**.

Per-choice skip logic works the same way in the other direction: Switching a question from single-select to multi-select clears it, because every choice on a multi-select question has to share one skip destination.

</details>

<details>

<summary>Why don't I see quota settings on my multiple choice question?</summary>

Quotas are a screener setting. They only appear on questions on your **Screener** tab—so if you're looking at a question in the study itself, on the **Usability test**, **Study**, **Media survey**, or **AI moderator** tab, or in a diary study, there's no quota setting to find.

To limit how many participants you accept for a given answer, ask that question in your screener instead. For more information, see [Using question quotas](/study-basics/question-types/question-settings-and-organization/using-question-quotas.md).

</details>

<details>

<summary>Why can't I randomize answer choices on my Partner Panels screener?</summary>

Randomization isn't supported on Partner Panels screeners, so the **Randomize choices** setting won't appear when you're recruiting from a partner panel. It's available on every other screener and study type.

</details>

<details>

<summary>A participant typed an answer that matches one of my answer choices. Why isn't it counted in that choice's bar?</summary>

Write-in answers are always counted as **Other**, even when a participant types something identical to one of your listed choices. If someone types "Yes" into the **Other** field instead of selecting your **Yes** option, their answer adds to the **Other** bar, not to **Yes**.

This is worth keeping in mind when you read results: a choice's count reflects only the participants who actually selected it. Expand the **Other** row to see the write-ins and judge whether any of them belong with a listed choice.

</details>

<details>

<summary>Why is only one answer choice being selected on my multi-select screener question?</summary>

Check whether you've set **Max** to 1 while also marking one of the choices **Must select**. That combination forces the must-select choice to be the only answer an applicant can give—they can't add anything to it—so every application comes back with that single choice selected.

</details>


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