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# Question groups

<table><thead><tr><th>Study type</th><th data-type="checkbox">Availability</th></tr></thead><tbody><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></tbody></table>

Question groups let you visually group related questions together in the builder. This helps you keep things organized, but it also gives you the option to randomize the order in which participants see the questions, helping to reduce participant bias. Questions in a question group appear no differently to participants, so only you will know they’ve been grouped together.

## Question group settings

You’ll access question group settings in the right sidebar of the builder:

![](/files/6117204542cc8b474e9e4ca544df66b534dc3bab)

Here’s a breakdown:

| Setting                 | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ----------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Randomize questions** | <p>When enabled, participants will see all questions contained within the question group in a random order.</p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="info" class="hint hint-info"><p><strong>Note:</strong> Skip logic and piping logic are not available when randomization is enabled, nor can a question group be used as a skip logic destination. All existing logic will be removed when this setting is enabled.</p></div><p>If some of your questions rely on each other, you can use multi-variate testing to keep related questions together while presenting each concept in a random order. For more information, see <a href="/spaces/IKfn7RcT4CW9XaIbqAdd/pages/d4beec330972f1ebb726e13e4f65f71629d27495">Multi-variate testing</a>.</p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="warning" class="hint hint-warning"><p>This setting cannot be changed post-launch.</p></div> |

## Add a question group to a study

You’ll add question groups on the **Usability test**, **Media survey**, or **Mission** tab of your study. Once you’ve added a group, you can then add new questions within it or drag and drop existing questions to be part of it.

{% stepper %}
{% step %}
Navigate to the **Usability test/Media survey/Mission** tab of your study.
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Click **+ Add** in the center of the builder or in the left sidebar.

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Under **More**, select **Add question group**.

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Now, a new question group is added to your study. Click **+ Add** within the group to add a new question to it. Or, drag and drop an existing question into the group. You can also click the group name (“Untitled question group” by default) to rename it.

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{% hint style="info" %}
You can apply skip logic and piping logic to questions within a question group just as you normally would (so long as randomization is not enabled).
{% endhint %}

## Ungroup questions

If you no longer want a question to be part of a question group, you can move it out of the group.

{% hint style="success" %}
**Tip:** To quickly ungroup a question, simply drag and drop it to a new location in the builder.
{% endhint %}

{% stepper %}
{% step %}
Navigate to the question group where you want to ungroup a question.
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Click the three-dot icon in the top right corner of the question.
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Select **Move out of group**.

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Now, the question is moved out of the group and placed directly below it. You can drag and drop the question to relocate it elsewhere in your study.

## Analyze a question group

You can analyze questions in a question group just as you normally would that individual question type. However, you’ll see these questions grouped together on the **Responses** tab for easy access (or to easily collapse them until you need to view them again!):

![](/files/03e22f2f2403ef84afd32d0069adfb28447fb325)

Questions are displayed in the order they appear in the builder by default. If you’ve enabled randomization, you can view the questions in the order they were presented to each participant by navigating to individual responses from the **Participants** view:

![](/files/bc5ced4d5dce57e82630edd1a6c6e8383f278a20)


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