Hi Sonal
I would agree with the others that when you have so few response
options, radio buttons are preferable over drop downs. This is
because the radio buttons expose the options to the user and require
one less 'click'. The only reason you might choose to use a drop
down regardless is because
Hi
I would like to know about the drop down values for the forms that I have
been creating recently. The values are only Yes and No for the dropdowns
varying from 5-9 in number in a single form. I just want to know how best it
is to provide the user with a YES, NO and I don't KNOW as the values
I think that the addition of a I don't know function would depend on
the particular question. If you were asking me Are you going to
retire at 65? I could easily see Yes, No, and I don't know
since I might be considering future economic changes that are not
entirely predictable (I can actually
On Aug 29, 2008, at 5:56 AM, Sonal Nigam wrote:
I would like to know about the drop down values for the forms that I
have
been creating recently. The values are only Yes and No for the
dropdowns
varying from 5-9 in number in a single form. I just want to know how
best it
is to
Jared makes a good point. There were actually a few studies comparing
widgets for exclusive choice questions and radio buttons fared well in
that study. So there is a question of efficiency, whether the
question would make sense with an I don't know, and also how much
space you have (drop-downs
Hi,,
What I'd recommend is that these simple answer- binary or ternary type
drop downs be avoided - especially when there is a quantity of them with
identical answers. This of course only applies when the selections are
static choices (not dynamically filled names, etc). Each one causes
