Term Tag: Terminate/Screen Out Participants

The <term> element is used to terminate participants. Use the cond attribute to create condition logic that will terminate participants if evaluated to "True".

<term label="te1" cond="Q1.r6">Q1: Selected "None of the above" at Q1</term>

Use legible, descriptive text within the body of the <term> element that shows up in the "Terminates" tab of the Response Summary. This helps you better understand why a participant was terminated.

You can use the mutator function, createTerminateTables(), to automatically generate a <virtual> question capturing all of the terminates for a particular project.

1:  Attributes

The <term> element has access to the following attributes. Click each attribute to read about it in detail.

Attribute	Type	Description
cond	string	Python expression that must be "True" in order to execute.
dupeCheck	string	Checks for duplicate data and terminates if found (cannot be used with cond). Note: This attribute is not usable in surveys with delphi="1".
incidence	bool	Include in incidence count (default is 1).
markers	slist	Comma-separated list of markers to set before terminating.
label	string	Unique symbolic identifier for the element.

1.1:  cond - Set the Terminate Condition

The cond attribute controls whether or not the participant should terminate. If the condition evaluates to "True", the <term> element will execute and the participant will be terminated.

For example, see below for a survey that is fielded for females only.

<radio label="Q1" optional="0">
  <title>Are you...</title>
  <row label="r1">Male</row>
  <row label="r2">Female</row>
</radio>
<suspend/>

<term label="te1" cond="Q1.r1">Q1: Male participant</term>

1.2:   dupeCheck - Terminate Based on Duplicate Values

Note:  This attribute cannot be used in surveys with delphi="1".

The dupeCheck attribute will terminate if the value provided already exists within the dataset. This includes qualified, terminated, and partial participants.

In the example below, if anyone enters an email address that has already been provided (i.e., duplicate e-mail address) at Q1, even if terminated or partial, then they will be terminated.

<text label="Q1" optional="0">
  <title>Please enter your email address below:</title>
</text>
<suspend/>

<term label="te2" label="Email_Check" dupeCheck="Q1.val">Q1: Duplicate Email Address</term>

You can also use the below code to terminate anyone who enters the survey with an extraVariable that has already been seen.

<term label="te3" label="Duplicate_ID" dupeCheck="ID" incidence="0">ID Check: Duplicate ID</term>

1.3:   incidence - Control Incidence Counts Based on Termination

The incidence attribute controls whether or not to record the terminated participant in the incidence count.

If incidence="0" is specified, the participant will not appear in the incidence calculation.

Note:  The incidence calculation is: (qualified + overquote) / (click-through - partial - excluded).

For example:

<term label="te4" cond="QDisclaimer.r2" incidence="0">Disclaimer: Disagreed to disclaimer</term>

1.4:  markers - Set a Marker When Terminated

The markers attribute enables you to set additional markers when terminating the participant.

For example:

<term label="te5" cond="Q1.c1.all" markers="straightliner,Q1_SL">Q1: Straightlined at Q1</term>

<term label="te6" cond="(timeSpent() < 300) and not gv.isSST()" markers="speeder,lt_5minutes">Speeder: Less than 5 minutes</term>

1.5:  label - Set the Terminate Name

The label attribute is the unique identifier for the <term> element. When using the Survey Editor, the label attribute is label="te1" for the first terminate, label="te2" for the second terminate, and so on.

<term dupeCheck="Email.val" label="Email_Checker">Email: Duplicate Email Entered</term>

2:  Learn More

• Adding Condition / Skip Logic