Paradata settings
The Paradata settings contain system variables containing information about how the survey was conducted, the participant and their data response. This information is available for analysis along with the data response that the participant submits.
To include a paradata variable, select the system variable, then select Display in questionnaire.
Paradata settings
| Case | Provides a unique identifier for a case or data response. |
| Completed | Set to Completed when the respondent has submitted the survey. |
| Duration | Records the time that the respondent takes to complete an interview. The calculation is the difference between the start time and the end time. The unit is minutes to 2 decimal places, for example, 3.25 which gives 3 minutes and 15 seconds. |
| End Date | Records the date that the respondent completes the interview. |
| End Time | Records the time that the respondent submits the interview. |
| Geolocation | Allows an online survey to store the geographic location that a mobile interview takes place. |
| Interviewer | Selecting the Display in questionnaire box creates a new question in the questionnaire, allowing you to select the interviewer. This is set once when the interviewer opens the survey to collect responses. This is the login name on the Interviewer app. |
| Language | Available in an online multi-language survey. Selecting Display in questionnaire creates a language question, which respondent uses to select the language that they wish to use. |
| Page | The Page paradata variable is a single choice question which you can use to define the number of pages. |
| Panel | This is an optional pre-defined variable that can be used for the survey panel index. This must be set up or pre-seeded from a database. |
| Participant | This stores the unique participant id, which is the login name for the survey. This must be pre-seeded from a participant in a participant database. |
| Password | This stores the password for password regulated surveys. This must be pre-seeded from a password in a participant database. |
| Recording | Allows you to record the whole interviewer in the Interviewer app. |
| Site | Selecting the Display in questionnaire box creates a new question. This allows you to set the Site. This is set once each time the survey is opened to collect responses. |
| Start Date | Records the date that the respondent starts the interview. |
| Start Time | Records the time that the respondent starts the interview and the first question displays. |
| Survey Index | Records the subject for Group questionnaires. |
| URL | This is an optional pre-defined variable that can be used for the URL of the calling site. This must be set up or pre-seeded from a database. |