Ok.. there are a bunch of folks who have posed the questions in here about how this sort of scenario:
- I have 5 categories that I want to score
- each category will have a number of questions (ie 5) and 1 point will be given to the correct answer of each question.
- the maximum score of any category = 5
- there could be, in this example, 5 categories with a score of 5
- I want to create a simple tie-breaker question if there is a tie for high score.
I have posted a number of times about ways to do this but I’ve created a little test file below to see if I managed to think clearly enough, late last night, to create a sample structure based on the following:
- there are 5 questions, each representing a category
- each question has a choice of 1-5
- after all 5 questions are answered, the sample follows this process sequentially:
- is there a unique category score of 5? if so, go to the appropriate category ending
- if there is no unique 5, then check to see if there is at least one pair of category scores = 5, if so then go to the tiebreaker question (more on this later)
- if there is no tie at 5, then repeat the process at 4 for unique and then tied at 4,
- if there is no unique or tied category scores at 4, then go to check at score of 3 … then at 2
- in each case if there is a tie OR all scores are LT 2, then go to the tiebreaker question
- the tiebreaker question in this sample is very simple - it doesn’t matter at what score level (5, 4, etc) or how many category scores were tied at that level, you go to the tiebreaker and choose a number 1-5 (representing in this case a category choice) and you go to the ending for that number/category
My rationale for this very simple tiebreaker was to show, at a minimum, how to get to a tiebreaker in the logic rules, based on a single tied pair happening at the highest level of scoring. You could add additional logic in to determine which category scores are tied and present a tiebreaker for those specific categories BUT you would need a lot of possible branches in your logic to account for every single possibility of this happening.
I know this simple tiebreaking method won’t work for many of us, but it’s a quick way to get started. I think
In any event, here’s the link to the typeform - please try it out and let me know in the comments below if you find any ‘bugs or breaks’ in the logic.
I’ll share screenshots of the logic behind this if a) folks are interested and b) if at least 25 people try it out and submit the quiz
just sayin’
des
