Fields: Instrument customization Page Here is information about the fields (features) on the Instrument Customization page.
Instrument	The instrument name.
Administration Method	This field is used to indicate the method by which items will be administered. The options in this drop down list are: · Random · Sequential · Branch If the instrument type, defined on the Instrument Properties page, is Item Bank/CAT the default Administration Method will be CAT. Short Form instruments will have Sequential as the default Administration Method. The Administration Method cannot be modified for Item Bank/CAT instruments. Short form instruments cannot be assigned the Administration Method of CAT. To change a Short Form instrument to a CAT, navigate to the Instrument Properties page and change the Type field.
Set CAT Parameters button	Allows you to designate CAT parameters for an instrument.
Randomize Blocks	This field should be checked when a user determines the item blocks defined on this screen should be displayed to participants in a random order.
Randomize Items within Blocks	This field should be checked when a user determines the items within blocks defined on this screen should be displayed to participants in a random order.
Change all Templates to:	This field is used when the template for all items should be modified. Options include: · Vertical 01 · Vertical 01 Auto Advance · Buttons 01 · Buttons 01 Auto Advance · Cartoon 01 · Cartoon 01 Auto Advance · Cartoon Buttons 01 · Cartoon Buttons 01 Auto Advance Making a selection in this drop list will automatically modify the template specifications for all items. Individual items can have a different template defined by making a selection in the item level template drop list. The default is Vertical 01. Screenshots of the template options can be found in the Assessment Center User Manual. Users may also preview selected templates using the Preview feature on the Study Content page.
Block	This field is used to group items together. Items within the same block will be administered together during data collection. Items are often blocked together when they have the same response option or they are all positively worded or negative items. Administering items together in this manner can reduce participant burden and/or confusion. The default block value is 1. Therefore, all items are initially grouped together in one block. Block values can be numbers only, no letters. To modify, enter new values into the block field and click Save. The page will refresh with the new item blocks grouped together.
ID	The Item ID defined on the Item Detail page.
Item	The items context and stem defined on the Item Detail page.
Branching, If	This field is used to define the criteria by which branching should begin. The Branching, If boxes contain item responses. During administration, if a user selects the response indicated in this field, the next item they are administered will be defined by the Then Go To field. If the user selects any other response they will be administered the subsequent item as shown on the Instrument Customization page. Branching, If and Then Go To fields can only be used when the Administration Method is set to Branch.
Then Go To	This field is used in correlation with the Branching, If field. This field indicates what the next item should be if a participant provides the response identified in Branching, If. The Then Go To drop lists contains all subsequent item IDs within the current instrument. The Item ID selected in this field must be administered after the current item. Item order can be modified on the Instrument Detail page or on Instrument Customization. To reorder items on the Instrument Customization page, change the Administration Method to Random or Sequential and use the Block field to modify order.
Template	This field is used to select templates per item. Making a selection in this drop list will modify the template for the current item only. To make a modification to the template for all items, use the Change all item template to: field. There are two additional options within the Template drop lists. · Horizontal 01 · Horizontal 01 Auto Advance These templates will display the response options on a horizontal line. The response score and text, where applicable, will be nested under each response button. It is recommended that this template be used when asking an item which contains a larger number of response with anchoring text at either end of the responses, e.g. On a scale from 0-10, please rate your pain. In this type of item, you may want a response score displayed with each response option. To do this, check the Show Response Score checkbox for each response option on the Item Detail page. The Horizontal templates are only available for multiple choice response types. If an item is assigned any other response type, these template options will not appear in the Template drop list for that item.
Save	Saves changes and updates to an instrument’s properties.
Cancel	Used when you want to drop existing changes.