KnowHow: Forms --- Population figures

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Especially when doing sociological surveys you should not miss this question.

 

Population figures as drop-down menu With drop-down menus one can save a lot of space and kinda pretend to have a short survey. However, one should still be careful applying drop-down menus and consider that a user needs more time to choose the appropriate answer in a drop-down menu than in choosing the right radio button or a check box. In some cases drop-down menus are, on the other hand, the only choice, especially when the list of possible answers to choose from is rather long. From cognitive psychology we know that the human being is able to comprehend up to six elements at the same time, hence drop-down menus should only be used with more than 7 possible answers. This is what it could look like: About how many people live in your village/town/city? Please choose Under 2.000 Citizens 2.000 to under 5.000 Citizens 5.000 to under 20.000 Citizens 20.000 to under 50.000 Citizens 50.000 to under 100.000 Citizens 100.000 to under 500.000 Citizens More than 500.000 Citizens     HTML-Source <p>About how many people live in your village/town/city?<br> <select size="1" name="Citizens"> <option value="0">&nbsp;Please choose</option> <option value="1">&nbsp;Under 2.000 Citizens</option> <option value="1">&nbsp;2.000 to under 5.000 Citizens</option> <option value="1">&nbsp;5.000 to under 20.000 Citizens</option> <option value="1">&nbsp;20.000 to under 50.000 Citizens</option> <option value="1">&nbsp;50.000 to under 100.000 Citizens</option> <option value="1">&nbsp;100.000 to under 500.000 Citizens</option> <option value="1">&nbsp;More than 500.000 Citizens</option> </select>

Population figures as radio buttons Simple list About how many people live in your village/town/city?  Under 2.000 Citizens  2.000 to under 5.000 Citizens  5.000 to under 20.000 Citizens  20.000 to under 50.000 Citizens  50.000 to under 100.000 Citizens  100.000 to under 500.000 Citizens  More than 500.000 Citizens     HTML-Source <p>About how many people live in your village/town/city?<br> <input type="radio" name="Citizens" value="1"> under 2.000 Citizens<br> <input type="radio" name="Citizens" value="2"> 2.000 to under 5.000 Citizens<br> <input type="radio" name="Citizens" value="3"> 5.000 to under 20.000 Citizens<br> <input type="radio" name="Citizens" value="4"> 20.000 to under 50.000 Citizens<br> <input type="radio" name="Citizens" value="5"> 50.000 to under 100.000 Citizens<br> <input type="radio" name="Citizens" value="6"> 100.000 to under 500.000 Citizens<br> <input type="radio" name="Citizens" value="7"> More than 500.000 Citizens<br>