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How to Create Measurement Events

There are three ways to create a measurement event.  The first is to make it from scratch.  The second is to duplicate an existing event and customize it to fit.  See Duplicating Events.  The third way does not actually create an event.  When measurements are identical, an  event can simply be copied from the Event Names Window of the Sequencing Page to the groups where they will be executed in the order that they appear.

To create a measurement event from scratch," click on the Create menu at the top left of the "Event Specification Table" and then "Measurement." To illustrate, select "Multiple Choice" as the type of measurement event.

Now there should be a new event (row) in the "Event Specification Table."   In the first column for this row, there should be an "M" in a circle indicating that this event is a Measurement.  To its right and under "Event Type" it should say "Multiple Choice."  Under Event Label, it should say "New Multiple Choice Measurement."  To illustrate the procedure, change this label to "Subject Mood."
  
In the column labeled "Variable," enter "subjectmood" (all one word).  In the column labeled "Keywords," enter "mood, depression, well-being." In the column labeled "Event Description," enter "This event asks subjects whether they are feeling depressed.

Scroll down to the Instrument Construction Area under the heading "Subject Mood."  In the box labeled "Number of check boxes to Show to respondent," set the number to "2" (for "YES" and "NO.").  Immediately below this, set the "Number of responses the respondent is allowed to check" to "1."  

In the text box, enter:  
"Are you feeling depressed?"

Immediately below the question, there are two boxes for responses.  In the first field, type the word "YES."  In the second field, type the word "NO."

This might be followed up by a measurement that seeks to determine how much the subject feels depressed.  This could be done by creating another measurement event and selecting a rating scale or sliderbar to measure the extent of depression.