VAS Generator

A tool to create Visual Analogue Scales (VAS) for online studies

basic mode         advanced mode
In advanced mode additional parameters can be modified. Be careful when changing the number of divisions. This might have an impact on the quality of your data (e.g., Funke & Reips, 2012; Reips & Funke, 2008). If you have any questions or comments, please use the contact form.
1 Set the parameters stated below and click "generate/modify VAS". Default values are pre-selected.
Length:
pixel
Measurement resolution: [i.e. number of (discrete) points to click]
Width: light medium bold
Left Anchor:
Right Anchor:
Color: black white
Marker: cross () arrow () point () line ()

2 Mark the scale and click "read out VAS value" to see the value that will be transmitted. Modify the VAS according to your needs and apply changes by clicking "generate/modify VAS".
Click "generate/modify VAS" for a preview.

3 If the VAS satisfies your needs:
and unzip the archive (for example with the freeware 7-Zip [Windows] or Untar [Mac]) on your local drive.
4 Click "go to VAS and download" below and save the following page as ''your_VAS.html" (change the file extention from ".php" to ".html") into the folder "VAS_survey" you have downloaded. Read instructions.txt (included in VAS_survey.zip) to adjust some parameters.

since 2005 by Frederik Funke & Ulf-Dietrich Reips (University of Konstanz)