Are these possible: measuring time more precisely than 1s, logarithmic sliders, etc.

Question

We are planning a web experiment with particular requirements. Can SoSci.de (the free academic version) do the following? I have very limited experience with it, and I can't find the answers in the manual.

• Measuring time spent on question more presicely than 1 second, for any question type. The online help suggests that 100ms is possible, can anyone verify that this works, and is more precise possible? Is it only possible for some question types or any? If there are multiple questions on one page, can I measure the duration of each question separately?
• Logarithmic slider, ideally continuous, showing the chosen number. Scales would be something like 0 to 10 000, or 1 in x years to once per year to y times a year. I'm trying with the regular slider that shows percent, but I can't see any way to change the scale.
• Two visually bordered sets A and B, presented horizontally, both with three lines of text vertically, the respondent picking A or B. I could do something like it with zoom selection and creating the sets as images, but this was both extremely clumsy (for making dozens of them) and the choice being shown as one of the images growing in size is not ideal. I would prefer like the border being clearly bolded or something. This could even be done just as horizontal-layout selection, if the question text could include indentation-separated columns and line changes.
• Questions made so that separately clicking "next" is not necessary.

Answer 1

Can SoSci.de (the free academic version) do the following?

Except for the descriptive analysis module, the features are the same, regardless if you pay for SoSci Survey or make use of the subsidized service.

Measuring time spent on question more presicely than 1 second

You can do this, using JavaScript, for an introduction, start here: LatencyTimer

The online help suggests that 100ms is possible, can anyone verify that this works, and is more precise possible?

Based on screen limitations, accuracy down to 20-30ms is plausible.

Is it only possible for some question types or any?

A few have the measures included, others require you to write additional JavaScript code.

If there are multiple questions on one page, can I measure the duration of each question separately?

What you can measure is clicks and points. It's up to you to define what the time for a question is. What if question A is answeredm then B, and then the answer for A changes?

Logarithmic slider, ideally continuous, showing the chosen number. Scales would be something like 0 to 10 000

The internal coding will wlays be linear, because this is what the movement is. You can, however, use maths to transform that into a a logarithmic or exponential space and show the respective numbers: Display the Current Position

Two visually bordered sets A and B, presented horizontally, both with three lines of text vertically, the respondent picking A or B.

This will probably require some HTML, for inspiration take a look at these manuals:

• Placing Elements Side by Side
• Placing input fields freely
• Combined Questions

I would prefer like the border being clearly bolded or something.

I am not entire sure who you would like the result to look like, but you may post another question (only on this one, please) and include a sketch or mock-up.

Questions made so that separately clicking "next" is not necessary.

You can choose an automatic "next" in several question types, for example in scales and single-choice selections.