Sync survey YAML with Qualtrics updates

Author: yepiserin

packages/survey/scripts/qualtrics.ts

@@ -402,6 +402,18 @@ export interface QuestionSignature {
 	answers: string[]
 }
 
+function stableStringify(value: unknown): string {
+	if (Array.isArray(value)) return `[${value.map(stableStringify).join(',')}]`
+	if (value && typeof value === 'object') {
+		const obj = value as Record<string, unknown>
+		return `{${Object.keys(obj)
+			.sort()
+			.map((k) => `${JSON.stringify(k)}:${stableStringify(obj[k])}`)
+			.join(',')}}`
+	}
+	return JSON.stringify(value)
+}
+
 interface QuestionLike {
 	QuestionType?: string
 	Selector?: string
@@ -426,7 +438,7 @@ export function questionSignature(q: QuestionLike): QuestionSignature {
 		dataExportTag: q.DataExportTag ?? '',
 		text: stripTags(q.QuestionText ?? ''),
 		forceResponse: q.Validation?.Settings?.ForceResponse ?? '',
-		validation: JSON.stringify(q.Validation?.Settings ?? {}),
+		validation: stableStringify(q.Validation?.Settings ?? {}),
 		choices: choiceOrder.map((k) => {
 			const c = q.Choices?.[k]
 			const logic = displayLogicSignature(c?.DisplayLogic)

questions/education-career/WorkExp.yaml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 question:
   id: WorkExp
   version: '2026.1'
-  title: How many years have you been working professionally in total? Please round to the nearest whole number, excluding any decimal points.
+  title: How many years have you been working professionally in total? Please round to the nearest whole number, excluding any decimal points.  If you have no professional work experience, you can leave this question unanswered.
   type: free_text
   required: false
   lines: single

questions/knowledge/KnowledgeA.yaml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 question:
   id: KnowledgeA
   version: '2026.1'
-  title: In a typical week, how much time do you spend looking for information you need to do your work?  Please provide a whole number representing hours per week, rounding up to the nearest whole number if needed.
+  title: In a typical week, how much time do you spend looking for information you need to do your work?  Please provide a whole number representing hours per week, rounding up to the nearest whole number if needed.
   type: free_text
   required: false
   lines: single

questions/survey.yaml

@@ -202,62 +202,22 @@ flow:
       - block: Technology
         pages:
           - [TechDropDown]
-          - if:
-              TechDropDown:
-                - programming_language
-            then:
-              - [Languages]
-              - [CodeTest]
-          - if:
-              TechDropDown:
-                - database
-            then:
-              - [Databases]
-          - if:
-              TechDropDown:
-                - cloud_platform
-            then:
-              - [CloudPlat]
-          - if:
-              TechDropDown:
-                - web_technologies
-            then:
-              - [WebFramework]
-          - if:
-              TechDropDown:
-                - development_environment
-            then:
-              - [DevIDE]
-          - if:
-              TechDropDown:
-                - community_platform
-            then:
-              - [CommPlat]
+          - [Languages]
+          - [CodeTest]
+          - [Databases]
+          - [CloudPlat]
+          - [WebFramework]
+          - [DevIDE]
+          - [CommPlat]
           - if:
               selected_answer:
                 question: CommPlat
             then:
               - [CommPlatAddl]
-          - if:
-              TechDropDown:
-                - llm
-            then:
-              - [LLM]
-          - if:
-              TechDropDown:
-                - knowledge_management
-            then:
-              - [KnowMgmt]
-          - if:
-              TechDropDown:
-                - enterprise_search
-            then:
-              - [EntSearch]
-          - if:
-              TechDropDown:
-                - security_software
-            then:
-              - [SecOps]
+          - [LLM]
+          - [KnowMgmt]
+          - [EntSearch]
+          - [SecOps]
           - [BuildTool]
           - if:
               BuildTool:

questions/technology/TechDropDown.yaml

@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 question:
   id: TechDropDown
   version: '2026.1'
-  title: In the last 12 months, has your role at work, school, or in personal projects intersected with any of the following types of work involving technology? Consider what you used in each context. If you had more than one role in a context, refer to all roles within that setting that you held in the last 12 months. Select all that apply.
+  title: In the last 12 months, has your role at work, school, or in personal projects intersected with any of the following types of settings involving technology? We are going to ask you about to ask you about tools you used within each setting next. Select all that apply.
   type: multi_select
   required: false
   options:
-    - label: I used a programming, scripting, or markup language to create something visual, in software/hardware, or for data
+    - label: I used a programming, scripting, or markup language for any reason
       key: programming_language
     - label: I used a database for storage, querying, deployment
       key: database