Stop Fast Forward: This field when checked determines whether the "Fast Forward" feature of the Survey program will stop at this question record even if it has already been answered. The Fast Forward feature is used to quickly step through the questionnaire after an interviewer has gone back to change an answer to a previous question. In order to preserve the integrity of the branching patterns every question between the question that was changed and the spot where the interview was interrupted must be reviewed. All of these questions already may have been answered but because one question was changed a whole new branching pattern may be implied.
In "fast forward" mode when returning to a question after changing the response to a previous one, there are certain question that must have the interviewer’s attention. Such questions might be roster recapitulations and certain check questions in the employer names section. Whenever a question record needs interviewer attention even while running through the survey a second time, the Stop Forward box on the record must be checked. To continue past this question the interviewer will be required to press