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RE: Explicit Link Between Radio Buttons and "Question" Label?

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From: Tim Harshbarger
Date: Feb 12, 2003 3:27PM

This is a timely discussion for me. Today, I am reviewing an online survey that has problems with how it is using radio buttons. However, the problem extends beyond the group label to how the individual radio buttons are labeled.

On each page of the survey, there are about 12 to 20 questions. On a page, all the questions share the same possible multiple choice answers. For instance, "Strongly Agree," "Agree", "Disagree," or "Strongly Disagree." Those multiple choice labels are at the top of the column of each set of radio buttons.

How would you write the HTML/XHTML for that so it fit standards and is accessible?

Tim