{
  "title": "Trace survey pilot drop-off without inventing a reason",
  "questions": [
    "What were you trying to do when you stopped or paused?",
    "Which instruction, if any, made the next step unclear?",
    "What other interruption affected this attempt?",
    "What would you need to decide whether to continue?"
  ],
  "question_notes": [
    "Ask about the actual stopping point without assuming dislike.",
    "Locate a concrete instruction only if it affected this attempt.",
    "Separate external interruptions from interface obstacles.",
    "Collect a voluntary next-step need without pressuring completion."
  ],
  "answer_guidance": [
    {
      "question": 1,
      "format": "Optional short open text",
      "reason": "Ask about the actual stopping point without assuming dislike.",
      "optional": true
    },
    {
      "question": 2,
      "format": "Optional short open text",
      "reason": "Locate a concrete instruction only if it affected this attempt.",
      "optional": true
    },
    {
      "question": 3,
      "format": "Optional short open text",
      "reason": "Separate external interruptions from interface obstacles.",
      "optional": true
    },
    {
      "question": 4,
      "format": "Optional short open text",
      "reason": "Collect a voluntary next-step need without pressuring completion.",
      "optional": true
    }
  ],
  "respondent_instruction": "If nothing was unclear or difficult, say so. Skip questions about steps you did not experience; use not applicable where appropriate.",
  "field_protocol": {
    "send_when": "During an optional pilot of the actual draft, observe agreed attempts and distinguish pause, exit and finish.",
    "decision_owner": "The pilot facilitator records observations; the analyst reconciles distinct stage cases.",
    "followup": "Ask new pilot volunteers to explain the transition while attempting it and inspect their stage log separately.",
    "response_handling": "Use synthetic counts here; explain observation and collection of timing separately. Allow people to stop."
  },
  "editorial_sections": [],
  "note": "Examples to adapt. Not a validated instrument; manual editorial data, not a product import payload."
}