# Ensuring valid responses

**URL:** <https://forum.surveyengine.com/t/ensuring-valid-responses/70>\
**Category:** Live Surveys\
**Tags:** single-user\
**Created:** [13 February 2023 18:25 UTC](https://forum.surveyengine.com/t/ensuring-valid-responses/70 "2023-02-13T18:25:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Freddo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.surveyengine.com/freddo/32/55_2.png) [@Freddo](https://forum.surveyengine.com/u/Freddo)\
**Post date:** [13 February 2023 18:25 UTC](https://forum.surveyengine.com/t/ensuring-valid-responses/70/1 "2023-02-13T18:25:38Z")

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How can I ensure that a respondent is entering only the sort of data the questions expects?

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**Author:** ![Nayara](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.surveyengine.com/nayara/32/15_2.png) [@Nayara](https://forum.surveyengine.com/u/Nayara)\
**Post date:** [13 February 2023 22:23 UTC](https://forum.surveyengine.com/t/ensuring-valid-responses/70/2 "2023-02-13T22:23:22Z")

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Look at the validation recipies at

[https://surveyengine.com//surveyengine-software-documentation/the-editing-phase/edit\_page\_screen/validation-recipies/](https://surveyengine.com//surveyengine-software-documentation/the-editing-phase/edit_page_screen/validation-recipies/)

and also Tutorial 5 - Validations

[https://surveyengine.com/software/software-tutorials/](https://surveyengine.com/software/software-tutorials/)