Quick_Form - setting default value for a radio group

Hi - I have a series of radio button groups crated as follows and I'm not able to have the default values be checked. foreach ( $r['response_set'] as $r_i ) {

        $scaled_items[] = & $form->createElement('radio', 'item_'.$r['item_id']. '[response_no]', NULL, NULL, $r_i['response_no']);

} $form->addGroup($scaled_items, 'scaled_items'.$key, $r['item_id'] . ' - ' . $r['item_text'], NULL, false); This creates a series of scaled survey questions in a form. For example:

"Did the student demonstrate creative problem solving?"     [ ] Not at all  [ ]  A little bit [ ] Kind of [ ] Most of the time [ ] Always.
Each [ ] is a radio button with the only difference between the 5 being the value ( values are integers 1-5 ).

So far I've tried adding the attributes array like this

        $scaled_items[] = & $form->createElement('radio', 'item_'.$r['item_id']. '[response_no]', NULL, NULL, $r_i['response_no'], array('checked'=>'checked'));

I've also tried using $form->setDefaults($my_defaults); and changing the $appendName parameter to true. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Graham Graham Clarke GrahamC@53Tech.com www.53Tech.com 603.643.9955