Re: [phpesp-dev] phpESP - Reversals

[Matthew G. <gr...@mu...>]

Do you think a new question type is really needed to accomplish this?
Perhaps just a way to label a question as a "reversal" of another,
would suffice.
I pretty sure you'll need to update more than just questions.inc and
survey_export_csv.inc to support a new question type.

On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 11:28:13AM -0800, rebecca swartz wrote:
> Topic:
> Reversal Indicator
> 
> What:
> A way to identify questions which need to have their
> answers reversed before scoring the item.
> 
> Where:
> Add 1 column to phpesp.question table.  Column name
> would be 'reversal'
> 
> Value:
> Reversal could have a value of blank(null) or 'R';
> defaults to blank (null).
> 
> Why:
> Makes it much, much easier to automate scoring on
> likert scale items and ensure they are accurate. 
> 
> Example:
> Do you like Chocolate Survey
> 1 = Strongly Agree, 2 = Agree, 3 = Neutral, 4 =
> Disagree, 5 = Strongly Disagree
> 
> Questions:
> Landru answers:
> Q1.  I like chocolate         : 1 (strongly agree) 
> Q2.  I do not like chocolate  : 5 (strongly disagree)
> 
> Currently the average score is 3 (neutral) (1 + 5 = 6
> / 2 questions = average score of 3).
> 
> The score should be: 1 + (question 2 answer treated as
> a reversal = 6 - answer) 1 = average score of 1
> (strongly agree) (1 + (6 - 1) = 2 / 2 questions =
> average score of 1).
> 
> Modules impacted:
> include>tab>questions.inc
> include>functions>survey_export_csv.inc
> 
> Table impacted:
> phpESP.question
> 
> Any comments?  Feels like I've missed another screen
> (module) that should be updated.
> 
> Bekasu
> 
> 
> 
> 
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