[phpesp-dev] Reversals - Matthew Gregg's question

[rebecca s. <rss...@ya...>]

Matthew:
Thank you for looking at my proposed change.

I was recommending an additional column in the
phpesp.questions table.  This table doesn't assign the
question_types, just holds the details about each
specific question on each survey ... doesn't it?    

The phpesp.questions_type table is where new question
types are added.  I don't want to muck with this table
yet.

Please double check me.  My overall goal is to add a
column, on the appropriate table, which the designer
can use to indicate the question should be reversed
when scoring.

I agree that I've probably underestimated the modules
that need to 'display' the reversal.  I'll look
through the screens again.

Bekasu 


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>    1. Re: phpESP - Reversals (Matthew Gregg)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 10:47:21 -0500
> From: Matthew Gregg <gr...@mu...>
> To: php...@li...
> Subject: Re: [phpesp-dev] phpESP - Reversals
> 
> 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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