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

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

Ok.  You are correct, a new column in the "question" table would be the
way to go.

On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 05:55:41AM -0800, rebecca swartz wrote:
> 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 
> 
> 
> > Today's Topics:
> > 
> >    1. Re: phpESP - Reversals (Matthew Gregg)
> > 
> > 
> > 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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