RE: [phpesp-dev] CVS export possible bug

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

If this turns out to be the cause, it is already fixed in CVS.
See bug #789042

<http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=8956&atid=108956&func=detail&aid=789042>

On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 09:55, Roman Yashin wrote:
> Update:
> 
>  
> 
> Had a chance to talk to Matthew (thanks to IRC) and he had a very
> simple and brilliant idea! I think we've figured out what is
> happening.
> 
> When I designed this questionnaire, I let phpESP fill in the question
> names for me. The problem is that I had some question that were worded
> similarly, i.e. had different endings with the same beginnings. Don't
> ask me why, I didn't come up with this questionnaire, but I can image
> some standardized surveys being like that. This became a problem when
> the names got trimmed to 30 characters and I tried to export data to
> CSV. Anyhow, I think this is what happed. I haven't had a chance to
> look at the part of the code that does the naming trick. I thought I
> would keep you up-to-date, so you won't be looking in a wrong place.
> 
>  
> 
> All the best,
> 
>  
> 
> Roman
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roman Yashin [mailto:Ro...@ss...] 
> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 12:06 PM
> To: php...@li...
> Subject: RE: [phpesp-dev] CVS export possible bug
> 
>  
> 
> I think I found it! (Haven't fixed it yet tho'). It's in
> espresponse.inc, response_select_name() function.
> 
>  
> 
> The problem is in returning $nam array (see line ~651). It's being
> created couple of lines before with $nam[$key] = $val.
> 
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> I've done the following tests:
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> First: count ($nam,COUNT_RECURSIVE) for 
> 
> $nam[$key] = $val       // where $key = question name/label
> 
>  
> 
> Second: count ($nam,COUNT_RECURSIVE) for 
> 
> $nam[] = $val           // notice no variable for index
> 
>  
> 
> The two arrays have different size, which I believe is incorrect. BTW,
> the second array has correct data for CSV export. Something happens
> when we use question names for indexes in the array.
> 
>  
> 
> I hope all these make sense. I am afraid this behavior might surface
> somewhere else. 
> 
> James, Kon and others I don't know:
> 
> What do you guys think about it?
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> Cheers,
> 
>  
> 
> Roman
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roman Yashin [mailto:ro...@ss...] 
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 7:06 PM
> To: Matthew Gregg
> Cc: php...@li...
> Subject: Re: [phpesp-dev] CVS export possible bug
> 
>  
> 
> Matthew,
> 
>  
> 
> I know of Rank type behavior, I'm not talking about that.
> 
> In my case, I am suing Radio Buttons and only two out of 50+
> questions  
> 
> getting messed up!
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks for your help tho'
> 
>  
> 
> Roman
> 
>  
> 
> On Monday, November 3, 2003, at 06:10  PM, Matthew Gregg wrote:
> 
>  
> 
> > Your problem might be related to this bug:
> 
> > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/ 
> 
> > index.php?func=detail&aid=827824&group_id=8956&atid=108956
> 
> >
> 
> > Try taking that "off by one" bug into account and see if the  
> 
> > frequencies
> 
> > work out.
> 
> >
> 
> > On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 10:08, Roman Yashin wrote:
> 
> >> Hi,
> 
> >>
> 
> >>
> 
> >>
> 
> >> I think there is a possible bug in CSV export function. There is
> 
> >> always a chance that my dataset is messed up, but I don't think so.
> 
> >> I'm doing more tests to eliminate that possibility. Meanwhile, has
> 
> >> anyone experience the following:
> 
> >>
> 
> >>
> 
> >>
> 
> >> The frequencies for question choices on the report page DO NOT
> 
> >> correspond to the frequencies for the same question when you
> analyze
> 
> >> it in SPSS or Excel?
> 
> >>
> 
> >>
> 
> >>
> 
> >> Example:
> 
> >>
> 
> >> Question: I believe there could a bug in CSV Export function.
> 
> >>
> 
> >>
> 
> >>
> 
> >> In ESP Report you get:
> 
> >>
> 
> >> Strongly Agree               8.8% (13)
> 
> >>
> 
> >> Agree                            59.9% (88)
> 
> >>
> 
> >> Disagree                       29.9% (44)
> 
> >>
> 
> >> Strongly Disagree          1.4% (2)
> 
> >>
> 
> >> TOTAL   100.0% 147
> 
> >>
> 
> >>
> 
> >>
> 
> >> In CSV file you get (SPSS and Excel):
> 
> >>
> 
> >> Strongly Agree               (16)
> 
> >>
> 
> >> Agree                            (78)
> 
> >>
> 
> >> Disagree                       (52)
> 
> >>
> 
> >> Strongly Disagree          (1)
> 
> >>
> 
> >> TOTAL   100.0% 147
> 
> >>
> 
> >>
> 
> >>
> 
> >> I should've probably made sure it is a bug before bothering you
> all,
> 
> >> but I figured if somebody has experienced something similar it will
> 
> >> save me a great deal of time.
> 
> >>
> 
> >>
> 
> >>
> 
> >> Cheers,
> 
> >>
> 
> >>
> 
> >>
> 
> >> Roman
> 
> >>
> 
> >>
> 
> > -- 
> 
> > mcg
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