[DDI-users] New tools and tutorials for DDI Survey Development

[Samuel Spencer]

Hi all,

Just as a heads up parts one, two and three of my tutorial series on
DDI survey design are now up online.

Part 1 - http://bit.ly/DDI_p1 - Will this survey ever end?
Part 2 - http://bit.ly/DDI_p2 - Where am I and where do I go next?
Part 3 - http://bit.ly/DDI_p3 - What am I doing here?

As always, feel free to critique these either through a comment on the
page or via email.
Cheers,
Sam.

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--- When the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box ---
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On 19 May 2011 06:50, Samuel Spencer <theodore.therone at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> In the lead up to IASSIST 2011, to encourage discussion of DDI as an
> active part of data collection, as opposed to metadata reuse and
> archiving, I have been structuring notes for the talk "Introducing
> Ramona: a DDI3-based web-questionnaire generator" as a series of
> tutorials and discussion points. Unfortunately, I won't be able to
> attend IASSIST2011 to present this talk, but I hope these tutorials
> wiil help new and old members alike start working to develop tools for
> data collection using DDI.
>
> Over the coming 2 weeks I'll be finishing writing these up and pushing
> a few small tools and some example code from demonstration systems out
> for people to review.
>
> Questionnaire Design with DDI - Part 1: Will this survey ever end?
> -  A look at predicting the end of a DDI survey and looking at how to
> properly structure a DDI Instrument.
> Questionnaire Design with DDI - Part 2: Where am I?
> - Examining why DDI has issues with non-predictability of movement
> through an instrument, and how to work around this.
> Questionnaire Design with DDI - Part 3: What am I doing here?
> - A look at best practices for what control structures to include in
> sequences and how to deal with logical structures and questions.
> Questionnaire Design with DDI - Part 4: Can it be done?
> - A look back at the final 3 tutorials and looking at Ramona - A proof
> of concept tool for data collection using DDI.
>
> Part one is available now at: http://bit.ly/DDIQ_p1
> And along with this the first of a new set of tools for analysing DDI
> instruments, named Sheri is up here: http://bit.ly/DDI_Sheri
>
> I hope everyone has a great IASSIST, don't have to much fun without me
> - and I hope to you all at EDDI2011!
>
> Cheers,
> Sam Spencer.
>
> --- Specificity is the soul of all good communication ---
> --- When the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box ---
>