<div dir="ltr">see below<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Wackerow, Joachim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Joachim.Wackerow@gesis.org" target="_blank">Joachim.Wackerow@gesis.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I looked at a use case of the ESS (European Social Survey) round 6 questionnaire. Now I have some questions and comments related to QuestionGrid.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With some of them I’m pushing probably the limits of the current approach in 3.2.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Any thoughts on the questions and comments would be appreciated.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1. Resulting variables<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One use case is that each question (i.e. row) in a grid results in a variable. The variable can only reference the whole QuestionGrid, but not the individual question. This is not really satisfying.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Are there any other possibilities?</p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This is the reason for In/Out Parameters and generation instructions that support the distribution of looped questions or grid response arrays. The variable can reference a generation instruction and define the binding as well as the item in the array that it uses. See examples created at Dagstuhl training this year. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2. Reuse of single questions in a grid<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A single question in a grid (or a subset of a grid) could be reused in another grid or as single question (this happens sometimes in new waves of the same survey). But questions in a grid are realized as CodeScheme/CategoryScheme.
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<p class="MsoNormal">A single code could be referenced to reuse the Code/Category as question in another context, but this seems to be awkward. Did I miss something?<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> </p></div></div></blockquote><div>Is the "question" a part of dimension CodeList or a response domain? each can be reused as needed. Note that any use of a CodeList can be limited to a level, range or object.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3. Reuse of QuestionGrid<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">How can QuestionGrids be reused and a question number be assigned to each individual question (in a row)?</p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Once again, the same way any question is reused. The path of the data can be defined by In Out parameters, a Generation Instruction and a Variable defining the binding between the out parameter of the question construct and the in parameter of the instruction. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">4. Alternative to QuestionGrid<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In the use case (mentioned below), a QuestionGroup could be another option. Then the issues 1-3 from above can be solved. The semantics are a little different.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A workaround could be to use a QuestionGrid which refers by BasedOnObject to the QuestionGroup.</p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Question Groups are administrative objects and cannot be used as the content of a QuestionConstruct. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">5. Dimensions in a grid<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I looked at the example (slide 14, 15) in the EDDI13 presentation “To 3.2 or Not to 3.2? That is the Question” at
<a href="http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/ocs/index.php/eddi/EDDI13/paper/view/117" target="_blank">
http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/ocs/index.php/eddi/EDDI13/paper/view/117</a>.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The slide can show only a XML fragment. Now I’m wondering how “Older than Patient” and “Younger than patient” are realized, when “Number still alive” would be rank 1 (is rank 2 not the appropriate solution?).<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Related question: How can it be described when one dimension has a different type of response domain than the grid? A GridDimension can have only a CodeDomain.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">5. Misleading semantics regarding questions in a grid?<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The individual questions in a grid are not realized as QuestionItem but as Code/Category. The semantics seem to be wrong. Why was the use of QuestionItem not possible? This would have solved the issues 1 and 2 from above. </p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The question is asked regarding a number of objects (defined in a CodeList/CategoryScheme or roster. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">6. Mix of representational and structural information?<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m not really clear about this. But my impression is that there is not a clear distinction between structural and representational information.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There seem to be multiple levels (in the use case below):<u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span><u></u>The atomic level of an item (in the grid), like a question or an answer category.<u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span><u></u>The compound object of question and answer categories.<u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span><u></u>The question sequence (in a grid) with the same answer categories.<u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span><u></u>Some representational/rendering information (for example the answer categories are not repeated but only mentioned at the top). This could be differently arranged in different modes.</p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>There are those looking at 4 that say all grids could be defined as loops. We need to look at this further as the response of INSEE staff to this suggestion (who use grids extensively) was a definite shudder.</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is probably more an issue for DDI 4 and will need some further analysis.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Reference:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ESS round 6 questionnaire<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Page 5, starting with “CARD 5 Using this card, please tell me on a score of 0-10 how much you” in the document at:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/docs/round6/fieldwork/source/ESS6_source_main_questionnaire.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/docs/round6/fieldwork/source/ESS6_source_main_questionnaire.pdf</a>.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Achim<u></u><u></u></p>
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