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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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With some of them I’m pushing probably the limits of the current approach in 3.2.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Any thoughts on the questions and comments would be appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1. Resulting variables<o:p></o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Are there any other possibilities?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2. Reuse of single questions in a grid<o:p></o:p></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.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<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?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3. Reuse of QuestionGrid<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">How can QuestionGrids be reused and a question number be assigned to each individual question (in a row)?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">4. Alternative to QuestionGrid<o:p></o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A workaround could be to use a QuestionGrid which refers by BasedOnObject to the QuestionGroup.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">5. Dimensions in a grid<o:p></o:p></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">
http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/ocs/index.php/eddi/EDDI13/paper/view/117</a>.<o:p></o:p></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?).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">5. Misleading semantics regarding questions in a grid?<o:p></o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">6. Mix of representational and structural information?<o:p></o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There seem to be multiple levels (in the use case below):<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>The atomic level of an item (in the grid), like a question or an answer category.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>The compound object of question and answer categories.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>The question sequence (in a grid) with the same answer categories.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is probably more an issue for DDI 4 and will need some further analysis.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Reference:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ESS round 6 questionnaire<o:p></o:p></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:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/docs/round6/fieldwork/source/ESS6_source_main_questionnaire.pdf.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Achim<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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