Hello,
In Analysis, the width of variable codes is 20 characters
With "freq" or "tables".
Is it possible to increase this width ?
I have variable codes> 20 characters.
Thank you.
Bernard BRANGER, Nantes, France
"I looked for in several chk commands but didnt figure out a solution
yet. Isit possible, when the cursor is at the name field and a type
"Mary", EpiData shows all the "Mary" already in the rec file, so I could
pick one of them ....."
Look in helpfile for EpiData Entry under "Autosearch"
AUTOSEARCH
Autosearch is a look-up function that checks the remaining data file for
records with certain data. Look-up can be defined to be on one field or
a combination of several fields.
Let us know on the list your solution - and experiences
Regards
Jens Lauritsen
EpiData Association
Dear EpiData friends,
Im storing data form a particular a research of a diagnostic test. Each
patient will colect three samples during the protocol. Each sample should be
at least one week apart from each other. This means that the name and number
of the patient (but not the sample) is repeated trhee times, but most
likely, not in consecutive records.
I looked for in several chk commands but didnt figure out a solution yet. Is
it possible, when the cursor is at the name field and a type "Mary", EpiData
shows all the "Mary" already in the rec file, so I could pick one of them
and fill the name exactly as filled in the first patient record?
The objective here is to avoid things such as:
record 1: name: "Mary Smith"
patientnumber: 1
samplenumber: 1
record 23: name: "Mary Bush Smith"
patientnumber: 1
samplenumber: 3
In Openoffice spreadsheet, for example, when I start typing a name that was
typed before a sugestion to complete appears. It does not have to be exactly
like this but something similar.
--
Abraço forte e que a força esteja com você,
Pedro Emmanuel
Jose,
I guess your question was recently questionned and answered in this list. I
sugest you look for past emails in the list to see if the a possible
solutions is waiting for you elsewhere.
Simple way to do that is open you original rec file to enter data as usual.
Find the record you want to update. (this could be done by a autoserach or
key unique or Ctrl+F)
Press F4 and a field with which variable you want the cursor to go will
appear. e.g. fill with v85
Update the fields u want then press Ctrl+N (or F7 or F8) and save the
updated record.
This is the easiest way I can imagne, but you will see all fields in the
file, not only those fields you will update.
A more complicated way is to export the file to epidata format filtering the
variables you want with the unique identifier of each record: say chart
number and v85 to v91 (use option 6 of the numbered menu, it is very
intuitive)
Update the file as usual.
Merge (last option of the third EpiData menu from left to right) your new
file with the old one side by side, with the new one updating the old - this
is also very intuitive in EpiData.
Good luck,
Pedro Brasil
Bonjour,
A l'occasion du Congrès de l'ADELF à Paris
les 15, 16 et 17 octobre,
une réunion d'utilisateurs d'EPIDATA pourrait s'envisager
dans le cadre déchanges mutuels des utilisations
et des « recettes ». Merci de votre avis.
Sinon, une réunion en 2009 serait-elle plus opportune ?
A Nantes, par exemple.
Merci.
Bernard BRANGER, NANTES
Tel 02 40 48 55 81
Voir les documents relatifs à Epidata
Sur notre site www.reseau-naissance.fr <http://www.reseau-naissance.fr/>
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Dear members in the list
I have a database with about 2000 records, each
one with 90 fields. I want to input information
that is missing in fields 81 to 85. I would like
to use an entry screen that shows me only field
81 to 90. This is because I have a chk file that
has command that produce information in fields 86
to 90, based on the information I input in fields 81 to 85.
Is it possible to do that to make a simplified
entry screen to use only a fraction of the fields in the data base?
I will appreciate your help
Jose
Mexico
Dr. Jose Arturo Farfan Ale
Centro de Investigaciones Regionales
"Dr. Hideyo Noguchi"
Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
Av. Itzáes por 59, num. 490
Mérida, Yucatán, México 97000
Tel: (999) 923-22-74
(999) 924-57-55
Fax: (999) 923-61-20
Try to do the following:
1. Install EpiData Analysis from http://www.epidata.dk
2. Read the data file (copy number one or two)
3. write in the command prompt: describe
4. Look at your results and see if the minimum, maximum etc are as you
expect.
If some variable is completely strange - e.g. all with no content then
re-run in EpiData Entry the codebook without check mark for that variable.
regards
Jens Lauritsen
(write to me directly at info (at) epidata.dk if no solution comes up.
EpiData Association
Hey Elize!
I guess it means it is dividing by a value "0" (zero), how does your
denominator look like?
you can read more about this math expression under
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_by_zero
Hope this helps
Best regards
ziad
NICD, Johanneburg
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Hi
I am trying to write a codebook from a dataset that has been entered in Double Verification mode. I have 588 records in the dataset.
The error message is: "Floating point division by zero". What does this mean and how can I fix the problem so that I can write the Codebook?
Elize Webb
University of Pretoria
South Africa
