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release candidate of Manager
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 10 Jun '11

10 Jun '11

Dear All A "feature complete" version of EpiData Manager has been uploaded today - the expectation (read as "hope") is, that this version with bug removal can be released as version 1.0 * *NEW: *Create reports in HTML format using "Tools" * Default settings for a project * Change font and colour in program settings The reports on project structure (question lists, value label lists, combined lists) are produced when you click on tools menu. All epx/epz files in that folder are included. (Notice they must be of most recent format). For Entry Client a similar version will be released within the next days . The following aspecs will be fixed/clarified before release: a. A Proper About box will be added. b. For reports a grid of included files will be shown to the user - just like "add structure" to allow for in- and exclusion of single files. c. known and reported bugs. d. any bugs reported from now on by users. e. updating of documentation on the wiki. Another interesting development has taken place in the last week. We have localised an open-source based cross-platform testing system for interactive simulation of user behavior. We will spend some energy and time to develop validation tests to secure that the visual interface behaves properly after each new compilation. More news on this later. Therefore please: Now is the time to challenge the software and report problems and viewpoints on the products - before releasing as v1. Documentation and instruction files could be more elaborate obviously - this will come later. In practice it has turned out, that unless features work almost without instruction, users will not use it. Kind regards Torsten Christiansen Jens Lauritsen EpiData Association Denmark

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new version of command line tool
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 06 Jun '11

06 Jun '11

Yesterday a new version of the command line template parser tool was compiled based on the most recent html structure for the epx files. Users can read more about this tool on: http://www.epidata.org/dokuwiki/doku.php/documentation:templateformat (the documentation will be finalised, but in general is correct) And get the updated version from: http://www.epidata.dk/testing.php regards Jens Lauritsen EpiData Association

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request of help
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 03 Jun '11

03 Jun '11

Dear members in the group, I will be teaching an course of bioestatistics to a group of psychiatry residents. The idea is to teach statistic methodology but using scientific papers related to psychiatry. I would appreciate if any of you have some papers with the databases that could provide me. Best wishes Jose Farfan Mexico

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new test release of Manager and Entry Client
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 02 Jun '11

02 Jun '11

Dear List. Today we have release updated versions of the EpiData Manager and EntryClient programs. The release today is a minor test release with focus on Manager enhancements and user customization. Common fixed/changes: * Is is now possible to change font type, size and colour in both programs. This is done independently of the project. * A long standing problem where a projectfile contained exactly 13 fields would make the programs crash during load is finally fixed. * Other minor bugs related to importing/exporting to stata have been fixed. Manager: * The "import/add structure" window now gives the user the option of keeping/renaming field and valuelabels if types and names match (produces smaller/smarter project files if there are overlapping fields/valuelabels). * In the program settings is it possible to define a default setup for a new project. * Using the "tools" no longer requires the project file to be open. * Using "importing structure" could under some circumstances produce fields without fieldnames. * Several bugfixes related to deleting field(s) involved in calculations, jumps, etc. Entry: * Font changes as described above. * Some minor bug-fixes. During the most recent weeks experimentation has been made with the creation of pdf formatted reports on structure, labels etc. Unfortunately we had to stop the pdf development due to various reasons and time constraints. Instead an html based solution will be created. This will be part of next test release. Kind regards, Jens Lauritsen and Torsten Bonde Christiansen EpiData Association.

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fill fields from COMMENT LEGAL file
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

I'm studying the copydata example to learn how to extract several variables from a file identified in a COMMENT LEGAL statement. In A3.chk, the statement "TYPE COMMENT atransfer" appears. What is atransfer? I don't see where it has been defined as a variable and I don't find it as a system variable. Further, the program seems to be parsing the string in atransfer according to the position of punctuation. Where is the format of this string defined? Perhaps to be a bit more explicit: I have file with a list of CHWs: District, Village, CHW name and a survey conducted by the CHWs. As the data is entered for the survey, I'd like to present pick lists to facilitate entry. The data is quite strictly hierarchical: Villages occur within Districts, an CHWs live in villages. Thank you,

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RE EpiData-list Digest, Vol 91, Issue 9 - EpiData statistics documentation.
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 30 May '11

30 May '11

Lu 30 mai 2011 Hello Jamie, Thank's for your quick answer. You are the spirit of EpiData users. I'll try to get this reference book. I would be glad to work with you about this topic and for the cause of EpiData. If it may help Jens, it will help us all. Cordialement, Réjean Dion, M.D. epidata-list-request@lists.umanitoba.ca@lists.umanitoba.ca Envoyé par : epidata-list-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca 2011-05-30 13:00 Veuillez répondre à epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca A epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca cc Objet EpiData-list Digest, Vol 91, Issue 9 Send EpiData-list mailing list submissions to epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca You can reach the person managing the list at epidata-list-owner(a)lists.umanitoba.ca When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of EpiData-list digest..." EpiData-list mailing list ___________________________________ Today's Topics: 1. EpiData statistics documentation. (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) 2. Re: EpiData statistics documentation. (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 10:30:02 -0400 From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: [EpiData-list] EpiData statistics documentation. To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Message-ID: <OFCEE0BD3B.825D84B0-ON852578A0.004A567F-852578A0.004FA7C8(a)isn.rtss.qc.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Lu 30 mai 2011 Hello EpiData users, I'm a new subscriber to this list. I used recently EpiData Analysis for a matched case-control with a controls:case ratio of 38:19 or 2:1 (TAB DISEASE EXPOSURE COMMONID /O /t /ex). In the results output, and in the online help, for the crude table, I could'nt find the type of test used, for example, which kind of Chi-square (I was able to deduced it was uncorrected), of odds ratio (maximun likelihoodestimate [MLE]?) and associated confidence interval (95%?), and Fishers exact test (bilateral?). In the adjusted table, the OR [MLE?] is provided with a CI (MLE and 95%?), followed by a Chi-square (unspecified kind) and another p value (which kind?). The provided p values are rounded at 3 digits after the decimal point. The last column provide p-exact values (Fishers?), and the one on the adjusted line seems to refer to another Chi-squared provided at the bottom of the table. Finally, the exact p value for the adjusted results (e.g.: 0.3140) doesn't match with the "probability of MLE >= value of MLE of OR (e.g. 6.10) if population OR = 1.0" that I obtain (e.g..: 0.00196) with the command MATCH COMMONID DISEASE EXPOSURE of Epi Info 6.04d DOS (which is probably equivalent to an exact test), and seem discordant with the values of the CI (e.g.: 1.62 to 34.17). Using the cohort approach (TAB DISEASE EXPOSURE /RR /t /ex), I found similar lack of documentation about statistical tests. I would suggest the following to the conceptors of EpiData: - provide some documentation about statistical tests used in Analysis (do any of the users have those answers?); - provide notes at the bottom of tables to eliminate any ambiguities about statistical methods; - provide p values in the ajusted table with 4 digits after the decimal point. This software work pretty well, but need some ajustments. Keep on the good work. Best regards, Réjean Réjean Dion, M.D. Médecin-conseil en santé publique (maladies infectieuses) Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) / Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec (LSPQ) 20045, chemin Sainte-Marie, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue (Québec) Canada H9X 3R5 Tél.: (514) 457-2070 poste 325 Fax.: (514) 457-6346 Courriel / Lotus Notes: rejean.dion(a)inspq.qc.ca ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 11:02:37 -0400 From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: Re: [EpiData-list] EpiData statistics documentation. To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP98AFF72F724FC7BE103867FD7B0(a)phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi Réjean, The current version uses the statistics recommended in the book Statistics with Confidence: Confidence intervals and statistical guidelines, 2nd Edition Douglas Altman (Editor), David Machin (Editor), Trevor Bryant(Editor), Stephen Gardner (Editor) ISBN: 978-0-7279-1375-3 The help file references this book only with respect to Confidence Intervals. I agree that, in time, a more complete description of the statistical results is warranted. That's something we might want to work together on, to give Jens a hand--what do you think? This version of Analysis does not provide an option to increase the number of decimal positions shown with statistics, but more precise results are available from results variables such as $exact The command result shows all of the results accessible to the user. Jamie Hockin ------------------------------ End of EpiData-list Digest, Vol 91, Issue 9 *******************************************

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EpiData statistics documentation.
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 30 May '11

30 May '11

Lu 30 mai 2011 Hello EpiData users, I'm a new subscriber to this list. I used recently EpiData Analysis for a matched case-control with a controls:case ratio of 38:19 or 2:1 (TAB DISEASE EXPOSURE COMMONID /O /t /ex). In the results output, and in the online help, for the crude table, I could'nt find the type of test used, for example, which kind of Chi-square (I was able to deduced it was uncorrected), of odds ratio (maximun likelihoodestimate [MLE]?) and associated confidence interval (95%?), and Fishers exact test (bilateral?). In the adjusted table, the OR [MLE?] is provided with a CI (MLE and 95%?), followed by a Chi-square (unspecified kind) and another p value (which kind?). The provided p values are rounded at 3 digits after the decimal point. The last column provide p-exact values (Fishers?), and the one on the adjusted line seems to refer to another Chi-squared provided at the bottom of the table. Finally, the exact p value for the adjusted results (e.g.: 0.3140) doesn't match with the "probability of MLE >= value of MLE of OR (e.g. 6.10) if population OR = 1.0" that I obtain (e.g..: 0.00196) with the command MATCH COMMONID DISEASE EXPOSURE of Epi Info 6.04d DOS (which is probably equivalent to an exact test), and seem discordant with the values of the CI (e.g.: 1.62 to 34.17). Using the cohort approach (TAB DISEASE EXPOSURE /RR /t /ex), I found similar lack of documentation about statistical tests. I would suggest the following to the conceptors of EpiData: - provide some documentation about statistical tests used in Analysis (do any of the users have those answers?); - provide notes at the bottom of tables to eliminate any ambiguities about statistical methods; - provide p values in the ajusted table with 4 digits after the decimal point. This software work pretty well, but need some ajustments. Keep on the good work. Best regards, Réjean Réjean Dion, M.D. Médecin-conseil en santé publique (maladies infectieuses) Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) / Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec (LSPQ) 20045, chemin Sainte-Marie, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue (Québec) Canada H9X 3R5 Tél.: (514) 457-2070 poste 325 Fax.: (514) 457-6346 Courriel / Lotus Notes: rejean.dion(a)inspq.qc.ca

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header intact
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 27 May '11

27 May '11

thank you Deepthi Sutapalli

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FW: Multiple Forms like Tabs in Internet Explorer
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 19 May '11

19 May '11

I would like to know that, Is there any option to open different Data Entry Forms in One program Like opening different sites in Internet Explorer? Thanks & Regards Rasool Bux Sr. Data Management Coordinator & Data Manager, Hypertension Research Program, Community Health Sciences Department, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, P.O. Box 3500, Karachi 74800. Pakistan. Office Contact: +9221-34864897, +9221-34864812 Fax Number: +9221-3494294, +9221-34932095 ________________________________ This e-mail may contain information that is privileged or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete the e-mail and any attachments and notify us immediately.

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Updated Manager and EntryClient available for testing
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 06 May '11

06 May '11

Dear All. An update version of the Manager and EntryClient is available for download on http://www.epidata.dk/testing.php This release is mainly focus on adding new features for controlling field entry, but does also include some rare-case bugfixes. Dues to changes in the project file structure, loading .epx/.epz files from previous versions of Manager and EntryClient will not be possible. However, we do hope that with the added features of todays test releases, we are very close to a settled "version 1" of the project file structure. As always, an updated version of the sample file is included in the downloads. The major changes for both Manager and Entry client are: 1. Fields may have notes attached. These are written in the Manager and can be read in EntryClient using F12. 2. Write the label part of a ValueLabel to a string field. 3. Fields may have a default value. 4. Fields can repeat value from previous record. 5. Simple calcaulation may be performed on exiting fields. (In old epidata known as AFTER ENTRY). These calculations are limited to 3 different types: a) Calculate the difference in time between two dates and/or times. b) Create a date based on a day, month and year field (integers). c) Combine 1-3 fields into a string field. 6. Compare two fields and require entry to respect the comparison. Eg. DateField2 > DateField1. 7. Force EntryClient to show the list of valuelabels associated with a field (manually show by pressing F9/+). Changes related only to Manager: 1. Large rearrangement of the Field Properties form. We have tried to group most used properties and logically connected propertied together. 2. Added tool for packing dataset. Removes records marked for deletion (see below). 3. Added Study information to Project settings form. Changes related only to EntryClient: 1. Search functionality: Ctrl+Shift+F: Show search dialog. Ctrl+F: Show search dialog filled with current entry for record. Ctrl+L: Do NOT show search dialog, but search with current entry and display a list of matching records. F3: Repeat last search in forward direction. Shift+F3: Repeat last search in backwards direction. 2. Updated graphical interface of program settings (Alt+S). 3. Records may be marked for deletion. See buttons beside record number. Kind regards, Torsten Christiansen. EpiData Association.

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