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New analysis build (18) ready for testing
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 02 Mar '05

02 Mar '05

I have placed build 18 v0.9 of analysis on www.epidata.dk/testing.php earlier today. Many things have been changed since build 17. (Complete list on: http://www.epidata.dk/analysisinfo/docs/versioninfo.htm) Among these handling of OR and RR in tables. 2x2 tables are now "inverted" to make disease and exposed top left corner. Percentages are in different cells in tables than the numbers. Thereby allowing to add e.g. () around percentages APPEND command to read more than one file into memory. In particular it is important to secure that a- the tables produced by stratification are correct b- estimates based on stratified tables are correct. c- tables are formed correctly (counts and percentages) with and without option specifications. An example of set is: set table percents="P1()" *will make output like this: tab kmgrp decgrp KMGRP 2.5-3.4 % 3.5-3.7 % Total % 0- 25 km 120 (15.3) 156 (18.9) 596 (18.7) ..... but set table percents="P1[ %]" set table percents header="[Pct %]" *will for the same command give: tab kmgrp decgrp KMGRP 2.5-3.4 [Pct %] 3.5-3.7 [Pct %] Total [Pct %] 0- 25 km 120 [15.29 %] 156 [18.9 %] 596 [18.66 %] similarly set table or=off set table rr=off controls whether odds ratios and rate ratios are shown or not. To show change off to on. The testsuite used for validation is not fully completed. You can see how much was tested by running the command runtest validate which will run all pgm files in the subfolder validate and make a report at the end. regards jens Lauritsen EpiData Association, Odense Denmark.

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Command line processing
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 02 Mar '05

02 Mar '05

Greetings. I was wondering if Command Line Processing is available. I noticed EpiC 'stuff'. I was thinking something like EpiData <filename> for DataEntry in a BAT file or through .MNU Or EpIDataStat.exe <filename.pgm> etc. Thinking of a system which would be MENU driven. Obviously, I haven't tried any of this. Has anyone else? Thanks, kelly

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Pia Muchaal/HC-SC/GC/CA is out of the office.
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 02 Mar '05

02 Mar '05

I will be out of the office starting 2005-02-25 and will not return until 2005-03-04.

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out of office reply
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 01 Mar '05

01 Mar '05

I will be out of office and not be checking my emails until March 4, 2005. marcel zwahlen

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several questions need your help.
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 01 Mar '05

01 Mar '05

A few comments based on mail from Yali Zhang <1. Is it possible to make the numbers right alignment in the field box after entry. No. A numerical field is by default left aligned. The problem is that the algoritms to calculate the length of the characters are not precise. So we have had to make the field a bit wider than the actual length of the characters. In the early versions of EpiData (v1.) sometimes for some users part of the numbers were hidden. >2. ... the double entry verification, if "08" is entered again ....."non matching value,the original value is 8, new value is 08" .How to solve this problem? Obviously for a numerical field "08" should be compared without the leading 0. Until we fix that just enter 8 without the leading 0. To get to next field hit return button. This will be fixed in the next build of EpiData. 3. Is the check file too large? And will it meet some difficulties when entering so many records? No - but for double entry make sure each observation has a unique key or id number for comparison. Regards Jens Lauritsen EpiData Association

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several questions need your help.
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

Hello, I am using epidata 3.1 for data entry in a CMB project. Followings are some questions: 1. Is it possible to make the numbers right alignment in the field box after entry. 2. In our dataset, the width of some numeric fields is 2. When "08" is entered, "8" is saved. But in the double entry verification, if "08" is entered again, the dialog box will told you "non matching value,the original value is 8, new value is 08" .How to solve this problem? 3. Our check file is about 138kb, question file 56kb, and about 20,000 records is expected to be entered. Is the check file too large? And will it meet some difficulties when entering so many records? Thank you very much Best regards, Yali Zhang Department of Clinical Epidemiology Beijing Hui Long Guan Hospital Beijing Suicide Research and Prevention Center Beijing 10096 P.R.C Fax: 86-10-82951150 E-mail:zhang_bsrpc@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ 免费下载 MSN Explorer: http://explorer.msn.com/lccn/

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reply for Command line processing
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

Greetings. Thanks Tony. I use that solution frequently but The DOS version. This would be nice, then we would have a Package. HELLO Denis, it has been a long time, how are you?! Stay safe, Kelly -----Original Message----- From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 10:55 PM To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: RE: [EpiData-list] Command line processing I recently worked with Denis Columbier in Aceh, Indonesia. He had a windows implementation of the old DOS EpiGlue front end. This was used to make a menu interface to call EpiData, and run other commands/programs. I don't think it's publicly available yet, but Denis, if you are reading this can you fill us in? -- Tony Stewart -----Original Message----- From: epidata-list-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:epidata-list-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Sent: Wednesday, 23 February 2005 5:33 AM To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: [EpiData-list] Command line processing Greetings. I was wondering if Command Line Processing is available. I noticed EpiC 'stuff'. I was thinking something like EpiData <filename> for DataEntry in a BAT file or through .MNU Or EpIDataStat.exe <filename.pgm> etc. Thinking of a system which would be MENU driven. Obviously, I haven't tried any of this. Has anyone else? Thanks, kelly _______________________________________________ EpiData-list mailing list EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list <!D2S:tonys@burnet.edu.au/good/c71b800f/>

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Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 16, Issue 10 (Out of the office)
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 22 Feb '05

22 Feb '05

I will be out of the office this afternoon Tuesday Feb. 22, 2005. I will reply to your email as soon as possible. If you need immediate assistance please call Bennie Daughtry at (803) 545-4471.

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Vedr.: [EpiData-list] New build of EpiData (fixes problem with files of special length) (Kontakt til Jens Lauritsen Uge 8 )
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 22 Feb '05

22 Feb '05

Jens Lauritsen, Overlæge afd.O-Ulykkes Analyse Gruppen, Odense Universitetshosptal Tæffes igen i Uge 9 Will be back from Febr. 29th.

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New build of EpiData (fixes problem with files of special length)
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 22 Feb '05

22 Feb '05

A bug was reported last week which meant that for one particular file the "marked for deletion" status in the Data Entry Form was not shown correctly for that file, but correctly for all others. The bug has been located and was due to a special circumstance rarely happening (length of length of records was to be a multiplum of 78). So if you have not had this problem there is no need to download the latest build. There is a problem though with "not up to date" versions and builds on several servers around the world. This is not favourable, since the latest builds fix things that could be wrong in old versions. If any users know of downloads from other servers than www.epidata.dk please notify info(a)epidata.dk There is a solution for all of this servers to make sure the users gets the latest builds - even though supplied from other servers than www.epidata.dk Kind regards Jens Lauritsen EpiData Association

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