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RES: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 23, Issue 11
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 30 Sep '05

30 Sep '05

Hello I've found the same problem in EpiData 3.1 at WinXP, when last field had some check applied. Regards, Fulvio Nedel Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina Brazil -----Mensagem original----- De: epidata-list-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:epidata-list-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca]Em nome de epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Enviada em: quinta-feira, 29 de setembro de 2005 14:01 Para: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Assunto: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 23, Issue 11 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..." _______________________________________________________ Novo Yahoo! Messenger com voz: liga��es, Yahoo! Avatars, novos emoticons e muito mais. Instale agora! www.yahoo.com.br/messenger/

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Double Entry Record Advance problem isolated
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 30 Sep '05

30 Sep '05

Dear David, What about appending a dummy variable to the end of the questionnaire/database? Bill McKelvie, MD Diocese of Hyderabad TB Program Mirpur Khas, Sindh, Pakistan -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.6/111 - Release Date: 9/23/2005

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RE: [EpiData-list] RE: Double Entry Record Advance problem isolated
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 30 Sep '05

30 Sep '05

Hi; Did you try to uncheck the option (files/options /advanced) 'Show errors that occur in calculations ...' I noticed that it sometimes 'unblocks' checks that would otherwise either freeze the application or cause an unexpected behavior. Gilles ______________________________________________ Gilles DELMAS Institut de Veille Sanitaire Dept. Maladies Infectieuses, Unité infections entériques, alimentaires et zoonoses 12 rue du Val d'Osne 94415 Saint-Maurice cedex - France + 33 1 41 79 67 27 g.delmas(a)invs.sante.fr ______________________________________________ -----Message d'origine----- De : epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca] Envoyé : jeudi 29 septembre 2005 00:46 À : epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Objet : [EpiData-list] RE: Double Entry Record Advance problem isolated After some troubleshooting, I found that this problem only occurs if the last variable of the instrument has range checking defined. When I removed any references to the last variable in the check file, the records advanced properly in double entry mode. However, this was at the expense of removing the error checking mechanism from a question. Does anyone know of a workaround that would allow me to preserve error checking on the last variable without encountering this problem (short of changing the order the questions, which would confuse data enterers)...perhaps a way to hard code a record advance into the check file? - David -----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: Monday, September 26, 2005 1:07 PM To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: [EpiData-list] Records not advancing in verification mode I've been experiencing some strange behavior with the new double entry feature in EpiData 3.1. Here's what's happening: After reaching the last field of a record in the double entry record file and clicking "yes" to save, the cursor immediately jumps to the first field of the record that was just entered and highlights it....instead of advancing. In order to verify additional records, I need to manually advance to a clean record using either ctrl-N or the F8 shortcut key. This happens consistently (100% of the time), on my WinXP machine. Appreciate any help, perhaps a change in settings or checkfile that would bypass this problem? - Thanks, David David Huh Research Assistant Department of Psychology University of Texas at Austin Phone: (541) 484-2123, ext. 2320 Fax: (541) 484-1108 _______________________________________________ EpiData-list mailing list EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list

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RE: Double Entry Record Advance problem isolated
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

After some troubleshooting, I found that this problem only occurs if the last variable of the instrument has range checking defined. When I removed any references to the last variable in the check file, the records advanced properly in double entry mode. However, this was at the expense of removing the error checking mechanism from a question. Does anyone know of a workaround that would allow me to preserve error checking on the last variable without encountering this problem (short of changing the order the questions, which would confuse data enterers)...perhaps a way to hard code a record advance into the check file? - David -----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: Monday, September 26, 2005 1:07 PM To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: [EpiData-list] Records not advancing in verification mode I've been experiencing some strange behavior with the new double entry feature in EpiData 3.1. Here's what's happening: After reaching the last field of a record in the double entry record file and clicking "yes" to save, the cursor immediately jumps to the first field of the record that was just entered and highlights it....instead of advancing. In order to verify additional records, I need to manually advance to a clean record using either ctrl-N or the F8 shortcut key. This happens consistently (100% of the time), on my WinXP machine. Appreciate any help, perhaps a change in settings or checkfile that would bypass this problem? - Thanks, David David Huh Research Assistant Department of Psychology University of Texas at Austin Phone: (541) 484-2123, ext. 2320 Fax: (541) 484-1108 _______________________________________________ EpiData-list mailing list EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list

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Records not advancing in verification mode
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 26 Sep '05

26 Sep '05

I've been experiencing some strange behavior with the new double entry feature in EpiData 3.1. Here's what's happening: After reaching the last field of a record in the double entry record file and clicking "yes" to save, the cursor immediately jumps to the first field of the record that was just entered and highlights it....instead of advancing. In order to verify additional records, I need to manually advance to a clean record using either ctrl-N or the F8 shortcut key. This happens consistently (100% of the time), on my WinXP machine. Appreciate any help, perhaps a change in settings or checkfile that would bypass this problem? - Thanks, David David Huh Research Assistant Department of Psychology University of Texas at Austin Phone: (541) 484-2123, ext. 2320 Fax: (541) 484-1108

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"Anova = Means command" in Epidata V.1Rel.1
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

Hello , For comparing "means" of two independent samples , Epidata performs Anova (= t-test). But it assumes that the two samples have equal variances.( I have compared the results of Epidata with SPSS and Epiinfo).It does Bartlett's test and the result of this test ,say, shows that two samples have unequal variances but it doesn't notice to Bartlett's test ! Then why does it do Bartlett's test ? ( In SPSS , for comparing two independent samples ,Levene's test is done first and then we can interpret our results for "means" according to the result for Levene's test. In Epiinfo , Bartlett's test is done and if it is significant , Kruskal-Wallis is done. ) Thanks Reza --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

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Re calculation formula
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

Hello! I need to calculate the sum of hours and days, in form of hours. So I did the formula as : total hours = days*24 + hours So when you have one day of time to be registered, and you have no umber of hours (i.e. zero), it is writting as "00" (two digits of zeros), then the "total hours" would give answer as "0", even though the number 1 is writting in days. When I triy to write the zero, as one digit (i.e. "0"), then it works fine. Any tip how to overcome it? Here is below a copy of the formula: d8 MUSTENTER AFTER ENTRY LET d10=d9*24 + d8 END END Thank you in advance! /Ziad -- Ziad El-Khatib Division of International Health Care and Research (IHCAR) Department of Public Health Sciences Karolinska Institutet

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new page every table for printing
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

>I am trying to print off a number of tables that I have generated. >Preferably one per page and have not been able to accomplish this. Apart from the suggestion by GIlles Delmas you should look at style sheets with EpiData Analysis. See "page-break-before" in the definitions: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/page.html And experiment a bit. Let us all know how you manage. We can then put the style sheet code for general usage in analysis as a "how to ...." regards Jens Lauritsen EpiData Association ps. Regarding the append question. Just try to see how many records are possible. I tried one append ending with 1 million records (10^6) with no problems.

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RE: [EpiData-list] Printing Tables
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

Hi; It all depends of the analysis version you are using. 1- from Epi 6 Analysis, the simplest way is to send results to an external text file that you can then edit with any text editor or word processor. ROUTE xxxx.txt TABLES AAAA BBBB TABLES CCCC BBBB ... ROUTE (the last route closes the file, so it can be handled by another program) Then, open the text file with Wordpad, Word... 2- From EpiData Analysis, use the command 'logopen', give a name to the file (e.g. logopen TEST); a file named TEST.HTM is created, containing all results produced (tables, graphs...). It can be opened with any web browser, or edited with Word, for example. Best regards, ______________________________________________ Gilles DELMAS Institut de Veille Sanitaire Dept. Maladies Infectieuses, Unité infections entériques, alimentaires et zoonoses 12 rue du Val d'Osne 94415 Saint-Maurice cedex - France + 33 1 41 79 67 27 g.delmas(a)invs.sante.fr ______________________________________________ -----Message d'origine----- De : epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca] Envoyé : vendredi 9 septembre 2005 17:20 À : epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Objet : [EpiData-list] Printing Tables Please forgive my ignorance of the program. I am trying to print off a number of tables that I have generated. Preferably one per page and have not been able to accomplish this. Is it possible to do and if so how? Thank you.

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appending and number files to be read dynamically
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 11 Sep '05

11 Sep '05

Thank you and this is good to know. a coupe of questions, please. 1. this suggest the limit to the number of files to be appeneded is realted to machine memory? 2. this is the solution to the "lack" of ability to dynamically read multiple files? Would those of you who have used these techniques please let me know what size of the files you have been working with and, any other options you have used. Thank you very much, Kelly -----Original Message----- From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca] Sent: Fri 9/9/2005 8:14 PM To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Cc: Subject: [EpiData-list] Appending Dear Eleni: There are two ways to append - one is within EpiData, the other highly efficient within EpiData Analysis. If you append (not merge) files with the same same structure, try this in EpiData Analysis, ver 0.9 build 38: * ----Program begins next line cls logclose close * switch to the folder where your REC files are located cd c:\temp1 erase "abcd.rec" read "a.rec" append "b.rec" append "c.rec" append "d.rec" savedata "abcd.rec" close * Do some tabulation to check read "abcd.rec" tables sex res1 logclose * --- Program has ended previous line Best regards, Hans -- Hans L Rieder, MD, MPH Jetzikofenstr. 12 3038 Kirchlindach Switzerland Tel: +41 31 829 4577 Mob: +41 79 429 9945 Web: http://www.tbrieder.org

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Final release candidate of EpiData Analysis is available now
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 11 Sep '05

11 Sep '05

Good Colleagues The final release candidate for version one of EpIData Analysis has now been placed at Http://www.epidata.dk/testing.php A 7 page introduction document is also available. If none of you find any major errors version one is just around the corner for public release. All reported errors have been fixed. Several requests for features have been sent. These will be prioritised for later. Including work on versions in languages other than English. On EpiData.dk some reconstruction will take place in regards to downloading and credits etc. Also the funding.htm page has not been fully updated during this year. The updating is expected within a few weeks. Kind regards Jens Lauritsen EpiData Association

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Appending
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 09 Sep '05

09 Sep '05

Dear Eleni: There are two ways to append - one is within EpiData, the other highly efficient within EpiData Analysis. If you append (not merge) files with the same same structure, try this in EpiData Analysis, ver 0.9 build 38: * ----Program begins next line cls logclose close * switch to the folder where your REC files are located cd c:\temp1 erase "abcd.rec" read "a.rec" append "b.rec" append "c.rec" append "d.rec" savedata "abcd.rec" close * Do some tabulation to check read "abcd.rec" tables sex res1 logclose * --- Program has ended previous line Best regards, Hans -- Hans L Rieder, MD, MPH Jetzikofenstr. 12 3038 Kirchlindach Switzerland Tel: +41 31 829 4577 Mob: +41 79 429 9945 Web: http://www.tbrieder.org

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Printing Tables
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 09 Sep '05

09 Sep '05

Please forgive my ignorance of the program. I am trying to print off a number of tables that I have generated. Preferably one per page and have not been able to accomplish this. Is it possible to do and if so how? Thank you.

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Re Exporting labels to Excel?
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 09 Sep '05

09 Sep '05

Hello! Is it possible to export the data labels to Excel file as well? (e.g. to have labels instead of the variables name then, it works for SPSS and Stata, but could not find it for Excel). Thank you in advance! /Ziad -- Ziad El-Khatib Division of International Health (IHCAR) Department of Public Health Sciences Karolinska Institutet Norrbacka 2nd Floor SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden Tel: +46 (0)8 51770185 Mobile: +46 (0) 73 776 48 59 Fax: +46 (0)8 311590

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Automating Append/Merge
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

Use EpiC, which you can download from the epidata website. EpiC let's you send commands to EpiData. It's all explained in the documentation. You can set up a sequence of commands in a file and get Windows to run them whenever you want. Jamie Hockin Public Health Agency of Canada 1. Query: Append/merge (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) > Is there a way to run append/merge commands in an automatic way? >I mean not running them through epidata menu. > >Thanks in advance > >Eleni Kalamara >Hellenic centre for infectious diseases control > >

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RE: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 23, Issue 1
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

Hi; I propose you this Edit controls for VAR1: VAR1 if VAR1 = 1 then hide VAR10 ELSE unhide VAR10 ENDIF END END In this case, var10 will be greyed, and no entry will be possible as soon as var1 is put to 1; the second if is necessary in case you decide, once VAR1 has been put to 1 to come back to it, and to put another value. If 'unhide' is not specified, Var10 would stay unusable. Dr DIBY JEAN-PAUL KONAN Médecin Santé Publique Resp. Unité Epidémiologie INSP Côte d'Ivoire BPV 47 Abidjan epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca a écrit : 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. NOENTER? SKIP? Ifthen? (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 18:00:39 -0500 From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: [EpiData-list] NOENTER? SKIP? Ifthen? To: Message-ID: <346E71A112CE(a)grade.org.pe> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi I am a begginer in EpiData. I don't understand the syntax for doing the following task in the check file: If var1 = 1 , then I need the field of var10 in the "data entry form" to be locked. How do I do this? I tried: var10 BEFORE ENTRY IF (var1=1) THEN HIDE var10 ENDIF END END But it does not work Thanks for your help Kristian ------------------------------ ________________________________________ EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list End of EpiData-list Digest, Vol 23, Issue 1 ******************************************* --------------------------------- Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec le nouveau Yahoo! Messenger Téléchargez le ici !

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Query: Append/merge
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

To all list members: Is there a way to run append/merge commands in an automatic way? I mean not running them through epidata menu. Thanks in advance Eleni Kalamara Hellenic centre for infectious diseases control

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RE: [EpiData-list] NOENTER? SKIP? Ifthen?
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 07 Sep '05

07 Sep '05

Hi; Try the following: Edit controls for VAR1: VAR1 if VAR1 = 1 then hide VAR10 ENDIF if VAR1 <> 1 then unhide VAR10 ENDIF END END In this case, var10 will be greyed, and no entry will be possible as soon as var1 is put to 1; the second if is necessary in case you decide, once VAR1 has been put to 1 to come back to it, and to put another value. If 'unhide' is not specified, Var10 would stay unusable. What you did could not work: VAR10 can't be hidden once you are on it. Good luck! ______________________________________________ Gilles DELMAS Institut de Veille Sanitaire Dept. Maladies Infectieuses, Unité infections entériques, alimentaires et zoonoses 12 rue du Val d'Osne 94415 Saint-Maurice cedex - France + 33 1 41 79 67 27 g.delmas(a)invs.sante.fr ______________________________________________ -----Message d'origine----- De : epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca] Envoyé : mardi 6 septembre 2005 01:01 À : epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Objet : [EpiData-list] NOENTER? SKIP? Ifthen? Hi I am a begginer in EpiData. I don't understand the syntax for doing the following task in the check file: If var1 = 1 , then I need the field of var10 in the "data entry form" to be locked. How do I do this? I tried: var10 BEFORE ENTRY IF (var1=1) THEN HIDE var10 ENDIF END END But it does not work Thanks for your help Kristian

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NOENTER? SKIP? Ifthen?
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 05 Sep '05

05 Sep '05

Hi I am a begginer in EpiData. I don't understand the syntax for doing the following task in the check file: If var1 = 1 , then I need the field of var10 in the "data entry form" to be locked. How do I do this? I tried: var10 BEFORE ENTRY IF (var1=1) THEN HIDE var10 ENDIF END END But it does not work Thanks for your help Kristian

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