January 2011 - EpiData-list - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

EpiData in Vietnam
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

I'll be running a course in Vietnam on questionnaire design and data management. As part of the course I'm thinking of adding a session on EpiData. Can anyone answer the following question: How do people in non-English speaking countries manage with EpiData? I don't mind the menus being in English because a translation of the menus into Vietnamese can be handed out to participants. What may be an issue is entering Vietnamese characters into the QES file and text fields. If Vietnamese characters are entered into the QES file, will they be displayed in the REC file? Also can field names contain Vietnamese characters or must these be English letters? Also, what is the forecast for the release of EpiData Manager and EpiData EntryClient in the completed stage, i.e. with checks and GCP in place? Regards, Suzanna Vidmar Senior Research Officer Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit Murdoch Childrens Research Institute Royal Children's Hospital Flemington Road Parkville Victoria 3052 Australia telephone: +61 3 9345 6372 facsimile: +61 3 9345 6000 email: suzanna.vidmar(a)mcri.edu.au www.mcri.edu.au <http://www.mcri.edu.au/>

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Testing GNU/Linux version
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 17 Jan '11

17 Jan '11

Hello: I'm now testing the linux version of EpiData Manager and EpiData Entry. The following suggestions would be useful: 1) When copy/paste of a text from an UPPERCASE field to a lowercase field it would be nice to automatically convert the text case on the destination corresponding field. 2) When importing from rec files the conversion don't reflect the rec created before on the stable version of EpiData. There are some differences between the names of the fields. Only a few labels appears and the ranges of inputs doesn't appears. 3) It would be great to finish the interface of the check commands and later the RELATE function for relational databases. 4) For future translations it would be good to build an interface, as stable EpiData has. Just with a file containing the translation in cuestion would be an easy alternative. Although, when EpiData will be released under Open or Free philosophy of source code, the translations can be done directly. I can help on a Spanish version on both scenarios. 5) As someone told on other moment an interface with other statistical analysis package would be great, as the R Statistical Computing. Also the new GPX or GPZ files will need interfaces to communicate with R, with the "foreign" package under R. Great job! Att. -- Omar Bautista González - Colaborador en autogestión comunitaria desde República Dominicana

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Multiple users entering data the same time?
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 17 Jan '11

17 Jan '11

Hi, Can epidata safely handle multiple users entering data into a single recfile at the same time? Thanks. David -- David Whiting, PhD | Senior Epidemiology & Public Health Specialist tel +32-2-6437945 | mob +32-496-266436 | David.Whiting(a)idf.org International Diabetes Federation 166 Chaussée de la Hulpe, B-1170 Brussels, Belgium tel +32-2-5385511 | fax +32-2-5385114 info(a)idf.org | www.idf.org | VAT BE 0433.674.528 IDF | Promoting diabetes care, prevention and a cure worldwide

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EpiData manager test
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 14 Jan '11

14 Jan '11

Hi, I have tested EpiData manager and EpiData entry client. First : congratulations for this great job! It will be hard to forget the .qes .chk .rec system, but xml is a good choice for the future! Bug report and suggestions (I work on a PC with windows 7) : 1/ Entry client : - when entering a date without "/", the first slash is automatically inserted (like in EpiData entry), but not the second one, and a blank grey screen appears after pressing tab or enter. This screen disappears when pressing ESC -is a search function planned ? 2/ Manager - Moving fields or headings does not seem easy once they are created. Actually I can't find how to do it ! - A double click on an item should open the properties window - edition of the value labels is not intuitive. For example, it took me a long time to understand that I had to press enter to insert a new line - in value label edition : the image of the edited value label disappears when it is selected (first column on the left) - I created a new project and tried to enter new value labels : I could insert new lines but could not fill the "value" and "label" columns : they became blank after entering text and pressing enter That's all for now! Pascal THIBON, MD CHU Caen, Normandie France

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new test release for EpiData Manager and Epidata EntryClient
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 11 Jan '11

11 Jan '11

Dear all As you all know we are approaching the change from the EpiData Entry released first time in 1999 to the updated and modernised EpiData Manager and EpiData EntryClient The main reasons for change have been published previously here on the list. Among these are needs for adaptation to modern data quality standards and in medical research projects the increasing demands for documentation in the form of so called Good Clinical Practice principles. More on this later. Today we have released major revisions the EpiData Manager and EpiData EntryClient programs. _*Major changes for both programs:*_ * Define *valuelabels* for a project. This includes definition and changes at file and field level. * Implementation of *range* for a field, which may also be combined with value labels * Users can save pdf files with instructions in a specified folder. Those present in that folder will be shown in the help menu "tutorials". This means that without programming you can create your own set of instruction materials. * Automatic timed back-up features during design and entry * Modernised design, e.g. showing recently used files. Manager: * Independent Value Label editor. * "Show Structure" form informing about contents and definitions in the project. * Statusbar more informative. dded possibility to store the positions of open forms. EntryClient: * Use "+" or F9 to show defined value labels. Based on input a guess is made within the list. * Auto ID (IDnum) fields work and can have specified initial value. * Floating fields now show full number of defined decimals. Please test the released software. With the software introduction documents are included and updated versions will be placed on the testing page of EpiData. Find all of this at: Http://www.epidata.dk/testing.php Please do report on this list of how you find the new versions. We are approaching first release and I am aware that many courses in the coming months rely on good and stable function of the new versions. All programming done by full time employed Torsten Christiansen. Possible due to donations as indicated on http://www.epidata.dk/funding.htm (donations are required for continued development) Regards Jens Lauritsen EpiData Association

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RE: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 86, Issue 4
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 01 Jan '11

01 Jan '11

Thank you Jamie for your solution. I didn't know "iif" command in Analysis. Bernard BRANGER, Nantes, France -----Message d'origine----- De : epidata-list-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:epidata-list-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] De la part de epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Envoyé : lundi 27 décembre 2010 19:00 À : epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Objet : EpiData-list Digest, Vol 86, Issue 4 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-list Digest, Vol 86, Issue 3 (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) 2. Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 86, Issue 3 (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 11:38:50 +0100 From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: [EpiData-list] EpiData-list Digest, Vol 86, Issue 3 To: <epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> Message-ID: <4738E210DAFB460CBD3010042CD0F657@Ordinateurfixe> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Hello, Thank you for your reply, but I specify my problem: - Variables in the questionnaire Var1 ## Var2 ## Var3 ## Var4 ## Mean4 ##.## - In CHECK file (or ANALYSIS) mean4 mean4 = (var1+var2+var3+var4)/4 end - But sometimes, var2, for example, can fail (blank): in this case, "mean4" is the sum (Var1 to var4) divided by 3! - My question is, how to count automatically (CHECK or ANALYSIS) the number of variables (var1 to var4) not missing? Thank you for your help. B. BRANGER, Nantes, France

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