Dear Jens Lauritsen, I have 2 more comments for the newly released versions 1.3.0.11: 1. We can not edit (i.e. rename / copy / paste) the name of the value label, only add and delete available. 2. The “Show field names” option should align the variable name to the left of the line. It will be easy for the users to find a variable they want. Best regards, Truc

Thai Thanh Truc (♂), MPH Department of Biostatistics - Faculty of Public Health - HCMC University of Medicine and Pharmacy Email: thaithanhtruc@gmail.com or thaithanhtruc@fphhcm.edu.vn or thai@connect.qut.edu.au Mobile: +84 908 381 266

-----Original Message----- From: epidata-list-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:epidata-list-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of epidata-list-request@lists.umanitoba.ca Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 1:03 AM To: epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 111, Issue 7

Send EpiData-list mailing list submissions to epidata-list@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@lists.umanitoba.ca

You can reach the person managing the list at epidata-list-owner@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 Manager / Calculate (epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca) 2. Re: Epidata Manager / Calculate (epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca)

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Message: 1 Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:35:19 +0100 From: epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: [EpiData-list] Epidata Manager / Calculate To: epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca Message-ID: 5de7fbc8f3cfa67743a8fdbcc26677b0@mwinf5d41.me-wanadoo.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Hello, I have two questions and I want to understand the design "EpiData Manager".

- I have three variables: "Date of birth mother" (date) "Date of delivery" (date) "Age (the mother in childbirth)" (numeric). In the "Edit/Calculate" of "Age" variable, I do not find the variable "Age". But I find the calculation of "Age" in the "Edit/Calculate" of "Date of birth mother" and "Date of delivery". It is anti-educational and very intriguing for me.

- In the "Edit/Calculate", I cannot find time difference, but fractions of a day. Is this expected ? Otherwise why not put a program each variable like in "Check" in the old "Epidata Entry"?

In the current state, for during my very frequent EpiData lessons, I do not recommend new programs and I keep the old EpiData Entry.... Sorry Best regards.

Bernard BRANGER, Nantes, France

------------------------------

Message: 2 Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:18:17 +0100 From: epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: Re: [EpiData-list] Epidata Manager / Calculate To: epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca Message-ID: 510401C9.4010905@epidata.dk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

Hello Bernard

I am sure we will get the new software to work appropriately and your comment and observation is very welcomed.

Obviously we need to be open to criticism, but also to take appropriate decisions during the development. And until now there has been so many other aspects to take care of that the implementation of a chk command language has not been possible.

The specific question you have in relation to age at birth can be solved like this:

a. add the variables/fields (dates) to be included in the calculation e.g. : two date fields: dbirth "date of birth mother", dchild "Date of giving birth to the child" one integer: age b. now move the cursor to the field where you would like to have the calculation done. Here: dchild (this would be the same as where you in the old software would put the "AFTER ENTRY ....END" block

d You then specify the calculation under properties for that field. d1 Specify result as "age" field and base the calculation on: dchild - dbirth d2 Specify "return value" as "years"

Since we are not using time fields for age here, just omit specification of these.

If you can give more examples of your reasons for "not suggesting to use the new versions" please let us know.

regards

Jens Lauritsen

On 01/26/2013 03:35 PM, epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca wrote:

Hello, I have two questions and I want to understand the design "EpiData

Manager".

• I have three variables: "Date of birth mother" (date) "Date of delivery"

(date) "Age (the mother in childbirth)" (numeric). In the "Edit/Calculate" of "Age" variable, I do not find the variable

"Age".

But I find the calculation of "Age" in the "Edit/Calculate" of "Date of birth mother" and "Date of delivery". It is anti-educational and very intriguing for me.

• In the "Edit/Calculate", I cannot find time difference, but

fractions of a day. Is this expected ? Otherwise why not put a program each variable like in "Check" in the old "Epidata Entry"?

In the current state, for during my very frequent EpiData lessons, I do not recommend new programs and I keep the old EpiData Entry.... Sorry Best regards.

Bernard BRANGER, Nantes, France

---

EpiData-list mailing list EpiData-list@lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list

------------------------------

________________________________________ EpiData-list@lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list

End of EpiData-list Digest, Vol 111, Issue 7 ********************************************