Hello Malcom,

I normally recommend setting up the coding tool so the selectable answers have distinct values or ranges. This allows the reporting functions such as cross-tabs to be used more effectively. But sometimes that is not possible or the exact value is very important. In that case you can set up your question as 'Number of males randomised' with an answer of 'Please enter the value'. The value would then be entered in the 'Info' box.

In the codetypes (under properties) you might have seen a codetype called 'Selectable (future Numeric value - N/A)'. This codetype has not yet been implemented but when it is, it will generate numerical statistics on the value entered in the Info box. We have had a number of requests for this recently so have move it up higher on our to-do list. In the meantime, if you need to generate statistics for the entered values, you could generate a report restricting it to the text in the info box for that question. This report will just show the numeric data for that question for each item. The report can then be saved as an excel spreadsheet where you could generate statistics on the entered values.

As for that that document on double data extraction, I will email it to you. I will also try to implement it into the user manual as soon as possible.

Best regards,

Jeff

Hello Malcolm,

There is a quick way to export the responses for an entire codeset.

The first thing to do is select the items (in the Documents tab) you want to appear in your report. Next, click on the icon labelled 'Get coding report(s) for selected item(s)'. It is the 4th icon over from the right. This will open the 'Item coding reports' window. In this window select the codeset you want to display the coding of and then click 'Get reports'.

This will produce a report that shows all of the coding for the selected codeset(s) and the selected item(s). You can then 'Save as' this report in a number of different formats. You can also cut and paste the report into other software depending on what you wish to do.

Jeff

Hello Malcolm,

It sounds like what you need is to set up a report that includes all of the questions in your data extraction codeset.

In your review I created a report called 'Test report'. In that I placed a number of columns and then dragged a question into each column. To make it better for exporting I edited the column so the first 'Column title' box holds name of the question and the second 'Column title' box is blank. That way the question is only repeated once at the top of the column.

Please run your coded items against that report and let me know if that is what you had in mind.

Best regards,

Jeff