STANDARD DATA DICTIONARY #748.25 -- SURVEY QUESTIONS FILE 3/24/25 PAGE 1
STORED IN ^QA(748.25, *** NO DATA STORED YET *** SITE: WWW.BMIRWIN.COM UCI: VISTA,VISTA (VERSION 2.0)
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This file holds the questions for the surveys located in ^QA(748 .
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REFERENCED BY: SURVEY(B), QUESTION NUMBER(E)
748.25,.01 SURVEY 0;1 POINTER TO SURVEY FILE (#748)
INPUT TRANSFORM: S:$D(X) DINUM=X Q
LAST EDITED: FEB 03, 1992
DESCRIPTION:
This field points to file 748, the SURVEY file. It is DINUMed for each entry in the SURVEY file.
NOTES: XXXX--CAN'T BE ALTERED EXCEPT BY PROGRAMMER
CROSS-REFERENCE: 748.25^B
1)= S ^QA(748.25,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^QA(748.25,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)
748.25,.02 QUESTION 1;0 Multiple #748.26
LAST EDITED: OCT 25, 1994
DESCRIPTION: This field has the internal entry number of a question, which can be different from the actual
question number or question position on a survey. For example the IFN may be 1 but the question
may come out as 20 on the actual survey because questions may be swapped around.
748.26,.01 QUESTION 0;1 NUMBER (Multiply asked)
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:+X'=X!(X>9999)!(X<1)!(X?.E1"."1N.N) X
LAST EDITED: JAN 09, 1995
HELP-PROMPT: Type a Number between 1 and 9999, 0 Decimal Digits
PRE-LOOKUP: I $D(X) S X=$TR(X,"|:,;")
CROSS-REFERENCE: 748.26^B
1)= S ^QA(748.25,DA(1),1,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^QA(748.25,DA(1),1,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)
748.26,.015 QUESTION NUMBER 0;2 NUMBER (Required)
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:+X'=X!(X>9999)!(X<1)!(X?.E1"."3N.N) X I $D(X) D ^QAPDCK
LAST EDITED: MAR 04, 1995
HELP-PROMPT: Type a Number between 1 and 9999, 2 Decimal Digits
DESCRIPTION: This field has the actual number of a specific question, which will also be the order in which it
is displayed on all outputs of the survey.
EXECUTABLE HELP: D HELPDIS^QAPUTIL2
NOTES: XXXX--CAN'T BE ALTERED EXCEPT BY PROGRAMMER
CROSS-REFERENCE: 748.25^E^MUMPS
1)= S ^QA(748.25,"E",DA(1),$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^QA(748.25,"E",DA(1),$E(X,U,30),DA)
Has display order by survey. Used in all displays, reports.
748.26,.02 ANSWER FORMAT 1;1 SET (Required)
'm' FOR MULTIPLE CHOICE;
't' FOR TRUE/FALSE/NA;
'y' FOR YES/NO/NA;
'w' FOR WORD PROCESSING;
LAST EDITED: MAR 11, 1995
HELP-PROMPT: Select the format for your answers. Use ?? for help.
DESCRIPTION: This is the format or type of question the participant is given. It may be a multiple choice,
which also includes Likert Scale answers, a true/false, a yes/no or a word processing question.
748.26,.025 MULTIPLE CHOICE TYPE 0;3 SET
'a' FOR ALPHABETIC;
'l' FOR LIKERT SCALE;
'n' FOR NUMERIC;
LAST EDITED: FEB 24, 1995
HELP-PROMPT: Enter the multiple choice type this question will have, alphabetic, numeric or Likert Scale.
DESCRIPTION: The multiple choice type indicates how the participant will indicate the answers. Participants
may select answers by a letter (either upper or lower case), or numbers which will not only
include straight numeric selection, but also Likert Scale selection.
Examples: if alphabetic the user sees
a.
b. etc.
if numeric the user sees
1.
2. etc.
if Likert Scale the user will see
1 2 3 4 5 6 etc.
748.26,.027 NUMBER OF GRADIENTS (LIKERT) 0;4 NUMBER
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:+X'=X!(X>7)!(X<2)!(X?.E1"."1N.N) X
LAST EDITED: JAN 18, 1995
HELP-PROMPT: Type a Number between 2 and 7, 0 Decimal Digits
DESCRIPTION: This determines how many numeric choices the participant may chose from. A typical Likert Scale
may look like:
Poor 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Excellent
Seven is the maximum number of gradients that may be used.
748.26,.03 ANSWER 3;0 Multiple #748.28 (Add New Entry without Asking)
DESCRIPTION: This multiple field will hold the actual text of a multiple choice question. The answers will be
displayed in accordance to the MULTIPLE CHOICE TYPE. No extra formatting is needed, only the
text of each selection
correct: First choice
incorrect: A. First choice
incorrect: 1. First choice
748.28,.01 ANSWER 0;1 FREE TEXT (Multiply asked)
INPUT TRANSFORM:K:$L(X)>35!($L(X)<1) X I $D(DA(2)),$D(DA(1)),$P(^QA(748.25,DA(2),1,DA(1),3,0),U,3)>25 W !!,*7,"Yo
u can have only twenty-six answers per question.",!! K X
LAST EDITED: NOV 22, 1994
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be 1-35 characters in length.
NOTES: XXXX--CAN'T BE ALTERED EXCEPT BY PROGRAMMER
CROSS-REFERENCE:748.28^B
1)= S ^QA(748.25,DA(2),1,DA(1),3,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^QA(748.25,DA(2),1,DA(1),3,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)
748.26,.05 QUESTION TEXT 2;0 WORD-PROCESSING #748.27
DESCRIPTION: This field contains the actual text of the question. It is entered exactly as the creator wishes
the participants to see it. No formatting is attempted and it is displayed as it is typed in by
the creator.
LAST EDITED: OCT 25, 1994
748.26,.055 QUESTION HEADER 4;0 WORD-PROCESSING #748.29
LAST EDITED: FEB 10, 1995
748.26,1 LEFT LIKERT LABEL 0;5 FREE TEXT
INPUT TRANSFORM:K:$L(X)>25!($L(X)<1) X
LAST EDITED: FEB 24, 1995
HELP-PROMPT: Enter the left side of the Likert Scale label. [1-25 characters]
DESCRIPTION: This is the left-hand label of a Likert Scale. It is free text (1-25 characters) and may be
anything the creator wishes to enter which will give a meaningful Likert Scale. The length is
limited due to page formatting constraints.
748.26,2 RIGHT LIKERT LABEL 0;6 FREE TEXT
INPUT TRANSFORM:K:$L(X)>25!($L(X)<1) X
LAST EDITED: FEB 24, 1995
HELP-PROMPT: Enter the right side of the Likert Scale label. [1-25 characters]
DESCRIPTION: This is the right-hand Likert label and may be anything the creator wishes to enter to make a
meaningful Likert Scale. Entry is limited to 1-25 characters due to page formatting
constraints.
748.26,3 LIKERT NUMERIC DISPLAY TYPE 0;7 SET
'a' FOR ASCENDING;
'd' FOR DESCENDING;
LAST EDITED: FEB 20, 1995
HELP-PROMPT: Enter the type of numeric display, ascending or descending.
DESCRIPTION: This field controls which way the Likert numeric scale is displayed, left to right or right to
left.
a = ascending and will be like 1 2 3 4 5 6 etc.
d = descending and will be like 6 5 4 3 2 1 etc.
It is up to the creator of the survey to determine which direction he wants the scale to go.
EXECUTABLE HELP:W !,"Ascending is like 1 2 3 4 5 etc.,",!,"Descending is like 5 4 3 2 1 etc.",!
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