On Mo, 2015-05-18 at 09:06 -0400, Ryan Knight wrote:
> For errors in single answer questions, I take the perspective that
> 'right is right'. If they were told to bubble only one, but they
> bubbled multiple, it is wrong. So I am not too worried about this. I
> don't even think that I would want to know which ones they bubbled,
> just that there was a bubbling error. I'd certainly want to be able to
> turn off any guessing algorithm if you were to develop one. 

Sure, it would be selectable. The guessing has the advantage that
"corrections" are more likely work. And I am thinking that it might
solve some issues if one starts to put numbers into the fields (as was
done in the example).

> I think the number grid question type would also be useful for
> surveys. It's rather common to have some sort of number question on a
> survey in development economics, for example. 

Yup, they definitely are useful in different scenarios.

Benjamin

> 
> Best,
> Ryan
> 
> On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 6:21 AM, Benjamin Berg
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>         Hey,
>         
>         SDAPS only supports *very* basic question types as of now. So,
>         I'll have
>         to answer with "unsupported".
>         
>         Right now what you could do is create a matrix yourself and
>         calculate
>         the number later on. See
>         
>         
> http://sdaps.org/Documentation/Examinations#Matrix_of_boxes_to_enter_student_ID
>         for an example. Not very beautiful, but might work.
>         
>         Now, as there is some development going on on a new LaTeX
>         class, and it
>         would be possible to add native support for such question
>         types in the
>         future (development is slow though). Need to think about how
>         to do that
>         nicely though, and we really need a strategy to resolve errors
>         in single
>         answer questions (i.e. select best option if multiple marked
>         boxes are
>         found, this is not done currently).
>         
>         Benjamin
>         
>         On Fr, 2015-05-15 at 10:27 -0400, Ryan Knight wrote:
>         > Hi,
>         >
>         >
>         > I am having trouble finding a list of supported question
>         types before
>         > deciding whether it is worth doing a deeper investigation of
>         sdaps.
>         >
>         >
>         > Is it possible to create a question where the response could
>         be any
>         > positive or negative 3 digit number? For example, the 'grid
>         answer'
>         > items
>         > here:
>         
> http://parcc.pearson.com/resources/Practice_Tests/Grade_7/Math/PC194839-001_G7MathOPTB_PT.pdf
>         >
>         >
>         > Best,
>         > Ryan
>         >
>         >
>         > --
>         > Ryan Knight
>         > Director of Strategy and Evaluation
>         > UP Education Network
>         > 90 Canal Street, Suite 600
>         > Boston, MA 02114
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>         
>         
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Ryan Knight
> Director of Strategy and Evaluation
> UP Education Network
> 90 Canal Street, Suite 600
> Boston, MA 02114
> Mobile Phone: (603) 219-1109
> upeducationnetwork.org

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