[AccessD] A2003: Random order

Rocky - this helps me understand where if the questions remained grouped
then the test taker can more easily answer 'correctly'.

Still though, if you want to compare different people's tests, then each of
those tests should have the same random order.

If you want the same person to take the test more than once to see if the
end results change, then the order should be randomized again prior to each
test.

Sounds like fun!

Dan



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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Erbach
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:47 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] A2003: Random order

Dan,

Well, this is more like a profile. It's derived from the book "How to Be
Organized in Spite of Yourself." The authors, Schlenger and Roesch, identify
5 time-management "styles" and 5 space-management "styles." For example, the
time-management styles they've identified are Hopper, Perfectionist Plus,
Allergic to Detail, Fence Sitter, and Cliff Hanger.

There's a chapter in their book on each time and space management style.
Each chapter has a 10-question quiz to determine how many or how few of the
specific attributes of that particular "style" one has. Back when I first
bought the book I typed in all 100 questions into WordPerfect and then mixed
them up before I gave the whole quiz to my co-workers. It was fun and
everybody enjoyed this bit of "profiling."

The quizzes in the book chapters are pretty easy to figure out as far as
what traits are being identified. Since the questions themselves don't
change, I thought that mixing them up to remove any cues for how to answer
them would make the results a little "cleaner."

Anyway, thanks for your input.

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Steve Erbach
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On 10/26/05, Dan Waters <dwaters at usinternet.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> Generally, with a survey, you want the people involved to be taking
> exactly
> the same survey, unless you are doing initial testing to see if the order
> of
> the questions will bias the results.
>
> Once the survey is ready, the randomized order of the questions should
> remain unchanged.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Dan Waters
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Erbach
> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:48 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: [AccessD] A2003: Random order
>
> Dear Group,
>
> I'm writing a prototype Access 2003 ADP in preparation for writing a
> "practice" VB/ASP/ADO .NET project, and I wonder if you lot could help me
> out with the logic.
>
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