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This option is used to capture the information that forms the basis of all assessments, questionnaires and questions. All codes must be captured here before they can be used in {QMNCS-2} and {QMNCS-3}.
| Field | Type & Length |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Assessment Type Code | A2 | This field shows the codes of the topics that may be used for analysis. These codes may be used in {QMNCS-2}. The codes cannor be updated by the user. |
| Description | A100 | The description of the assessment type code. Users may use Assessments on Events (such as the student registration in January), Subjects (this refers to an academic subject offered by the institution), Qualifications (academic qualifications offered by the institution), or Objects (such as the Library). The descriptions cannot be updated by the user. |
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| Field | Type & Length |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Answering Type | A2 | This field defines the types of questions that may be asked in a questionnaire. Certain codes are supplied, but the user may add his/her own codes. Of special interest is the so-called “remark” type answers. This answer type allows the respondent to answer in free format text; typical of the so-called open-ended questions often used in qualitative surveys. A text answer of 80 characters long is allowed as a remark type response, therefore a sentence can be captured here. The user should note that, unfortunately an essay type response cannot be accommodated in this answer type. |
| Description | A30 | The description of the answer type code. |
| Answers | A3 | These two fields allow the user to specify allowable answers. For example, if the question type is Yes / No (meaning that the question may only be answered with a Yes or a No), the user can specify here that only Y or N is a valid answer. Of course, this will only apply to question types with only two possible correct answers. This field is not applicable to questionnaires deployed through the Web Mechanism. |
| Max/Min Level | N5 | This allows the user to specify a minimum and a maximum range of numeric values that are allowable answers. If, for instance, the user specifies a range of 1 (min) and 10 (max), then the respondent may only supply numeric answers between and including 1 and 10. This field is not applicable to questionnaires deployed through the Web Mechanism. |
| Is this Prompt | N1 | (A) Text Box, (S) Single Line Text, (C) Check Box, (D) Display Only, (P) Popup List or (R) Radio Buttons (N5). This allows the user to specify the type of answer Display only prompts can be used to display instructions to respondents. |
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| Field | Type & Length |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Answering Type | A4 | As entered in block 2 above. Only answering types where the prompt is (C) Check Box, (P) Popup List or (R) Radio Buttons can be entered. |
| Answer Value | A10 | The value of the answer. |
| Answer Description | A100 | A description of the answer. |
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| Processing Rules |
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| No special processing rules. |
| Date | System Version | By Whom | Job | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-Sep-2006 | v01.0.0.0 | Charlene van der Schyff | t134828 | New manual format. |
| 10-Mar-2008 | v01.0.0.0 | Vaughn Dumas | t134828 | System owner proofread |
| 03-Oct-2008 | v01.0.0.0 | Magda van der Westhuizen | t152511 | Update manual: Language Editing: Juliet Gillies. |
| 20-May-2011 | v01.0.0.1 | Goodman Kabini | t173701 | Change the Length of Answer Description Field from A30 to A100 in Block 3 table. |
