Note: PDFs are used for entry and verification.
Parsers used to generate the xml required to import the questionnaire into Archivist: parse_understanding_society and archivist_insert.
- The most recent version of the PDFs should be used for entry and verification.
- Include the correct sequence and study wave in the qc/qi labels.
- Create specific numeric response domains where possible. Search for the question in the XML to see if there is a min and max. If no "min" and "max" shown in xml file, then use "How many". See example 1 below.
- The entire Proxy section should be entered inside a loop, as Proxy questions may be answered for more than one missing household member.
- If there is a missing response domain, check the previous waves to see if it's included and use that.
Do not enter mixed mode interviewer instructions.
- Do not enter soft or hard checks.
- Do not add an questions or sections based on "Telephone mode".
Example 1
Question as presented in the pdf file with no range of of days specified:
Associated XML file specifying the "min" and "max" range associated with the question:
