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TICS modelling : Conception of questionnaire

Sylvie DAMY, Bénédicte HERRMANN

Université de Franche-Comté - LIFC

ITGO-2010 March 24 – 26 2010 Nantes and Rennes

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Positioning

• WP6 : CAENTI

• Project TICS modelling–MSHE Besançon

–ENTI Axis Observation

• Jobs-LIFE

TICSQuestionnairePool

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TICS ModellingTICSQuestionnairePool

To describe comprehensively the domain of the TICS in order to prepare development of suitable and sustainable computing tools

Modelling made from specifications drafted under caENTI (deliverable 60)

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TICS modelling

• At the moment:– Several versions of tools exist

– Each version uses its own data model

• Problems:– Interoperability between tools

– Permanence of the data


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Questionnaire

Questionnaire = Deliverable 60: An ordered list of independent questions

Our modelling: Deliverable 60 + questions organized according to themes


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Example

• A part of the European Individual Diagnostic and Evaluation Guide: questionnaire proposed in the caENTI deliverable 60


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Questionnaire modelling

To be able to define in a complete and exhaustive way a questionnaire and be able to manipulate it in an automatic way with computing tools :– it is not only necessary to describe its

questions – but also its organization

Our modelling proposes a description of the organization of the questions within a questionnaire that facilitates the re-use and the use by computing tools


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Block

• Introduced to describe the organization of a questionnaire (does not exist in the catalyse toolkit)

• Two different kinds of blocks:– the Thematic Blocks: which helps to conceive a

questionnaire, from the thematic point of view– Construction Blocks: which helps to construct a

questionnaire, from the operational point of view. These blocks will be used by the software tools to make up questionnaires


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Thematic Block

• Corresponds to a structured element which presents questions according to a precise order, in touch with the theme which it handles

• Constituted from construction blocks ranked in a certain order


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Example

The European Individual Diagnostic and Evaluation Guide :

Divided into various parts: every part groups together questions relative to the same theme – Personal data and family unit– Housing– Health context– Individual and social autonomy– Employment


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Personnal data and family unit What is your present marital status?

SingleMarried Separate or divorced Widowed

Have you moved from your usual home country? Yes - No

If you moved from your usual home country: Is it ? In a temporary way In a definitive way Without determined duration

Are there dependent minors in your household? Yes - No

If there are dependent minors in your household:

How many? I__I

How old are they (one answer by dependent minors in your household)? From 0 to 2 years

From 3 to 5 years From 6 to 10 years From 11 to 14 years

15 years and more


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Construction Block

Operational point of view Three kinds of construction block• Alternative_Block• Iterative_Block• Single_Block


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Construction Block

Alternative_Block• The questions are proposed to the

individual questioned only if a specific answer to a previous question was made

• It is made up of one condition and a set of ordered constructions blocks.

• It can’t contain directly questions


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If you moved from your usual home country: Is it ?

In a temporary way In a definitive way Without determined duration


If there are dependent minors in your household: How many? I__I



15 years and more

Alternative BlockTICSQuestionnairePool

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Construction Block

Iterative_Block• the questions can be proposed several

times depending on the answer to a previous question.

• It is linked to a question which gives its iteration value

• it is made up of a set of ordered construction blocks


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How many? I__I



15 years and more

Iterative BlockTICSQuestionnairePool

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Construction Block

Single_Block :• consists only of questions, • each question has a rank in it


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How many? I__I



15 years and more

Single BlockTICSQuestionnairePool

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How many? I__I



15 years and more


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Pool

Basic elements allowing the construction of a questionnaire, given to the designers of questionnaires : Questions and TTB

Every element conceived for a questionnaire can be reused in other questionnaires


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Questions pool

• Corresponds to the set of questions from which it is possible to draft a questionnaire or a part of a questionnaire.

• The modelling of this pool takes into account:– The consideration of territories– The classification of the questions– The life cycle of the questions


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Thematic Typical Block

• “Part” of questionnaire that is proposed to the persons who build questionnaire

• Can be reused in various questionnaires

• Composed by questions concerning one theme and one territory


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Thematic Typical Block

• TTB = Thematic Block designed by the experts of the CAENTI and independent from any questionnaire

• Reference block with regard to a theme which it handles

• Linked to a territory


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Conclusion

Main contributions of the TICS modelling– modelling of the organization of a questionnaire : the

organization can be treated in a computer way– allows formalizing certain practices of the designers of

questionnaires. The designers are used to reusing questions or complete parts of questionnaires existing during the conception of a new questionnaire, it can now be realized directly with the computing tools thanks to the TTB and Questions pool.

– makes easier the conception of questionnaire

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Conclusion

Perspectives– Development of a tool to build questionnaire from a

pool

– Description of additional notions such as variable of synthesis, instrument panel …

– Modelling the data collection

– Taking into account the follow-up of the individuals, the repetition in time of inquiries

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Documents

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