Hi,
I am trying to create an ODK file with a conjoint experiment in English and
Arabic. I was wondering if the "calculate" field supported language. Has
anyone had an experience with this?
Many thanks,
Esther
Hi Esther,
Your question isn't clear to me, but I'll take a stab at an answer.
In general, commands like calculate operate on names/values (field
names and values stored in the DB) and not on labels (what the user
sees).
Names/values can be in whatever language and cannot be changed by
enumerators. For example, for man/woman, your names/values would be
m/w. These are your coded values.
Labels can be in whatever language and can be changed by the user when
using the form. In the example, this would be man/woman for English or
homme/femme for French or hombre/mujer for Spanish.
What is typical is using names/values in the language of analysis
(usually English), then adding labels for the other languages. Your
users will see the language-specific labels (homme/femme) and the
output data in your CSV will be m/w, the coded values.
Hope that helps. If not, please provide more details about exactly
what you want to do. And if you can attach a 1-2 question sample form
that demonstrates the problem, that'd be ideal.
Thanks,
Yaw