Subject:
fluency coding files
From:
"Jeremy Freese" <jfreese@ssc.wisc.edu>
Date:
Thu, 25 Aug 2005 22:19:51 -0500
To:
<jiverson@ssc.wisc.edu>, "Joe Savard" <jsavard@ssc.wisc.edu>, "Linda Jordan" <jordan@ssc.wisc.edu>, "'Tess Hauser'" <hausert@ssc.wisc.edu>

I have put a .zip file containing the files that I have written for use
coding the fluency variables in the cognition directory on the hauserproj
drive.  (My presumption is that this is not actually desired destination for
the file, but that y'all will know where you want to put it.)  The .do and
.xls files are needed by the program.  I don't think the others are, but
could be useful for understanding the inputs and outputs and so are
included.

The fluency coding programs do multiple things, namely: (1) score the
fluency variables, (2) write the spreadsheets for cases that need to be
checked by a supervisor, and (3) generate and then incorporate spreadsheets
that impose consistency for certain decisions by the cognition coders.  The
program "fluency_variables.do" is the one that scores the fluency variables.


As with the similarities programs, my hope is that Jeremy I. or someone else
with appropriate Stata skills would be able to adapt the programs to run
from WLS machines by WLS personnel rather from me on my machine.  I can
consult regarding how any parts of the program work to accomplish this end.

--Jeremy