ChangeLog for package klausuR
changes in version 0.12-14 (2022-04-04)
fixed:
- klausur(): removed "see also" link to psychometric package
changes in version 0.12-13 (2022-03-01)
fixed:
- properly adjusted imports of functions/methods from other packages
changed:
- dropped dependencies on polycor and psychometric, item analysis is now
bone using psych::alpha()
- removed outdated internal klausuR-internal.roxy.all.R file
changes in version 0.12-12 (2018-07-29)
fixed:
- the option 'keep.cases' in klausur.data() was broken
- klausur.report(): fixed LaTeX issue if percent sign was used in psedonyms
changed:
- klausur.report(): global reports are now printed in landscape mode
- reaktanz.de supports HTTPS now, updated references
- the source code has moved from R-forge to
https://github.com/unDocUMeantIt/klausuR
changes in version 0.12-11 (2016-06-29)
added:
- new argument "fancyhdr" in klausur.report() to add information to headers
and footers of generated reports
changed:
- cleaned up klausur.report(): moved internal functions to separate file
- adjusted the auto table sizes in klausur.report() a bit
- rephrased the description to comply with CRAN terms
changes in version 0.12-10 (2015-02-07)
added:
- support for pick-n scoring was added to klausur()
- new slot "distractor.analysis" in objects of class klausuR, listing the
selected answer alternatives for each individual item and some statistics
like correlation with the overall results and mean results of subjects
chosing an alternative
- new element "wrong" in slot "corr" of klausur.answ class items for pick-n
scoring
- new argument "wrong" in klausur.data() for the same reason
- klausur.report() gained options from sort() for "anon" and "glob" results
- new elements "keep.cases" and "recode.na" in klausur.data(), to keep
cases with missing data, even if "na.rm=TRUE"
fixed:
- stripping trailing whitespace from answer data if it is in factor of
character format. this happens easily if data was imported from SPSS and can
cause nasty problems, because the whitespace characters are interpreted by
klausur() as a valid but wrong answer
- removed typos in klausur.repost() code ("appen" instead of "append")
- anonymous feedback output is now sorted by points as a default. the
previous default took the order as is, which usually sorted it by family names
of participants, which limits anonymity to a certain degree
- the character "'" is now also filtered out of file names
- breaks for axis labels in histograms are now calculated by internal
function axis.breaks(), which fixes a problem with non-integer points
- klausur.report() does now also check for digits to display in global and
anonymous feedback PDF
- klausur.report() now shows empty answers ("") as empty, not as a question
mark
- LaTeX replacements of characters has been corrected to also match first
character
- manual setting of "table.size" was buggy in klausur.report(), adding just
the word of the chosen size to the table
- klausur.mufo() was using outdated object classes
changed:
- polycor was added as a dependency (needed for distractor analysis)
- some code cleaning in klausur() for better readability
- added a proper GPL notice at the beginning of each R file
- replaced all tabs in the source code by two space characters
- moved the internal helper function find.partial() out of the function
body of partial() for cleaner code
- show method for klausuR results now also reports distractor analysis, if
found
- partial points are no longer rounded before end results are calculated
changes in version 0.12-9 (2013-08-05)
fixed:
- pdfLaTeX became picky and didn't work with the table of marks any more.
set print.xtable() to use floating=FALSE to fix this.
- added some more character filtering on generated filenames which could
cause LaTeX to fail with an error
changes in version 0.12-8 (2013-05-08)
changed:
- no real new features, restructured the source code layout, as roxygen2
doesn't seem to get collate info easy with R 3.0.0 ...
changes in version 0.12-7 (2013-01-25)
fixed:
- corrected LaTeX output (carets)
- added missing date stamps in ChangeLog for releases prior to version
0.12-1, using the repo archive
added:
- item analysis now includes Lienert's selection index (selektionskennwert)
- debianized sources
changes in version 0.12-6 (2012-04-14)
fixed:
- check for missing items in data and/or correct answers
- force item names into expected letter case
- corrected LaTeX output (filtering of problematic characters)
changes in version 0.12-5 (2012-03-10)
- replaced custom function to clean up LaTeX code with
encoded_text_to_latex() from tools package in klausur.report()
- replaced UTF-8 characters with \uxxxx escapes in klausur.report()
- set some internal variables NULL in compare(), grand.table(),
klausur.gen(), klausur.mufo(), klausur.report() and the internal function
klausur.reorderItems(), to avoid needless NOTEs from "R CMD check"
- re-formatted the ChangeLog to have the roxyPackage translate it into a
NEWS.Rd file
changes in version 0.12-4 (2012-02-09)
- fixed bug in compare(): "new.set" didn't work if exactly one or none
differences were found
- added 'maxp' option to klausur.answ-class and klausur.date(), to be able
to compensate for really buggy tests...
- adjusted klausur() to check for maxp
changes in version 0.12-3 (2011-10-04)
- added option "merge" to klausur.report(), to merge all individual reports
into one file
- added status feedback to klausur.report(), can be turned of with new
option "quiet=TRUE"
- updated the RKWard GUI to the new options
changes in version 0.12-2 (2011-09-11)
- fixed bug in nret.rescale() regarding NR data
- fixed author definition for R 2.14
changes in version 0.12-1 (2011-09-01)
- cleaned the docs so package check runs fine
- fixed typo in klausur.report()
changes in version 0.12-0 (2011-08-30)
- 0.12 is not fully downward compatible with earlier versions of the
klausuR package!
- drastic changes: klausur() and klausur.mufo() from now on only take
objects of the new class klausur.answ, which replaces the 'answ' and 'corr'
arguments completely. Most of the time it took to evaluate tests was
squeezing data with exotic variable names and loads of surprises into a valid
data.frame. Those days should finally be numbered now...
- added function klausur.data() to do the squeezing into klausur.answ class
objects (s.o.)
- added scoring function NRET+, which is more conservative than NRET when
it comes to errors
- added function nret.rescale() to change scaling of points in result
objects (NR/ET/NRET/NRET+)
- added function grand.table() to export all results back to CSV format
- the class klausuR gained a new slot 'misc' to preserve whatever unused
variables are left over from the squeezing process.
- introduced class klausuR.test, now as a placeholder for future releases,
and added slots to classes klausuR and klausuR.answ
- added function nret.translator() to convert NRET/ET data from/to SPSS
- added options 'table.size' and 'NRET.legend' to klausur.report()
- smarter handling of histograms and marks info in klausur.report()
- klausur.report() can now also create histograms with data from several
klausuR objects
- klausur.report() can now produce reports from more than one object, if
you give them in a list
- klausur.compare() was renamed to compare() and can now cope with NAs,
unequal cases and unequal variables (will cause verbose warnings), and rename
input variables, if necessary. it is also no longer limited to compare
klausuR data, hence the renaming.
- fixed some NRET/ET related bugs in the plot method and klausur.gen.marks()
- fixed 'if' statement error in show method for klausuR-class objects
- added support for item analysis on ET/NRET data
- added NRET sample data "spss.data"
- added SD values to item analysis (show method)
- added 'sort.by' option to klausur.data(), and klausur()
- added sort method for objects of class klausuR
- added the full RKWard plugin as inst/rkward, so both get updated
simultanously
- adapted rkwardtests to current behaviour of klausuR
- sources can now be roxygenized by roxygen2 (classes docs are static until
'@slot' is supported again)
changes in version 0.11-3 (2011-06-19)
- aligned penalty for false negatives to number of correct alternatives in
NRET/ET scoring
- for NRET/ET, moved determination of max. points etc. to new internal
function nret.minmax()
changes in version 0.11-2 (2011-06-17)
- added internal function roxy.package() to ease development
- added initial support for elimination testing (ET) and number right
elimination testing (NRET)
- fixed "Form" addition in klausur.gen()
changes in version 0.11-1 (2011-04-09)
- fixed bug in points (were logical instead of numeric, which caused
trouble for PDF generation)
- fixed annoying "show" warning
changes in version 0.10-1 (2011-02-14)
- complete rewrite of klausur.compare(): less and more efficient code
- replaced "na.replace" option with a plain "na.rm", i.e., NA cases are
dropped completely by default
- added new "na.rm" option to plot method, TRUE by default
- added variable "Form" to klausur.gen()
- replaced several "if(a == b)" constructs with "identical(a, b)" or
"isTRUE(...)"
- fixed: klausur.report() accidently created PDFs in a loop over and over
again
- fixed: klausur.report() failed if "#" appeared in names
- fixed: klausur.report() didn't show partial results correctly, added
check for needed digits
- added slots "wght" and "points" to class klausuR
changes in version 0.10-0 (2010-11-03)
- added klausur.mufo() and new S4 class klausuR.mult: initial support for
parallel test forms
- added show() and plot() methods for objects of class klausuR.mult
- added support for objects of class klausuR.mult in klausur.report()
- fixed missing import of tools package
- dropped roxygen dependency (still using roxygen, though)
- some code cleanup for better readability
changes in version 0.9-7 (2010-09-24)
- added direct PDF creation to klausur.report(), using texi2dvi() from
package tools
- consequently added the tools package as a dependency
changes in version 0.9-6 (2010-09-24)
- added schemes "DIHK", "USA" and "UK" to klausuR.gen.marks()
- added informative slot "marks.sum" to objects of class klausuR
- updated the show method for klausuR objects accordingly
- added "marks.info" option to klausur.report(), to include all or parts of
"marks.sum" if wanted
changes in version 0.9-5 (2010-08-07)
- fixed another bug in klausur.compare(): objects with NAs meant trouble.
- added "select" option to klausur.compare() to be able to focus on certain
variables
changes in version 0.9-4 (2010-08-06)
- added support for different file name scheme to klausur.report() (matr.
no. or name_firstname)
changes in version 0.9-3 (2010-02-04)
- added "alt.comma" parameter to klausur.report()
- minor corrections in the documentation (some missing params in usage)
changes in version 0.9-2 (2009-12-04)
- restructured the LaTeX output
- fixed some bugs in klausur.compare()
- added parameters to skip cronbach's alpha and item analysis in klausur()
- cronbach's alpha and item analysis now run in a safe tryCatch()
environment
- modified the show() method accordingly
changes in version 0.9-1 (2009-12-02)
- added "alpha if removed" calculation for each item
- added longtable support for klausur.report()
- fixed some bugs in klausur(), klausur.report() and plot() regarding
character vectors
changes in version 0.9-0 (2009-11-27)
- added support for partially correct answers (if multiple correct answers
possible) via the new "score" parameter
- more cleaning up: moved some subroutines to internal functions
changes in version 0.8-1 (2009-11-20)
- added marks A to F as an option in klausur.gen.marks()
- adjusted the plot method to treat marks as characters
- beautyfied the output of individual results in klausur()
- cleaned up a bit (removed unused relicts from klausur.R)
- translated hopefully all comments in the code into english
changes in version 0.8-0 (2009-11-19)
- added feature to suggest marks by normal distribution
changes in version 0.7-0 (2009-11-06)
- initial public release (via reaktanz.de)