women's health registry technical overview
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Technical overview for the Rails app I designed or the Illinois Women's Health Registry. Join the registry at whr.northwestern.edu to help improve research!TRANSCRIPT
WHR Technical Overview
Software/Hardware Stack
Key Public Pages
whr.northwestern.edu
Main Page
Signup Page
Consent Page
Contact Info Page (Demographics)
Getting Started Page (Overview)
Registry Survey Page
Key Admin Pages
whr.northwestern.edu/admin
Registry Overview Page
Registry Results Summary Page
WHR Tables and Models
How a survey becomes a registry!
1) Start with paper survey in MS Word format2) Copy and paste survey into a text document3) Edit text document into DSL format4) Run DSL formatted survey through the survey
engine5) Load generated data files into the WHR
database6) View survey online! 7) (Repeat 1-6 as needed)
Typical Question (with dependent) – MS Word format for paper survey
Typical Question (with dependent) – Re-written in DSL survey format
Typical Question (with dependent) – On-line registry format
Dependent question hidden until parent question condition is satisfied. In this case, when more than one race is chosen.
Examples of supported questions
Free text and paragraph entry are also supported!
Free text answers are validated
Questions?