Maps and Reports

Filter Cases

Filtering cases allows the user to generate group reports with cases that match specified criteria. Users select criteria based upon combinations of values of the demographic fields.

1. Select Reports – Filter Students for Reporting. A dialog windowwill be displayed.
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   Figure 1. Filter cases dialog window.
2. Check the Filter checkbox to activate filtering.
3. Use the pull-down arrow to select the Demographic field you wish to filter on (you can do this multiple times to filter on combinations of fields).
4. Enter Minimum and Maximum values to be filtered. For a single value, indicate that it is both the minimum and the maximum. (For categorical fields, select the specific values to be included from the pull-down list. Not shown in this example.) Note that the minimum and maximum values are case sensitive.
5. Indicate whether the Minimum and Maximum values should be considered a Numeric or Alphabetcial range.
6. Select Include Range to include all values between the minimum and maximum, or select Exclude Range to include all values outside of the range.
7. If you wish to add another selection criteria (an AND condition), click the Add Filter button and repeat steps 3 – 6 for each additional filter.
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   Figure 2. Filter cases dialog window with multiple criteria.
8. If you wish to verify that the correct group of respondents has been selected, click the View Selected Students button.
9. Select Done to invoke the filter(s). Select Cancel to return to the data table without invoking the filter(s).

NOTE: Filtering will remain active until filters are removed by accessing this dialog window again.

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The main data view window will continue to display all respondents, but reports will only include the selected cases. The filtering condition is indicated on each report, and also in the status bar at the bottom of the main window, as shown in Figure 3.

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Figure 3. Main data view when filtering is on, all cases displayed.

To see only the filtered cases in the main window, select View – Show Filtered Students Only from the main menu, as shown in Figure 4.

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Figure 4. Main data view when filtering is on, only filtered cases displayed.

You can also manually include and exclude individual cases. See the Viewing Response Data section.

Reports for Groups of Respondents

By default, all cases are included in the group reports. To select a subset of cases, use the Reports - Filter Students for Reporting menu option first. Regardless of which cases are displayed in the main data window (by default all cases are displayed), only filtered cases will be included in group reports. The filtering criteria will be displayed in the heading area of each report. You may also wish to set information that remains constant for all of the reports, such as the project title. This is done in the Report Options settings.

Begin by selecting Reports – Group Reports and then select the appropriate map or report from the options described below.

NOTE: You can determine which type of person proficiency estimates will be produced by checking the setting in Estimation Tasks - Proficiency Estimation Options.

• See Reports Overview for examples of all the reports.

Reports for Individual Students

To generate a report for an individual respondent, you must first select one of the respondent names. The student “Jackson, Anne” was used to create the examples in this section.

Next, select Reports – Individual Reports and then select the appropriate map or report from the options described below.

• See Reports Overview for examples of all the reports.

Item Reports

To generate an item-based report select Reports – Item Reports and then select the appropriate map or report from the options described below.

• See Reports Overview for examples of all the reports.

Setting Report Options

Report Options are used to establish settings that are to appear on all subsequent reports.

Select Reports – Report Options to define general settings for your reports. The dialog window is shown in Table 1. After entering values for the options, click OK to continue.

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Figure 1. Report Options Dialog window.

Table1. Report Options descriptions.

Option	Description
Title	The report title you provide will appear at the top of each report.
Maximum Scale	This option allows you to display student proficiencies in a scale other than logits. ConstructMap will transform the logit range defined in the Estimation Tasks – Estimation Options settings to the scale you define here (those logit values are displayed in the column titled “Logit Range” in this window). Select the maximum numeric value to use instead of the maximum logit value. If you want logit values to be displayed, enter the logit value shown on the right instead of a scale value.
Minimum Scale	Select the minimum numeric value to use instead of the minimum logit value here. If you want logit values to be displayed, enter the logit value shown on the right instead of a scale value.
Project Terminology:	Enter the term you would like to use to refer to the element listed (e.g., Item Set, Cases, etc.) within this project. ConstructMap will automatically add an 's' to make the plural version, which you may need to edit. You may enter values from the pull-down menus for each term (see Figure 2), or type in a value.

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Figure 2. Pull-down menu to change term for "Item Set."