Significance and Count Threshold By Seyf Altindal Askiaanalysis, Knowledge base 9th December 2014 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter Why does significance change when I switch level or add waves of data in Askia Analyse? This post explains which count is considered for the ‘Count threshold’ setting in Col sig advanced options. There is detail on how to calculate ‘Counts when independent’ and why this can change sig testing when the total base grows. From time to time clients will raise a query regarding sig testing (Column significativity on closed) for a particular cell changing when the total base of their table grows, even though the count and % for…
Myforce opens a new office in Prague! By Johan Minne Business 3rd December 2014 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter I have a bit of important MyForce news to share with you: we opened a new office in Prague, Czech Republic! Kateřina Marková (whom we have worked with for many years already) becomes managing director of MyForce CZ. As Myforce keeps on growing both in turnover and in number of countries where our solutions are installed, opening MyForce CZ was a logical next step for us. Choosing Prague as our new office location is no coincidence, as we had good reasons to opt for this particular city: First…
New AskiaVista AJAX API 2.2.0 By Mamadou Sy Askiaanalysis 20th November 2014 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter The new AskiaVista AJAX API (2.2.0) is now released with the latest 6.0.3.x version of AskiaVista. The documentation is now up-to-date List of new features/fixes: Add `footnote` parameter in cross-tab query (settings.results.footnote) Add `language` parameter in queries to specify the survey language. It could also be add on the config, or specify via url Add a new `languageUrlParam` in the configuration to read the survey language via the URL Add methods: getPortfolioLinks getPortfolioLink savePortfolioLink deletePortfolioLink getPortfolioLinkLayouts getPortfolioLinkThemes savePortfolioLinkTheme deletePortfolioLinkTheme getResources saveResource deleteResource htmlEncode Take in account the new…
This askiavista is massive! By Paul Nevin Askiaanalysis 3rd November 2014 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter We have finally released version 6.0.3.0 of askiavista! First, of all, don’t judge a book by looking at the cover: this is more a 6.1 version than a minor version. Indeed, it packs: 22 new features 22 bug fixes 7 miscellaneous tasks Below, some of the key new features: Portfolio section pages Users can now create Section pages within their Portfolios; these pages allow to add formatted text and media (image & video). Such pages are a great solution for report introductions, notes, metadata, … New portfolio link…
Removing bugs… By Paul Nevin Miscellaneous 17th October 2014 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter “If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.” Edsger Dijkstra
askiaface now fixed for iOS 8! By Paul Nevin Askiafield 17th October 2014 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter askiaface has been updated to version 3.0.5; this new version includes the following: Fixes an issue when running iOS 8+ in landscape mode (#6201) Adds Set language on-the-fly (#6132) Fixes an issue when returning back on a screen with an ADC 2.0 that would display blank answer(s) (#6133) This update is now available in the App Store and can be downloaded on all your devices!
Askia opens office in LA and now hiring! By Paul Nevin Business, Jobs 17th October 2014 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter Askia has set up a new office in Los Angeles. The office is the second for Askia in the United States, reflecting the growth of the company’s survey software business and demand from marketing research agencies for specialised, innovative software solutions. Jamey Corriveau, Director of U.S. Operations, will head up the new office. Jamey is currently hiring both client service and technical support staff to provide expanded customer care. Corriveau has worked for over 25 years in the survey and market research industry, with 14 years at SPSS…
New Knowledge Base articles incoming! By Paul Nevin Askiaanalysis, Askiadesign, Askiafield, Knowledge base 17th October 2014 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter We have been regularly updating Askia’s Help centre with various KB articles that cover our software offering. Here are some of these latest articles: Askiadesign: about:blank error message Microsoft recently updated Internet Explorer. This update may cause the below error message to be displayed in askiadesign: See the full article to fix this issue. Askiafield: Data exports: Methods, Pros & Cons This in-depth article covers all you need to know about the different data export methods along with the pros & cons for each method. From Supervisor’s Export to QES…
Hierarchy: a new ADC 2.0 survey control By Paul Nevin Askiadesign 12th September 2014 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter Just to let you know we’ve just added an article in the Help Centre about Hierarchy, a new ADC 2.0 control designed by Mamadou. You can find the latest version of the ADC, an example .QEX file as well as a test link to view it live (there are 3 screens in the survey). You also got a small video explaining how use the control and create the database. Here is the detailed KB article.
Software design By Paul Nevin Miscellaneous 12th September 2014 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter “There are two ways of constructing a software design; one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult.” Charles Antony Richard Hoare
