AUDITD distributes background variables from a Case Data file which are six characters or less in size. A uniqueness check is done of the first 250 cases, and if more than 80 percent of the responses for a given variable are unique, that variable will not be distributed. This checking may be suppressed by using the 'S' option. A report will be printed listing the values of the distributed variables with the associated frequency of cases responding to each value. This report should be used to audit the Case Data file when it is created to ensure the accuracy of the file.
Program Invocation
The specific syntax of program invocation varies between operating systems. This document displays the code for the AIX version.
opt: F Sort output based on frequency counts
S Suppress uniqueness checking
ssss: The study number
CDf: Input Case Data file
VTf: Input Variable Titles file
TFf: Input Task Factor file, required if a group ID is specified
gpid: Input group selection mask ID (default is GP0001)
Examples
@codap auditd - ssss cd100 vt100
This example will distribute background variables of six characters or less using the input files cd100 and vt100. Any variables which have more than two thirds of the first 250 responses unique will be excluded.
@codap auditd sf cd100 vt100 tf100 GP0005
This example will distribute background variables for group GP0005. Because the F option is used, variable responses will be sorted on frequency of response rather than response value. Because the S option is used, uniqueness checking will be suppressed.