emma clare
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I have a very simple database for recording data collected from a questionnaire. The database comprises of
table1: QUESTIONNAIRE
fields: QUESTIONNAIRE ID
QUEST_1 ........
up to QUEST_75
table2: VALUE (1 to 6)
ANSWER (strongly agree, agree etc)
All of the 75 question fields in table1 record the same information, and all look up to a table2 which stores the 6 values: agree (1), strongly agree (2), neither (3), disagree (4), strongly disagree (5) and spoilt (6). As the data is being entered into a from using option groups, the database stores the value rather than the text in each QUEST field.
Pretty straightforward I thought, but when I come to query the database I am getting into such a muddle I feel like my head is going to explode!!
The results I need to produce should look like this:
ANSWER QUEST_1 QUEST_2 ....all the way to QUEST_75
agree 34 3 25
strongly agree 45 5 34
neither 3 2 4
disagree 3 4 32
strongly disagree 3 3 5
spoilt 0 1 0
Basically all I want is a count of the number of answers for each question! Given that the answers for all the questions are the same I thought this would be a piece of cake, but alas no.
I thought I would simply be able to crosstab my results from the questionaire into a new table, which would have the six rows (agree, strongly agree etc) and the questions as fields. The values should be the count of "agree" etc. I can quite happly have one field and the counts of each answer but when I try an add any other fields it just duplicates the counts!! I have sat staring at my query and am at a complete blank as to how I resolve this seemly simplistic problem .
Please if anyone has any ideas why I am in such a muddle over something which seems so simple I would really appreciate their help!
Many thanks
table1: QUESTIONNAIRE
fields: QUESTIONNAIRE ID
QUEST_1 ........
up to QUEST_75
table2: VALUE (1 to 6)
ANSWER (strongly agree, agree etc)
All of the 75 question fields in table1 record the same information, and all look up to a table2 which stores the 6 values: agree (1), strongly agree (2), neither (3), disagree (4), strongly disagree (5) and spoilt (6). As the data is being entered into a from using option groups, the database stores the value rather than the text in each QUEST field.
Pretty straightforward I thought, but when I come to query the database I am getting into such a muddle I feel like my head is going to explode!!
The results I need to produce should look like this:
ANSWER QUEST_1 QUEST_2 ....all the way to QUEST_75
agree 34 3 25
strongly agree 45 5 34
neither 3 2 4
disagree 3 4 32
strongly disagree 3 3 5
spoilt 0 1 0
Basically all I want is a count of the number of answers for each question! Given that the answers for all the questions are the same I thought this would be a piece of cake, but alas no.
I thought I would simply be able to crosstab my results from the questionaire into a new table, which would have the six rows (agree, strongly agree etc) and the questions as fields. The values should be the count of "agree" etc. I can quite happly have one field and the counts of each answer but when I try an add any other fields it just duplicates the counts!! I have sat staring at my query and am at a complete blank as to how I resolve this seemly simplistic problem .
Please if anyone has any ideas why I am in such a muddle over something which seems so simple I would really appreciate their help!
Many thanks