Short Answer

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Short Answer Classification and Analysis
Sponsor Klaus Peters, Ph.D Developer Kenneth
Eschrich
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Objectives

• Allow for input of survey data from delimited
  text file
• Simple interface for creating hierarchies of
  keywords based on short answer responses.
• Attempt to automatically determine which
  hierarchy a response belongs to given existing
  keywords.
• Allow for manual appending of modifiers to
  existing keywords.
• Provide statistical analysis of responses once
  classification is complete.
• Cross platform.
• Easy and fast to use.

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Software Components

• Java
• Allows for cross-platform support without
  compiling on multiple operating
  systems/architectures.
• Extensive string handling functions.
• Object serialization allows for easy storage of
  complex data structures.

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Process Diagram
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Process Diagram (Cont.)
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Titles of Proposal Pages

• Cover Page (1 Page)
• Abstract (1 Page)
• Statement of Need (cont)
• Project Description (2-3 Pages)
• Resources
• Difficulties
• Sponsor
• Project Description
• Anticipated Outcomes
• Evaluation of Results
• Plan of Demonstration
• Schedule (cont)
• Flow Diagram
• Conclusion (1 Page)

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Computer Assisted Survey Classification
Developer Kenneth Eschrich Sponsor Dr. Klaus
Peters
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What is C.A.S.C?

• Data Import
• Tab delimited data files
• Creation of Trees
• Keywords for classification
• Response Classification
• Based on trees created
• Survey Overview
• Statistical view of classified responses

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Tree Creation
The project execution phase of the course seemed
to be one of the shorter phases of the class and
I felt that more time would have been beneficial.
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Tree Creation
The project execution phase of the course seemed
to be one of the shorter phases of the class and
I felt that more time would have been beneficial.
Time
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Tree Creation
The project execution phase of the course seemed
to be one of the shorter phases of the class and
I felt that more time would have been beneficial.
Time
Adequate Inadequate
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Tree Creation
The project execution phase of the course seemed
to be one of the shorter phases of the class and
I felt that more time would have been beneficial.
Time
Adequate Inadequate
more time
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Progress-To-Date

• Completed
• Data structures
• File import
• Data load/savePreliminary work
• GUI

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Difficulties

• Projected
• Implementation of classification algorithms
• GUI Design
• Encountered
• Structure of trees (Conceptual)

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Work Remaining

• Complete back-end
• Develop front-end (GUI)
• Write documentation

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Schedule (Revised)

• Week of October 23
• Continue back-end development
• Week of October 30
• Develop code to classify responses
• Provide statistics
• Week of November 6
• Start to write user documentation.
• Week of November 13
• Develop main GUI

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Schedule (Revised)

• Week of November 20
• Continue work on GUI
• Week of November 27
• Continue work on GUI
• Week of December 4
• Meet with sponsor
• Make any needed changes
• Week of December 11
• Complete user manual.

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Computer Assisted Survey Classification
Developer Kenneth Eschrich Sponsor Dr. Klaus
Peters
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What is C.A.S.C?

• Data Import
• Tab delimited data files
• Creation of Trees
• Keywords for classification
• Response Classification
• Based on trees created
• Survey Overview
• Statistical view of classified responses

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Progress-To-Date

• Data structures
• File import
• Data load/save
• Hierarchies
• Main GUI

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Screenshot
private void buildGUI() cmbResponses new
JComboBox() cmbResponses.addActionListener(this)
lblResponses new JLabel("Select Response ",
JLabel.TRAILING) lblResponses.setLabelFor(cmbRes
ponses) panRList new JPanel(new
FlowLayout()) panRList.add(lblQuestions) panRL
ist.add(cmbQuestions) panRList.add(lblResponses)
panRList.add(cmbResponses) txtResponse
new JTextArea() txtResponse.setLineWrap(true)
txtResponse.setWrapStyleWord(true) txtResponse.s
etEditable(false) scrResponse new
JScrollPane(txtResponse, JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCRO
LLBAR_AS_NEEDED, JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_
NEVER) c.setLayout(new BorderLayout()) c.add(
panRList, BorderLayout.PAGE_START) c.add(scrResp
onse, BorderLayout.CENTER)
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Difficulties

• Encountered
• GridBagWhatLayout?
• Schedule Flaw
• Time
• Projected
• Nothing major

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Work Remaining

• Complete back-end
• Complete GUI
• Module for Statistics Generation
• Write Documentation

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Schedule (Revised)

• Week of November 13
• Finish GUI
• Week of November 27
• Finish Back end
• Week of December 4
• Statistics Generation
• TEST!
• Week of December 11
• Complete user manual.