[ned] Re: Statistics&Scripts

  • From: Matthew Wennersten <matt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ned@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:48:12 +0530

Dominik,

Thanks for your invitation to comment.  

We work with the current stats log in Excel, as follows:
id username deviceid (IMEA) Action_type Action_details timestamp

Requests for statistical changes, if possible: 

- Parse the "details" field so that data elements like "Id=E103a;Type=Video;Title=E103a-Prepositions;"  or "Url="" appear in separate columns (i.e. "E103a", "Video", "E103a-Prepositions", or "http://...", "Completed" and put this field on the end so that we don't have to worry about variable line length (or add spacers to the other fields so that data appears in consistent columns)

- Change the formatting of the timestamp so that it is easier to parse in Excel or databases (e.g. 08/01/12 11:32:40 instead of Wed Aug 01 11:32:40 GMT+05:30 2012) NOTE: please don't remove the time from the time stamp, as the difference between PLAY_ITEM_START and PLAY_ITEM_END  allows us to observe how many minutes of video watching a class experiences

- Update NED server stats download to include a date range, so we don't have to download all the stats every time

- Add a filter to download stats for a range of users, e.g. only ap01-ap99, ideally, a dialog/check box (with select all) to download stats for selected users

We run two pivot table reports in Excel from the NED stats - number of videos downloaded by user per month and number of videos played by user per month.  To generate the reports, we apply formulas to parse the month and then check whether the Action_type field is either "DOWNLOAD_COMPLETED" or "PLAY_ITEM_END".  

We're also interested in figuring out "total time used during the school day", which we can calculate by formula, but it's tricky (first you have to sort to get the login and exit time for each user together, then you have to calculate the time difference) .  If it would be possible to record "total time logged in" when we app_exit that would be useful.  

A sample is enclosed, with the three pivot tables (Play, Download, TimeLoggedIn) and the statistics.csv raw data with the formulas used to create the tables.  
 
Finally, we'd LOVE to get a stat showing us whether or not a TV-out cable is connected when a video is played.  

Cheers,

Matt

P.S. Please let me know if you would like me to enter any of these as tickets in http://projects.developer.nokia.com/NED

On 25-Sep-2012, at 1:03 PM, Dominik Frankowski wrote:

Hi,

Analyzing statistical data from NED is very important part of the whole
program. Most likely you have already prepare some reports, to check if NED
really helps and make a difference in both teaching and learning.
I guess, that some of you, over the year(s) prepare nice set of scripts and
macros.
Maybe, you would like to contribute to NED with those? If so please send it
to this mailing list or directly to me.
You work will be included into the next release.


From the other hand maybe there is something missing in statistics? Maybe
you would like to collect some other data, events?
Right now is a good moment to express your expectation about those?


Cheers,
Dominik





Matt Wennersten
Head - Scalability in Education
+91 95000 35312



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