rios.conversion 0.2.0

RIOS.CONVERSION is a Python package that supports converting research instruments in various formats to and from RIOS data structures.

The following command line programs have been implemented.

• redcap-rios

  Converts a REDCap Data Dictionary in csv format to a RIOS Instrument, Form, and CalculationSet in JSON or YAML format.

• rios-redcap

  Converts a RIOS Instrument, Form, and CalculationSet to a REDCap Data Dictionary in csv format.

• qualtrics-rios

  Converts a Qualtrics qsf file to a RIOS Instrument and Form in JSON or YAML format.

• rios-qualtrics

  Converts a RIOS Instrument, Form, and CalculationSet to a Qualtrics text file in Simple .TXT format.

Run each program’s help to see its required arguments and available options:

<program> --help

The question order, text, and associated enumerations, are all converted correctly; however the converted expressions used for “calculated fields” and “skip logic”, as well as the display niceties of section breaks and separators will most likely require some “tweaking” because the various systems model pages, events and actions differently.

For example a RIOS calculation is an expression applied to an assessment, independently of the data collection, while a REDCap “calculated field” is a read-only field which evaluates its expression and displays the result during data collection.

pip install rios.conversion