In this How-To, you will learn to add notes to one or more data points.
Data Point Notes
Data point notes can be important additions to your iGraph™, providing information about your client’s performance related to a specific measurement.
Data point notes are entered in the data markup text. Since the notes are associated with a specific data point, the text is placed next to the relevant data point and enclosed by square brackets.
[Any text within square brackets*] (* except more brackets or parentheses)Description: The data point note is placed right after the associated data point in the data markup. When cursor hovers over the relevant data point, the note appears next to the data point.
Example:
Contact: 0 [M nervous, refuses to interact], 0, 3, 4, 2 | 1, 1, 4, 10 [Another child bothering M], 4, 4, 6, 6, 9, 0, 8 )
See data the point note for data in sessions 1 and 9 in the example below:
Adding a Data Point Note by Reference
To help simplify the markup for long notes or notes that are used more than once, data point notes can also be added by reference. To enter a data point note reference, simply enter a letter (e.g. a, b, c), number (e.g. 1, 2, 3), or short abbreviation or code (e.g. x1, sc, smpl) in the brackets instead of the actual note. Then define the actual note at the bottom of the data markup using the syntax show below:
[a]:"The longer note that is to be referenced"Description: A short data point note reference code is placed after the data point in brackets. A longer note is defined at the end of the markup on a new line by repeating the reference code in brackets, followed by a colon, and then by the full data point note enclosed in quotes. When cursor hovers over the relevant data point, the note appears next to the data point.
Example:
Data 1: 1, 4, 3 [a], 8 [b], 9 [b]
Data 2: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
[a]:"The client was late and agitated. Not focused on the task."
[b]:"Client was in a very good mood and fully engaged."
In the graph below, M is evaluated for the number of utterances that he produces per minute during a social activity in his classroom. Simple annotations appear in the 1st and 9th sessions, commenting on unique circumstances. The reference note feature was used to create a set of social participation codes which provides a complementary coding of the therapy sessions. Also, a long reference note is posted on Session 15.