<?php
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/**
* Question statistics calculator class. Used in the quiz statistics report but also available for use elsewhere.
*
* @package core
* @subpackage questionbank
* @copyright 2013 Open University
* @author Jamie Pratt <me@jamiep.org>
* @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
*/
namespace core_question\statistics\questions;
defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
/**
* This class has methods to compute the question statistics from the raw data.
*
* @copyright 2013 Open University
* @author Jamie Pratt <me@jamiep.org>
* @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
*/
class calculator {
/**
* @var all_calculated_for_qubaid_condition all the stats calculated for slots and sub-questions and variants of those
* questions.
*/
protected $stats;
/**
* @var float
*/
protected $sumofmarkvariance = 0;
/**
* @var array[] keyed by a string representing the pool of questions that this random question draws from.
* string as returned from {@link \core_question\statistics\questions\calculated::random_selector_string}
*/
protected $randomselectors = array();
/**
* @var \progress_trace
*/
protected $progress;
/**
* @var string The class name of the class to instantiate to store statistics calculated.
*/
protected $statscollectionclassname = '\core_question\statistics\questions\all_calculated_for_qubaid_condition';
/**
* Constructor.
*
* @param object[] questions to analyze, keyed by slot, also analyses sub questions for random questions.
* we expect some extra fields - slot, maxmark and number on the full question data objects.
* @param \core\progress\base|null $progress the element to send progress messages to, default is {@link \core\progress\none}.
*/
public function __construct($questions, $progress = null) {
if ($progress === null) {
$progress = new \core\progress\none();
}
$this->progress = $progress;
$this->stats = new $this->statscollectionclassname();
foreach ($questions as $slot => $question) {
$this->stats->initialise_for_slot($slot, $question);
$this->stats->for_slot($slot)->randomguessscore = $this->get_random_guess_score($question);
}
}
/**
* Calculate the stats.
*
* @param \qubaid_condition $qubaids Which question usages to calculate the stats for?
* @return all_calculated_for_qubaid_condition The calculated stats.
*/
public function calculate($qubaids) {
$this->progress->start_progress('', 6);
list($lateststeps, $summarks) = $this->get_latest_steps($qubaids);
if ($lateststeps) {
$this->progress->start_progress('', count($lateststeps), 1);
// Compute the statistics of position, and for random questions, work
// out which questions appear in which positions.
foreach ($lateststeps as $step) {
$this->progress->increment_progress();
$israndomquestion = ($step->questionid != $this->stats->for_slot($step->slot)->questionid);
$breakdownvariants = !$israndomquestion && $this->stats->for_slot($step->slot)->break_down_by_variant();
// If this is a variant we have not seen before create a place to store stats calculations for this variant.
if ($breakdownvariants && !$this->stats->has_slot($step->slot, $step->variant)) {
$question = $this->stats->for_slot($step->slot)->question;
$this->stats->initialise_for_slot($step->slot, $question, $step->variant);
$this->stats->for_slot($step->slot, $step->variant)->randomguessscore =
$this->get_random_guess_score($question);
}
// Step data walker for main question.
$this->initial_steps_walker($step, $this->stats->for_slot($step->slot), $summarks, true, $breakdownvariants);
// If this is a random question do the calculations for sub question stats.
if ($israndomquestion) {
if (!$this->stats->has_subq($step->questionid)) {
$this->stats->initialise_for_subq($step);
} else if ($this->stats->for_subq($step->questionid)->maxmark != $step->maxmark) {
$this->stats->for_subq($step->questionid)->differentweights = true;
}
// If this is a variant of this subq we have not seen before create a place to store stats calculations for it.
if (!$this->stats->has_subq($step->questionid, $step->variant)) {
$this->stats->initialise_for_subq($step, $step->variant);
}
$this->initial_steps_walker($step, $this->stats->for_subq($step->questionid), $summarks, false);
// Extra stuff we need to do in this loop for subqs to keep track of where they need to be displayed later.
$number = $this->stats->for_slot($step->slot)->question->number;
$this->stats->for_subq($step->questionid)->usedin[$number] = $number;
// Keep track of which random questions are actually selected from each pool of questions that random
// questions are pulled from.
$randomselectorstring = $this->stats->for_slot($step->slot)->random_selector_string();
if (!isset($this->randomselectors[$randomselectorstring])) {
$this->randomselectors[$randomselectorstring] = array();
}
$this->randomselectors[$randomselectorstring][$step->questionid] = $step->questionid;
}
}
$this->progress->end_progress();
foreach ($this->randomselectors as $key => $notused) {
ksort($this->randomselectors[$key]);
$this->randomselectors[$key] = implode(',', $this->randomselectors[$key]);
}
$this->stats->subquestions = question_load_questions($this->stats->get_all_subq_ids());
// Compute the statistics for sub questions, if there are any.
$this->progress->start_progress('', count($this->stats->subquestions), 1);
foreach ($this->stats->subquestions as $qid => $subquestion) {
$this->progress->increment_progress();
$subquestion->maxmark = $this->stats->for_subq($qid)->maxmark;
$this->stats->for_subq($qid)->question = $subquestion;
$this->stats->for_subq($qid)->randomguessscore = $this->get_random_guess_score($subquestion);
if ($variants = $this->stats->for_subq($qid)->get_variants()) {
foreach ($variants as $variant) {
$this->stats->for_subq($qid, $variant)->question = $subquestion;
$this->stats->for_subq($qid, $variant)->randomguessscore = $this->get_random_guess_score($subquestion);
}
$this->stats->for_subq($qid)->sort_variants();
}
$this->initial_question_walker($this->stats->for_subq($qid));
if ($this->stats->for_subq($qid)->usedin) {
sort($this->stats->for_subq($qid)->usedin, SORT_NUMERIC);
$this->stats->for_subq($qid)->positions = implode(',', $this->stats->for_subq($qid)->usedin);
} else {
$this->stats->for_subq($qid)->positions = '';
}
}
$this->progress->end_progress();
// Finish computing the averages, and put the sub-question data into the
// corresponding questions.
$slots = $this->stats->get_all_slots();
$totalnumberofslots = count($slots);
$maxindex = $totalnumberofslots - 1;
$this->progress->start_progress('', $totalnumberofslots, 1);
foreach ($slots as $index => $slot) {
$this->stats->for_slot($slot)->sort_variants();
$this->progress->increment_progress();
$nextslotindex = $index + 1;
$nextslot = ($nextslotindex > $maxindex) ? false : $slots[$nextslotindex];
$this->initial_question_walker($this->stats->for_slot($slot));
// The rest of this loop is to finish working out where randomly selected question stats should be displayed.
if ($this->stats->for_slot($slot)->question->qtype == 'random') {
$randomselectorstring = $this->stats->for_slot($slot)->random_selector_string();
if ($nextslot && ($randomselectorstring == $this->stats->for_slot($nextslot)->random_selector_string())) {
continue; // Next loop iteration.
}
if (isset($this->randomselectors[$randomselectorstring])) {
$this->stats->for_slot($slot)->subquestions = $this->randomselectors[$randomselectorstring];
}
}
}
$this->progress->end_progress();
// Go through the records one more time.
$this->progress->start_progress('', count($lateststeps), 1);
foreach ($lateststeps as $step) {
$this->progress->increment_progress();
$israndomquestion = ($this->stats->for_slot($step->slot)->question->qtype == 'random');
$this->secondary_steps_walker($step, $this->stats->for_slot($step->slot), $summarks);
if ($israndomquestion) {
$this->secondary_steps_walker($step, $this->stats->for_subq($step->questionid), $summarks);
}
}
$this->progress->end_progress();
$slots = $this->stats->get_all_slots();
$this->progress->start_progress('', count($slots), 1);
$sumofcovariancewithoverallmark = 0;
foreach ($this->stats->get_all_slots() as $slot) {
$this->progress->increment_progress();
$this->secondary_question_walker($this->stats->for_slot($slot));
$this->sumofmarkvariance += $this->stats->for_slot($slot)->markvariance;
< if ($this->stats->for_slot($slot)->covariancewithoverallmark >= 0) {
< $sumofcovariancewithoverallmark += sqrt($this->stats->for_slot($slot)->covariancewithoverallmark);
> $covariancewithoverallmark = $this->stats->for_slot($slot)->covariancewithoverallmark;
> if (null !== $covariancewithoverallmark && $covariancewithoverallmark >= 0) {
> $sumofcovariancewithoverallmark += sqrt($covariancewithoverallmark);
}
}
$this->progress->end_progress();
$subqids = $this->stats->get_all_subq_ids();
$this->progress->start_progress('', count($subqids), 1);
foreach ($subqids as $subqid) {
$this->progress->increment_progress();
$this->secondary_question_walker($this->stats->for_subq($subqid));
}
$this->progress->end_progress();
foreach ($this->stats->get_all_slots() as $slot) {
if ($sumofcovariancewithoverallmark) {
if ($this->stats->for_slot($slot)->negcovar) {
$this->stats->for_slot($slot)->effectiveweight = null;
} else {
$this->stats->for_slot($slot)->effectiveweight =
100 * sqrt($this->stats->for_slot($slot)->covariancewithoverallmark) /
$sumofcovariancewithoverallmark;
}
} else {
$this->stats->for_slot($slot)->effectiveweight = null;
}
}
$this->stats->cache($qubaids);
<
> }
// All finished.
$this->progress->end_progress();
< }
return $this->stats;
}
/**
* Used when computing Coefficient of Internal Consistency by quiz statistics.
*
* @return float
*/
public function get_sum_of_mark_variance() {
return $this->sumofmarkvariance;
}
/**
* Get the latest step data from the db, from which we will calculate stats.
*
* @param \qubaid_condition $qubaids Which question usages to get the latest steps for?
* @return array with two items
* - $lateststeps array of latest step data for the question usages
* - $summarks array of total marks for each usage, indexed by usage id
*/
protected function get_latest_steps($qubaids) {
$dm = new \question_engine_data_mapper();
$fields = " qas.id,
qa.questionusageid,
qa.questionid,
qa.variant,
qa.slot,
qa.maxmark,
qas.fraction * qa.maxmark as mark";
$lateststeps = $dm->load_questions_usages_latest_steps($qubaids, $this->stats->get_all_slots(), $fields);
$summarks = array();
if ($lateststeps) {
foreach ($lateststeps as $step) {
if (!isset($summarks[$step->questionusageid])) {
$summarks[$step->questionusageid] = 0;
}
$summarks[$step->questionusageid] += $step->mark;
}
}
return array($lateststeps, $summarks);
}
/**
* Calculating the stats is a four step process.
*
* We loop through all 'last step' data first.
*
* Update $stats->totalmarks, $stats->markarray, $stats->totalothermarks
* and $stats->othermarksarray to include another state.
*
* @param object $step the state to add to the statistics.
* @param calculated $stats the question statistics we are accumulating.
* @param array $summarks of the sum of marks for each question usage, indexed by question usage id
* @param bool $positionstat whether this is a statistic of position of question.
* @param bool $dovariantalso do we also want to do the same calculations for this variant?
*/
protected function initial_steps_walker($step, $stats, $summarks, $positionstat = true, $dovariantalso = true) {
$stats->s++;
$stats->totalmarks += $step->mark;
$stats->markarray[] = $step->mark;
if ($positionstat) {
$stats->totalothermarks += $summarks[$step->questionusageid] - $step->mark;
$stats->othermarksarray[] = $summarks[$step->questionusageid] - $step->mark;
} else {
$stats->totalothermarks += $summarks[$step->questionusageid];
$stats->othermarksarray[] = $summarks[$step->questionusageid];
}
if ($dovariantalso) {
$this->initial_steps_walker($step, $stats->variantstats[$step->variant], $summarks, $positionstat, false);
}
}
/**
* Then loop through all questions for the first time.
*
* Perform some computations on the per-question statistics calculations after
* we have been through all the step data.
*
* @param calculated $stats question stats to update.
*/
protected function initial_question_walker($stats) {
> if ($stats->s != 0) {
$stats->markaverage = $stats->totalmarks / $stats->s;
> $stats->othermarkaverage = $stats->totalothermarks / $stats->s;
> $stats->summarksaverage = $stats->totalsummarks / $stats->s;
if ($stats->maxmark != 0) {
> } else {
$stats->facility = $stats->markaverage / $stats->maxmark;
> $stats->markaverage = 0;
} else {
> $stats->othermarkaverage = 0;
$stats->facility = null;
> $stats->summarksaverage = 0;
}
> }
<
< $stats->othermarkaverage = $stats->totalothermarks / $stats->s;
<
< $stats->summarksaverage = $stats->totalsummarks / $stats->s;
sort($stats->markarray, SORT_NUMERIC);
sort($stats->othermarksarray, SORT_NUMERIC);
// Here we have collected enough data to make the decision about which questions have variants whose stats we also want to
// calculate. We delete the initialised structures where they are not needed.
if (!$stats->get_variants() || !$stats->break_down_by_variant()) {
$stats->clear_variants();
}
foreach ($stats->get_variants() as $variant) {
$this->initial_question_walker($stats->variantstats[$variant]);
}
}
/**
* Loop through all last step data again.
*
* Now we know the averages, accumulate the date needed to compute the higher
* moments of the question scores.
*
* @param object $step the state to add to the statistics.
* @param calculated $stats the question statistics we are accumulating.
* @param float[] $summarks of the sum of marks for each question usage, indexed by question usage id
*/
protected function secondary_steps_walker($step, $stats, $summarks) {
$markdifference = $step->mark - $stats->markaverage;
if ($stats->subquestion) {
$othermarkdifference = $summarks[$step->questionusageid] - $stats->othermarkaverage;
} else {
$othermarkdifference = $summarks[$step->questionusageid] - $step->mark - $stats->othermarkaverage;
}
$overallmarkdifference = $summarks[$step->questionusageid] - $stats->summarksaverage;
$sortedmarkdifference = array_shift($stats->markarray) - $stats->markaverage;
$sortedothermarkdifference = array_shift($stats->othermarksarray) - $stats->othermarkaverage;
$stats->markvariancesum += pow($markdifference, 2);
$stats->othermarkvariancesum += pow($othermarkdifference, 2);
$stats->covariancesum += $markdifference * $othermarkdifference;
$stats->covariancemaxsum += $sortedmarkdifference * $sortedothermarkdifference;
$stats->covariancewithoverallmarksum += $markdifference * $overallmarkdifference;
if (isset($stats->variantstats[$step->variant])) {
$this->secondary_steps_walker($step, $stats->variantstats[$step->variant], $summarks);
}
}
/**
* And finally loop through all the questions again.
*
* Perform more per-question statistics calculations.
*
* @param calculated $stats question stats to update.
*/
protected function secondary_question_walker($stats) {
if ($stats->s > 1) {
$stats->markvariance = $stats->markvariancesum / ($stats->s - 1);
$stats->othermarkvariance = $stats->othermarkvariancesum / ($stats->s - 1);
$stats->covariance = $stats->covariancesum / ($stats->s - 1);
$stats->covariancemax = $stats->covariancemaxsum / ($stats->s - 1);
$stats->covariancewithoverallmark = $stats->covariancewithoverallmarksum /
($stats->s - 1);
$stats->sd = sqrt($stats->markvariancesum / ($stats->s - 1));
if ($stats->covariancewithoverallmark >= 0) {
$stats->negcovar = 0;
} else {
$stats->negcovar = 1;
}
} else {
$stats->markvariance = null;
$stats->othermarkvariance = null;
$stats->covariance = null;
$stats->covariancemax = null;
$stats->covariancewithoverallmark = null;
$stats->sd = null;
$stats->negcovar = 0;
}
if ($stats->markvariance * $stats->othermarkvariance) {
$stats->discriminationindex = 100 * $stats->covariance /
sqrt($stats->markvariance * $stats->othermarkvariance);
} else {
$stats->discriminationindex = null;
}
if ($stats->covariancemax) {
$stats->discriminativeefficiency = 100 * $stats->covariance /
$stats->covariancemax;
} else {
$stats->discriminativeefficiency = null;
}
foreach ($stats->variantstats as $variantstat) {
$this->secondary_question_walker($variantstat);
}
}
/**
* Given the question data find the average grade that random guesses would get.
*
* @param object $questiondata the full question object.
* @return float the random guess score for this question.
*/
protected function get_random_guess_score($questiondata) {
return \question_bank::get_qtype(
$questiondata->qtype, false)->get_random_guess_score($questiondata);
}
/**
* Find time of non-expired statistics in the database.
*
* @param \qubaid_condition $qubaids Which question usages to look for?
* @return int|bool Time of cached record that matches this qubaid_condition or false is non found.
*/
public function get_last_calculated_time($qubaids) {
return $this->stats->get_last_calculated_time($qubaids);
}
/**
* Load cached statistics from the database.
*
* @param \qubaid_condition $qubaids Which question usages to load the cached stats for?
* @return all_calculated_for_qubaid_condition The cached stats.
*/
public function get_cached($qubaids) {
$this->stats->get_cached($qubaids);
return $this->stats;
}
}