. namespace quiz_statistics; defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die(); /** * Class to calculate and also manage caching of quiz statistics. * * These quiz statistics calculations are described here : * * http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Quiz_statistics_calculations#Test_statistics * * @package quiz_statistics * @copyright 2013 The Open University * @author James Pratt me@jamiep.org * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later */ class calculator { /** * @var \core\progress\base */ protected $progress; public function __construct(\core\progress\base $progress = null) { if ($progress === null) { $progress = new \core\progress\null(); } $this->progress = $progress; } /** * Compute the quiz statistics. * * @param int $quizid the quiz id. * @param int $whichattempts which attempts to use, represented internally as one of the constants as used in * $quiz->grademethod ie. * QUIZ_GRADEAVERAGE, QUIZ_GRADEHIGHEST, QUIZ_ATTEMPTLAST or QUIZ_ATTEMPTFIRST * we calculate stats based on which attempts would affect the grade for each student. * @param array $groupstudents students in this group. * @param int $p number of positions (slots). * @param float $sumofmarkvariance sum of mark variance, calculated as part of question statistics * @return calculated $quizstats The statistics for overall attempt scores. */ public function calculate($quizid, $whichattempts, $groupstudents, $p, $sumofmarkvariance) { $this->progress->start_progress('', 3); $quizstats = new calculated($whichattempts); $countsandaverages = $this->attempt_counts_and_averages($quizid, $groupstudents); $this->progress->progress(1); foreach ($countsandaverages as $propertyname => $value) { $quizstats->{$propertyname} = $value; } $s = $quizstats->s(); if ($s != 0) { // Recalculate sql again this time possibly including test for first attempt. list($fromqa, $whereqa, $qaparams) = quiz_statistics_attempts_sql($quizid, $groupstudents, $whichattempts); $quizstats->median = $this->median($s, $fromqa, $whereqa, $qaparams); $this->progress->progress(2); if ($s > 1) { $powers = $this->sum_of_powers_of_difference_to_mean($quizstats->avg(), $fromqa, $whereqa, $qaparams); $this->progress->progress(3); $quizstats->standarddeviation = sqrt($powers->power2 / ($s - 1)); // Skewness. if ($s > 2) { // See http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Quiz_item_analysis_calculations_in_practise#Skewness_and_Kurtosis. $m2 = $powers->power2 / $s; $m3 = $powers->power3 / $s; $m4 = $powers->power4 / $s; $k2 = $s * $m2 / ($s - 1); $k3 = $s * $s * $m3 / (($s - 1) * ($s - 2)); if ($k2 != 0) { $quizstats->skewness = $k3 / (pow($k2, 3 / 2)); // Kurtosis. if ($s > 3) { $k4 = $s * $s * ((($s + 1) * $m4) - (3 * ($s - 1) * $m2 * $m2)) / (($s - 1) * ($s - 2) * ($s - 3)); $quizstats->kurtosis = $k4 / ($k2 * $k2); } if ($p > 1) { $quizstats->cic = (100 * $p / ($p - 1)) * (1 - ($sumofmarkvariance / $k2)); $quizstats->errorratio = 100 * sqrt(1 - ($quizstats->cic / 100)); $quizstats->standarderror = $quizstats->errorratio * $quizstats->standarddeviation / 100; } } } } $quizstats->cache(quiz_statistics_qubaids_condition($quizid, $groupstudents, $whichattempts)); } $this->progress->end_progress(); return $quizstats; } /** @var integer Time after which statistics are automatically recomputed. */ const TIME_TO_CACHE = 900; // 15 minutes. /** * Load cached statistics from the database. * * @param $qubaids \qubaid_condition * @return calculated The statistics for overall attempt scores or false if not cached. */ public function get_cached($qubaids) { global $DB; $timemodified = time() - self::TIME_TO_CACHE; $fromdb = $DB->get_record_select('quiz_statistics', 'hashcode = ? AND timemodified > ?', array($qubaids->get_hash_code(), $timemodified)); $stats = new calculated(); $stats->populate_from_record($fromdb); return $stats; } /** * Find time of non-expired statistics in the database. * * @param $qubaids \qubaid_condition * @return integer|boolean Time of cached record that matches this qubaid_condition or false is non found. */ public function get_last_calculated_time($qubaids) { global $DB; $timemodified = time() - self::TIME_TO_CACHE; return $DB->get_field_select('quiz_statistics', 'timemodified', 'hashcode = ? AND timemodified > ?', array($qubaids->get_hash_code(), $timemodified)); } /** * Given a particular quiz grading method return a lang string describing which attempts contribute to grade. * * Note internally we use the grading method constants to represent which attempts we are calculating statistics for, each * grading method corresponds to different attempts for each user. * * @param int $whichattempts which attempts to use, represented internally as one of the constants as used in * $quiz->grademethod ie. * QUIZ_GRADEAVERAGE, QUIZ_GRADEHIGHEST, QUIZ_ATTEMPTLAST or QUIZ_ATTEMPTFIRST * we calculate stats based on which attempts would affect the grade for each student. * @return string the appropriate lang string to describe this option. */ public static function using_attempts_lang_string($whichattempts) { return get_string(static::using_attempts_string_id($whichattempts), 'quiz_statistics'); } /** * Given a particular quiz grading method return a string id for use as a field name prefix in mdl_quiz_statistics or to * fetch the appropriate language string describing which attempts contribute to grade. * * Note internally we use the grading method constants to represent which attempts we are calculating statistics for, each * grading method corresponds to different attempts for each user. * * @param int $whichattempts which attempts to use, represented internally as one of the constants as used in * $quiz->grademethod ie. * QUIZ_GRADEAVERAGE, QUIZ_GRADEHIGHEST, QUIZ_ATTEMPTLAST or QUIZ_ATTEMPTFIRST * we calculate stats based on which attempts would affect the grade for each student. * @return string the string id for this option. */ public static function using_attempts_string_id($whichattempts) { switch ($whichattempts) { case QUIZ_ATTEMPTFIRST : return 'firstattempts'; case QUIZ_GRADEHIGHEST : return 'highestattempts'; case QUIZ_ATTEMPTLAST : return 'lastattempts'; case QUIZ_GRADEAVERAGE : return 'allattempts'; } } /** * Calculating count and mean of marks for first and ALL attempts by students. * * See : http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Quiz_item_analysis_calculations_in_practise * #Calculating_MEAN_of_grades_for_all_attempts_by_students * @param int $quizid * @param array $groupstudents * @return \stdClass with properties with count and avg with prefixes firstattempts, highestattempts, etc. */ protected function attempt_counts_and_averages($quizid, $groupstudents) { global $DB; $attempttotals = new \stdClass(); foreach (array_keys(quiz_get_grading_options()) as $which) { list($fromqa, $whereqa, $qaparams) = quiz_statistics_attempts_sql($quizid, $groupstudents, $which); $fromdb = $DB->get_record_sql("SELECT COUNT(*) AS rcount, AVG(sumgrades) AS average FROM $fromqa WHERE $whereqa", $qaparams); $fieldprefix = static::using_attempts_string_id($which); $attempttotals->{$fieldprefix.'avg'} = $fromdb->average; $attempttotals->{$fieldprefix.'count'} = $fromdb->rcount; } return $attempttotals; } /** * Median mark. * * http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Quiz_statistics_calculations#Median_Score * * @param $s integer count of attempts * @param $fromqa string * @param $whereqa string * @param $qaparams string * @return float */ protected function median($s, $fromqa, $whereqa, $qaparams) { global $DB; if ($s % 2 == 0) { // An even number of attempts. $limitoffset = $s / 2 - 1; $limit = 2; } else { $limitoffset = floor($s / 2); $limit = 1; } $sql = "SELECT id, sumgrades FROM $fromqa WHERE $whereqa ORDER BY sumgrades"; $medianmarks = $DB->get_records_sql_menu($sql, $qaparams, $limitoffset, $limit); return array_sum($medianmarks) / count($medianmarks); } /** * Fetch the sum of squared, cubed and to the power 4 differences between sumgrade and it's mean. * * Explanation here : http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Quiz_item_analysis_calculations_in_practise * #Calculating_Standard_Deviation.2C_Skewness_and_Kurtosis_of_grades_for_all_attempts_by_students * * @param $mean * @param $fromqa * @param $whereqa * @param $qaparams * @return object with properties power2, power3, power4 */ protected function sum_of_powers_of_difference_to_mean($mean, $fromqa, $whereqa, $qaparams) { global $DB; $sql = "SELECT SUM(POWER((quiza.sumgrades - $mean), 2)) AS power2, SUM(POWER((quiza.sumgrades - $mean), 3)) AS power3, SUM(POWER((quiza.sumgrades - $mean), 4)) AS power4 FROM $fromqa WHERE $whereqa"; $params = array('mean1' => $mean, 'mean2' => $mean, 'mean3' => $mean) + $qaparams; return $DB->get_record_sql($sql, $params, MUST_EXIST); } }