Giving Assessments
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View Current Respondents
To view information about current respondents and to make changes select Respondent List from the workspace or the Edit/View History from the Respondent menu.
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Add New Respondent
Choose Add New Respondent from the workspace or from the Respondent menu in the menu bar. 1. An input window text will appear. Enter the respondent’s first and last names. Their middle name is optional. 2. Choose a respondent ID. It must be unique. 3. When you are finished, click the Next button. 4. Choose…
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Give Assessment
The assessment may be given in one sitting or in a number of sessions. The software gives suggestions about appropriate times to stop, but the Session Manager may choose to suspend and resume the assessment at any time. MIDSA includes a reading test at the beginning. If the respondent fails it, the Session Manager will…
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Instruct Respondent to Use the Assessment
Instructions on how to use the software to take the assessment are incorporated into the assessment. In the Developmental History part, the timeline (reporting caregivers in six-month intervals) is a different format. Most users give help verbally, but written instructions are also available. A PDF of the Timeline Instructions can be found here.
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Authorize Respondent to Take Assessment
The first step in giving an assessment is to enter the respondent into the MIDSA software and choose the assessment (Adult-Male, Juvenile-Male, Adult-Female, Juvenile-Female) and which parts they should take (All, Basic Inventory, Developmental History, Social-Antisocial History, Reassess History). For those using the multiple computer configuration, the Administrator authorizes the respondent and creates an .auth…
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A Screen with Multiple Questions Is Cut Off at the Bottom.
This is a rare problem and is usually caused by an unusual screen resolution. The long-term solution is to change your screen resolution to 1024 x 768 or higher. To save the current assessment:
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You Deem a Question Inappropriate for the Respondent.
This happens most frequently because the respondent has made an earlier error. For example, he thinks he said he never had sex before he was 18 and now he gets questions about his teenage sexual activities. If you judge that he cannot answer accurately, you can skip the question. Enter Ctrl-Alt-S (all held down at…
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The Computer Locks Up in the Middle of the Assessment.
Windows Computers: If the computer stops responding and Ctrl-Alt-L does not bring up the Login window, press the Ctrl-Alt-Delete keys (all at the same time). Afterwards, click the “Task Manager” option. This will open Windows Task Manager, but it will be hidden underneath the assessment window. Make it appear over the assessment window by pressing…
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You want to change an authorization, but MIDSA will not let you.
Check to see if you have an assessment for this person in progress (Click on Resume Assessment). If you do, you must either finish the assessment or terminate it early. Then you can create a new assessment authorization.