ChangeLog for package klausuR

changes in version 0.12-5 (2012-03-10)
  - replaced custom function to clean up LaTeX code with encoded_text_to_latex() from tools package in klausur.report()
  - replaced UTF-8 characters with \uxxxx escapes in klausur.report()
  - set some internal variables NULL in compare(), grand.table(), klausur.gen(), klausur.mufo(), klausur.report() and
    the internal function klausur.reorderItems(), to avoid needless NOTEs from "R CMD check"
  - re-formatted the ChangeLog to have the roxyPackage translate it into a NEWS.Rd file

changes in version 0.12-4 (2012-02-09)
  - fixed bug in compare(): "new.set" didn't work if exactly one or none differences were found
  - added 'maxp' option to klausur.answ-class and klausur.date(), to be able to compensate for really buggy tests...
  - adjusted klausur() to check for maxp

changes in version 0.12-3 (2011-10-04)
  - added option "merge" to klausur.report(), to merge all individual reports into one file
  - added status feedback to  klausur.report(), can be turned of with new option "quiet=TRUE"
  - updated the RKWard GUI to the new options

changes in version 0.12-2 (2011-09-11)
  - fixed bug in nret.rescale() regarding NR data
  - fixed author definition for R 2.14

changes in version 0.12-1 (2011-09-01)
  - cleaned the docs so package check runs fine
  - fixed typo in klausur.report()

changes in version 0.12-0
  - 0.12 is not fully downward compatible with earlier versions of the klausuR package!
  - drastic changes: klausur() and klausur.mufo() from now on only take objects of the new class
    klausur.answ, which replaces the 'answ' and 'corr' arguments completely. Most of the time
    it took to evaluate tests was squeezing data with exotic variable names and loads of
    surprises into a valid data.frame. Those days should finally be numbered now...
  - added function klausur.data() to do the squeezing into klausur.answ class objects (s.o.)
  - added scoring function NRET+, which is more conservative than NRET when it comes to errors
  - added function nret.rescale() to change scaling of points in result objects (NR/ET/NRET/NRET+)
  - added function grand.table() to export all results back to CSV format
  - the class klausuR gained a new slot 'misc' to preserve whatever unused variables are left over
    from the squeezing process.
  - introduced class klausuR.test, now as a placeholder for future releases, and added slots to classes
    klausuR and klausuR.answ
  - added function nret.translator() to convert NRET/ET data from/to SPSS
  - added options 'table.size' and 'NRET.legend' to klausur.report()
  - smarter handling of histograms and marks info in klausur.report()
  - klausur.report() can now also create histograms with data from several klausuR objects
  - klausur.report() can now produce reports from more than one object, if you give them in a list
  - klausur.compare() was renamed to compare() and can now cope with NAs, unequal cases and
    unequal variables (will cause verbose warnings), and rename input variables, if necessary.
    it is also no longer limited to compare klausuR data, hence the renaming.
  - fixed some NRET/ET related bugs in the plot method and klausur.gen.marks()
  - fixed 'if' statement error in show method for klausuR-class objects
  - added support for item analysis on ET/NRET data
  - added NRET sample data "spss.data"
  - added SD values to item analysis (show method)
  - added 'sort.by' option to klausur.data(), and klausur()
  - added sort method for objects of class klausuR
  - added the full RKWard plugin as inst/rkward, so both get updated simultanously
  - adapted rkwardtests to current behaviour of klausuR
  - sources can now be roxygenized by roxygen2 (classes docs are static until '@slot' is supported again)

changes in version 0.11-3
  - aligned penalty for false negatives to number of correct alternatives in NRET/ET scoring
  - for NRET/ET, moved determination of max. points etc. to new internal function nret.minmax()

changes in version 0.11-2
  - added internal function roxy.package() to ease development
  - added initial support for elimination testing (ET) and number right elimination testing (NRET)
  - fixed "Form" addition in klausur.gen()

changes in version 0.11-1
  - fixed bug in points (were logical instead of numeric, which caused trouble for PDF generation)
  - fixed annoying "show" warning

changes in version 0.10-1
  - complete rewrite of klausur.compare(): less and more efficient code
  - replaced "na.replace" option with a plain "na.rm", i.e., NA cases are dropped completely by default
  - added new "na.rm" option to plot method, TRUE by default
  - added variable "Form" to klausur.gen()
  - replaced several "if(a == b)" constructs with "identical(a, b)" or "isTRUE(...)"
  - fixed: klausur.report() accidently created PDFs in a loop over and over again
  - fixed: klausur.report() failed if "#" appeared in names
  - fixed: klausur.report() didn't show partial results correctly, added check for needed digits
  - added slots "wght" and "points" to class klausuR

changes in version 0.10-0
  - added klausur.mufo() and new S4 class klausuR.mult: initial support for parallel test forms
  - added show() and plot() methods for objects of class klausuR.mult
  - added support for objects of class klausuR.mult in klausur.report()
  - fixed missing import of tools package
  - dropped roxygen dependency (still using roxygen, though)
  - some code cleanup for better readability

changes in version 0.9-7
  - added direct PDF creation to klausur.report(), using texi2dvi() from package tools
  - consequently added the tools package as a dependency

changes in version 0.9-6
  - added schemes "DIHK", "USA" and "UK" to klausuR.gen.marks()
  - added informative slot "marks.sum" to objects of class klausuR
  - updated the show method for klausuR objects accordingly
  - added "marks.info" option to klausur.report(), to include all or parts of "marks.sum" if wanted

changes in version 0.9-5
  - fixed another bug in klausur.compare(): objects with NAs meant trouble.
  - added "select" option to klausur.compare() to be able to focus on certain variables

changes in version 0.9-4
  - added support for different file name scheme to klausur.report() (matr. no. or name_firstname)

changes in version 0.9-3
  - added "alt.comma" parameter to klausur.report()
  - minor corrections in the documentation (some missing params in usage)

changes in version 0.9-2
  - restructured the LaTeX output
  - fixed some bugs in klausur.compare()
  - added parameters to skip cronbach's alpha and item analysis in klausur()
  - cronbach's alpha and item analysis now run in a safe tryCatch() environment
  - modified the show() method accordingly

changes in version 0.9-1
  - added "alpha if removed" calculation for each item
  - added longtable support for klausur.report()
  - fixed some bugs in klausur(), klausur.report() and plot() regarding character vectors

changes in version 0.9-0
  - added support for partially correct answers (if multiple correct answers possible)
    via the new "score" parameter
  - more cleaning up: moved some subroutines to internal functions

changes in version 0.8-1
  - added marks A to F as an option in klausur.gen.marks()
  - adjusted the plot method to treat marks as characters
  - beautyfied the output of individual results in klausur()
  - cleaned up a bit (removed unused relicts from klausur.R)
  - translated hopefully all comments in the code into english

changes in version 0.8-0
  - added feature to suggest marks by normal distribution

changes in version 0.7-0
  - initial public release (via reaktanz.de)
