Problem Information API#

Get the Grade Distribution for a Course#

class analytics_data_api.v0.views.problems.GradeDistributionView(**kwargs)[source]#

Get the distribution of grades for a specific problem.

Example request

GET /api/v0/problems/{problem_id}/grade_distribution

Response Values

Returns a collection for each unique grade given to a specified problem. Each collection contains:

  • course_id: The ID of the course for which data is returned.

  • module_id: The ID of the problem.

  • grade: The grade being counted in this collection.

  • count: The number of times the grade in this collection was given.

  • max_grade: The highest possible grade for this problem.

  • created: The date the count was computed.

Example Response

HTTP 200 OK
Vary: Accept
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS

[
  {
    "module_id": "i4x://edX/DemoX/Demo_Course/problem/97fd93e33a18495488578e9e74fa4cae",
    "course_id": "edX/DemoX/Demo_Course",
    "grade": 1,
    "max_grade": 2,
    "count": 5,
    "created": "2014-09-12T114957"
  },
  {
    "module_id": "i4x://edX/DemoX/Demo_Course/problem/97fd93e33a18495488578e9e74fa4cae",
    "course_id": "edX/DemoX/Demo_Course",
    "grade": 2,
    "max_grade": 2,
    "count": 256,
    "created": "2014-09-12T114957"
  }
]

Get the Answer Distribution for a Problem#

class analytics_data_api.v0.views.problems.ProblemResponseAnswerDistributionView(**kwargs)[source]#

Get the distribution of student answers to a specific problem.

Example request

GET /api/v0/problems/{problem_id}/answer_distribution

Response Values

Returns a collection for each unique answer given to specified problem. Each collection contains:

  • course_id: The ID of the course for which data is returned.

  • module_id: The ID of the problem.

  • part_id: The ID for the part of the problem. For multi-part problems, a collection is returned for each part.

  • correct: Whether the answer was correct (true) or not (false).

  • count: The number of times the answer in this collection was given.

  • value_id: The ID of the answer in this collection.

  • answer_value: An answer for this problem.

  • problem_display_name: The display name for the specified problem.

  • question_text: The question for the specified problem.

  • variant: For randomized problems, the random seed used. If problem is not randomized, value is null.

  • created: The date the count was computed.

Example Response

HTTP 200 OK
Vary: Accept
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS

[
   {
     "course_id": "edX/DemoX/Demo_Course",
      "module_id": "i4x://edX/DemoX/Demo_Course/problem/
        268b43628e6d45f79c52453a590f9829",
      "part_id": "i4x-edX-DemoX-Demo_Course-problem-
        268b43628e6d45f79c52453a590f9829_2_1",
      "correct": false,
      "count": 9,
      "value_id": "choice_0",
      "answer_value_text": "Russia",
      "answer_value_numeric": null,
      "problem_display_name": "Multiple Choice Problem",
      "question_text": "Which of the following countries has the largest
        population?",
      "variant": null,
      "created": "2014-12-05T225026"
    },
    {
     "course_id": "edX/DemoX/Demo_Course",
      "module_id": "i4x://edX/DemoX/Demo_Course/problem/
        268b43628e6d45f79c52453a590f9829",
      "part_id": "i4x-edX-DemoX-Demo_Course-problem-
        268b43628e6d45f79c52453a590f9829_2_1",
      "correct": true,
      "count": 15,
      "value_id": "choice_1",
      "answer_value_text": "Indonesia",
      "answer_value_numeric": null,
      "problem_display_name": "Multiple Choice Problem",
      "question_text": "Which of the following countries has the largest
        population?",
      "variant": null,
      "created": "2014-12-05T225026"
    }
]

Get the View Count for a Subsection#

class analytics_data_api.v0.views.problems.SequentialOpenDistributionView(**kwargs)[source]#

Get the number of views of a subsection, or sequential, in the course.

Example request

GET /api/v0/problems/{module_id}/sequential_open_distribution

Response Values

Returns a collection that contains the number of views of the specified problem. The collection contains:

  • course_id: The ID of the course for which data is returned.

  • module_id: The ID of the subsection, or sequential.

  • count: The number of times the subsection was viewed.

  • created: The date the count computed.

Example Response

HTTP 200 OK
Vary: Accept
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS

[
  {
    "module_id": "i4x://edX/DemoX/Demo_Course/sequential/5c6c207e16dd47208c29bd8d3e68861e",
    "course_id": "edX/DemoX/Demo_Course",
    "count": 23,
    "created": "2014-09-12T114838"
  }
]