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Four site copies waited for an answer code none of them offered

All four branching rules wait for code 17, but none of the four answer lists includes it.

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FP–REDCAP–001Four RADAR-CNS study dictionaries
Translated-model proof

July 2026 REDCap wild review

Four site copies waited for an answer code none of them offered

All four branching rules wait for code 17, but none of the four answer lists includes it.

Impact
The “describe other ethnicity” question never appears. In the two copies with codes 0–6, that hidden field is also marked required.
How it was checked
Checked against the listed choices after translating the REDCap branching logic
Affected files
4 files · 2 required follow-ups
Retained evidence
4 internal artifact records anchor this published summary.
Controlling rule in all four files[ethnicity_1] = '17'
Available answer codesTwo copies offer '0'–'6' (“Other” = '6'); two offer '18'–'22' (“Other” = '22')
TRANSLATED-MODEL PROOF

Why the branch failed

The branch expected a stored code no choice supplied.

Branching logic compares stored codes. In these four files, the “Other” labels map to 6 or 22 while the branch requires 17. The retained files establish that mismatch—not its history or cause.

  1. 1

    The branch expected 17

    Each affected follow-up used the same controlling rule: [ethnicity_1] = '17'.

  2. 2

    The supplied choices excluded 17

    Two offered codes 0–6 with “Other” stored as 6. Two offered 18–22 with “Other” stored as 22. None offered 17.

  3. 3

    No listed answer could open it

    On the supported translation, every possible value from the four dictionaries fails the rule. The two 0–6 copies also marked the hidden follow-up required.

What the evidence establishes

A precise finding, with a precise boundary.

EstablishedNot established
Four retained files use [ethnicity_1] = '17'.That the public definitions were replayed in native REDCap.
None of their published choice lists includes code 17.The behavior of events, instances, records, or project configuration absent from the dictionaries.
No listed answer satisfies the supported translated rule.How often this defect occurs in REDCap projects generally.

Responsible publication

The finding is inspectable without republishing the instrument.

  • The rule, offered values, affected-file count, impact, and translated evidence boundary are retained as tested provenance.
  • Public definitions are summarized rather than distributed through this site.
  • The analyzer sample is explicitly synthetic and related only by defect shape.

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