From: Ista Zahn <istazahn@gmail.com>
To: Karl Voit <news1142@karl-voit.at>
Cc: emacs-orgmode Mailinglist <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Conducting end user surveys and analyze data (was: Org-mode to feed a database)
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 08:05:37 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+vqiLENTv9V5g3_EZ2kLLmxf4cz5n1NV06RT9eXMLdGq+md-g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2014-12-31T11-24-01@devnull.Karl-Voit.at>
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On Dec 31, 2014 5:38 AM, "Karl Voit" <devnull@karl-voit.at> wrote:
>
> * Vikas Rawal <vikaslists@agrarianresearch.org> wrote:
> >
> > But there would be many interesting things one could do in an
> > emacs/org-based solution. My biggest worry is that it would
> > require continuous training of people coming in to enter data.
>
> I think you can differ between the data entry platform and the
> platform where you analyze the data.
>
> You do have to train people using Emacs/Org-mode as well.
>
> When I was a researcher, I used SurveyMonkey for my surveys. It's
> open source and web-based. You get the data in CSV files AFAIR.
No, I don't believe surveymonkey is open source. Perhaps you are thinking
of limesurvey?
>
> I also tested Google Drive (spreadsheet) forms which were very easy
> to set up. However, the person filling out the survey needs a Google
> Drive account.
No, that is not true. You don't need a google account to fill in a Google
drive form.
The results were exported in various formats AFAIR.
>
> So, choosing a well known interface type (web-based forms) for
> end-users and choosing a separate power-tool for analysis (R,
> Org-mode, ...) is not a bad idea IMHO.
I agree that doing it in emacs doesn't make sense from a productivity
standpoint. The only reason to do something like this in emacs is because
it would be cool and increase your geek cred.
Best,
Ista
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-12-31 13:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-12-29 2:01 Org-mode to feed a database Vikas Rawal
2014-12-29 11:26 ` Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-31 0:14 ` Vikas Rawal
2014-12-29 18:06 ` Nick Dokos
2014-12-31 0:13 ` Vikas Rawal
2014-12-31 10:37 ` Conducting end user surveys and analyze data (was: Org-mode to feed a database) Karl Voit
2014-12-31 13:05 ` Ista Zahn [this message]
2014-12-31 13:40 ` Karl Voit
2014-12-31 13:49 ` Ista Zahn
2014-12-31 15:13 ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-01-01 16:22 ` Karl Voit
2015-01-02 10:53 ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-01-02 14:04 ` OT: Cloud-dependencies, privacy, decentralization (was: Conducting end user surveys and analyze data) Karl Voit
2015-01-03 21:19 ` OT: Cloud-dependencies, privacy, decentralization Rasmus
2015-01-11 10:52 ` OT: privacy-aware web search via startpage.com (was: OT: Cloud-dependencies, privacy, decentralization) Karl Voit
2015-01-20 6:49 ` OT: Cloud-dependencies, privacy, decentralization (was: Conducting end user surveys and analyze data) Tom Prince
2015-01-20 9:19 ` OT: Cloud-dependencies, privacy, decentralization Karl Voit
2015-01-02 14:15 ` Conducting end user surveys and analyze data Paul Rudin
2015-01-02 16:51 ` OT: Gmail and cloud-dependencies (was: Conducting end user surveys and analyze data) Karl Voit
2015-01-03 8:02 ` OT: Gmail and cloud-dependencies Paul Rudin
2015-01-11 10:46 ` Karl Voit
2015-01-11 12:14 ` Paul Rudin
2015-01-11 14:55 ` Karl Voit
2015-01-12 7:55 ` Daniele Pizzolli
2014-12-30 21:15 ` Org-mode to feed a database Karl Voit
2015-01-04 22:05 ` John Kitchin
2015-01-05 3:39 ` Vikas Rawal
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