Re: Open Source Survey - http://goo.gl/5bwR9t
> Thorsten Glaser writes: > > > Jonas Smedegaard jones.dk> writes: > > > >> Quoting Michael Kaserer (2014-01-08 11:00:50) > >> > We are two students currently working on a research project regarding > >> > motivation for contributing to Open Source projects. You can help us > >> > by filling out the following web-survey, it only takes max. 2 minutes! > > > > The survey asks which of the reasons is the most important one, > > but one cannot choose the free-form “other” reason there, and > > this is a mandatory field. > > Funny that -- I specified an "other" option too, and would have selected > that as my main reason if given the chance. > Same here. > The available options seem to say more about the assumptions of the > researcher, than being likely to provide interesting data. > I kept waiting for a free-form field to appear in order to help the researchers with some (entirely subjective) notes about their assumptions. But unfortunately there wasn't any such field (and neither any contact-the-authors link). Have fun, Michael pgpdpFm75qbSq.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Open Source Survey - http://goo.gl/5bwR9t
Thorsten Glaser writes: > Jonas Smedegaard jones.dk> writes: > >> Quoting Michael Kaserer (2014-01-08 11:00:50) >> > We are two students currently working on a research project regarding >> > motivation for contributing to Open Source projects. You can help us >> > by filling out the following web-survey, it only takes max. 2 minutes! > > The survey asks which of the reasons is the most important one, > but one cannot choose the free-form “other” reason there, and > this is a mandatory field. Funny that -- I specified an "other" option too, and would have selected that as my main reason if given the chance. The available options seem to say more about the assumptions of the researcher, than being likely to provide interesting data. Cheers, Phil. -- |)| Philip Hands [+44 (0)20 8530 9560]http://www.hands.com/ |-| HANDS.COM Ltd.http://ftp.uk.debian.org/ |(| 10 Onslow Gardens, South Woodford, London E18 1NE ENGLAND pgpDRBhxpDrRa.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Open Source Survey - http://goo.gl/5bwR9t
Jonas Smedegaard jones.dk> writes: > Quoting Michael Kaserer (2014-01-08 11:00:50) > > We are two students currently working on a research project regarding > > motivation for contributing to Open Source projects. You can help us > > by filling out the following web-survey, it only takes max. 2 minutes! The survey asks which of the reasons is the most important one, but one cannot choose the free-form “other” reason there, and this is a mandatory field. > > This is the link: http://goo.gl/5bwR9t > > You might take into account when judging the results of that the survey > is skewed by its making use of a tracking URL that some contributors are > strongly opposed to follow. It’s even worse: the short link leads to: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1MqwfflwV7qKrfg75OHzfpy2MzbbyXmo8JINWS85A5N8 /viewform Amazingly enough, the whole thing works with Lynx. Totally negatively surprising, about half of the survey is automatically translated into the native language of the country Google thinks your IP address belongs too, with no obvious way (in either Lynx or $gui_BROWSER) to change the language. Well, not precisely surprising, but still a definitive minus. bye, //mirabilos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/loom.20140113t101914-...@post.gmane.org
Re: Open Source Survey - http://goo.gl/5bwR9t
Hi Michael, Quoting Michael Kaserer (2014-01-08 11:00:50) > We are two students currently working on a research project regarding > motivation for contributing to Open Source projects. You can help us > by filling out the following web-survey, it only takes max. 2 minutes! > > This is the link: http://goo.gl/5bwR9t You might take into account when judging the results of that the survey is skewed by its making use of a tracking URL that some contributors are strongly opposed to follow. (I did not check, but if that tracking URL then leads to a Google service, again some contributors will be strongly against using it). Good luck with your survey. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private signature.asc Description: signature
Open Source Survey - http://goo.gl/5bwR9t
Hi everybody, We are two students currently working on a research project regarding motivation for contributing to Open Source projects. You can help us by filling out the following web-survey, it only takes max. 2 minutes! This is the link: http://goo.gl/5bwR9t Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/blu0-smtp901b922951a1cdc9582d3eff...@phx.gbl
