On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Anthony Durity <anthony.dur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello again! > > First of all, thank you so much to everyone who has already replied. > > Recently I put out a request for volunteers to answer a few questions. > I got some responses but considering there are 1331 (11^3 , an
Your attached odt file begins "All information you provide will remain private and anonymous.". The first question you ask after that is for my first and last name. In what sense is this anonymous? So I'm not convinced you have thought through how to do human subjects research... (I don't claim I have either, but I had to deal with a review board for human subjects research at Univ of Washington a few weeks ago for a grant I'm on, and it was clear that one of my co-PI's *had* thought through doing human subjects research, and I learned something from what they did.) It also seems weird ending with "I certify that the information given in this application is complete and accurate." and requiring a signature. Incidentally, Harald Schilly has done some surveys in the past with very similar questions to the Sage community. He used Google Docs forms [1], which are much more pleasant to fill out than Word documents, and the information in them automatically goes into a spreadsheet. You might consider using them or something similar. [1] https://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=87809 > auspicious number) members in this mailing list according to Google I > thought I would repeat my call. But this time I will attach the > questionnaire rather than ask you to respond to me individually - > though of course you can do that also. > > May I just say that I realize that you are busy and that this request > may seem as somewhat tangential to your project and your work but I > would like to convince you that it is in your own best interest to > respond. And if you don't respond I would like to hear your reason > also if that would not be too much trouble (no time / could not be > bothered / do not see the value in it / and so on). The questionnaire > is not that long (I personally hate form-filling myself) and none of > the answers are obligatory, all information is private and > confidential, you will remain anonymous and I will not publish > anything without your consent. Honest. > > I believe that providing responses for my research will help this > project in multiple ways. It will help you provide historical and > social documentation for your project. It will definitely increase > awareness of the project and the goals and ambitions of the project > members. As one of my research goals is understanding how open source > mathematical tools could achieve parity (at least in terms of > mindshare and use) with proprietary tools the more responses I get the > better a position I will be in to make a stab at this. > > Lastly, I am based in Finland - I would love to head over to Seattle > to meet you at your Bug Days or Women in Sage events but that will not > be possible. I should in all probability make it to the Singular Days > event in Germany at the end of September though so look forward to > seeing some of you there in person. > > Kind regards and best wishes, > Anthony Durity > > -- > To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel > URL: http://www.sagemath.org > -- William Stein Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
