Opinions are like ar$eholes...

.... everybodys got at least one.

I need a hand please folks. Got a class I'm doing for a
masters degree (yup, you got it, I'm gonna be ed-ja-ma-cated
when I grow up, just like JL - all fulled up with that
fancy booklearnin' malarky!). I have to "conduct a small
survey and analyse and present the results". Basically,
statistics 101.

It would have been more on-topic for ausmoto if I hadn't
binned the motorcycling-based survey and replaced it with
this one about what operating system, web browser and
software you use on your computer at work and at home<take
breath>. Sorry 'bout that...

Anyway, I'd be much obliged if all y'all (or even some of
y'all) would be so kind as to spend a few minutes answering
my silly questions at <http://survey.threefiddy.com/>

Thanks,

GB

 

No sex questions in there :-(

 

Beware the Emperor's Nose Fallacy.

-----sharks (... my general advice to anyone doing anything with surveys)

 

Do tell !

JL

 

Much obliged, like I said. Thanks. Keep 'em comin'

GB

 

That second page is not Konqueror friendly, nor are the questions, GB! I had
to resort to Firefox!

 

cherist on a bike Pete, sorry 'bout that. I never claimed
to be taking it seriously though (nor did I claim to have
actually tested it with anything other than fah-fahx!)

GB, thanks for persisting but

 

I feel a bit inadequate.......

 

Bugger! I thought I'd taken the bit out what flashes "piss off,
loser" on the screen if you don't put "C++" in that question!

G

 

....and the javascript close window didn't work in fah-fahx!

Bloody students.

 

That can happen with any survey.

Whether or not this is applicable depends
on what GB is trying to achieve.

 

Thankfully you dropped the "pin-dick" bit....

 

wrote in @u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com:

A high distinction actually! Ah've a record to uphold!

The defined object of the exercise is to go through the
motions of collecting some data, analyse it, and present
it. Not rocket science. I'm killing one and a half birds
with the one stone by collecting ~some~ stuff that will
be useful in my Masters 'Honours' thesis and possible
also the PhD (if/when).

Emperor's Nose is an acknowledged risk here. That's mitigated
somewhat by choosing a certain target audience, and that in
turn brings its own problems. Doesn't matter, I'll just use
the universal academic get-out-of-jail-free card! <grin>

GB

 

Tasmanians have 2 I hear! [1]

G-S

[1] *only filled in the survey once coz he isn't Tasmanian type look*

 

Well we couldn't be that silly playing with just one!

 

To summarize: averaging a large number of wild-arsed guesses doesn't
provide you with a useful number.

-----sharks

 

done

 

Thanks very much corks, and all other's who took the time
(and that's a lot, I got a heap of ausmotian responses!)

I've got about enough at this point, thanks.

GB

 

<bewildered stare> But but but, that's the basis for every budgetary
estimate I've ever seen done in IT ! How could it not be right ?

JL

 

You forgot: does the toilet paper hang on the side near the wall or
away from the wall?

-----sharks