On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 5:11 PM, Donald Whytock <dwhyt...@apache.org> > wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > > > >> I while ago we were contacted by some academic researchers in Spain > >> who wanted to do a usability study about OpenOffice Writer. The > >> wanted to interview Writer users, both new and experienced. > >> > >> You can read about the study here: > >> > https://sites.google.com/site/silviateresitaacunna/Home/usability-in-oss > >> > >> Since data privacy would not allow us to give them our mailing list to > >> contact the users directly, we came up with the idea of using an > >> opt-in survey to collect the names of those who would be interested. > >> You can see the draft survey here: > >> > >> http://survey.openoffice.org/index.php/396365/lang/en/ > >> > >> It collects basic info about the users and their experience level, and > >> then at the end asks if they agree to participate in the follow-up > >> study. If they agree then we collect their email address. > >> > >> If you get a chance, please review the survey and let me know of any > >> concerns. > >> > >> > > The phrasing on the year questions, "Each answer must be between 0 and > > 100", seems a bit odd, as if one is expected to give more than one answer > > to the question. > > > > Here's the issue with that question: Our experience with the prior > two questions is that we run into trouble when asking a "how long > have you been...." type question. We saw people entering the year > they started doing the action. So they would enter "2010" if they > started using OpenOffice in 2010 rather than "3" for three years. So > the field validation is attempting to give an error if they make this > mistake. It restricts the duration field to a number between 0 and > 100. > Oh, I understand the intent. It was just the use of the word "each" that I wondered about, since "Each answer must be between 0 and 100" appeared before multiple questions. So it was reading a bit to me that the restriction applied to "each" of the presumably potentially multiple answers to that question.