On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Gregory Zobel <[email protected]> wrote: > Regina, > > You raise important points: > > SCALE > > The questions on the first side sound very similar, for example >> "easy to use" >> "need the support" >> "cumbersome to use" >> And if this is intended, the questions should not be near together. >> Giving five answers will lead to an overemphasis of the three answers in >> the middle. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tendenz_zur_Mitte (sorry, I've >> no English article) > > > > While this may overemphasize the three answers in the middle, the questions > on the first page are directly from the System Usability Scale (SUS). This > scale has been used for over 20 years and in over 600 studies. Thus, while > part of the instrument may appear to lead to the middle, the scale has been > vetted and tested repeatedly. As an initial instrument, I think it would be > wise to work with one that others have tested out. > > Once we have results using this standard metric, perhaps we can adapt the > scale. >
My impression was that these questions are, by design, not orthogonal. There is an overlap, with different wordings asking about some of the same underlying concepts. The fact that there is a formula to aggregate these 10 questions into one score suggests the same thing. > WORD CHOICE > *Entrepreneur* > In terms of entrepreneur, would business person or self-employed or small > business owner be better? > > *Industry* > Rather than industry, what would work better: profession? Field? > We could use NAIC sector classifications: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Industry_Classification_System But that is weird too. In other surveys we asked more simply: Where do you use OpenOffice: Home, Work, School, Other, and allowed this to be a multiple selection. LimeSurvey has the ability to ask follow up questions, so we could, for example, have a sector question that only shows up if they click "work". Or we can simply omit the sector question. If we could fit one more in, it would be good to ask: "How long have you used OpenOffice?" a) I am not an OpenOffice User b) Less than 1 Year c) 1-2 Years d) 2-5 years e) More than 5 years The idea would be to see how web site perception varies by how long they've used the product. > > I have a couple of additional comments re: formatting.: > First, having all the text centered makes it difficult to read (for me at > least). > > Second, it would be nice to have line breaks between the paragraphs. > I noticed the same thing. That was the way the default template formatted the text. I don't like it either. I made some changes. Try it again, refreshing your browser if needed. Regards, -Rob > Best, > gz > > > > On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Regina Henschel > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Rob, >> >> Rob Weir schrieb: >> >> Here is a draft of the survey set up in LimeSurvey: >>> >>> http://survey.openoffice.org/index.php/survey/index/sid/ >>> 522696/newtest/Y/lang/en >>> >>> Let's double check the question wording, the choices, etc. >>> >>> >> Word "Industry" in demographic question "Industry in which you work" is >> not clear. The answer has "Industry" too and answer "Education" is not a >> "Industry" for me. >> >> The word "Entrepreneur" is likely unknown to not native speakers. >> >> I have run through the survey, and on the last page I get the "Submit" >> button, but the progress bar is not at 100%. >> >> The survey has no "back" and back button from browser does not work. >> >> The questions on the first side sound very similar, for example >> "easy to use" >> "need the support" >> "cumbersome to use" >> And if this is intended, the questions should not be near together. >> >> Giving five answers will lead to an overemphasis of the three answers in >> the middle. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tendenz_zur_Mitte (sorry, I've >> no English article) >> >> Kind regards >> Regina >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> > > > -- > --- > Gregory B. Zobel, Ph.D. > Assistant Professor of Educational Technology > MSEd Program Coordinator > > Western Oregon University > 345 N. Monmouth Ave > Monmouth, OR 97361 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
