I'd like to see both of these changes:

In other surveys we asked more simply:   Where do you use OpenOffice:
>  Home, Work, School, Other, and allowed this to be a multiple
> selection.


This would give us information for potential follow-up or refined surveys
at a later time.
It also helps avoid confusion around language/terms for jobs, industry,
positions, etc.


>
> 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.


This information could be particularly useful.




On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:55 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%.
> >
>
> It is not really complete until you submit the response for that last
> "data consent" question.   If this is confusing I can hide the
> progress bar.
>
> > The survey has no "back" and back button from browser does not work.
> >
>
> OK.  I added a "previous" button.
>
> > 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)
> >
>
> It is not the way I'd design a new survey, certainly, but this is a
> standard set of questions and options that has been around for quite a
> while, in the usability field, so following this same design will give
> us answers we can compare to industry averages, etc..
>
> See:
>
> http://www.measuringusability.com/sus.php
>
> Regards,
>
> -Rob
>
> > Kind regards
> > Regina
> >
> >
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