On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Rich Mellor <r...@rwapservices.co.uk>wrote:
> On 16/02/2011 17:13, Plastic wrote: > >> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Geoff Wicks<gtwi...@btinternet.com >> >wrote: >> >> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> From: "Plastic"<plasticu...@gmail.com> >>> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 10:08 AM >>> >>> To:<ql-us...@q-v-d.com> >>> Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] The Spring 2011 QL Survery >>> >>> Hi all! >>> >>>> I now have 55 respondents. The results so far have definitely upset a >>>> few >>>> of >>>> my pre-existing views. Fascinating. >>>> >>>> I will close the survey on February 28th and release the full results on >>>> March 1st. >>>> >>>> I'll be sharing preliminary results with a few people before then, as >>>> the >>>> trends are fairly well defined at this point, so we can put some >>>> interesting >>>> commentary and interpretations in before that time. >>>> >>>> >>>> I don't want to pour cold water on what was a commendable initiative, >>> but >>> just a word of caution. >>> >>> Most respondents, perhaps all, are subscribers to this list. We are not >>> typical of the QL Community. >>> >>> This has been Quanta's big mistake. Everyone, committee and members, >>> assumed Quanta was the definitive voice of the UK QL community. >>> >>> We now know that there are twice as many non-Quanta UK QL-ers than there >>> are Quanta UK QL-ers. >>> >>> All the same I shall look forward to seeing the results, >>> >>> As I discussed with others off-list, yes, I fully acknowledge the >> limitations of polling a single community. I will just publish the results >> and invite the list to draw their own conclusions publicly. I think there >> are some interesting trends that are so strong they would not necessarily >> be >> THAT different if polling a different community. >> >> So, yes, pinch of salt. Not completely dismissed either. >> >> Next time, I will try to co-ordinate with the Quanta magazine so the poll >> will be open in time for QL users and Quanta members to both access the >> poll. If Quanta would be interested in that... >> >> Next poll will focus on software, OS choices, and emulators. >> >> Dave (who can hear the accusations of anti-hardware bias in that poll >> coming >> over the horizon now!) >> _______________________________________________ >> QL-Users Mailing List >> http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm >> >> >> The other main way of publicising the poll is through my database of QL > users and customers. > > Unfortunately, the timing was poor for this survey, as I had only just sent > out a mailshot !! The poll is open until February 28th. :) Next time, I will co-ordinate with you and Quanta if they so desire, and hopefully we'll get over 100 responses. The next poll, I'll also invite submitted questions. I will ask "what is it you're trying to find out" and try to structure the questions so they get answers that answer what they want to know - instead of answers to a question that doesn't really provide them the data they need. (I have decided a couple of my current questions are flawed in this way...) Dave _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
