Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: Calc Survey

Hi All,

I wrote my response before reading the response of others and there is a little bit of overlapping. 
Sorry for that.

Here are my thoughts.

1.
I don't think the first question helps too much about the future of the LO. It is very discouraging for non-binary people. If it is 
really-really necessary to ask, let's put it to the end of the list. But the best would be to drop this question completely.

Similarly, the age also should be asked only at the end of the survey.

2.
A much more relevant question would be how long the person has been using computers. Are you 30 and started at the age of 10, or are you 25 
who started at 24? 30-10=20 is much more than 25-24=1.

3.
Instead of asking the age with non-continuous intervals, a much easier-to-grasp question would be "which 
year you were born in?".
- 1966 or before
- 1967-1976
- 1977-...

This is easier than expecting them to decide if 34.5 belongs to the 25-34 or 35-44 group.


Here above I just converted the age limits to years but round year numbers are probably even better:
- before 1960
- 1960-1969
- 1970-1979
- 1980-1989
- 1990-1999
- 2000-2009
- 2010 or later

4.
The optional answer for the usage frequency are very hard to understand. Do I use LO Calc "All the time" if I use it every time when I need 
it, two times a year? Instead of these soft categories, I would be more exact:
- less than once in a year
- a couple of times in a year
- a couple of times in a month
- cca once a week
- almost every day
- several hours each workday (at least 4 days a week)

5.
The answers for Q7 (What is the size of your typical LibreOffice Calc dataset?) will be very hard to process. Instead of this opened 
question, I wold ask something like this:
- How many sheets you normally use in a Calc spreadsheet? Categories: always 1, 1-3, 2-5, more
- How many rows do you use in a Spreadsheet? Categories: <50, 50-500, 500-5000, 5k-50k, more
- How many columns do you use in a Spreadsheet? Categories: <10, 10-20, 20-50, more

6.
The row labels "Select 6 as youranswer choice" and "Select "No Answer" asyour answer choice" for Q9 
seem to be a mistake.

7.
Typo: "Liner and Non-Linear Solvers" => "Linear and Non-Linear Solvers"

8.
"Please select "No Answer" if you are not familiar with a particular feature."
There is no "No Answer" column.

9.
For Q13, the row labels could be simplified if the introduction would be rephrased.

Instead of
"Please choose the appropriate response for each item"
I would write
"To what extent do you agree with the following statements"

After this, the row labels can be simpler:

"I think that I would like to use LibreOfficeCalc frequently.
=>
"I would like to use LibreOffice Calc more frequently."


10.
It's hard to switch between positive and negative statements. Say, if I love LO Calc then sometimes I need to tick the leftmost circle, 
sometimes the rightmost one. This is a bit hard.

It would be better to rephrase the negative statements to positive ones. For example:

"I think that I would need the support of atechnical person to be able to useLibreOffice Calc."
=>
"I can use LO Calc without the support of a technical person."

In this case it is more visible. If all the ticks are on the right side then everything is good.


11.
After rephrasing the second statement "I find LibreOffice Calc unnecessarily complex", we get the third one: "LibreOffice Calc is easy to 
use". I would remove the second one and keep just the third one. Why would we ask the same thing twice?


12.
Probably this is just a draft-draft version but the final version should be typographically perfect. It would be a big shame for a Document 
Company to share a PDF in which the cell content doesn't fit into the cells. Example: "1 -Not Important at All" in Q9.





These were just a rough list I could put together quickly but I am sure there would be a lot more things to change after trying to actually 
answer the survey and then evaluating it too. Therefore, I suggest making these changes, ask 10 people to answer it and then try to evaluate 
it. Probably we will see that they answer the questions in a way we cannot interpret, something it not clear, something is hard to process.

Otherwise, this is a very promising survey.

Cheers,

Csongor


On 1/07/2021 02:35, Heiko Tietze wrote:
> First reply from Stuart (per direct mail):
>
> > "Two confusing entries on page 5 of the draft survey:
> > Select 6 as your answer choice Select "No Answer" as your answer choice
> > I think they need to go to have valid results (and force respondents to answer each question)."
>
> Yes, the 'Select "No Answer" as your answer' choice slipped accidentally in.
> Also the item 'Select 6 as your answer choice'.
>
> Second from Kompilainnen (on Telegram):
>
> > * Q1: Drop question about gender (answer has no value for the results)
> > * Q3: Add description like 'Basic - typing data, simple functions like SUM only', 'Intermediate - Basic + use Conditional formatting, 
> > Charts, more functions, like VLOOKUP, AVERAGE, SUMPRODUCT, etc', and 'Advanced - Intermediate + use many different functions, Pivot Table, 
> > write some macro, create work templates, etc'
> > * Q4: same here, 'Never - 1 time per month - 1 time per week - 1 time per day - It's my main work 
> > tool'
> > * Q7: doubt this result in data that can be evaluated; would rather ask both number of cells and 
> > size in two questions
> > * Q8: could benefit from a link to
> > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Calc_Functions/List_of_Functions/en
>
> I agree with removing Q1, don't see why a gender should have an impact on Calc usage. But would keep the question a bit vague on Q3 and 4. 
> Also looking rather forward to analyze Q7, the results from the Draw survey on "what size does your document have in average" [1,2] shows 
> the different view on this topic. Surely, it's still open to challenge.
>
> [1] 
> https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2016/04/01/the-many-faced-god-part-1-how-libreoffice-draw-is-being-utilized/
> [2] 
> https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2016/04/01/the-many-faced-god-part-2-how-libreoffice-draw-is-expected-to-evolve/

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