Re: [libreoffice-users] Which components do you use most?

You mean I'm the only deadly serious one here? Ah...alone at last! :)

t.

On 05/13/2014 07:41 AM, Virgil Arrington wrote:
> Yes, Tom D., this was just for fun, and given the response from so 
> many people, I think most have taken it in the way I intended.
>
> Virgil
>
> On 05/13/2014 07:48 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> > Hi :)
> > It's just a "just for fun" survey of what people think they use.
> >
> > The modules can't be split up and removing any wouldn't reduce the
> > code=base by much at all so the usual sinister hidden-agendas behind 
> > this
> > sort of question are entirely absent.  It's just for fun.
> >
> > For a lot of us this sort of thing is very difficult because answering
> > would require us have really measured usage and give accurate answers
> > rather than guesses.  It's the type of question that neurotypicals and
> > mainstream-press articles seem to enjoy but that are ultimately fairly
> > pointless.  It's just for fun and it's interesting to see people's
> > estimates of what they do and to see how they handle giving answers 
> > to this
> > sort of thing.
> > http://musingsofanaspie.com/2013/01/10/what-is-neurotypical/
> >
> > If we wanted a formal vote then there are various tools such as "Survey
> > Monkey", or we could set-up something in LinuxQuestions.Org" or "Ask 
> > LO" or
> > somewhere.
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> >
> >
> > On 13 May 2014 06:06, Tom Cloyd <tomcloydmsma@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On 05/11/2014 03:53 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm curious to find out what components of LO are used most by the
> > > > people on this list. I think it helps to know different folks' area of
> > > > experience. It might also help us in learning new ways to integrate
> > > > the different components. For myself, my approximate usage is:
> > > >
> > > > Writer     (85% of my use of LO)
> > > > Calc        (10%)
> > > > Impress  (3%, Maybe four to five presentations a year)
> > > > Base       (once a year to print out labels for my Christmas cards)
> > > > Draw      (What's that?)
> > > >
> > > > Virgil
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >   Virgil,
> > > I have a considerable background in inferential statistics, and have 
> > > done
> > > formal survey research, in a variety of social and cultural contexts. I
> > > want to warn you that this sort of self-select, opt-in survey is NOT 
> > > the
> > > way to go, if your question is serious.
> > >
> > > You ARE only going to get a subset (sample) of your population of
> > > interest, and you'll have no way to relate that subset to the 
> > > population,
> > > thus no way to draw any valid conclusions from the subset. It's
> > > pseudo-research, which creates the impression of creating knowledge 
> > > without
> > > actually doing so.
> > >
> > > Just something for you, and others, to think about.
> > >
> > > Hope it's helpful.
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
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Tom Cloyd, MS MA (LMHC, WA State)
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* Founder: Google+ Trauma and Dissociation Education and Advocacy community
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