[support] Data collection and analysis

[Chris Miller]

Hi Folks, 

I'm working on a data collection / analysis application. I need some advice. 

I'm pretty sure I can use normal Drupal forms to collect the data, but when it comes to analyzing, I'm not sure that normal forms is the way to go. I have NO idea how that data would be structured in the database. 

So, am I better off figuring out how: 


    1. to explore the data as stored by Drupal 
    2. to make Drupal store the data in the form I like 

It will not be simply statistics; the questions will be part of what is collected; questions will be posed by participants and answers given and we need to make sense of all of it. We will need to record who poses which questions, and we are interested in comparing profiles of both posed questions and answers, so you can see it can't be reduced to summary math like averages and standard deviations. 

How should I approach this? 

Chris. 

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