Survey for a Master Thesis about Open Source CMS
Hello, As part of my Master Thesis for a degree in Business Engineering, I'm conducting some research about the patterns of free revealing code within Open Source CMS. To do so, I need to collect some data to conduct statistical studies. If you’re a developer or involved in the development of code related to a CMS, may I ask you to give up less than 5 minutes of your time to fill in a survey consisting of 25 multiple choice questions? You can find it on the following link : http://www.lionelheinz.net/survey-for-master-thesis . Gathering a significant amount of answers is quite important for the success of this thesis, so I would be very grateful for your contributions ! This survey is anonymous, data will be aggregated in order to conduct statistical studies. If you have any question regarding the survey, don’t hesitate to contact me ! Many Thanks in advance ! Lionel Heinz Solvay Business School, University of Brussels, Belgium e-mail : Lionel.Heinz@ulb.ac.be or lionel51@gmail.com P.S. Please forgive me if this request does'nt match exactly the goals of this mailing list, but contacting developers through such lists is the best way to get data of good quality...
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Lionel Heinz schrieb:
P.S. Please forgive me if this request does'nt match exactly the goals of this mailing list, but contacting developers through such lists is the best way to get data of good quality...
Please forgive me if this answer isn't exactly the answer you were looking for. I feel entitled to answer as I please since you've essentially spammed me. I wanted to write a lengthy, witty rant here, however it is late and I am tired. Only three remarks: - - Did it occur to you to have somebody proofread the English text you created? Your questions (which are actually no questions, yet they have question marks) are sometimes barely intelligible ("I make efforts in terms of support to users in difficulty ?"). - - Nearly all of your questions could have benefited from some explanation. - - Aren't there any supervisors/instructors at universities anymore? You shouldn't have heard the above from me on a public mailinglist. Cheers, Gerhard -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkuMQRsACgkQfg6TFvELooToAQCgs+BZGkWdOW0wy7Iw5u79tdk7 NYgAmwf/eveOrc2Lf4gNvx5Rk6cUYROG =nxTV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
I also think the choices are too limited and will lead to only marginally differing results across participants. After all, what kind of answers do you expect from participants when posting the following questions to a development list of an open-source software? <snip> I consider that it’s important to give something back to the community ? I give assistance to other users of the CMS ? I take part in the communuty activities ? I help other developers of the community with their projects ? I want to appear as a good player among the community ? I identify to the Open Source ideology ? I’m proud of my activity of open source software developer ? </snip>
- - Aren't there any supervisors/instructors at universities anymore? You shouldn't have heard the above from me on a public mailinglist.
Obviously, there's no longer a budget to mentor students nowadays. sun
Gerhard - If you are going to tell someone their survey displays a lack of proper grammar, please proofread your polemics before sending. The egregious errors in your spelling make my eyes hurt each time they fall upon them, and I really wish you would just buy a dictionary instead of trying to hack it all the time. That kid is a business major from Belgium. There's about a 95% chance he will be working at a bank in a year in a role where his English language skills will prove completely useless. There is a good chance his major job function for the next decade will be standing outside sporting events in Eastern Europe trying to get people to sign up for credit cards. I am sure he does not care about how poorly he grasps the English language even after reading your letter. While I don't know what he plans on doing with the data he collects, the chances of him getting real opinions from an actual representative sample of open source developers with this strategy is very low, probably less than 5%. It's clear he has not taken the time to research the people he wants to connect with or found a way to ask for information in a compelling manner that makes people want to help him. I mean, there's not even a $10 Amazon.com gift certificate up for grabs - even part time business majors from community colleges recognize the importance of incentivizing respondents. This lack of situational awareness does indicate more serious intellectual flaws which professors are exceptional at identifying. These deficits will probably be recognized before any academic institution grants a degree over this 'thesis'. Given these factors, the joint probability of this survey actually uncovering something interesting is terribly low (far less than 1%). Do as you wish, but I don't see where getting all uppity about a bumbling, misguided attempt at academic accomplishment is worth all the effort of critiquing it. It is a far better thing to give him completely false data in the survey or repost his request to 4chan / Something Awful so it can be dealt with in an entertaining manner by a more appropriate agent. All the best, M On Mar 1, 2010, at 5:35 PM, Gerhard Killesreiter wrote:
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Lionel Heinz schrieb:
P.S. Please forgive me if this request does'nt match exactly the goals of this mailing list, but contacting developers through such lists is the best way to get data of good quality...
Please forgive me if this answer isn't exactly the answer you were looking for. I feel entitled to answer as I please since you've essentially spammed me.
I wanted to write a lengthy, witty rant here, however it is late and I am tired.
Only three remarks:
- - Did it occur to you to have somebody proofread the English text you created? Your questions (which are actually no questions, yet they have question marks) are sometimes barely intelligible ("I make efforts in terms of support to users in difficulty ?").
- - Nearly all of your questions could have benefited from some explanation.
- - Aren't there any supervisors/instructors at universities anymore? You shouldn't have heard the above from me on a public mailinglist.
Cheers, Gerhard
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Michael Haggerty schrieb: Hi Michael!
If you are going to tell someone their survey displays a lack of proper grammar, please proofread your polemics before sending. The egregious errors in your spelling make my eyes hurt each time they fall upon them, and I really wish you would just buy a dictionary instead of trying to hack it all the time.
I've now let my spellchecker check the mail I wrote and it found one error (it wants mailinglist be written as mailing list). Not too shabby for a quarter to midnight. If you found more feel free to mail them to me. Generally, you should be glad I didn't reply in German.
That kid is a business major from Belgium.
"Business Engineering", I've no idea what that actually is. Wikipedia says it was invented in Belgium.
There's about a 95% chance he will be working at a bank in a year in a role where his English language skills will prove completely useless.
Currently he's trying to obtain an academic degree, a M.Sc. no less. That means he already got a B.Sc. and is probably past the age he'd accept being called a "kid". And getting any job without knowledge of English is nowadays probably not possible.
There is a good chance his major job function for the next decade will be standing outside sporting events in Eastern Europe trying to get people to sign up for credit cards.
You may call my simple letter "polemics", but this is just plain mean. I like it.
I am sure he does not care about how poorly he grasps the English language even after reading your letter.
That happens a lot to my letters.
While I don't know what he plans on doing with the data he collects, the chances of him getting real opinions from an actual representative sample of open source developers with this strategy is very low, probably less than 5%. It's clear he has not taken the time to research the people he wants to connect with or found a way to ask for information in a compelling manner that makes people want to help him. I mean, there's not even a $10 Amazon.com gift certificate up for grabs - even part time business majors from community colleges recognize the importance of incentivizing respondents.
Considering the kind of people he wants to poll, offering money might be the wrong approach. We know they are all Communists. At least his questions made me think so.
This lack of situational awareness does indicate more serious intellectual flaws which professors are exceptional at identifying. These deficits will probably be recognized before any academic institution grants a degree over this 'thesis'.
I so wish you were right, but I am quite afraid you are not.
Given these factors, the joint probability of this survey actually uncovering something interesting is terribly low (far less than 1%). Do as you wish, but I don't see where getting all uppity about a bumbling, misguided attempt at academic accomplishment is worth all the effort of critiquing it.
If I'd do judge by word count, your efforts are probably much greater than mine have been.
It is a far better thing to give him completely false data in the survey or repost his request to 4chan / Something Awful so it can be dealt with in an entertaining manner by a more appropriate agent.
I don't even know what you are talking about. Cheers, Gerhard -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkuM1l4ACgkQfg6TFvELooTMJQCeMbtxrrJmd+Hl7Hxc//Hti7Zc p9QAn1r/+0WUuwgX7uqGu2y8ImC+NXhH =Mlwt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Mar 2, 2010, at 1:11 AM, Gerhard Killesreiter wrote:
It is a far better thing to give him completely false data in the survey or repost his request to 4chan / Something Awful so it can be dealt with in an entertaining manner by a more appropriate agent.
I don't even know what you are talking about.
I think you meant to say "wat is this i don't even" Sorry, sorry, I'll go back to my corner now ;) -D
participants (5)
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Daniel F. Kudwien -
Domenic Santangelo -
Gerhard Killesreiter -
Lionel Heinz -
Michael Haggerty