- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 12:44:48 -0500
- To: "Dan Connolly" <connolly@w3.org>, public-html@w3.org
> Thanks for the input on the options; I'm not sure how best > to do this survey... Surveys can be difficult to design. > I chose options like "Yes, but only if changes are made..." because > I know what action to take when someone chooses them. Oh, I thought that the survey was more an informational tool to gauge attitudes, because it [1] says, "This survey is a non-binding, informational-gathering exercise." Likert-scale questions can be good for measuring the degree of respondents' feelings or attitudes about something. > I don't know what the editors or the WG should do differently > based on a reply of "Disagree" vs "Strongly Disagree". Then perhaps consider a scale of: - Agree - Somewhat Agree - Neutral - Somewhat Disagree - Disagree Where: Agree = Full support as written. Somewhat Agree = Has suggestions for consideration. Neutral = Neither agree or disagree. Somewhat Disagree = Some changes are needed. Disagree = No support. That would even out the scale and still provide actionable responses for the editors and WG. The generic text box would be the mechanism for respondents to use to communicate rationale for all choices, suggestions, needed changes, and/or conditional provisions. It could also alert us to any multiple dimensions in a topic, and convey a richness of feeling often missing from closed suggested answers. Best Regards, Laura [1] http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/40318/dprv/ -- Laura L. Carlson http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/webdesign/
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