[math4] Introduction of MIT graduate team working with Sugar Labs

[Julie Lein]

Hi Karsten,

We do plan to make the results of the survey available to the Sugar
community, although we're not sure of the distribution channel quite yet.
As we finish up the research in the coming weeks, we will solidify our plans
for distribution and outreach.

In regards to the survey itself, many of the constructs (ie 7 point scale
for question wording) allows survey researchers to yield a richer data
analysis and create more differentiation between different question options.

Best,
Julie

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Karsten Wade <kwade at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 03:22:34PM -0500, Julie Lein wrote:
> > Hi Karsten,
> >
> > Thanks for the question!  The major objective of our team is to assess
> how
> > to increase awareness of Sugar Labs and Sugar.  To that end, we first
> > conducted qualitative interviews with developers, teachers, and other
> > supporters of Sugar.  We also did parallel secondary research of other
> > technology providers in the education space, as well as open source
> > organizations.  The survey was developed as a result of our preliminary
> > research to gauge the perceptions of those involved with Sugar.  The goal
> is
> > to quantify many of the questions and observations raised during the
> > qualitative interviews, again with the goal of bolstering awareness of
> Sugar
> > in the global community.
>
> Do those materials exist on the Sugar wiki, or do you have any plans
> to make those open and freely available?  I know you may have some
> academic restrictions, for example on licensing the content under
> Creative Commons.
>
> Mainly, I'm asking so that other open source software projects
> watching Sugar Labs can benefit from learning to do marketing the open
> source way.
>
> > If you have any other questions, please do let me know.  To give a little
> > more about my background, I formerly worked as a pollster, so I also have
> a
> > background in survey design and methodology.
>
> Great, thanks!  I found it a good survey, and while I'm merely curious
> about things (such as benefits of 7 satisfaction levels compared to 5
> or 3), I definitely don't have any other color recommendations.[1] :)
>
> - Karsten
>
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bike_shed
> --
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Julie Lein
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