From: Mark Pith Date: 2009-11-11T13:59:30+09:00 Subject: Re: Programmers motivation: academic research > I took the survey, but this was my final comment: > > This questionnaire is very repetitive. Questions like "Will working on > this project get me a better job?" or "Does working on this project > increase my reputation?" are asked many different times in almost the > exact same way. > > It would probably be less of a commitment, and as such more programmers > would be willing to answer, if you could eliminate the repetition. > > James Edward Gray II Thanks James for taking the time to participate in our research. And thank you Tom and Robert for replying to James' remarks on the survey. Indeed some of the questions seem repetitive and we do apologize if this led to any annoyance, however it is needed to have similar questions in the survey to get reliable results (as Tom and Robert indicated). Please let me know if you wish to have more information on the survey design. (please note that information on the research, including the survey design, will not be disclosed until the research is completed) Kind regards, Mark -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.