Under the aegis of Ministry of Education, Govt. of India
Feedback form for R Beginner Workshop on 28 November 2020
Dear Participant,
We thank you for attending the R workshop on 28 Nov. 2020. We would like to have your valuable feedback about the Workshop and the Self-Learning experience as it will help us enhance the quality of our work. Kindly click on the best option that describes your views. You can also provide your comments in the spaces provided in the form. Your response will be kept confidential.
Thank you for your time!
Total number of responses : 56
Q1. Your age
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Q2A. Your background:
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2B. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:
Diploma In Computer Engineering
Questions related to the R background
3A: Do you use any statistical computation software (other than R) in your College/Institute/Organisation?
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3B. If the answer to the above question is Yes, please let us know the name of the software (other than R) in your college/organization. (If NO, then please select the option 'Never used before'.)
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3C: If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:
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SQL, Java
AUTOCAD
Origin
Graphpad Prism
Mathematica
Wolfram Mathematica
Mathematica
3D. For how long have you been using the above-mentioned statistical computation software? (If NO, then please select the option 'Never used before'.)
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4A. Do you already use R in your College/Institute/Organisation?
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4B. If the answer is "Yes" to the above question, in what way do you use? Please select all the relevant options.
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4C. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:
in 11th i learned sql and java at school level officially
Project Works
in a workshop
for my research work
5. Why would you like to learn R?
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6. Before today's workshop, have you attended any other R workshop? Please enter the total number of days of the workshop/training you have undergone before. If you have not gone through any such workshop/training before, please choose 0 days.
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Questions related to the workshop
7. Rate your experience in using Spoken Tutorial to learn R. (Kindly provide the response using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "Strongly Disagree", 2 implies "Disagree", 3 implies "Neither Disagree Nor Agree", 4 implies "Agree", and 5 implies "Strongly Agree".)8. The tutorials were useful in learning the following concepts. (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "totally useless" and 5 implies "extremely useful".)
9. Were the spoken tutorials used during the workshop helpful in solving practice problems?
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10A. Did the practice problem help you to improve your R programming skill?
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10B. Please explain your answer to the previous question
Yes
IT HELPED ME A LOT
It helped us to memorize the language.
After going through the practice problems' solutions provided by the TAs, my confidence level increased.
There is a need for taking real-life problems related to the syllabus. This can be divided into multiple workshops based on 1. Type of data - like only stat analysis related, 2. To plot graphs 3. Demography related data handling 4. Demography related data presentation and analysis.
At present, it is dealing with so many aspects that I could not keep track of many things properly.
Maybe, because I am from Pharma background, but then I feel this represents problems of the Pharmacy field.
In the tutorial, we see an example. then with the assignment question, we can think of the solution for then given question by comparing with the example we seen in tutorial
Since I'm a computer student, I was familiar with quite a few programming concepts, so the spoken tutorials were fairly easy to follow and did somewhat help me improve.
NA
It made me think ahead of what was already taught in the spoken tutorial.
side by side method is really helpful.
Sessions were really fast. May be the course can be spread over 2-3 days.
Yes. Since I am a beginner I got a good exposure of the process to use R which I can use in near future for my research work.
It did help to revise our concepts.
Yes. Because i haven't use it before.
The practice problems were very useful in practically applying the learning specified in spoken tutorials
Practice problems are some what complex to solve. because I am new to R.
11. How will you rate the difficulty of the practice problems? (Please choose 1 for difficult and 5 for easy)
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12. How would you rate your experience of live sessions? (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "totally useless" and 5 implies "extremely useful".)
13. Rate the following aspects of the workshop:(Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "Extremely bad ", 2 implies "Bad", 3 implies "Acceptable", 4 implies "Good", and 5 implies "Excellent".)
14. Select the response that describes your overall view of the workshop: (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "Strongly Disagree", 2 implies "Disagree", 3 implies "Neither Disagree Nor Agree", 4 implies "Agree", and 5 implies "Strongly Agree".)
15. Select the response that describes your views/responses regarding the format of the workshop:(Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "Strongly Disagree", 2 implies "Disagree", 3 implies "Neither Disagree Nor Agree", 4 implies "Agree", and 5 implies "Strongly Agree".)
16. How would you rate your level of knowledge in using R before and after the workshop? (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "Beginner" and 5 implies "Expert".)
17. Did you find the TA's help useful?
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18. What aspect(s) about the workshop did you like the most?
plot
mapping in ggplot 2
CLEARING DOUBTS
Spoken tutorial sessions. Solutions provided at the end of the practice problem session.
Spoken tutorial
I came to know regarding spoken tutorials
Live Presentation and Interactive Session
Spoken tutorial and practice problem with solution and code files.
Content. Need improvement and soring
Tutorial videos, TA and the assignment questions. TA are always with us..they immediately solved our difficulty to solve our doubts
Interactive sessions and the interesting topics to be introduced to a new language with
interactive session
NA
The spoken tutorials followed by practicals questions mixed with live sessions were very informative.
live sessions with expert.
Discussion forum and practice excercises
Breakup of lessons and the teaching.
SELF LEARNING
The depth of knowledge.
Good Presentation explanations and management
Separate sessions were created to have smaller assistant to participant's ratio.
the technical assistant were responding very promptly to the queries.
Coordination of staffs. its really amazing.
19. What aspect(s) about the workshop did you dislike the most?
r window code is not that much visible for participant in online
screen zooming or visibility problem
PLOTS
Very less time was allocated to listen to spoken tutorial sessions and at the same time there was a hurry to solve the practice problems. Ideally half an hour time should be given in total; spoken tutorial sessions + practice problems.
Syllabus is quite lengthy
Everything went in a hurry that beginners like me were in complete confusion.
Some topics are very heavy like I graph. It requires bit of preparation before listening the session first time or it requires multiple reading after the workshop.
In live session the screen is not clearly seen especially what are the codes are displayed in the screen.
too fast. Does not appear to be inclusive for other fraternities
Nothing... everything is good
It was quite lengthy.
putting a lot of things in small time, hectic schedule of continuous class
NA
As a beginner I felt like things got too fast at places, sometimes there wasn't enough time to finish the spoken tutorial. Overall I would've preferred if the workshop was conducted over a span of 2 days as it would've been more comprehensive.
apart from live sessions everything is going really fast.
splitting of the sessions during classroom and very less time for hand-on exercises.
Time ... Too long.
NA
The time constraint which is difficult for some to process a lot of information at the same time.
Nothing
One day is not sufficient for learning the R software. It should be more oriented towards creating a complete project which will give a step wise clarity on using the R software towards Machine learning process
nothing
Questions related to the Spoken Tutorial Forum
20. Did you register yourself on the Spoken Tutorial Forums as asked in the guideline email sent before the workshop?
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21. Did you post questions on the Spoken Tutorial Forum during the workshop?
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22. Did you answer anybody's questions on the Spoken Tutorial Forum during the workshop?
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23. Were your doubts already answered in the Spoken Tutorial Forum?
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24. Select the response that describes your views/responses regarding the Spoken Tutorial (ST) Forum:(Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "Strongly Disagree", 2 implies "Disagree", 3 implies "Neither Disagree Nor Agree", 4 implies "Agree", and 5 implies "Strongly Agree".)
25. What aspect(s) about the ST Forum did you like the most?
briefing about the workshop practice problem.
VIDEOS AND MATERIALS
Slow, steady and step-by-step process
It made a peer to peer interaction.
Presentation materials and the layout of the ST web-page. However I found it difficult to extract the codes. This need to be fixed. or it could be I am doing it wrongly, which may be resolved through clarification.
Time-based questions
TA is always active in clearing the doubts. I posted my doubts in the chatbox of the google meet.As a beginner I keenly watched the tutorials ...I have already installed all the packages as you specified in the instruction for the workshop which has been mailed a few days back.. I do not felt much doubts.
NA
The Spoken tutorials were divided according to the topic and difficulty level and specially the capping of being under 15 mins was very nice.
its really interactive.
Short lectures.
Doubt clearing is easy as many people are involved in the forum.
Good Presentation explanations and management
Spoken Tutorial Forum has thought of the possible doubts and questions at various points during the videos and have given good answers at those points. Though the narration voice requires a bit more of modulation to make it a bit more interesting.
nothing
General
26. We have provided you R Spoken Tutorials and many other learning materials in this workshop. What else is required for you to conduct a similar workshop in your institution by yourself? (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "Strongly Disagree", 2 implies "Disagree", 3 implies "Neither Disagree Nor Agree", 4 implies "Agree", and 5 implies "Strongly Agree".)27. Check all the activities of the FOSSEE R team that you will be interested to participate in.
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28. Suggestions for improvement or any other comments.
NC
NO COMMENTS..SESSION WAS GOOD & VERY INFORMATIVE.
Beginner workshop can be spread over two days as it is online mode.
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Make this session of atleast two or three days it will help a lot
Please make beginner workshop slow . Because beginners won't be knowing anything regarding the subject or may be knowing little bit.
But the pace today we went was not acceptable.
It is tightly packed and may require more duration
Sorting, reduced speed of presentation and inclusivity are needed
It is my first experience in such a workshop. I am totally satisfied with your way of class arrangement and live session. I followed purely the instruction you have mailed. I dont feel any difficulty in following the tutrial and sessions. Thank you.
NA
keep Doing what u all are doing its great.
Since there was a power problem in our place. Could you send the recording.
Please spread the duration of the course over 2-3 days.
Provide more time for exercises.
Commands are difficult to remember. Provide some techniques to memorize them.
A 3 day workshop will be more helpful to retain more effectively the knowledge given.
IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. THANKS FOR GIVING THIS OPPORTUNITY.
One day is not enough for beginners. Had this workshop been stretched to a longer duration, it would have been better.
Nothing
the workshop must be for more time duration with more practice time for the participants. It should be designed for solving and coding a complete case study project to get better comprehensive knowledge.
I am the beginner to R