Feedback form for R Beginner Workshop for Data Science

Dear Participant,

We thank you for attending the R Beginner workshop for Data Science from 28-30 January 2021. We would like to have your valuable feedback about the Workshop and learning experience as it will help us enhance the quality of our work. Kindly select 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!

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Questions marked with are mandatory



1. Your age





2A. Your background

  Faculty in a College
  Research Scholars/PhD Student
  Student (B.E/B.Tech/B.Sc/Any other bachelor's degree)
  Student (M.E/M.Tech/M.Sc/Any other Master's degree)
  Working Professional
  Other




2B. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:





Questions related to the R background

3A. Do you use any statistical computation software (other than R) in your College/Institute/Organisation?

  Yes            No         



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'.)

  SPSS
  SAS
  MATLAB
  Microsoft Excel
  Minitab
  STATA
  tableau
  Python
  Never used before
  Other




3C. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:





4. For how long have you been using the above-mentioned statistical computation software? (If NO, then please select the option 'Never used before'.)

  Never used before
  less than 1 year
  less than 3 years
  less than 5 years
  more than 5 years




5A. Do you already use R in your College/Institute/Organisation?

  Yes            No            Not sure         



5B. If the answer is "Yes" to the above question, in what way do you use? Please select all the relevant options.

  Course work - class or lab
  Research
  Consultancy
  Other




5C. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:





6. Why would you like to learn R?

  For course work - class or lab
  For research
  Consultancy
  Other




6B. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:





7. 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.

  0 days
  1 day
  2-4 days
  5-7 days
  Above 7 days




Questions related to the workshop

8. 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".)

  1     2     3     4     5  
Tutorials are well made and self-explanatory
Tutorials need improvement
Various aspects are unclear and need further explanation
I learnt a lot using Spoken Tutorials





9. 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".)

  1 (totally useless)     2     3     4     5 (extremely useful)  
How to set working directories in RStudio
How to use ggplot2 package for data visualization
How to use Aesthetic Mapping in ggplot2
Data Manipulation using dplyr Package
Use of Pipe Operator
How to Merge and Import data
Introduction to RStudio
Introduction to R script
How to create data frames in R
Creating Matrices using Data Frames
Operations on Matrices and Data Frames
Plotting Histograms and Pie Chart
Plotting Bar Charts and Scatter Plot
More Functions in dplyr Package





10. Were the spoken tutorials used during the workshop helpful in solving practice problems?

  Yes            No            Somewhat         



11A. Did the practice problem help you to improve your R programming skill?

  Yes            No            Not sure         



11B. Please explain your answer to the previous question





12. How will you rate the difficulty of the practice problems? Please choose 1 for difficult and 5 for easy







13. 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".)

  1     2     3     4     5  
Pedagogy in the conduct of this workshop
Basic Statistics in R- part I
R Textbook Companion
Basic Statistics in R- part II
Animation in R
Creating Rmarkdown file in R
Modelling survival in prostate cancer using pathology images and R
Get an exposure to clustering and classification
Motivation to classification and clustering





14. 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".)

  1     2     3     4     5  
Quality of instructional material presented to you
Learning through Spoken Tutorials
Interaction with the R-FOSSEE team
Learning through live sessions
Overall quality of the online workshop





15. Comment regarding the pace of the workshop -

  Very slow
  Slow
  Acceptable
  Fast
  Very fast




16. How useful it was to know the topics to be covered in the workshop in advance?

  Not at all useful
  Somewhat useful
  Useful
  Very useful
  Extremely useful




17. 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".)

  1     2     3     4     5  
The workshop exposed me to new knowledge and practices
I did not learn much from this workshop
I will recommend my friends and colleagues to use R
I will recommend my friends and colleagues to attend similar workshops





18. 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".)

  1     2     3     4     5  
I am happy with the format of this workshop
There were too many participants
Even if some people will be denied admission it is better to have less number of participants in the workshop
Given that this project has to work for self sufficiency it is better to charge a larger fee and conduct workshop with smaller number of students





19. 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".)

  1     2     3     4     5  
Before workshop
After workshop





20. What aspect(s) about the workshop did you like the most?





21. What aspect(s) about the workshop did you dislike the most?





Questions related to the Spoken Tutorial Forum

22. Did you register yourself on the Spoken Tutorial Forums as asked in the guideline email sent before the workshop?

  Yes            No         



23. Did you post questions on the Spoken Tutorial Forum during the workshop?

  Yes            No         



24. Did you answer anybody's questions on the Spoken Tutorial Forum during the workshop?

  Yes            No         



25. Were your doubts already answered in the Spoken Tutorial Forum?

  I did not refer to the Spoken Tutorial Forum
  Yes my doubt was already posted on the Forum by somebody and it was also answered
  My question was not posted on the Forum
  I did not have any doubts




26. 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".)

  1     2     3     4     5  
Discussion on the ST Forum will be useful even after the workshop
Answers on the ST Forum will be available also to those who do not attend this workshop
Forum based support by the FOSSEE team will be useful if you decide to conduct a workshop using Spoken Tutorials
Your answers on the ST Forum will provide recognition of your capabilities
I will recommend my friends and colleagues to use the Spoken Tutorial Forum





27. What aspect(s) about the ST Forum did you like the most?





General

28. 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".)

  1     2     3     4     5  
(a) Remote help of a FOSSEE expert (b) Spoken Tutorial Forum support
Spoken Tutorial Forum support alone is enough
I don't need any other help





29. Check all the activities of the FOSSEE R team that you will be interested to participate in.

  R Lab migration
  R Textbook Companion
  R Case study project using existing open source data sets
  R Case study project using published research papers
  Contribution to R Spoken Tutorial series
  None of the above




30. Suggestions for improvement or any other suggestions.