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!

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Questions marked with are mandatory



Q1. Your age





Q2A. 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:





3D. 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




4A. Do you already use R in your College/Institute/Organisation?

  Yes
  No
  Not sure




4B. 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




4C. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:





5. Why would you like to learn R?

  For course work - class or lab
  For research
  Consultancy
  Other




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.

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




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".)

  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





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".)

  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?





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

  No
  Yes
  Somewhat




10A. Did the practice problem help you to improve your R programming skill?

  Yes
  No
  Not sure




10B. Please explain your answer to the previous question





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

  1            2            3            4            5         



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".)

  1     2     3     4     5  
Basic Statistics in R
Creating Rmarkdown file in R
Animation in R
Social Network Analysis in R





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".)

  1     2     3     4     5  
Quality of instructional material presented to you
Learning through Spoken Tutorials
Interactive session
Learning through live sessions
Overall quality of the online workshop





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".)

  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





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".)

  1     2     3     4     5  
I am happy with the format of this workshop
There were too many participants in my classroom
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
I liked the classroom break-up format





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".)

  1     2     3     4     5  
Before workshop
After workshop





17. Did you find the TA's help useful?

  Yes            No         



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





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





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?

  Yes            No         



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

  Yes            No         



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

  Yes            No         



23. 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




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".)

  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





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





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".)

  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





27. 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




28. Suggestions for improvement or any other comments.