9th January 2013, 11:06 AM
(This post was last modified: 9th January 2013, 11:12 AM by GnomeKing.)
Doug -
as with all archaeological IT problems, the solution is to ditch the 'T'...
ask yourself (i ask myself) how would i do it with a rock and a chisel?.
1 -Just provide a simple set of basic guide questions i.e. 'ambitions-for-content-in-the-answers',
2- Use free text fields for any answers.
3- Collate simple text documents (ie tiny .TXT files) in an easily hosted Indexed store, with open access on the web. You can use any level of sorting that is useful in providing a basic index of responses, including (but not necessarily) judgements about employment type, sector, and favorite colour etc.
4 - Begin your research. (answers are not now a computed survey - you must process that bit yourself)
5- Allow others to extend / make use of the initial data however they see fit.
(PS : N.o. 1 is the most important.)
cheers for the hard work .:face-approve:
as with all archaeological IT problems, the solution is to ditch the 'T'...
ask yourself (i ask myself) how would i do it with a rock and a chisel?.
1 -Just provide a simple set of basic guide questions i.e. 'ambitions-for-content-in-the-answers',
2- Use free text fields for any answers.
3- Collate simple text documents (ie tiny .TXT files) in an easily hosted Indexed store, with open access on the web. You can use any level of sorting that is useful in providing a basic index of responses, including (but not necessarily) judgements about employment type, sector, and favorite colour etc.
4 - Begin your research. (answers are not now a computed survey - you must process that bit yourself)
5- Allow others to extend / make use of the initial data however they see fit.
(PS : N.o. 1 is the most important.)
cheers for the hard work .:face-approve: