More Detailed Feeback from Melbourne
This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.
The hosts of our February bootcamp at the AMOS conference in Melbourne have collected some more detailed feedback from participants. I'm pleased that two thirds thought the content was just right, and even more pleased that 83% thought version control "must be taught".
How useful did you find the online software installation instructions?
| 76% | Very useful: I required no assistance with installing the software |
| 24% | Somewhat useful: I required minimal assistance with installing the software |
| 0% | Not very useful: I required significant assistance with installing the software I was unable to get most of the software installed |
How did you feel about the schedule?
| Too early | Fine | Too late | |
| 9:00am start | 3% | 93% | 3% |
| 4:30pm finish | 0% | 97% | 3% |
The lunch and tea breaks were:
| 3% | Too short |
| 93% | A good length |
| 3% | Too long |
What do you think is the ideal length of time for a bootcamp?
| 3% | 1 day |
| 33% | 2 days |
| 50% | 3 days |
| 13% | 1 week |
Rate the following topics in terms of how important you think they are for a weather/climate science audience.
| Must be taught | Take it or leave it | Take it out | |
| Intro to Python | 86% | 7% | 7% |
| Program design and testing | 97% | 3% | 0% |
| Version control | 83% | 14% | 3% |
| Regular expressions | 43% | 50% | 7% |
| Databases | 31% | 48% | 21% |
| Numpy | 57% | 32% | 11% |
In general, you found the content:
| 0% | Much too hard: I was struggling to keep up! |
| 14% | Slightly too hard |
| 66% | Just right |
| 17% | Slightly too easy |
| 3% | Much too easy: I was struggling to stay awake! |
"Online office hours" is a service provided by Software Carpentry where you can get online assistance over a 2 hour period once a week. Which item best describes your current engagement with that service?
| 0% | I've attended in the past but probably won't again |
| 7% | I've attended in the past and will do so again |
| 55% | I've never attended but probably will in future |
| 38% | I've never attended and probably never will |
If a bootcamp (of similar content) was held in conjunction with the AMOS conference in Hobart next February, do you think you would attend (i.e. as a refresher)?
| 18% | Yes |
| 32% | No |
| 50% | Maybe |