Survey on the use of genealogical charts

Douand · Post by **Douand** » 27 May 2010 12:02

I'm a student of the University of Strathclyde completing a Postgraduate Diploma in Genealogy. I'm currently researching the use of graphical representations to display and explore genealogical data. As part of this I'm conducting an online survey with various groups of genealogists to collect information on the current use of genealogical charts, explore any perceived issues with them and to explore reactions to two new approaches.

If you wish to take part in the survey, it is available at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/S88WJT2. It should take 15-20 minutes to complete and is completely anonymous. The survey will remain open to 6 June 2010.

Jane Taubman has very kindly given me permission to post this message but neither Jane or the FHUG are otherwise connected with the research.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Andy Douglas

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margarita · Post by **margarita** » 27 May 2010 12:39

Andy,

I followed your link which just seems to go to the home page of SurveyMonkey, without any indication of how to find your survey.

Any clues?

Regards,

maggie

Douand · Post by **Douand** » 27 May 2010 12:49

Thanks very much for picking this up. It looks like it has picked up the full stop at the end of the sentance and included this in the URL. Try

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/S88WJT2

Sorry for the confusion!

Andy

PeterR · Post by **PeterR** » 27 May 2010 14:30

I rather liked the interactive fan-chart demo!

SunnyLady · Post by **SunnyLady** » 04 Jun 2010 11:53

Also replied - new ways of doing things and I liked the timeline idea ....

margarita · Post by **margarita** » 04 Jun 2010 19:22

I was sure I had posted thanks to you for the new link - obviously forgot to hit the 'Send Message' button [oops]

Anyway, I successfully followed the link and completed your survey. Like the others I liked the time line and the interactive fan chart.

Will you be reporting back on any of you findings?

Regards,

maggie

(Note to self - Click SEND)

Douand · Post by **Douand** » 09 Jun 2010 09:54

The survey has now closed. Thank you to everyone who contributed, especially those who added detailed comments. These were very helpful!

Several people have asked whether the results will be published. I haven't yet decided how best to do this, but I will post a message once a summary is ready. I now need some time to analyse the survey in detail (best summarised at the moment as 'opinions differ'), and to complete my dissertation.

Thanks again!

Andy

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