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Thoughts on a ~comp survey of some sort?

Posted July 25, 2018 by sqew

After seeing the "what OS do you use?" thread earlier, I was wondering what everyone here on ~comp would think of a sort of group demographics survey. I think that it would be super interesting to see the data on things like preferred OS, main programming language, preferred text editor/IDE, device OEM, etc.

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Whom
July 25, 2018
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This isn't quite what you're looking for, is a bit old, and isn't limited to ~comp, but I think it's worth pointing out in case you didn't know it existed: Demographics Survey Results, Year Zero....

This isn't quite what you're looking for, is a bit old, and isn't limited to ~comp, but I think it's worth pointing out in case you didn't know it existed: Demographics Survey Results, Year Zero. There are a few questions about OS usage and such.

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1. sqew (OP)
  July 25, 2018
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  Yeah, I remember taking that survey, its memory helped inspire the thoughts that led to this post. It was so interesting to see empirical data on the site's user demographics.
  
  Yeah, I remember taking that survey, its memory helped inspire the thoughts that led to this post. It was so interesting to see empirical data on the site's user demographics.
  
  5 votes
BossHogg2020
July 25, 2018
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Be prepared for your first survey to have many flaws and get much criticism. It is always like that. And then you can launch an improved version (the real one) a month or two after the first one...

Be prepared for your first survey to have many flaws and get much criticism. It is always like that. And then you can launch an improved version (the real one) a month or two after the first one (the more or less dummy one).

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