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Weather Software Questionnaire

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Aim: The aim of this questionnaire is to find information about the target audience for a new software application. The software is being developed which allows users to manually input weather data and then carry out analysis with this data. Your views are required in help design the ‘ability’ level, the input variables and the functionality of the software. Confidentiality: all the information you provide within this questionnaire will be dealt with in strict continuality. You are free to leave the questionnaire at anytime throughout and have the right not to answer any question if you wish. The data collected will only be used for the purpose stated in the aim (above). Note: This is part of a dissertation project, for more information relating to this questionnaire please e-mail Matthew Duke at 024921@bathspa.ac.uk
Question 1 – How would you class your technical (IT, computer) skills?
1) Novice
2) Intermediate
3) Professional
4) Decline to answer
Question 2 – Please select the ‘best fit’ description for your computer/PC
5) PC running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT
6) PC running Windows 2000, XP
7) Mac – Running any Mac OS
8) PC running Lynx or similar
9) None of the above.
10) Decline to answer
Question 3 – How would you class your meteorological skills/knowledge?
11) Novice
12) Intermediate
13) Amateur meteorologist
14) Professional/Job/Lecturer
15) Decline to answer
Question 4 – Please indicate if you have any of the following weather recording instruments:
16) I have automated digital equipment linked to my PC
17) I have digital equipment – not linked to my PC
18) I have traditional equipment
19) I don’t have any recording equipment – Go to question 7
20) Decline to answer
Question 5 – How do you record your data from your weather instruments?
21) I use a specialist piece of software – Go to question 6
22) Paper format Inc weather log – Pen/Pencil etc – Go to question 7
23) Database format e.g. Microsoft Access – Go to question 7
24) I don’t record any data from my weather station – Go to question 7
25) Decline to answer – Go to question 7
Question 6 – Do you use any of the following pieces of software to record data from your weather instruments?
26) WX-SIM
27) My garden journal
28) Weather View
29) Weather Diary
30) Weather Display
31) Virtual weather station
32) Weather View 2001
33) Weather Master 2000
34) EasiAccess
35) LWeather
36) Forecast
37) Weather Pro
38) Weather Link
39) Decline to answer
Question 7 – If a new program was to be developed which allowed manual input of weather data, which out of the following would you like to input?
40) Date
41) Time
42) Precipitation
43) Temperature (max)
44) Temperature (Min)
45) Humidity
46) Air Pressure
47) Cloud Cover
48) Cloud type
49) Wind Speed
50) Wind Direction
51) Wind Chill
52) Frost/Dew
53) Dew Point
54) Visibility
55) Sunrise/Sunset times
56) Moonrise/Moonset times
57) General weather notes
58) Decline to answer
Question 8 - If a new program was to be developed which allowed manual input of weather data, which out of the following functions would you like the program to have?
59) Search facility to search records
60) Browse facility to browse records
61) Analysis of data (mean, average max etc)
62) Graphs (e.g. bar chart of rainfall in October)
63) Internet Browser
64) Help file
65) FTP access
66) The function of downloading weather (radar/satellite) images from the web
67) The function of downloading weather data via the internet
Many thanks for filling in this questionnaire. All the data provided will be dealt with strict confidently and will only be used for the purpose mentioned at the beginning of the questionnaire. By clicking the submit button you agree that the data you have entered is correct and it can be used for the purpose stated. Once again, Many thanks Matthew Duke
This poll was created on 2005-05-15 13:47:21 by atmosoxi