Intro to Data Science

Lab 5 – Survey Design Basics

A Guide to Your Process

Scheduling

Learning Objectives

Practice

Supporting Information

Class Discussion

Today’s Plan

  • Muddiest Point Review
  • Requesting Feedback with Google Forms
  • Function Tutorials – Draft 1 Presentations

Today’s Learning Objectives

After today’s session you will be able to:

  • Create a survey to get helpful feedback
  • Explain R functions to an audience of your peers

Muddiest Point Review

  • Recurring topics from most recent MPs:


  • What other topic(s) would you like to review?

Requesting Feedback

  • Asking for feedback is a key part of any career
    • Especially in fields with a lot of teamwork / collaboration


  • Designing surveys helps standardize responses
    • Questions with specific / narrow answer ranges give more actionable feedback


  • Anonymous surveys reduce ‘intimidation factor’ for critical feedback
    • Greater response rate = more information to use for improvement

Feedback Conversation

  • What experience do you have with requesting/getting feedback?
    • Classes? Work? Presentations?


  • How helpful was the feedback that you’ve received?


  • How could that feedback have been changed to be more helpful?

Creating Surveys

  • Consider the kind of feedback you want to receive
    • Specific
    • Actionable (I.e., something you can actually do to handle this)
    • Both positive & constructively critical


  • Phrase questions that give useful answers to you
    • E.g., “How was my speaking pace? Answers: ‘too fast’, ‘just right’, ‘too slow’”


  • Imagine a useful piece of feedback then write the question that prompts it

Create a Survey

  • Google Forms are great for this!
    • Free, familiar user interface, etc.


  • Each of you will create a form to share with your peers today


  • Your form should have (at least) questions about the following topics:
    1. Tutorial format
    2. Presentation style / pace
    3. Specific question / function (at least one)
    4. Another topic you think would be valuable

Create a Survey Continued

  • Once created, add me as a collaborator!
    • This will let me see feedback (necessary so I can moderate as/if needed)


  • To add a collaborator on a Google Form:
    1. Click “Send” in the top right
    2. Click “Add editor” in bottom left of resulting page
    3. Enter my email in the field at the top
    4. Make sure the “Notify people” box is checked
    • Click “Send” in the bottom right

Feedback Tips

  • Be specific and reasonable!
    • People can’t change if they don’t understand exactly what you mean
    • Gigantic tasks can be demoralizing and counter-productive


  • Pair critiques with positive comments
    • What someone did well can be just as important as where they can improve!


  • Be constructively critical
    • Imagine what would fix the thing you didn’t like then suggest that solution

Presentation Plan

Virtual

  • Screen share your tutorial with the class
  • Walk us through all three of your tutorials (5-15 min)
  • Ask if anyone has questions and answer any that come up
  • Share Google Form response link in Zoom Chat
  • Everyone gets ~5 minutes to fill out form

In Person

  • Connect your computer to screen in classroom
  • Walk us through all three of your tutorials (5-15 min)
  • Q & A
  • Email Google Form response link to class
  • Everyone gets ~5 minutes to fill out form
  • Any questions about this plan?

Temperature Check

How are you Feeling?

Comic-style graph depicting someone's emotional state as they debug code (from initial struggle and defeat to eventual triumph)

Get Ready!

  • Prepare your R Markdown file
    • A – Open your tutorial (knit or raw) on your computer
    • B – Email me your Rmd (knit or raw) and you can present from my computer


  • Let me know you’re ready
    • Virtual: use a Zoom reaction / DM me
    • In Person: give me a thumbs up

Draft 1 Presentations

  • Final note: remember this is just the first draft!
    • You have time to revise and improve
    • Take a breath and try not to stress out too much!


  • Anyone want to volunteer to go first?
    • I’ll pick order randomly if there are no volunteers

Temperature Check

How are you Feeling?

Comic-style graph depicting someone's emotional state as they debug code (from initial struggle and defeat to eventual triumph)

Upcoming Due Dates

Due before lecture

(By midnight)

  • Homework #5

Due before lab

(By midnight)

  • Muddiest Point #6

More Upcoming Due Dates

Due Before Lecture #8

(By midnight)

  • Function Tutorials Draft 2
    • You’ll be assessed on how well you incorporated feedback from your peers & instructor


  • Check out the rubric for more details!