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Results for Survey #21: SANS Software Needs Survey
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Average Completion Time: 41min 34sec (Min: 0min 10sec, Max: 1112min 0sec)
Average Time before Quit: 11min 20sec
  SANS Data Analysis survey

Questions marked with a red asterisk require an answer in order to proceed. Only the first three questions of this survey are so designated. This is to help understand the different requirements of the different demographics. Thanks for your help.


  1.  [*] Please indicate your affiliation type
University student/Grad student - 5 8.47%  8.47%
University faculty - 17 28.81%  28.81%
Industry - 1 1.69%  1.69%
Governemnt lab - 36 61.02%  61.02%
Total Answers - 59
  2.  [*] To what extent is neutron scattering used in your research program
Great extent - 45 76.27%  76.27%
Moderate extent - 10 16.95%  16.95%
small extent - 4 6.78%  6.78%
not at all - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Total Answers - 59
  3.  [*] What is your level of programming skill
None - 3 5.08%  5.08%
Slight - 11 18.64%  18.64%
Moderate - 20 33.90%  33.90%
High - 14 23.73%  23.73%
Very High - 11 18.64%  18.64%
Extremely High - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Total Answers - 59
  4.  What software tools do you currently use to analyze your SANS data?
Total Answers - 45
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  Answer to what degree you agree with the following two statements both as they relate to yourself and to how you think they relate to your field to the extent that there are others who may not be as aware of SANS as yourself.


  A lot more information could be extracted from SANS data if more tools for analyzing data in sophisticated ways were "accessible" (this includes user friendliness as well as availability of download sites etc...)
  5.  You
Strongly Agree - 16 29.09%  29.09%
Agree - 28 50.91%  50.91%
Neither agree nor disagree - 3 5.45%  5.45%
Disagree - 8 14.55%  14.55%
Strongly Disagree - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Total Answers - 55
  6.  Your field
Strongly Agree - 20 40.82%  40.82%
Agree - 24 48.98%  48.98%
Neither agree nor disagree - 5 10.20%  10.20%
Disagree - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Strongly Disagree - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Total Answers - 49
  A lot more information could be extracted from SANS data if better theories for analyzing the data in sophisticated ways were available.
  7.  You
Strongly Agree - 16 28.57%  28.57%
Agree - 25 44.64%  44.64%
Neither agree nor disagree - 5 8.93%  8.93%
Disagree - 10 17.86%  17.86%
Strongly Disagree - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Total Answers - 56
  8.  Your field
Strongly Agree - 19 38.78%  38.78%
Agree - 22 44.90%  44.90%
Neither agree nor disagree - 6 12.24%  12.24%
Disagree - 2 4.08%  4.08%
Strongly Disagree - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Total Answers - 49
  Please indicate how important the following features would be for you in a new SANS analysis package/system.
  9.  Intuitiveness and ease of use of a graphical user interface (GUI)
Critical - 5 8.93%  8.93%
Very important - 38 67.86%  67.86%
moderately important - 8 14.29%  14.29%
not very important - 5 8.93%  8.93%
of no value at all - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Total Answers - 56
  10.  Accessability of a command line
Critical - 11 20.00%  20.00%
Very important - 16 29.09%  29.09%
moderately important - 18 32.73%  32.73%
not very important - 10 18.18%  18.18%
of no value at all - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Total Answers - 55
  11.  well integrated, quality visualization tools (providing easy viewing and manipulating of the data in graphical form)
Critical - 12 21.43%  21.43%
Very important - 36 64.29%  64.29%
moderately important - 8 14.29%  14.29%
not very important - 0 0.00%  0.00%
of no value at all - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Total Answers - 56
  12.  Remote accessibility to the tools and/or your data (through a web portal or client software for example)
Critical - 1 1.82%  1.82%
Very important - 14 25.45%  25.45%
moderately important - 22 40.00%  40.00%
not very important - 18 32.73%  32.73%
of no value at all - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Total Answers - 55
  13.  Completeness (degree to which it includes every analysis tool you might need -- a one-stop-shop)
Critical - 1 1.85%  1.85%
Very important - 17 31.48%  31.48%
moderately important - 18 33.33%  33.33%
not very important - 15 27.78%  27.78%
of no value at all - 3 5.56%  5.56%
Total Answers - 54
  14.  Ease of extensibility (so you can add your own functionality with minimal, if any, programing skill or time)
Critical - 17 30.91%  30.91%
Very important - 24 43.64%  43.64%
moderately important - 13 23.64%  23.64%
not very important - 1 1.82%  1.82%
of no value at all - 0 0.00%  0.00%
Total Answers - 55
  15.  The ability to distribute tasks across the grid either for parallel processing or for distribution to a remote supercomputing node of computationally intensive tasks
Critical - 1 1.82%  1.82%
Very important - 5 9.09%  9.09%
moderately important - 15 27.27%  27.27%
not very important - 29 52.73%  52.73%
of no value at all - 5 9.09%  9.09%
Total Answers - 55
  16.  What would be the most important feature you would want to see in a new neutron/SANS analysis software package
Total Answers - 33
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  17.  After providing the basic reduction and analysis routines what would be the most important extension.
complete 2D pattern fitting (no need to reduce to 1D) - 15 27.27%  27.27%
visual 3D model builder with automatic transformation to inverse space - 5 9.09%  9.09%
Integration with Simulation codes - 7 12.73%  12.73%
simultaneous fitting of multiple curves to a common set of parameters - 28 50.91%  50.91%
Total Answers - 55
  18.  After providing the basic reduction and analysis routines what would be the second most important extension.
complete 2D pattern fitting (no need to reduce to 1D) - 19 34.55%  34.55%
visual 3D model builder with automatic transformation to inverse space - 15 27.27%  27.27%
Integration with Simulation codes - 10 18.18%  18.18%
simultaneous fitting of multiple curves to a common set of parameters - 11 20.00%  20.00%
Total Answers - 55
  19.  Any other comments/ideas (or expressions of interest) on this project?
Total Answers - 17
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Thank you for completing the survey. Your input is greatly appreciated.
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