# A survey to help Jurph get his Master's Degree **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 16, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-survey-to-help-jurph-get-his-masters-degree/493251 "2009-04-16T01:01:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-survey-to-help-jurph-get-his-masters-degree/493251/1 "2009-04-16T01:01:41Z")
So I’m working on my Master’s Degree in Systems Engineering, and the last class is a design project. The amount of work is comparable to a thesis. One of the early steps is a requirements analysis, which is where you all are welcome to make your mark on academic history. I need to survey potential users of my innovative system and make sure that I understand what the users actually need, so that I do not end up designing (say) a buggy-whip or a screen door for a submarine. Want to help? Great! **I’ve posted the survey [here](http://tinyurl.com/cvns6h).** If you’re 18 years old or younger, please don’t take the survey. If you’ve run across the survey somewhere else, don’t worry about filling it out twice. I’ve cross-posted to several message boards to maximize my response volume. Thanks a bunch! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-survey-to-help-jurph-get-his-masters-degree/493251/2 "2009-04-16T01:21:48Z")
Done. ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-survey-to-help-jurph-get-his-masters-degree/493251/3 "2009-04-16T01:29:15Z")
And done. ---
**Author:** ![Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d9b06d/32.png) [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-survey-to-help-jurph-get-his-masters-degree/493251/4 "2009-04-16T01:51:59Z")
Fin. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-survey-to-help-jurph-get-his-masters-degree/493251/5 "2009-04-16T02:00:13Z")
fin ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-survey-to-help-jurph-get-his-masters-degree/493251/6 "2009-04-16T07:11:10Z")
That was fun! I always like it when people seem to really care about the mundanities of my life. ---
**Author:** ![Laalune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@Laalune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laalune)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-survey-to-help-jurph-get-his-masters-degree/493251/7 "2009-04-16T09:59:18Z")
Done! ---
**Author:** ![Martiju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Martiju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martiju)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-survey-to-help-jurph-get-his-masters-degree/493251/8 "2009-04-16T10:20:27Z")
Sounds like a good product to develop - remember us when you’re a billionaire (of course, that won’t mean so much when the dollar is worth next to nothing but hey!) ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-survey-to-help-jurph-get-his-masters-degree/493251/9 "2009-04-16T10:55:09Z")
“You must face the gazebo alone?” I had to look it up. Thank god for teh internet. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-survey-to-help-jurph-get-his-masters-degree/493251/10 "2009-04-16T12:10:24Z")
I liked the fact that under the question on using your mobile phone, I had to tick other so I could add “making and receiving calls” :). I was disappointed that the survey did not try to taunt me back, though. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-survey-to-help-jurph-get-his-masters-degree/493251/11 "2009-04-16T12:23:50Z")
Thanks for the responses, everyone! I’m getting a much better response than I expected, so I’m going to have great data to back up my requirements analysis. I’ll probably have a more detailed survey for those of you who checked “I’d be happier if I could explain my answers in detail,” but I need to digest the current results first and see what info I’m still missing. Also, I want to commend the brave ones among you for taunting the survey. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-survey-to-help-jurph-get-his-masters-degree/493251/12 "2009-04-16T13:06:46Z")
> [@Jurph](#): > > Also, I want to commend the brave ones among you for taunting the survey. Pshaw, it’s not like it was Happy Fun Ball or anything. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-survey-to-help-jurph-get-his-masters-degree/493251/13 "2009-04-16T17:11:51Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > I liked the fact that under the question on using your mobile phone, I had to tick other so I could add “making and receiving calls” :). I wondered about that as well - especially since I take my phone with me when I’m shopping, so that Mrs Piper can call me if she thinks of anything else we need - which happens now and then. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-survey-to-help-jurph-get-his-masters-degree/493251/14 "2009-04-16T17:43:48Z")
:smack: I just left that one blank. (This survey is _so_ not oriented towards us Luddites…) ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-survey-to-help-jurph-get-his-masters-degree/493251/15 "2009-04-16T18:50:10Z")
I fireball the gazebo. Pity I don’t have the KODT video link, or I’d add it here. Look forward to hearing more about your report. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-survey-to-help-jurph-get-his-masters-degree/493251/16 "2009-04-16T20:13:57Z")
Taunt, Taunt, Taunt ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-survey-to-help-jurph-get-his-masters-degree/493251/17 "2009-04-17T01:11:38Z")
I filled it in because the OP was so polite, but the survey was mildly amusing too. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-survey-to-help-jurph-get-his-masters-degree/493251/18 "2009-04-17T01:44:37Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > I liked the fact that under the question on using your mobile phone, I had to tick other so I could add “making and receiving calls” :). Sadly I didn’t even notice this. I hang my head in shame. ---
**Author:** ![Tamryne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tamryne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamryne)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-survey-to-help-jurph-get-his-masters-degree/493251/19 "2009-04-17T06:11:29Z")
Its amazing the surveys I take now that I’ve had the… ah… enviable experience of trying to entice flighty law students to fill out a mundane survey. ---
**Author:** ![Winkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/41988e/32.png) [@Winkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winkie)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-survey-to-help-jurph-get-his-masters-degree/493251/20 "2009-04-17T23:28:33Z")
> [@Tamryne](#): > > Its amazing the surveys I take now that I’ve had the… ah… enviable experience of trying to entice flighty law students to fill out a mundane survey. Likewise, except substitute “government employees” for “law students”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-survey-to-help-jurph-get-his-masters-degree/493251.md?page=2)