Pre-course questionnaire

In order to help us tailor your GenStat training to your specific needs, we would be grateful if you could take a moment to complete our pre-course questionnaire. Your answers are for use by the VSNi training team only and will be treated in the strictest confidence.

When you are finished, simply click on the button at the bottom to send your answers directly to us.

Thank you.

Your Experience

With regards to the MicroSoft Windows operating system, would you regards yourself as a

novice

competent

experienced

Do you have any comments with regards your Windows experience you would like to share with us?
Which applications have you used previously to analyse your data? (Please select all that apply)

None

Microsoft Excel

SAS

SPSS

Splus

Minitab

Other
How do you typically store your data? (Please select all that apply)

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Spreadsheet Which?

Database Which?

Other format Which?

How much experience do you have of the following?

Is there any additional information about your statistical or computing experience that you would like to bring to our attention?

About yourself

Which of the following typically describes how you like to learn a new skill? (Please select all that apply)

	I can’t be bothered reading manuals, I like to dive straight in and learn in a ‘hands-on’ fashion
	I like to wait and see – I prefer an expert to show me how to do something before I give it a go myself
	I like to know the theory and principles behind something before I go off and try it
	I like to experiment for myself before believing something

In your day-to-day working life do you:

Prefer to work on projects alone

Prefer to work on projects with colleagues

Not care one way or another
What do you specifically hope to gain from your forthcoming GenStat training course?
Do you have any concerns about your forthcoming GenStat training course?

Please enter your contact details:

Name:

Title/position:

Organisation:

Telephone:

Email:

Would you like us to contact you directly about any of the information or comments you may have shared with us?

Yes

No

Thank you for your time

Explore Training

	none	some	a lot
Manipulating data into an appropriate form for analyses
Basic statistics (e.g. summary statistics, t-test, tabulations etc…)
Exploring data using graphs
Designing experiments and field trials
Analysis of designed experiments (ANOVA)
Analysis of linear mixed models
Linear Regression
Any computing language

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Spreadsheet	Which?
Database	Which?
Other format	Which?