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ASTR615 Survey Results
Fall 2011
11 respondents (100%)
- Computer familiarity [1=Master, 5=None]:
Avg = 3 [Skilled], range from [Expert] to [Novice]
- All of you have access to a Mac or Linux (dept account)
- Unix familiarity [1=Master, 5=None]:
Avg = 3.2 [Skilled], range from [Skilled] to [Novice]
- Unix commands:
- ls: 11/11 correct (100%)
- mkdir: 11/11 correct (100%)
- cat: 7/11 correct (64%)
- grep: 4/11 correct (36%)
- make: 4/11 correct (36%)
- Fortran familiarity [1=Master, 5=None]:
Avg = 4.5 [Never seen], range from [Novice] to [Never seen]
- Java familiarity [1=Master, 5=None]:
Avg = 4.3 [Novice], range from [Expert] to [Never seen]
- C familiarity [1=Master, 5=None]:
Avg = 3.8 [Novice], range from [Skilled] to [Never seen]
- C statements:
- increment: 9/11 correct (66%)
- loop: 8/11 correct (58%)
- pointers: 4/11 correct (33%)
- malloc: 3/11 correct (50%)
- structures: 2/11 correct (8%)
- Other languages/visualization packages: most of you know Python, some gnuplot IDL and
Matlab. Nobody has ever heard of sm. I will have to remove it from
the survey and from the class examples!
- Do you know how to?
- Deal with multimedia content: 9/11 (82%)
- Create animation: 3/11 (27%)
- Print colour output: 11/11 (100%)
- Use PowerPoint or OpenOffice: 11/11 (100%)
- Have you ever?
- Used a supercomputer: 1/11 (9%)
- Written parallel code: 2/11 (27%)
- Written assembly code: 0 (0%)
- Used revision/maintenance software: 0 (0%)
- Written HTML code: 7/11 (64%)
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Massimo Ricotti
2014-01-30