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ASTR615 Survey Results


Fall 2011

11 respondents (100%)

  1. Computer familiarity [1=Master, 5=None]:
    Avg = 3 [Skilled], range from [Expert] to [Novice]
  2. All of you have access to a Mac or Linux (dept account)
  3. Unix familiarity [1=Master, 5=None]:
    Avg = 3.2 [Skilled], range from [Skilled] to [Novice]

  4. Unix commands:
    1. ls: 11/11 correct (100%)
    2. mkdir: 11/11 correct (100%)
    3. cat: 7/11 correct (64%)
    4. grep: 4/11 correct (36%)
    5. make: 4/11 correct (36%)

  5. Fortran familiarity [1=Master, 5=None]:
    Avg = 4.5 [Never seen], range from [Novice] to [Never seen]

  6. Java familiarity [1=Master, 5=None]:
    Avg = 4.3 [Novice], range from [Expert] to [Never seen]

  7. C familiarity [1=Master, 5=None]:
    Avg = 3.8 [Novice], range from [Skilled] to [Never seen]

  8. C statements:
    1. increment: 9/11 correct (66%)
    2. loop: 8/11 correct (58%)
    3. pointers: 4/11 correct (33%)
    4. malloc: 3/11 correct (50%)
    5. structures: 2/11 correct (8%)

  9. 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!

  10. Do you know how to?
    1. Deal with multimedia content: 9/11 (82%)
    2. Create animation: 3/11 (27%)
    3. Print colour output: 11/11 (100%)
    4. Use PowerPoint or OpenOffice: 11/11 (100%)

  11. Have you ever?
    1. Used a supercomputer: 1/11 (9%)
    2. Written parallel code: 2/11 (27%)
    3. Written assembly code: 0 (0%)
    4. Used revision/maintenance software: 0 (0%)
    5. Written HTML code: 7/11 (64%)




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Massimo Ricotti 2014-01-30