Pre-submission inquiry - A survey and reporting platform

[Alcampopiano]

Hello all,

I have written a tool for web-based data collection and analysis/reporting. This submission/project was kindly rejected from JOSS as it was not considered research software that would fit within their scope.

I am kindly asking if this project fits in JOSE's scope. I am a researcher working in a school board and so this platform is something I designed to help researchers in education primarily; however, web-based surveys and reporting tools are useful for researchers in general.

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Repository

https://github.com/Alcampopiano/OpenQuestion

Paper

https://github.com/Alcampopiano/OpenQuestion/blob/master/paper/paper.pdf

Docs

https://alcampopiano.github.io/OpenQuestion/

Project description:

OpenQuestion is a survey building and reporting platform for web-based data collection. Surveys can be developed using a GUI or programatically by writing Python code. To report on survey results, OpenQuestion provides a Jupyter-like environment for data visualization and document creation.

Survey development

Report development

Automatic chart creation and templating process

Thank you for JOSE and JOSS. I sincerely appreciate the work that goes into these journals.

Any feedback would be much appreciated!

Sincerely, Allan

[moorepants]

Allan,

It looks like it can probably fit. But best if you can read this https://jose.theoj.org/about and the tell use which of the two categories if fits in and why.

[Alcampopiano]

Hello and thanks very much for the response.

I believe OpenQuestion fits into the category of a "Software submission" for the following reason: It is designed to make the educational process of designing surveys, acquiring data, and reporting on results easier.

I would be happy to expand on this reasoning if you would like more justification/clarification.

Take care, Allan

[moorepants]

I think it fits the software submission. Feel free to submit.