I'm looking for some matchmaking software where you pass out a survey among a group of people, enter the results and end up with a top ten list of your best matches.
I'm not looking for the service that does this for me- I've seen it, and it's more expensive tham my student group can afford.
We're willing to pay up to $100 for the program. If you can help me find it, you'll have my undying gratitude
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Sure. It's fairly trivial, especially if you're just looking for a database and some queries. Although I should warn you: for $99, you're going to get Microsoft Access.
Seriously, the DB design on this is fairly simple. It wouldn't be the work of an hour, especially if you're willing to input the survey choices yourself once the appropriate table is created.
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in high school we did "data match" you might be able to google that, or fugu might have info on it? But one Tom could write might be more fun.
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Tom that would be great! I can have my students create the survey tomorrow and e-mail it to you.
*showing my ignorance on these matters* Do I need MS access to run it?
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cool, I wasn't sure how well known they were, but it met your discription, i'd perfer something like tom could do myself anyway.
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Sure. I'd be happy to set it up, actually. Heck, I'm not even sure I'd charge you, to be honest.
That said, yeah, you'd require MS Access to run any Access database I'd send you. If that's really an issue (which I find hard to believe in an academic environment), I could use another language -- but I was predicating my "less than an hour" estimate on using the braindead Access design GUI. *grin* Actually making me code something guarantees that I'll ask for money. Posts: 37449 | Registered: May 1999
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I don't have access in my classroom, but let me check with the computer teacher- I think that it's installed on the mobile lab computers.
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Of course, that's if you do a simple score based on binary answers:
"Is it difficult for you to accept criticism?" No. "Do you sometimes have headaches or back aches after a difficult day?" Yes, I do indeed. "Do you go to sleep easily?" I'd say so. "Do you believe in capital punishment for murder?" Oh, yes. "In your opinion are social affairs usually a waste of time?" Heavens, no!
And then compare answers to get a score. Multiple choice adds layers of complexity. So you want to be sure the questions are all binary.
(Points awarded to anyone who gets the movie reference without google.)
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