<div dir="ltr">Students,<div><br></div><div>This email came to us from Owen Selles in Calvin's Center for Social Research:</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite" style="font-size:13px"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I have developed a Python module/command line tool for the CSR that transforms <a href="http://www.qualtrics.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)">Qualtrics</a> survey data (the survey system that we use) into a MySQL relational database using API calls. Right now the module is functional and we are using it to help us generate reports with Qualtrics data.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We would like to continue to develop this and even share it online as an open-source tool, but I have never had formal programming training or written a program this large.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Do you know a student that is really experienced with Python who could advise us on streamlining/improving and packaging the code?<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Let me know what you think.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Best,<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38)">Owen Selles | Research Specialist |Center for Social Research | Calvin College<br></span><a href="mailto:oas2@calvin.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38)">oas2@calvin.edu</span></a><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38)"> | </span><span style="color:blue"><a href="tel:%28616%29%20526-8429" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)">(616) 526-8429</a></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div></div></blockquote><div>Someone should jump at this opportunity to help! Please contact <a href="mailto:oas2@calvin.edu">oas2@calvin.edu</a> about this if you are interested, and Cc me.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Prof. Victor Norman<div>Computer Science Dept., Calvin College</div><div><a href="mailto:vtn2@calvin.edu" target="_blank">vtn2@calvin.edu</a> / 616 526-7805</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>“A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” -- Antoine de Saint Exupéry</div></div>
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