During the evaluation period 112 of the 238 registered users started to fill in the questionnaire, but only 35
questionnaires were completed and included in the analysis. We assume that a reason for the low number of
completed questionnaires was the complexity of the CYCLADES system. The high number of registrations
shows that interest in a system like CYCLADES exists, but it takes some time to get acquainted with all the
functions. Therefore not only half of the users proceeded to the questionnaire and only a few completed the
whole questionnaire. Even though unused function could be skipped at least basic experience with the
system was mandatory to reasonably answer the questions.
Due to the small sample we refrained from further statistical analysis like correlations since the small
sample would not allow meaningful and significant statements. With a bigger sample there would be some
interrelations worth verifying. It would e.g. be interesting to explore the correlation between the
respondents’ field of work and her statement how useful certain CYCLADES functions are for her work. It
might further be revealing to investigate the relation between the respondents’ self-assessment in handling a
certain function and their overall appraisal of the according function.