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+# Survey questions
+
+## Readme
+
+This survey aims at evaluating users’ experiences with ESMValTool and
+discovering users’ needs.  It is meant for the users of ESMValTool in all levels
+of expertise. Some criteria to design the questions:
+
+- It does not take more than 10 (?) minutes
+- It does not have overlapping questions
+- It does not include questions with yes/no answers
+- It does not collect personal data, but it has some profiling questions
+- It covers different aspects of ESMValTool like application, usage, documentation and community
+
+The survey can be implemented in a survey app like surveymonkey that does not
+collect personal data. The owner is “user engagement team”. They will
+edit/run/evaluate the survey and communicate the results to other teams if
+needed.
+
+## Survey content
+
+Hi! We in [ESMValGroup](https://www.esmvaltool.org/), would love to hear about
+your research and experiences using ESMValTool. Your answers will help us to
+improve ESMValTool and hence enhance the science that you conduct. All responses
+are recorded anonymously.
+
+**Describe your research/case study and challenges:**
+
+1. Can you describe your research/case study with respect to data processing?
+2. Can you underline the challenges in your research/case study with respect data handling?
+3. How would you categorize your expertise level in using ESMValTool? (Beginner,
+   competent practitioner, expert)
+
+**Software:**
+
+ESMValTool provides many recipes (scientific workflows), features and functions to analyze data for Earth system
+models. See the [list of preprocessors](https://docs.esmvaltool.org/projects/esmvalcore/en/latest/recipe/preprocessor.html#preprocessor)
+and [list of recipes](https://docs.esmvaltool.org/en/latest/recipes/index.html).
+
+4. Which recipes/preprocessors in ESMValTool have you found to be most useful for your
+research/case study?
+5. How satisfied are you with the software's:
+    - Ease of use (1-10)
+    - Development workflow (1-10)
+    - Reliability (1-10)
+
+**Documentation:**
+
+ESMValTool [documentation](https://docs.esmvaltool.org/en/latest/) covers
+different aspects of research: How the code works, how to obtain and process
+data, and what are best practices in developing code.If you are familiar with
+the documentation, please tell us:
+
+6. What aspects or specific sections if any did you find most useful in the documentation?
+7. What topics are missing that you want to learn about?
+8. How much do you agree with the following statements?
+    - It is easy to find relevant information from the documentation. (1-10)
+    - The instructions in the documentation are complete and easy
+      to follow. (1-10)
+
+**Tutorial:**
+
+There is also an online
+[tutorial](https://esmvalgroup.github.io/ESMValTool_Tutorial/) that shows not
+only how to run an experiment but also how to develop your own code. If you are
+familiar with the tutorial, please tell us:
+
+9. What aspects or specific sections if any did you find most useful in the tutorial?
+10. What topics are missing that you want to learn about?
+11. How much do you agree with the following statements?
+    - The instructions in the  tutorial are complete and easy
+      to follow. (1-10)
+    - I can immediately apply what I learned from the tutorial. (1-10)
+
+**Community:**
+
+ESMValTool provides [different
+platforms](https://docs.esmvaltool.org/en/latest/introduction.html#support) to
+communicate with users and researchers: mailing list, github issues, discussion
+page.
+
+12. Which platform are you familiar with: (multiple questions)
+
+    - [User mailing list](https://docs.esmvaltool.org/en/latest/introduction.html#user-mailing-list)
+    - GitHub issues
+    - Discussion page
+    - ESMValTool Website https://esmvaltool.org/
+    - Twitter https://twitter.com/esmvaltool
+
+13. If you have used any of these, please tell us how much you agree with
+the following statements?
+    - I felt comfortable asking my questions using these platforms. (1-10)
+    - I was able to get clear answers to my questions from the community. (1-10)
+
+**Other**
+
+What suggestions do you have for improvements, or any other relevant input for us?
+
+Thank you for helping us to build the ESMValTool that you like.