CERN Open DaysAnalysis and

presentation of the questionnaires.

CMS OutreachFabiola Vázquez.

Introduction

During CERN Open Days that took place at the end of May 2014, visitors answered 3

questions:

• Question 1: In one sentence, what will you tell your friends about what you

saw today? • Question 2: What fact or story that you

heard today impressed you the most? • Question 3: Describe the CMS detector

in three words.

Key words per question In one sentence, what will you tell your

friends about what you saw today? machine x 95, technical advancement x 127, impressive x158, universe/origin x 66, collisions x33, international endeavour x26

What fact or story that you heard today impressed you the most? physics/collisions x82, Higgs boson x120, construction x142, multinational work x85

Describe the CMS detector in three words. enormous x376, complicated x40 research x54

(TOTAL number of questionnaires: 495).

machine17%

tech. advance22%

impressive28%

universe12%

origin12%

collisions6%

intl. endeavour5%

Key words Q1

physics16%

collisions16%

Higgs boson23%

construction28%

multinational work17%

Key words Q2

enormous80%

com-pli-

cated9%

research11%

Key words Q3

From the questionnaires I received, I found that 234 were answered in

french, and 215, in english.

I made a data-base with all the words that were used to answer each

question.

Because of the difference of language, I separate this information in two

different data –base.

So, in the next slides you would see this recurrent words, for english, where the

size of the word is proportional to the number of times it appears..

In one sentence, what will you tell your friends about what you saw today?

What fact or story that you heard today impressed you the most?

Describe the CMS detector in three words.

Question 1:

Question 2:

Question 3:

And for the most recurrent words:

Among all the answers in the ‘english questionnaires’, The following are the most memorable:

Conclusion:

I am still working in:• The french questionnaires…• A prezi presentation• An entry into the blog.