UCSC Genome Browser Survey
This survey ran from April 26 through May 31, 2007. During this time, 1230 people started the survey, and 1208 people completed it. We anticipate using these results to help guide future development of the browser. Thanks to everyone who participated.
| How easy is it to find information on the UCSC Genome Browser? | |||
 | Response Percent | Response Count | |
| very easy |  | 31.9% | 386 |
| relatively easy | | 49.1% | 595 |
| sometimes confusing | | 16.7% | 202 |
| difficult to navigate | | 1.7% | 21 |
| no opinion | | 0.6% | 7 |
| answered question | 1211 | |
| skipped question | 19 | |
| Is the speed of the UCSC Genome Browser acceptable? | |||
| Response Percent | Response Count | |
| always | | 19.6% | 237 |
| usually | | 68.4% | 828 |
| sometimes | | 10.8% | 131 |
| never | | 0.8% | 10 |
| no opinion | | 0.3% | 4 |
| answered question | 1210 | |
| skipped question | 20 | |
| How often do you use a UCSC Genome Browser mirror site? | |||
| Response Percent | Response Count | |
| always | | 12.7% | 152 |
| usually | | 13.1% | 156 |
| sometimes | | 25.3% | 302 |
| never | | 48.9% | 583 |
| answered question | 1193 | |
| skipped question | 37 | |
| If you have contacted the UCSC Genome Browser staff, how satisfied were you with the response? | |||
| Response Percent | Response Count | |
| very satisfied | | 25.3% | 305 |
| somewhat satisfied | | 7.7% | 93 |
| not satisfied | | 1.0% | 12 |
| I have not contacted the UCSC Genome Browser staff | | 66.0% | 795 |
| answered question | 1205 | |
| skipped question | 25 | |
| Please rate the importance of the following possible improvements to the UCSC Genome Browser: | ||||||||
| not important | very important | no opinion | Rating Average | Response Count | |||
| Add genome browsers and BLAT for more vertebrate genomes | 10.4% (97) | 10.2% (96) | 12.8% (120) | 18.8% (176) | 36.9% (346) | 10.9% (102) | 3.69 | 937 |
| Add additional species to the conservation track | 7.4% (69) | 11.7% (109) | 18.0% (167) | 24.4% (227) | 29.5% (274) | 8.9% (83) | 3.62 | 929 |
| Expand the UCSC genes (Known genes) set to include more genes | 2.9% (26) | 7.3% (66) | 13.9% (126) | 24.0% (218) | 43.1% (391) | 8.9% (81) | 4.07 | 908 |
| Restrict the UCSC genes (Known genes) set to include fewer genes that are not real | 8.9% (80) | 11.7% (105) | 16.8% (151) | 23.6% (213) | 25.0% (225) | 14.1% (127) | 3.51 | 901 |
| Add more gene expression data | 3.7% (34) | 8.0% (74) | 15.9% (147) | 28.3% (261) | 36.0% (332) | 8.1% (75) | 3.92 | 923 |
| Add more protein–protein interaction data | 6.2% (57) | 11.3% (104) | 19.4% (178) | 22.3% (205) | 28.0% (257) | 12.7% (117) | 3.63 | 918 |
| Add more ChIP/CHIP data | 5.6% (52) | 8.6% (80) | 16.3% (151) | 20.4% (189) | 29.4% (272) | 19.7% (182) | 3.74 | 926 |
| Add more in-situ images to VisiGene | 9.3% (85) | 13.0% (118) | 18.5% (168) | 14.6% (133) | 11.6% (106) | 33.0% (300) | 3.09 | 910 |
| Update the C. elegans browser | 17.0% (156) | 15.7% (144) | 12.8% (117) | 6.5% (60) | 6.8% (62) | 41.2% (378) | 2.50 | 917 |
| Update the Drosophila melanogaster browser | 16.0% (147) | 15.2% (140) | 12.9% (119) | 8.3% (76) | 9.0% (83) | 38.5% (354) | 2.66 | 919 |
| Update the Saccharomyces cerevisiae browser | 17.7% (161) | 15.4% (140) | 12.4% (113) | 7.6% (69) | 6.7% (61) | 40.2% (365) | 2.50 | 909 |
| Make In-Silico PCR search RNAs | 8.6% (79) | 11.9% (109) | 18.0% (165) | 18.1% (166) | 21.7% (199) | 21.8% (200) | 3.41 | 918 |
| Improve the speed of the site overall | 6.5% (59) | 11.3% (103) | 19.8% (181) | 26.0% (237) | 30.6% (279) | 5.9% (54) | 3.67 | 913 |
| Update the appearance of the browser website | 29.1% (266) | 21.2% (194) | 17.6% (161) | 12.5% (114) | 11.1% (101) | 8.5% (78) | 2.51 | 914 |
| Establish an editorial board to more tightly control which tracks we support | 12.3% (112) | 15.4% (140) | 21.9% (199) | 16.3% (148) | 10.6% (96) | 23.5% (214) | 2.97 | 909 |
| Create a set of protein multiple alignments to complement multiple genome alignments | 5.0% (46) | 11.7% (107) | 19.1% (175) | 27.4% (251) | 23.5% (215) | 13.3% (122) | 3.61 | 916 |
| Display the results of genome association studies and linkage studies | 4.5% (41) | 8.0% (73) | 19.0% (174) | 24.3% (223) | 32.7% (300) | 11.6% (106) | 3.82 | 917 |
| Develop tools to help discriminate between disease-causing and neutral variations for medical sequencing projects | 4.1% (38) | 7.7% (71) | 12.7% (117) | 22.4% (206) | 39.2% (360) | 13.8% (127) | 3.98 | 919 |
| Display cancer genomic polymorphisms | 7.1% (66) | 10.0% (92) | 16.0% (148) | 23.9% (221) | 31.0% (286) | 12.0% (111) | 3.70 | 924 |
| Develop a gene set that includes gene variants found in the human population | 2.8% (26) | 6.2% (57) | 14.6% (134) | 25.7% (236) | 41.0% (377) | 9.7% (89) | 4.06 | 919 |
| Enhance the proteome browser to include more domain information | 5.1% (47) | 9.5% (87) | 17.0% (156) | 27.0% (248) | 21.3% (195) | 20.1% (184) | 3.62 | 917 |
| Enhance the proteome browser to include polymorphism information | 4.7% (43) | 9.9% (91) | 16.3% (150) | 26.3% (242) | 23.5% (216) | 19.4% (179) | 3.67 | 921 |
| Enhance the proteome browser to include the effects of alternative splicing | 3.3% (30) | 6.5% (59) | 13.0% (119) | 26.3% (240) | 35.1% (320) | 15.8% (144) | 3.99 | 912 |
| Improve or expand the UCSC Genome Browser user guides and frequently asked questions | 4.8% (44) | 10.8% (99) | 20.6% (189) | 24.4% (224) | 27.6% (253) | 11.9% (109) | 3.67 | 918 |
| answered question | 954 | ||||||
| skipped question | 276 | ||||||
| Specific suggestions related to the items above | ||||
| Response Count | |||
| 151 | |||
| answered question | 151 | ||
| skipped question | 1079 | ||
| What other improvements would you like to see on the UCSC Genome Browser? | ||||
| Response Count | |||
| 246 | |||
| answered question | 246 | ||
| skipped question | 984 | ||
| Your institution | ||||||
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||||
| research institute—nonprofit | | 37.3% | 358 | |||
| research institute—for profit | | 4.6% | 44 | |||
| government laboratory | | 5.7% | 55 | |||
| private sector laboratory | | 3.1% | 30 | |||
| medical school | | 9.6% | 92 | |||
| hospital | | 4.9% | 47 | |||
| university | | 33.7% | 324 | |||
| college | | 0.2% | 2 | |||
| high school | | 0.2% | 2 | |||
| | 0.7% | 7 | |||
| answered question | 961 | ||||
| skipped question | 269 | ||||
| Your position | ||||||
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||||
| research scientist | | 32.6% | 318 | |||
| medical doctor | | 1.9% | 18 | |||
| principal investigator | | 13.1% | 128 | |||
| postdoctoral scholar | | 19.1% | 186 | |||
| graduate student | | 25.1% | 245 | |||
| college student | | 0.8% | 8 | |||
| educator—college/university | | 1.2% | 12 | |||
| educator—high school | | 0.1% | 1 | |||
| high school student | | 0.4% | 4 | |||
| | 5.6% | 55 | |||
| answered question | 975 | ||||
| skipped question | 255 | ||||
| What level do you teach? (please mark as many as apply) | |||
| Response Percent | Response Count | |
| graduate school | | 33.3% | 3 |
| college or university | | 77.8% | 7 |
| high school | | 11.1% | 1 |
| Other (please specify) | 0.0% | 0 | |
| answered question | 9 | |
| skipped question | 1221 | |
| Do you use the UCSC Genome Browser in your classes? | |||
| Response Percent | Response Count | |
| yes | | 66.7% | 6 |
| no | | 33.3% | 3 |
| answered question | 9 | |
| skipped question | 1221 | |
| What content could the UCSC Genome Browser include to make it more useful for your courses? | ||||
| Response Count | |||
| 4 | |||
| answered question | 4 | ||
| skipped question | 1226 | ||
| What features could the UCSC Genome Browser include to make it more useful for your courses? | ||||
| Response Count | |||
| 1 | |||
| answered question | 1 | ||
| skipped question | 1229 | ||
| Your primary interest | ||||||
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||||
| biological research | | 66.5% | 629 | |||
| clinical or medical research | | 25.0% | 236 | |||
| biotechnology | | 3.7% | 35 | |||
| industrial research | | 0.9% | 8 | |||
| education | | 0.4% | 4 | |||
| | 3.6% | 34 | |||
| answered question | 946 | ||||
| skipped question | 284 | ||||
| Which organism or organisms does your research involve | ||||||
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||||
| human | | 89.0% | 840 | |||
| chimpanzee | | 16.4% | 155 | |||
| rhesus monkey | | 13.7% | 129 | |||
| mouse | | 55.6% | 525 | |||
| rat | | 25.7% | 243 | |||
| cat | | 7.1% | 67 | |||
| dog | | 13.4% | 126 | |||
| cow | | 8.2% | 77 | |||
| opossum | | 7.2% | 68 | |||
| chicken | | 11.0% | 104 | |||
| frog | | 6.6% | 62 | |||
| zebrafish | | 13.6% | 128 | |||
| teradon | | 5.3% | 50 | |||
| fugu | | 6.1% | 58 | |||
| stickleback | | 3.7% | 35 | |||
| sea squirt | | 2.5% | 24 | |||
| sea urchin | | 2.8% | 26 | |||
| drosophila | | 12.4% | 117 | |||
| mosquito | | 2.7% | 25 | |||
| honey bee | | 2.7% | 25 | |||
| nematode | | 6.1% | 58 | |||
| yeast | | 9.5% | 90 | |||
| | 7.4% | 70 | |||
| answered question | 944 | ||||
| skipped question | 286 | ||||
| How frequently do you visit the UCSC Genome Browser? | |||
| Response Percent | Response Count | |
| a few times per year | | 2.1% | 19 |
| a few times per month | | 12.0% | 111 |
| a few times per week | | 36.6% | 338 |
| daily | | 49.3% | 455 |
| answered question | 923 | |
| skipped question | 307 | |
| How often do you use each of the following features? | ||||||
| daily | a few times per week | a few times per month | a few times per year | never | Response Count |
| BLAT | 23.6% (217) | 37.5% (344) | 24.3% (223) | 8.8% (81) | 5.8% (53) | 918 |
| Table Browser | 18.7% (169) | 28.4% (257) | 24.6% (222) | 16.0% (145) | 12.3% (111) | 904 |
| ENCODE Browser | 4.7% (41) | 11.3% (99) | 21.3% (186) | 25.8% (226) | 36.9% (323) | 875 |
| VisiGene | 1.1% (10) | 6.1% (54) | 16.4% (144) | 24.1% (212) | 52.3% (460) | 880 |
| Gene Sorter | 3.2% (28) | 9.9% (87) | 19.2% (169) | 22.4% (197) | 45.4% (400) | 881 |
| answered question | 934 | ||||
| skipped question | 296 | ||||
| From what country do you usually access the UCSC Genome Browser? | |||
| Response Percent | Response Count | |
| United States | | 46.8% | 403 |
| Afghanistan | | 0.1% | 1 |
| Albania | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Algeria | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Andorra | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Angola | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Argentina | | 0.1% | 1 |
| Armenia | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Australia | | 2.9% | 25 |
| Austria | | 0.1% | 1 |
| Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Bahamas | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Bahrain | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Bangladesh | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Barbados | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Belarus | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Belgium | | 0.9% | 8 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Benin | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Bhutan | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Botswana | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Brazil | | 0.9% | 8 |
| Brunei | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Bulgaria | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Burundi | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Cambodia | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Cameroon | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Canada | | 4.9% | 42 |
| Cape Verde | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Central African Republic | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Chad | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Chile | | 0.1% | 1 |
| China | | 2.1% | 18 |
| Colombia | | 0.1% | 1 |
| Comoros | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Congo (Brazzaville) | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Costa Rica | | 0.1% | 1 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Croatia | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Cuba | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Cyprus | | 0.1% | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Denmark | | 1.4% | 12 |
| Djibouti | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Dominica | | 0.1% | 1 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 0 | |
| East Timor (Timor Timur) | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Ecuador | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Egypt | 0.0% | 0 | |
| El Salvador | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Eritrea | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Estonia | | 0.2% | 2 |
| Ethiopia | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Fiji | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Finland | | 0.4% | 3 |
| France | | 2.6% | 22 |
| Gabon | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Gambia, The | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Georgia | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Germany | | 5.8% | 50 |
| Ghana | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Greece | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Grenada | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Guatemala | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Guinea | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Guyana | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Haiti | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Honduras | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Hungary | | 0.1% | 1 |
| Iceland | | 0.2% | 2 |
| India | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Indonesia | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Iran | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Iraq | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Ireland | | 0.4% | 3 |
| Israel | | 2.0% | 17 |
| Italy | | 4.8% | 41 |
| Jamaica | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Japan | | 2.2% | 19 |
| Jordan | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Kenya | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Kiribati | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Korea, North | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Korea, South | | 0.5% | 4 |
| Kuwait | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Laos | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Latvia | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Lebanon | | 0.1% | 1 |
| Lesotho | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Liberia | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Libya | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Liechtenstein | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Lithuania | | 0.1% | 1 |
| Luxembourg | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Madagascar | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Malawi | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Malaysia | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Maldives | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Mali | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Malta | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Marshall Islands | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Mauritania | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Mauritius | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Mexico | | 0.4% | 3 |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Moldova | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Monaco | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Mongolia | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Montenegro | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Morocco | | 0.1% | 1 |
| Mozambique | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Myanmar (Burma) | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Namibia | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Nauru | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Nepal | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Netherlands | | 1.9% | 16 |
| New Zealand | | 0.4% | 3 |
| Nicaragua | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Niger | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Nigeria | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Norway | | 0.7% | 6 |
| Oman | | 0.1% | 1 |
| Pakistan | | 0.5% | 4 |
| Palau | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Paraguay | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Peru | | 0.1% | 1 |
| Philippines | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Poland | | 0.2% | 2 |
| Portugal | | 0.1% | 1 |
| Qatar | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Russia | | 0.4% | 3 |
| Rwanda | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Saint Vincent and The Grenadines | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Samoa | 0.0% | 0 | |
| San Marino | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Senegal | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Serbia | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Seychelles | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Sierra Leone | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Singapore | | 0.5% | 4 |
| Slovakia | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Slovenia | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Somalia | 0.0% | 0 | |
| South Africa | | 0.1% | 1 |
| Spain | | 1.2% | 10 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Sudan | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Suriname | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Swaziland | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Sweden | | 1.1% | 9 |
| Switzerland | | 2.0% | 17 |
| Syria | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Taiwan | | 0.2% | 2 |
| Tajikistan | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Tanzania | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Thailand | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Togo | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Tonga | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Tunisia | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Turkey | | 0.4% | 3 |
| Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Tuvalu | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Uganda | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Ukraine | 0.0% | 0 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 0 | |
| United Kingdom | | 9.8% | 84 |
| Uruguay | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Vanuatu | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Vatican City | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Venezuela | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Vietnam | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Western Sahara | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Yemen | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Zambia | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Zimbabwe | 0.0% | 0 | |
| answered question | 861 | |
| skipped question | 369 | |
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