evasys Onlineumfrage - Communication Lab Questionnaire

1.Welcome

Welcome, and thank you for taking part in this session.

This short questionnaire asks about your experience of the session and the chatbot. The goal is to understand what kinds of support researchers may need for critical thinking and for speaking in public or political contexts.

Your responses will help improve the research design and the tool.
The questionnaire takes about 7–10 minutes.

Please answer as honestly as possible. There are no right or wrong answers.
Unless you choose to leave contact details at the end, please do not include your name or other identifying details in the open-text responses.

2.Background

2.1 What is your current field or area of research?

2.2 What is your current role?

Doctoral researcher

Postdoctoral researcher

Professor / senior researcher

Research support / administration

Other:

2.4 How often have you communicated with non-academic audiences (the public / politics) in the past 12 months?

Never

Once

2–3 times

4–10 times

More than 10 times

2.5 Have you previously used AI tools to prepare for communication, teaching, or public engagement?

Yes, often

Yes, sometimes

Once or twice

No

3.Where would support be most useful?

Thinking about the scenario and the session, in which areas would additional support be most useful to you?

Please select up to 3.

3.1 Critical thinking / reasoning

Distinguishing evidence from interpretation

Identifying underlying assumptions

Handling uncertainty

Recognizing value conflicts and trade-offs

Noticing framing effects

Considering neglected perspectives

Judging how confident I should be in my own view

Judging consequences of my research for the public / policies

Other:

Please select up to 3.

3.3 Public speaking / communication

Clarifying my role in public communication

Adapting my message to different audiences

Explaining complex issues clearly and briefly

Preparing for critical or adversarial questions

Responding under time pressure

Speaking in political or media settings

Developing a strategy

Other:

3.5 Other

4.Critical thinking support

Please indicate how far you agree with the following statements.

In this scenario, after the session…

Strongly disagree

Disagree

Neither agree nor disagree

Agree

Strongly agree

4.1 I could distinguish more clearly between evidence and interpretation.

Strongly disagree

Strongly agree

4.2 I was more aware of uncertainty in the issue.

Strongly disagree

Strongly agree

4.3 I could see more clearly which parts of the issue are factual and which involve value judgments.

Strongly disagree

Strongly agree

4.4 I was better able to identify assumptions behind different positions.

Strongly disagree

Strongly agree

4.5 I was better able to judge how confident I should be in my own view and what kind of bias I have.

Strongly disagree

Strongly agree

4.6 I considered perspectives that I might otherwise have overlooked.

Strongly disagree

Strongly agree

5.Public speaking support

Again, please indicate how far you agree.

In this scenario, after the session…

Strongly disagree

Disagree

Neither agree nor disagree

Agree

Strongly agree

5.1 I was clearer about the role I wanted to take in communication (for example: expert, advisor, advocate, mediator).

Strongly disagree

Strongly agree

5.2 I was more aware of how audience and context affect what I should say and how I should say it.

Strongly disagree

Strongly agree

5.3 I felt better able to explain the issue in a way that is clear to non-expert audiences.

Strongly disagree

Strongly agree

5.4 I felt better able to communicate uncertainty in public without weakening my contribution.

Strongly disagree

Strongly agree

5.5 I felt better prepared for critical or adversarial questions.

Strongly disagree

Strongly agree

5.6 I felt better able to contribute to a public or political discussion even if it does not stay respectful.

Strongly disagree

Strongly agree

6.What was useful?

Please indicate how far you agree with the following statements.

Strongly disagree

Disagree

Neither agree nor disagree

Agree

Strongly agree

6.1 The pre-session questionnaire already shaped how I approached the scenario.

Strongly disagree

Strongly agree

6.2 The chatbot interaction added something beyond the questionnaire.

Strongly disagree

Strongly agree

6.3 The combination of questionnaire and chatbot improved the quality of my reasoning.

Strongly disagree

Strongly agree

6.4 The session helped me think in a more careful, self-reflective, and fair-minded way.

Strongly disagree

Strongly agree

7.Open questions

7.1 What did the chatbot help you notice that you might otherwise have missed?

7.2 Did the session change how you saw yourself as a researcher?

7.3 Did anything in the chatbot’s responses narrow, distort, oversimplify, or otherwise reduce the quality of your thinking?

7.4 Anything else you would like to add?

8.Optional follow-up contact

If you would be willing to be contacted for follow-up questions, you can leave your details here. This is optional.

8.1 E-Mail:

9.Thank you

Thank you very much for your time and thoughtful responses.

Your feedback is extremely helpful for understanding what kinds of support researchers may need for critical thinking and for public communication, and for improving the design of the project.

If you chose to leave contact details, you may be contacted for a short follow-up.
Thank you again for contributing to the workshop.