> I work in a psychology lab which used to test subjects one on one. A

If you're lab is at harvard as your email suggests, I'd see if there 
aren't some CS students that need a project to complete for their 
coursework and talk to them...

-p

> subject would be tested on 1 to 20 tests each generating a summary
> value or text data file. Now in addition, we are getting thousands of
> responses on single or multiple tests from folks on the web in multiple
> websites. We can't possibly copy/paste that volume of data into an
> excel file. So we need to automate.
>
> One thought is to have a centralized depository with both data and data
> format so folks can analyse the data easily. Plus a way of filtering
> the data: for example extract data from subjects matched on some
> criteria... So I think that means a database.
>
> Because the high volume data is accumulated on the web and can be sent
> by email, that suggests a webapplication. ruby on rails can probably do
> something like that.
>
> Is this something a programmer with a little ruby and rails can design,
> or should we consult with some folks to figure out what the
> format/system should look like, and if so what kind of folks would be
> able to advise us? (folks knowing ruby or rails of course)
>
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