gistfile1.rb

@peeps = @people.collect {|z| z.to_hash}
@answers = @answer_sheet.collect { |ax| @question_sheet.questions.collect {|x| x.display_response(ax)}}
@questions = @question_sheet.questions.collect {|y| y.attributes.slice(:kind, :label, :style, :required, :content)}

0.upto(@peeps.length-1) do |p|
  hash = Hash.new
  hash = {"person" => @peeps[p]}
  qa = []
  0.upto(@questions.length-1) do |q|
    qa[q] = {"q" => @questions[q], "a" => @answers[p][q] }
  end
  hash[:form] = qa
  dh.push hash
end

can be written as

@answers = @answer_sheet.collect { |ax| @question_sheet.questions.collect {|x| x.display_response(ax)}}
@questions = @question_sheet.questions.collect {|y| y.attributes.slice(:kind, :label, :style, :required, :content)}

dh = @people.collect {|person| {person: person, form: @questions.collect {|q| {q: q, a: @answers[person][q]}}}}