Community Engagement Insights/2016-17 Report/Question 273.01-PR08

Question 273.01 (PR08)

When contributing to Wikimedia projects, how often do you start research by... - ...using a search engine (e.g. Yahoo, Google)?

Participants (n) = 418

margin of error = n/a

Median = 4

1 – Never (4%)

2 – Rarely (2%)

3 – Sometimes (14%)

4 – Often (31%)

5 – Almost always (48%)

79% of sampled editors who participated in the survey reported using using a search engine (e.g. Yahoo, Google) to start research for contributing to Wikipedia articles.

Statistics

Response statistics	Value
Total participants^[?]	433 (100%)
Answered question^[?]	418 (97%)
Skipped question^[?]	15 (3%)
Dropped out^[?]	(not available)
Selected not applicable^[?]	not an option
Participants in graph (n)^[?]	418 (97%)
Margin of error^[?]	n/a

Descriptive statistics	Value
Normal distribution^[?]	No
Mean^[?]	4.17
Median^[?]	4
Mode'^[?]	5
Standard deviation^[?]	1.04
Interquartile range^[?]	1