Community Engagement Insights/2016-17 Report/Question 273.02-PR08

Question 273.02 (PR08)

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When contributing to Wikimedia projects, how often do you start research by... - ...searching on Google Scholar?


Median = 1

1 – Never (58%)
2 – Rarely (15%)
3 – Sometimes (11%)
4 – Often (10%)
5 – Almost always (6%)
16% of sampled editors who participated in the survey reported searching on Google Scholar to start research for contributing to Wikipedia articles. 58% of sampled editors who participated in the survey reported that they never use Google scholar



Statistics

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Response statistics Value
Total participants[?] 433 (100%)
Answered question[?] 386 (89%)
Skipped question[?] 47 (11%)
Dropped out[?] (not available)
Selected not applicable[?] not an option
Participants in graph (n)[?] 386 (89%)
Margin of error[?] n/a
Descriptive statistics Value
Normal distribution[?] No
Mean[?] 1.91
Median[?] 1
Mode'[?] 1
Standard deviation[?] 1.27
Interquartile range[?] 2