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

Question 273.02 (PR08)

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

Participants (n) = 386

margin of error = n/a

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

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