On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Andrew Gray <andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk>
wrote:
I believe we did a one-question gender microsurvey
before (linked to
one of the new-user features?). I don't know whether the data was
useful or not, but I do remember the act of asking the question itself
got some pushback as being invasive/unwelcoming/weirdly
communicated/etc. (and I can certainly symapthise with this)
So as well as the value of the data, we should consider whether the
act/method of asking is going to have knock-on effects on what we're
trying to measure.
Yes, we've tried this once. It's documented at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Gender_micro-survey
Frankly this was pretty hackish and limited. The data is not garbage but
it's not the most elegant approach to a one question survey.
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Product Manager
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