Hi Dario,
The combination of the choices:
Strongly discourages me Discourages me Neither motivates me nor discourages me Motivates me Strongly motivates me No answer
With statements such as:
Editing Wikipedia may undermine my scientific reputation
Leaves no option for people who don't consider that editing Wikipedia would harm their Academic reputation. I suspect that few people are motivated or strongly motivated to edit by the prospect of damaging their scientific reputation. But I would hope that some if not most would consider that Editing Wikipedia would not undermine their scientific reputation (providing that is that they edited responsibly).
I think a more useful and neutral question would be to ask if people agreed or disagreed with the statement
Editing Wikipedia may undermine my scientific reputation
Though I'd prefer something much more along the lines of
If you were to edit Wikipedia, what effect do you think this would have on your scientific reputation?
Very negative - negative - neutral/no effect - positive - very positive
Regards
WereSpielChequers
On 9 February 2011 14:13, Dario Taraborelli dtaraborelli@wikimedia.org wrote:
The survey is live and collecting data at: http://bit.ly/ExpertBarriers Thanks for your feedback!
Dario
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