[Foundation-l] Editor Survey, 2011

[Mani Pande]

Understand their needs



Mani Pande, PhD
Head of Global Development Research
Wikimedia Foundation
Twitter: manipande
Skype: manipande


On 3/12/11 10:39 AM, Pronoein wrote:
> Le 11/03/2011 00:57, Mani Pande a écrit :
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>>> MzMcBride wrote:
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>>> "After having looked at the survey content, the survey software, and the
>>> survey format (particularly the length), I have very, very low confidence
>>> that anything of value will come from this (beyond lessons of what not to do
>>> next time)."
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>> Based upon my experience having conducted surveys and quantitative
>> research for over 12 years, this is a very incorrect assessment of the
>> survey. The survey answers questions that are important to the
>> foundation, and will help us understand the editor community so we can
>> provide them an engaging  editing environment, ensure we can increase
>> their needs to increase retention and increase the diversity among
>> editors. As for Lime Survey, it is a great open source tool that is able
>> to meet all our needs.  Again based upon my experience, a 20 minute
>> survey is standard for most surveys. A learning from our last survey was
>> that our community is very engaged and I believe the length of the
>> survey is the least of our problems.
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> "Increase their needs"? Could you elaborate?
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