[Wikimedia-l] 2012 Editor survey launched

Sat Nov 3 05:18:02 UTC 2012

Thanks Tilman. Good to see the offer is in the public FAQ.

I was on my phone at the time I saw it, and having some time on my hands I
tried to fill it in. I managed to screw up the survey software on the
languages selection by trying to select more than one, and then it wouldnt
let me pick any. I quit thinking I would get another chance...on my desktop.

I dont remember if the survey told me that I would only have one chance...

Do you know how many people have seen the banner vs how many have completed
it?

Is there a page which lists pros and cons of this approach?

I think the WMF should collect all the survey data they can. Maximum ROI
and all that.
You can use models to select a subset of the 2012 data that would be
comparable to the 2011 data.

John Vandenberg.
sent from Galaxy Note
On Nov 3, 2012 10:58 AM, "Tilman Bayer" <tbayer at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 6:05 PM, John Vandenberg <jayvdb at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Tilman,
> >
> > Could you explain the logic behind the survey link not being static until
> > the user completes the survey or dismisses the notice?
> I guess you are referring to the fact that the survey invitation
> banner is designed to be shown only once to each user? This is
> explained in the Q&A for the survey:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikipedia_Editor_Survey_2012#Why_will_a_user_see_the_link_to_the_survey_only_once.3F_How.3F
> In short, it's intended to reduce bias towards more frequent editors.
> There are reasons for and against this setup, but it's one of the many
> things that we want to keep consistent with the last survey so as to
> be able to do longitudinal analysis, i.e. identify trends.
>
> (In case this is not what you meant, feel free to rephrase the
> question and I will try to reply again.)
>
> >
> > I appreciate that you're offering, via email, to give people the survey
> > link if they missed it, but that will influence who ends up your survey
> > population. Not everyone on your target population is subscribed to a
> list
> > whetr this offer has been made.
> I understand this concern from a theoretical standpoint, but
> considering the fact that only four people have requested such a link
> so far, the bias that this introduces is likely to be negligible. - If
> one goes down that road, one would need to worry much more about the
> effect of announcements and discussions about the survey on mailing
> lists and on Meta before it has completed, but this is a price we are
> happy to pay to involve the community and achieve transparence.
>
> >
> > John Vandenberg.
> > sent from Galaxy Note
> > On Oct 31, 2012 7:26 AM, "Tilman Bayer" <tbayer at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> we have just launched the Foundation's 2012 editor survey; with
> >> invitations to participate being shown to logged-in users on Wikipedia
> >> and Commons.
> >>
> >> A few quick facts about the survey (for more refer to
> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikipedia_Editor_Survey_2012
> >> ):
> >>
> >> * This is the third survey of editors as envisaged in the Foundation's
> >> 2010-15 strategic plan "in order to take the pulse of the community
> >> and identify pressing issues or concerns", after the April 2011 and
> >> December 2011 surveys.
> >>
> >> * The first main purpose of this survey is to continue the work of the
> >> 2011 studies (conducted by Mani Pande and Ayush Khanna), with a focus
> >> on tracking changes since last year and identifying trends.
> >> Which is why many questions are being repeated from last time.
> >>
> >> * The second emphasis in this instance of the survey is to measure the
> >> satisfaction of the editing community with the work of the Wikimedia
> >> Foundation.
> >>
> >> * This is the first editor survey that includes a non-Wikipedia
> >> project (Commons, for the questions that are non Wikipedia-specific).
> >>
> >> * Thanks to everyone who commented on the draft questionnaire after we
> >> solicited feedback on this list and in and IRC office hour, as well as
> >> to those who commented about the last survey. We made several changes
> >> based on the feedback, and tried to reply to all concerns.
> >>
> >> * Also many thanks to all volunteer translators who reviewed or
> >> contributed translations; the questionnaire is available in 14
> >> languages (Italian, Polish and Portuguese will launch a bit later).
> >>
> >> * As with the previous two surveys, the results will be published in
> >> the following forms: A "topline" report detailing the percentage of
> >> responses for each question, a series of posts on
> >> https://blog.wikimedia.org analyzing the results, and a data set
> >> consisting of anonymized responses which others can use to do their
> >> own analyses. This time we will also aim to produce language-specific
> >> topline reports (an approach we already tested for Chinese with the
> >> data from the December 2011 survey).
> >>
> >> --
> >> Tilman Bayer
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