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When contributing to Wikimedia projects, how often do you start research by... - ...using a search engine (e.g. Yahoo, Google)?
1 – Never (4%) 2 – Rarely (2%) 3 – Sometimes (14%) 4 – Often (31%) 5 – Almost always (48%)
79% of sampled editors who participated in the survey reported using using a search engine (e.g. Yahoo, Google) to start research for contributing to Wikipedia articles.
Response statistics
Value
Total participants [?] 433 (100%)
Answered question [?] 418 (97%)
Skipped question [?] 15 (3%)
Dropped out [?] (not available)
Selected not applicable [?] not an option
Participants in graph (n) [?] 418 (97%)
Margin of error [?] n/a
Descriptive statistics
Value
Normal distribution [?] No
Mean [?] 4.17
Median [?] 4
Mode' [?] 5
Standard deviation [?] 1.04
Interquartile range [?] 1
