Community Engagement Insights/2016-17 Report/Question 273.02-PR08

Question 273.02 (PR08)

When contributing to Wikimedia projects, how often do you start research by... - ...searching on Google Scholar?

Participants (n) = 386 margin of error = n/a Median = 1 See more >>

1 – Never (58%) 2 – Rarely (15%) 3 – Sometimes (11%) 4 – Often (10%) 5 – Almost always (6%)

16% of sampled editors who participated in the survey reported searching on Google Scholar to start research for contributing to Wikipedia articles. 58% of sampled editors who participated in the survey reported that they never use Google scholar

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Statistics

Response statistics	Value
Total participants[?]	433 (100%)
Answered question[?]	386 (89%)
Skipped question[?]	47 (11%)
Dropped out[?]	(not available)
Selected not applicable[?]	not an option
Participants in graph (n)[?]	386 (89%)
Margin of error[?]	n/a

Descriptive statistics	Value
Normal distribution[?]	No
Mean[?]	1.91
Median[?]	1
Mode'[?]	1
Standard deviation[?]	1.27
Interquartile range[?]	2