Community Engagement Insights/2016-17 Report/Question 273.06-PR08

Question 273.06 (PR08)

When contributing to Wikimedia projects, how often do you start research by... - ...searching in a database that I have access to?

Participants (n) = 392 margin of error = n/a Median = 2 See more >>

1 – Never (36%) 2 – Rarely (15%) 3 – Sometimes (18%) 4 – Often (21%) 5 – Almost always (10%)

36% of sampled editors who participated in the survey reported starting research by often or almost always searching in a database that I have access to. 31% of sampled editors who participated in the survey reported that they never start research by searching in a database that I have access to.

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Statistics

Response statistics	Value
Total participants[?]	433 (100%)
Answered question[?]	392 (91%)
Skipped question[?]	41 (9%)
Dropped out[?]	(not available)
Selected not applicable[?]	not an option
Participants in graph (n)[?]	392 (91%)
Margin of error[?]	n/a

Descriptive statistics	Value
Normal distribution[?]	No
Mean[?]	2.54
Median[?]	2
Mode'[?]	1
Standard deviation[?]	1.41
Interquartile range[?]	3