Community Engagement Insights/2016-17 Report/Question 286.04-PR14

Question 286.04 (PR14)

To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following:

When any Wikimedia organization partners with external organizations like universities, museums or technology companies… - ...it creates conflicts of interest in our community.

Participants (n) = 289

margin of error = 14%

Mean = 2.64

26% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Strongly disagree (18%)

2 – Somewhat disagree (31%)

3 – Neither agree nor disagree (30%)

4 – Somewhat agree (12%)

5 – Strongly agree (9%)

17% of sampled editors who participated in this question reported that they agree or strongly agree with the following statement: "When any Wikimedia organization partners with external organizations like universities, museums or technology companies it creates conflicts of interest in our community." 26% of those who answered the question selected "no opinion".

Statistics

Response statistics	Value
Total participants^[?]	423 (100%)
Answered question^[?]	393 (93%)
Skipped question^[?]	30 (7%)
Dropped out^[?]	(not available)
Selected not applicable^[?]	not an option
Participants in graph (n)^[?]	289 (68%)
Margin of error^[?]	14%

Descriptive statistics	Value
Normal distribution^[?]	Yes
Mean^[?]	2.64
Median^[?]	3
Mode'^[?]	2
Standard deviation^[?]	1.18
Interquartile range^[?]	1