Community Engagement Insights/2016-17 Report/Question 273.01-PR08

Question 273.01 (PR08)

When contributing to Wikimedia projects, how often do you start research by... - ...using a search engine (e.g. Yahoo, Google)?

Participants (n) = 418 margin of error = n/a Median = 4 See more >>

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.

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Statistics

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