Community Engagement Insights/2016-17 Report/Question 273.03-PR08

Question 273.03 (PR08)

When contributing to Wikimedia projects, how often do you start research by... - ...searching in a library catalogue or search tool?

Participants (n) = 394 margin of error = n/a Median = 2 See more >>

1 – Never (35%) 2 – Rarely (19%) 3 – Sometimes (20%) 4 – Often (19%) 5 – Almost always (8%)

27% of sampled editors who participated in the survey reported searching often or almost always in a library catalogue or search tool to find research for contributing to Wikipedia articles. 35% of sampled editors who participated in the survey reported that they never search a library catalogue or search tool.

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Statistics

Response statistics	Value
Total participants[?]	433 (100%)
Answered question[?]	394 (91%)
Skipped question[?]	39 (9%)
Dropped out[?]	(not available)
Selected not applicable[?]	not an option
Participants in graph (n)[?]	394 (91%)
Margin of error[?]	n/a

Descriptive statistics	Value
Normal distribution[?]	No
Mean[?]	2.44
Median[?]	2
Mode'[?]	1
Standard deviation[?]	1.33
Interquartile range[?]	3