On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Andrew Gray <[email protected]> wrote:
> I believe we did a one-question gender microsurvey before (linked to > one of the new-user features?). I don't know whether the data was > useful or not, but I do remember the act of asking the question itself > got some pushback as being invasive/unwelcoming/weirdly > communicated/etc. (and I can certainly symapthise with this) > > So as well as the value of the data, we should consider whether the > act/method of asking is going to have knock-on effects on what we're > trying to measure. > Yes, we've tried this once. It's documented at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Gender_micro-survey Frankly this was pretty hackish and limited. The data is not garbage but it's not the most elegant approach to a one question survey. -- Steven Walling, Product Manager https://wikimediafoundation.org/
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