TomMorris writes: > One thing > that probably ought to be done is to demand of the Foundation and of > chapters that any studies they do into the effectiveness of outreach > and intervention programmes include gender inclusiveness as a measure > in stats-gathering where possible.
maybe, as a first step please take a look into the potential sources gender bias *in the methodology* - that's all I am saying, really interesting discussion! Claudia On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:43:49 +0100, Tom Morris wrote > On 18 June 2012 15:36, Sarah Stierch <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, I'll be honest: > > > > I don't really care about detailed research unless it shows our numbers > > changing at this point :-) (better or worse)... > > > > I am focusing my energy on taking action versus research investment. So > > perhaps I shouldn't even bother with this conversation. We all know we have few women editing :-/ > > > > I agree with Sarah. > > The difference between 9% (the lowest estimate I've seen) and 13% (the > highest) is pretty irrelevant compared to the difference between > trying to go from 9-13% to something more like 25%. > > Further research seems kind of pointless: we know there's an issue, so > let's fix it. > > A more useful avenue of research would be trying to find out what > interventions might actually be useful in fixing the gender gap. It > seems that a fair few people come to the gender imbalance and have a > solution. Funnily enough, the solutions always seem to be solutions to > problems they have with the wiki more generally (whether it's dodgy > images on Commons or lack of civility or problematic notability > standards). It's almost as if they have their hobby horse and they > want to use gender as a new battleground for said issue. > > I'm glad that a lot of what the Foundation seem to be doing is trying > to be evidence-based and are analysing the effectiveness of the > various interventions (Teahouse, FeedbackDashboard, AFT5). One thing > that probably ought to be done is to demand of the Foundation and of > chapters that any studies they do into the effectiveness of outreach > and intervention programmes include gender inclusiveness as a measure > in stats-gathering where possible. > > -- > Tom Morris > <http://tommorris.org/> > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
