Yes, I would be especially interested if the results were broken out by gender. Currently I suspect you just showed that men think OSM is welcoming to women...since there aren't that many in OSM to even take the survey.
-Kate On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 7:30 AM, Clifford Snow <[email protected]> wrote: > The issue raised by Frederik Ramm was, to paraphrase Ben Abelshausen, an > interesting topic and certainly a lot of people wanted to contribute to the > discussion. I was impressed by the positive tone taken by participants in > the conversation. To me that bodes well for our community. > > Frederik raises important issue that the community felt the need to > discuss. I wanted to get a snapshot of how people felt about the issue, not > just the people on responding. A survey seemed like the best approach. The > results are from a small, self selected group of mappers that subscribe to > the talk mailing list. The results do not attempt to say what is the right > answer, only what a small segment of the community feels towards the issue. > Sixty-nine people did respond to the survey. > > OSM, especially OSMF, should consider conducting surveys to better > understand mappers concerns. The third question, "Is OpenStreetMap > welcoming to women?" should be overwhelmingly yes. Instead it appears that > we don't know. I would like to see us get more data to help understand the > problem so we get to 100% yes. > > Question 1: Do you agree with the statement "*Whenever you give someone a > map by remote mapping, you also take something away from them.*" > > Answer Choices– > Responses– > – > Strongly Agree > 4.35% > 3 > – > Agree > 14.49% > 10 > – > Disagree > 56.52% > 39 > – > Strongly Disagree > 24.64% > 17 > Total69 > > *80% disagree with the statement while 20% agree. * > > Question 2: *Do you agree or disagree with the statement "Imports stunt > community growth*." > > Answer Choices– > Responses– > – > Strongly Disagree > 21.74% > 15 > – > Disagree > 46.38% > 32 > – > Agree > 24.64% > 17 > – > Strongly Agree > 7.25% > 5 > Total69 > > *68% disagree with the statement while 32% agree.* > > Question 3: *Is OpenStreetMap welcoming to women?* > > Answer Choices– > Responses– > – > Yes > 42.03% > 29 > – > No > 13.04% > 9 > – > Not sure > 44.93% > 31 > Total69 > > It would be interesting to get more data, especially if the results were > broken out by gender. > > Clifford > > -- > @osm_seattle > osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us > OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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