GerardM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Please explain why the selection of only Skype/VOIP users would be > such a bad thing.
I agree that a study on Skype/VoIP users and their Wikipedia use could be interesting in itself. But I think it is wrong to assume that Skype/VoIP users necessarily is a representative selection of Wikipedia users overall. I could guess that they are slightly more unafraid of new technology than the average Wikipedian. Perhaps they have a higher number of foreign associates that they corresponds with regularly. Maybe they have an lower salary (since they invest hours of testing and experimenting to save relatively small amounts) - or maybe a higher (since they are successful at installing new technology)? I don't know. This could be an interesting study in itself. My point is that this kind of pre-selection most likely will introduce a bias into the results in one way or another. -- Dag Asheim Linpro AS _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
