Seb's "wikis and knowledge sharing" survey: Results
Sébastien Paquet
Université de Montréal
January 2003
Questionnaire
Raw data: Excel (36 Kb) -
SPSS (17 Kb)
Note that some quantities (e.g., means) are not very meaningful.
1. Have you ever visited a community wiki?
Statistics
1. Have you ever visited a community wiki?
| N |
Valid |
167 |
| Missing |
1 |
| Mean |
,66 |
| Median |
1,00 |
| Std. Deviation |
,47 |
1. Have you ever visited a community wiki?
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
no |
56 |
33,3 |
33,5 |
33,5 |
| yes |
111 |
66,1 |
66,5 |
100,0 |
| Total |
167 |
99,4 |
100,0 |
|
| Missing |
System |
1 |
,6 |
|
|
| Total |
168 |
100,0 |
|
|
2. How often do you visit wikis?
Statistics
2. How often do you visit wikis?
| N |
Valid |
114 |
| Missing |
54 |
| Mean |
,99 |
| Median |
1,00 |
| Std. Deviation |
1,01 |
2. How often do you visit wikis?
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
<=once/month |
46 |
27,4 |
40,4 |
40,4 |
| >once/month |
35 |
20,8 |
30,7 |
71,1 |
| >once/week |
21 |
12,5 |
18,4 |
89,5 |
| >once/day |
12 |
7,1 |
10,5 |
100,0 |
| Total |
114 |
67,9 |
100,0 |
|
| Missing |
System |
54 |
32,1 |
|
|
| Total |
168 |
100,0 |
|
|
3. How often do you visit wikis to locate interesting work-related material?
Statistics
3. How often do you visit wikis to locate interesting work-related material?
| N |
Valid |
114 |
| Missing |
54 |
| Mean |
,74 |
| Median |
,00 |
| Std. Deviation |
,89 |
3. How often do you visit wikis to locate interesting work-related material?
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
<=once/month |
58 |
34,5 |
50,9 |
50,9 |
| >once/month |
34 |
20,2 |
29,8 |
80,7 |
| >once/week |
16 |
9,5 |
14,0 |
94,7 |
| >once/day |
6 |
3,6 |
5,3 |
100,0 |
| Total |
114 |
67,9 |
100,0 |
|
| Missing |
System |
54 |
32,1 |
|
|
| Total |
168 |
100,0 |
|
|
4. What percentage of the time that you spend reading for professional purposes is devoted to reading material in wikis?
Statistics
4. What percentage of the time that you spend reading for professional purposes is devoted to reading material in wikis?
| N |
Valid |
112 |
| Missing |
56 |
| Mean |
,86 |
| Median |
,00 |
| Std. Deviation |
1,73 |
4. What percentage of the time that you spend reading for professional purposes is devoted to reading material in wikis?
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
<10% |
75 |
44,6 |
67,0 |
67,0 |
| 10% |
13 |
7,7 |
11,6 |
78,6 |
| 20% |
12 |
7,1 |
10,7 |
89,3 |
| 30% |
5 |
3,0 |
4,5 |
93,7 |
| 40% |
2 |
1,2 |
1,8 |
95,5 |
| 50% |
2 |
1,2 |
1,8 |
97,3 |
| 80% |
2 |
1,2 |
1,8 |
99,1 |
| 100% |
1 |
,6 |
,9 |
100,0 |
| Total |
112 |
66,7 |
100,0 |
|
| Missing |
System |
56 |
33,3 |
|
|
| Total |
168 |
100,0 |
|
|
5. Are there wikis that you regard as being among the best sources of information on a particular topic?
Statistics
5. Are there wikis that you regard as being among the best sources of information on a particular topic?
| N |
Valid |
113 |
| Missing |
55 |
| Mean |
,80 |
| Median |
1,00 |
| Std. Deviation |
,72 |
5. Are there wikis that you regard as being among the best sources of information on a particular topic?
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
0 |
43 |
25,6 |
38,1 |
38,1 |
| 1 |
50 |
29,8 |
44,2 |
82,3 |
| >=2 |
20 |
11,9 |
17,7 |
100,0 |
| Total |
113 |
67,3 |
100,0 |
|
| Missing |
System |
55 |
32,7 |
|
|
| Total |
168 |
100,0 |
|
|
6. Are there wikis that you regard as being among the best sources of knowledge on a particular interdisciplinary topic?
Statistics
6. Are there wikis that you regard as being among the best sources of knowledge on a particular interdisciplinary topic?
| N |
Valid |
114 |
| Missing |
54 |
| Mean |
,47 |
| Median |
,00 |
| Std. Deviation |
,67 |
6. Are there wikis that you regard as being among the best sources of knowledge on a particular interdisciplinary topic?
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
0 |
71 |
42,3 |
62,3 |
62,3 |
| 1 |
32 |
19,0 |
28,1 |
90,4 |
| >=2 |
11 |
6,5 |
9,6 |
100,0 |
| Total |
114 |
67,9 |
100,0 |
|
| Missing |
System |
54 |
32,1 |
|
|
| Total |
168 |
100,0 |
|
|
7. Have wikis helped you find people with professional interests close to yours but with a different professional background than yours?
Statistics
7. Have wikis helped you find people with professional interests close to yours but with a different professional background than yours?
| N |
Valid |
113 |
| Missing |
55 |
| Mean |
,73 |
| Median |
1,00 |
| Std. Deviation |
,91 |
7. Have wikis helped you find people with professional interests close to yours but with a different professional background than yours?
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
0 |
56 |
33,3 |
49,6 |
49,6 |
| 1-2 |
40 |
23,8 |
35,4 |
85,0 |
| 3-4 |
8 |
4,8 |
7,1 |
92,0 |
| >=5 |
9 |
5,4 |
8,0 |
100,0 |
| Total |
113 |
67,3 |
100,0 |
|
| Missing |
System |
55 |
32,7 |
|
|
| Total |
168 |
100,0 |
|
|
8. If you answered "Yes" to the previous question, do you think you could have connected with these people in another way than through wikis?
Statistics
8. If you answered "Yes" to the previous question, do you think you could have connected with these people in another way than through wikis?
| N |
Valid |
62 |
| Missing |
106 |
| Mean |
1,26 |
| Median |
1,00 |
| Std. Deviation |
,85 |
8. If you answered "Yes" to the previous question, do you think you could have connected with these people in another way than through wikis?
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
no |
13 |
7,7 |
21,0 |
21,0 |
| probably not |
23 |
13,7 |
37,1 |
58,1 |
| probably yes |
23 |
13,7 |
37,1 |
95,2 |
| definitely |
3 |
1,8 |
4,8 |
100,0 |
| Total |
62 |
36,9 |
100,0 |
|
| Missing |
System |
106 |
63,1 |
|
|
| Total |
168 |
100,0 |
|
|
9. Have you ever edited a wiki page?
Statistics
9. Have you ever edited a wiki page?
| N |
Valid |
112 |
| Missing |
56 |
| Mean |
,67 |
| Median |
1,00 |
| Std. Deviation |
,47 |
9. Have you ever edited a wiki page?
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
no |
37 |
22,0 |
33,0 |
33,0 |
| yes |
75 |
44,6 |
67,0 |
100,0 |
| Total |
112 |
66,7 |
100,0 |
|
| Missing |
System |
56 |
33,3 |
|
|
| Total |
168 |
100,0 |
|
|
10. How often do you edit wiki pages?
Statistics
10. How often do you edit wiki pages?
| N |
Valid |
76 |
| Missing |
92 |
| Mean |
,97 |
| Median |
1,00 |
| Std. Deviation |
1,05 |
10. How often do you edit wiki pages?
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
<=once/month |
34 |
20,2 |
44,7 |
44,7 |
| >once/month |
18 |
10,7 |
23,7 |
68,4 |
| >once/week |
16 |
9,5 |
21,1 |
89,5 |
| >once/day |
8 |
4,8 |
10,5 |
100,0 |
| Total |
76 |
45,2 |
100,0 |
|
| Missing |
System |
92 |
54,8 |
|
|
| Total |
168 |
100,0 |
|
|
11. Based on your experience, would you say that a wiki enables the formation of a community of people with an interest in an interdisciplinary topic more easily than other available means of communication?
Statistics
11. Based on your experience, would you say that a wiki enables the formation of a community of people with an interest in an interdisciplinary topic more easily than other available means of communication?
| N |
Valid |
75 |
| Missing |
93 |
| Mean |
1,17 |
| Median |
1,00 |
| Std. Deviation |
,67 |
11. Based on your experience, would you say that a wiki enables the formation of a community of people with an interest in an interdisciplinary topic more easily than other available means of communication?
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
no |
11 |
6,5 |
14,7 |
14,7 |
| yes |
40 |
23,8 |
53,3 |
68,0 |
| don't know |
24 |
14,3 |
32,0 |
100,0 |
| Total |
75 |
44,6 |
100,0 |
|
| Missing |
System |
93 |
55,4 |
|
|
| Total |
168 |
100,0 |
|
|
12. Professionally, you would describe yourself as
Statistics
12. Professionally, you would describe yourself as
| N |
Valid |
76 |
| Missing |
92 |
| Mean |
2,99 |
| Median |
3,00 |
| Std. Deviation |
2,98 |
12. Professionally, you would describe yourself as
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
a technologist |
34 |
20,2 |
44,7 |
44,7 |
| a journalist |
1 |
,6 |
1,3 |
46,1 |
| a librarian |
2 |
1,2 |
2,6 |
48,7 |
| an educator |
4 |
2,4 |
5,3 |
53,9 |
| a lawyer |
1 |
,6 |
1,3 |
55,3 |
| a consultant |
13 |
7,7 |
17,1 |
72,4 |
| a researcher |
9 |
5,4 |
11,8 |
84,2 |
| another kind of knowledge worker |
9 |
5,4 |
11,8 |
96,1 |
| not a knowledge worker |
3 |
1,8 |
3,9 |
100,0 |
| Total |
76 |
45,2 |
100,0 |
|
| Missing |
System |
92 |
54,8 |
|
|
| Total |
168 |
100,0 |
|
|
13. How many years of professional experience do you have?
Statistics
13. How many years of professional experience do you have?
| N |
Valid |
76 |
| Missing |
92 |
| Mean |
4,42 |
| Median |
5,00 |
| Std. Deviation |
1,26 |
13. How many years of professional experience do you have?
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
1-2 |
4 |
2,4 |
5,3 |
5,3 |
| 3-5 |
12 |
7,1 |
15,8 |
21,1 |
| 6-10 |
18 |
10,7 |
23,7 |
44,7 |
| 11-20 |
28 |
16,7 |
36,8 |
81,6 |
| >20 |
14 |
8,3 |
18,4 |
100,0 |
| Total |
76 |
45,2 |
100,0 |
|
| Missing |
System |
92 |
54,8 |
|
|
| Total |
168 |
100,0 |
|
|