From b6ae3785ee5f9d7e8804617841119872eae71cac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pieter Vander Vennet Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2023 01:33:17 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] More research --- Docs/Reasonings/MapComplete_User_Census.md | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Docs/Reasonings/MapComplete_User_Census.md b/Docs/Reasonings/MapComplete_User_Census.md index a74f9a52d5..b607def739 100644 --- a/Docs/Reasonings/MapComplete_User_Census.md +++ b/Docs/Reasonings/MapComplete_User_Census.md @@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ But this might also be a statistical bias. 55% of _all_ respondents indicated th Now, this is a bit painful. MapComplete aims to be an easy-to-use tool for non-technical users. The survey clearly failed to reach these people. +This is also mirrored in the question on how good they know OpenStreetMap. Close to 75% indicate to have at least hundreds of edits. + +![](CensusOsmFamiliarity.png) + + In practice, the communication about the survey should reach respondents which then, need to be motivated to fill out this survey. As the survey has been promoted via [Mastodon](https://en.osm.town/@mapcomplete), this probably had a major influence: Mastodon has a userbase which is both very developer-oriented but also quite queer and has (relatively) many transgender and genderqueer people. As the post about the survey gained a lot of traction there, I suspect many found the survey via that channel. @@ -42,7 +47,9 @@ A second important effect is the language. The invitation for the survey and the At last, some people from minorities are less likely to fill out surveys ([source](https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED501717.pdf)). I tried to counter this by explicitly inviting those groups to fill out the survey in the request, but this psychological effect is very hard to measure. -As such, while I do think that the data is mostly representative, I think that less-technical people are underrepresented. +As such, while I do think that the data is mostly representative, I think that less-technical people are a bit underrepresented. + + ### Identity @@ -50,7 +57,9 @@ A last question in the 'demograpy'-set was "how would you describe yourself?" - This question is intentionally open-ended, as people will state what _they_ find important in live. -18 of them mentioned to be a map lover or OSM lover, 15 self-identified as being a 'techie', 'developer', 'engineer' or similar. 8 found Open Source-software important; 7 mentioned to be interested in environmentalism, urbanism, transportation and/or political issues. Other notable mentions were to be involved (professionally) with GIS. Other notable categories are teachers (2), cyclists (4) and climbers (2). +18 of them mentioned to be a map lover or OSM lover, 15 self-identified as being a 'techie', 'developer', 'engineer' or similar. 8 found Open Source-software important; 7 mentioned to be interested in environmentalism, urbanism, transportation and/or political issues. Other notable mentions were to be involved (professionally) with GIS. Other notable categories are teachers (2), cyclists (4) and climbers (2). One person indicated that they were 'disabled'. + + ## Reach