tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166669645725536266.post2462268918809216546..comments2023-07-07T06:52:33.856-04:00Comments on floatingsheep: Wikipedia DemographicsMark Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00659652124105331552noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166669645725536266.post-37380070125929324182012-08-24T03:50:04.099-04:002012-08-24T03:50:04.099-04:00It does help in a very definitive way to have such...It does help in a very definitive way to have such survey results circulated. They provide a fine insight into the workings that take place.<br /><a href="http://www.surveytool.com/survey-software/" rel="nofollow">http://www.surveytool.com/survey-software/</a>Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00810392600814773572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166669645725536266.post-3150888493567621342011-02-15T15:40:48.315-05:002011-02-15T15:40:48.315-05:00Laura - thanks for the link to the method. It seem...Laura - thanks for the link to the method. It seems robust especially given the limits to wikipedia data, I just wish we had a better sense of how the "official" survey worked.<br /><br />Monica - point well taken! If only the FS collective could hold off on our need for affirmation!<br /><br />OLLI - I think it is good question. I'd love to see more work like Laura's on these kind of questions.Matthew Zookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08480544925277453768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166669645725536266.post-77779726630197633612011-02-07T05:53:45.297-05:002011-02-07T05:53:45.297-05:00Had an Andy Gray thought then pushed it away. Ther...Had an Andy Gray thought then pushed it away. There are tons of other sites where most of the community are female ... my guess is that they contribute in other opensource projects -OneLifeLiveIthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08194604578343431697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166669645725536266.post-28481926579999190412011-02-04T12:09:18.591-05:002011-02-04T12:09:18.591-05:00This is a fascinating debate about gender and cont...This is a fascinating debate about gender and contributions to the internet. While the methods are questionable, I think the results are plausible. What are the demographics of floatingsheep contributors? How often are women represented in contributions to online arguments on other sites or listserves? Perhaps women just don’t feel the need for affirmation of our intellect through responding to opensource calls for information….Monica Stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315421372551225605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166669645725536266.post-65095473468709240202011-02-03T14:40:54.284-05:002011-02-03T14:40:54.284-05:00The methodology questions is huge. With out under...The methodology questions is huge. With out understanding how they arrived at the conclusions they did, you almost can't trust the results. I remember at one point they did a similar study and it involved survey research. My recollection was that they had used surveys to arrive at their conclusions. If that's the case, they likely had self pollutions that would probably need to be controlled for.<br /><br />To a certain degree, I wonder if they couldn't almost use a methodology like I used at http://ozziesport.com/2010/10/expanded-profile-of-australian-en-wp-users/ to begin to derive an answer, as such a methodology involves the use of public data and would involve getting repeatable results.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16862900806706041581noreply@blogger.com