[OSM-talk] Survey Results for the thread "Some thoughts against remote mapping"

[Kate Chapman]

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 <clifford at snowandsnow.us>
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
>
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