[OSM-talk] Survey coming

[John Whelan]

Sounds good to me.  One problem is self selection so as long as you are 
aware of it that's fine.

Cheerio John

Allan Mustard wrote on 2021-01-10 11:38:
>
> John:  We are casting the net as widely as possible, so please amplify 
> this message through your preferred communications channels.  We will 
> circulate the URL for the survey via talk lists, which will allow 
> anyone with a valid email address to request a single-use token that 
> will allow the respondent to participate in the survey once.  In 
> theory individuals with multiple email addresses could respond 
> multiple times, but we will abide by the OSM Etiquette Guidelines and 
> "assume good faith".  The target audience is the broad OSM 
> community--anybody who creates, supports, or uses OSM data.
>
> As a statistical economist, believe it or not I have actually run 
> surveys in the past, so am not a complete novice, but if you have the 
> names of people you'd like the Board to talk to about surveys, please 
> PM me.
>
> Imre:  Lime Survey allows only one entry for English.  BTW, if you 
> live in Budapest, stop by Gerbeaud's and have a piece of Dobos tort 
> for me...
>
> cheers,
> apm
>
> On 1/10/2021 9:56 AM, john whelan wrote:
>> One of the biggest problems is the sample. Ideally you need to decide 
>> on your target audience.  Is it anyone who has ever signed up or 
>> anyone who has mapped more than five times in the last two years?  Or 
>> even anyone who has an interest?  That could be consumers of the data.
>>
>> I'd suggest a random sample, extract a list of users who meet the 
>> criteria.  Then look at the sample size. There are mathematical rules 
>> about how large a sample size should be.
>>
>> You have their email addreses, check the privacy laws but I think you 
>> should be able to contact them directly.
>>
>> Ballot stuffing, send the link with number in it so it can only be 
>> used once.
>>
>> Respondent burden, if you sample 10% twice a year that should give 
>> you enough information and mean you don't bug people very often.
>>
>> Talk to people who run surveys.
>>
>> Cheerio John
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 09:30 Imre Samu <pella.samu at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:pella.samu at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     > which is now being translated into multiple languages,
>>     > and which we hope will be ready for release in several
>>     languages on or about January 15^th .
>>
>>     Is it possible to add a "Simple/Basic English" [1] translation as
>>     an experiment ?
>>
>>     So expecting:
>>     -  basic english words ( <=1000 basic words)
>>     -  basic grammar , no short forms  ( so 'you're' --> 'you are' )
>>     -  basic OSM knowledge ( no special words like: SotM )
>>        - "State of the Map conference"  --> "OpenStreetMap conference"
>>
>>     probably too late for this survey ... maybe in the future.
>>
>>     IMHO:   We need to invent a *polite MapSpeak *language**( ~
>>     OpenStreetMap Community Mappers Communication Phrases )
>>         (  ~ "designed to facilitate *non-violent communication
>>     *between mappers" ) like a Seaspeak [2]
>>     thanks
>>       Imre
>>       ( native hungarian,  from a country with ~20% total English
>>     speakers[3] )
>>
>>     [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_English
>>     [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaspeak
>>     [3]
>>     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-speaking_population
>>
>>
>>
>>     Allan Mustard <allan.mustard at osmfoundation.org
>>     <mailto:allan.mustard at osmfoundation.org>> ezt írta (időpont:
>>     2021. jan. 10., V, 2:47):
>>
>>         Fellow mappers and OSM community members,
>>
>>         The OpenStreetMap Foundation Board of Directors has prepared
>>         a survey, which is now being translated into multiple
>>         languages, and which we hope will be ready for release in
>>         several languages on or about January 15^th . Please be on
>>         the lookout for announcement of it, and please alert your
>>         colleagues through other communications channels (social
>>         media, talk channels, whatever) that it is coming and to be
>>         on the lookout for it.  Please feel free to amplify this
>>         message in other languages and through other comms channels. 
>>         We want maximum participation in the survey!  We want to know
>>         what you are thinking! Please participate in the survey when
>>         it comes out, and please alert others so they participate, too!
>>
>>         While I have your attention, Happy New Year—let’s hope we can
>>         soon put COVID-19 behind us, all get vaccinated, and look
>>         forward to a mappier 2021!
>>
>>         Cheers,
>>
>>         apm
>>
>>         /Allan Mustard/
>>
>>         /Chairperson, Board of Directors/
>>
>>         /OpenStreetMap Foundation/
>>
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>>
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