Finding and interviewing ex-editors
Fragment of a discussion from Talk:Task force/Community Health
So there are a few issues that I haven't gotten around to with Limesurvey (our survey tool):
- Numbering -- I just need to get around to this.
- "Check all that apply" -- I don't remember if I've mentioned this before, but this is the default text that Limesurvey uses for multiple choice options is "Check all that apply." I haven't found an easy way to suppress this, but I will do a little more digging tonight.
- Regarding the "Other" option -- yes, I'll need to make sure we have these in the final version where it's appropriate. There is another issue, however, with Limewire which affects the questions with multiple "yes/no" answers. Limesurvey defaults "other + <please specify free text>" as the last option and I don't think there is a way to change this. So for Yes/No questions, the answer choices may be "Yes 1, Yes 2, Yes 3. . .No, Other (please specify). . ." where what we really want is "Yes 1, Yes 2, Yes 3, Yes, Other (please specify), No." I'm not sure there's way around this with Limewire. The only way (I think) we can have "other" grouped with the "yes" answers is if the "other" choice doesn't have the "please specify" field. (Sorry if this wasn't the best explanation).
In response to your other points:
- Q3: I know the response buckets are a bit broad, but we're trying to keep this consistent with Ed Chi's (researcher from PARC) buckets.
- Q6: This question has been a tricky one to get right. I see your point -- the question is phrased as a yes/no. What if we changed the phrasing to ". . .how much missing or incorrect content. . ."? This doesn't help us unearth the personal motivation aspect, but Q5 (Why did you stop contributing to Wikipedia?) should help us with that.
- Q8: Agreed. I think the phrasing you used above is really good -- eliminates possibility of a user selecting this choice because they had difficulties with the interface. I may be splitting hairs, but the subtle change is a good one.
Thanks again for the thoughts. The changes should be up on the wiki page in an hour or so.
Howie