Eddie Tejeda wrote: >> 'Forget altruism. Misanthropy and egotism are the fuel of online >> social production. That's the conclusion suggested by a new study of >> the character traits of the contributors to Wikipedia. A team of >> Israeli research psychologists gave personality tests to 69 >> Wikipedians and 70 non-Wikipedians. They discovered that, as New >> Scientist puts >> it<http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16349-psychologist-finds-wikipedians-grumpy-and-closedminded.html>, >> Wikipedians are generally "grumpy," "disagreeable," and "closed to >> new ideas."' >> http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2009/06/the_sour_wikipe.php >> >> I wonder how the mailing list will react....
1. Small sample, making statistical significance difficult to assess 2. Selected sample, meaning likewise - did the Wikipedians contribute to en:wiki or other wikis? 2a. Sample selection for non-Wikipedia editors? How and from where? 3. If the questionnaire isn't published, it's incapable of independent analysis for bias in the questions asked 4. Peer-reviewed research by whom? and that's just for starters. I look forward to seeing the whole lot, because I, for one, disbelieve such wide conclusions. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
