European Research - What Is Happening Online?
Angela Joyce,
Intute,
Nov 12, 2008
Intute staff send a survey to academic mailing lists in Europe and, based on 145 self-selected respondents, obtain a snapshot of sorts. Not surprisingly (given that they sampled email lists) "Web 2.0 has yet to be widely adopted by the sample of respondents." Also not surprisingly, the Europa website was the most used along with a list of sites including Intute. I am still unsure of the mechanism that translates "anonymous, unsupported and uncited opinion" into "interesting qualitative feedback." How would I improve the survey? Telephone academics randomly in their offices to generate a random sample. Ensure adequate representation in both number and diversity. Do not cite context-free 'qualitative' statements in isolation from each other, not even in news reports. Publish in an open access journal, not one that requires that you sign up to their spam lists before access is granted.
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