Survey of Wikipedia accuracy and completeness

So far, 50 respondents have evaluated a Wikipedia article in an area of their expertise. Of those, 76% agreed or strongly agreed that the article was accurate and 46% agreed or strongly agreed that it was complete.

Of the 50, 18 compared the article they reviewed to the article on the same topic in the Encyclopedia Britannica. Thirty four percent of those people found the Britannica more or substantially more accurate and 39% found the Britannica article to be more or substantially more complete.

• Summary of results
• Articles reviewed
• Reported inaccuracy
• Reported incompleteness
• Other expertise
• Full results
• The survey
• Other discussion of Wikipedia accuracy and completeness

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