1. Wiki surveys: Open, adaptive, and quantifiable
social data collection∗
Matthew J. Salganik
Department of Sociology, Princeton University
Joint work with Karen Levy
OECD
March 18, 2011
∗
This research is supported by Google and the Center for Information
Technology Policy at Princeton University.

7. quantification or openness

8. quantification + openness =
wiki surveys

14. Suggestions for Princeton student government
2,000 participants (40% of undergrads)
40,000 votes
100 new ideas
→ Two of the top five ideas were uploaded by students

16. Findings
Top 10 ideas are almost always dominated by uploaded ideas of
two types:
novel ways of expressing existing ideas
novel ideas
Wiki surveys let us learn something new

17. All Our Ideas is:
free
open-source
constantly improving
easy to use: you can create your own wiki survey in 60 seconds
For more information:
http://blog.allourideas.org
mjs3@princeton.edu